The Need for Willpower to Quit Smoking  

Smokers do want to quit smoking and they are waiting for that auspicious day eagerly. But still quitting smoking becomes impossible for them. They do try but again get caught in the same grip of addiction. They want to succeed but again find themselves standing on the same point where they started their journey for a good cause.  

This does not happen with one or two smokers. It happens with virtually every other smoker. They are trying hard to quit it but are not capable because of the love for nicotine. Nicotine is a deadly drug but its addiction is very powerful. The fortunate thing is that thousands of people are successfully trying to escape its grip and many have already succeeded. They are the same people who once thought they would not be able to quit. Finally they won over evil and turned their dream into reality. Their determination and willpower have worked for them. 

You can follow their footsteps too: 

You need to fulfill the commitment you have made with yourself and your loved ones. The first step involves altering your thinking. Be optimist and change your way of living a little. The activities you have associated with the habit of smoking need to have some modifications. Just change the way of dealing with them and you will notice a great change in you.  

You need to associate good reasoning with your desire to quit smoking including the consequences of not quitting. If you do not feel good about quitting, then you will never be able to quit smoking. You should be mentally as well as emotionally strong to escape this deadly danger. 

If you properly condition yourself mentally then you can certainly exert willpower over smoking and fulfill the commitment you have made to yourself. People are generally scared of the withdrawal effects without giving thought to their long term benefits. They never think that the pleasures, comforts and enjoyment that they are getting from smoking is shot term. These feelings exist at the subconscious level. Studies say that we experience 60,000 thoughts a day. Unfortunately most people give rise to a high percentage of negative ones in that total.  

It might be helpful to write down what you think about smoking and quitting smoking. Better still enter them into your personal health record as journal entries.  

In general most people including smokers are against smoking. Things will start working effectively if you start applying what you say rather than what you feel.