Affirmations to Stop Smoking

Affirmations are useful for many purposes, and particularly effective in easing the difficulties of stopping smoking. Your thoughts are largely responsible for how you feel, and for triggering related responses.

One reason, why smoking is such an attractive and pleasurable pursuit for countless people, is because they keep telling themselves that they enjoy it! That is the crux of the matter. They repeatedly tell themselves that they love smoking, so there is no need to stop smoking. They are constantly saying to themselves, I need to smoke, I want to smoke, so why should I stop smoking.

With a little endeavor we can change the way we think about smoking, by changing our affirmations. They can be automatic or deliberate. If they are automatically destructive, as they are with smoking, we should deliberately change them for something constructive, as with the desirable effect of not smoking. If this seems a little complicated it isn't really. When we are not sleeping we are all thinking constantly. Much of this thinking, or self talk as it is also known, is not something that we do consciously, but it is there automatically reflecting our live circumstances. When the affirmations or self-talk are leading us down the wrong path, it is time to take a hand and 'think' differently.

Strangely, it's a good idea to leave the word 'smoking' out of your deliberate affirmations to stop smoking. You may be already giving the green light to smoking in your automatic assertions, so leave the word out of your deliberate affirmations, and concentrate on the benefits of stopping smoking. So let's get to it, here are a number of anti-smoking affirmations that you can choose to start using, to cancel out those that have been kidding you that smoking is OK.

Pick out the ones that appeal to you, and consciously repeat them whenever negative thoughts enter your head. Incidentally if you develop this technique it can assist you in attaining many other goals.

Choose from these examples or devise some of your own:

I can change my habits by changing my mind.

I am strong enough to overcome any challenge.

I love being able to breathe freely.

I take one step at a time to where I want to be.

I nourish my body with healthy habits.

I believe in my ability to do anything I desire

I feel so free.

My teeth are white, my skin is glowing and I feel great.

I love taking good care of my body.

I honor and respect myself always.

I deserve a clean, healthy body.

Best Way To Use Affirmations To Stop Smoking

The best way to use affirmations is to constantly repeat them, under your breath, with focused attention. Endeavor to experience the feeling relevant to the words. For instance if you say, "I love being able to breathe freely", you should fill you lungs with fresh air and enjoy the experience. It may take a little practice to master the technique, but it will serve you well in all you do.

Frequent repetition several times a day is imperative, because you are endeavoring to prioritize new beliefs in your subconscious mind. Remember that a belief is nothing more that a thought, but thoughts are responsible for everything you do. So if you think of yourself as being successful it will be difficult to fail, whether your aim is to stop smoking or anything else.

You may have been telling yourself that smoking calms you down. Physiologically, smoking cannot do this, but many smokers have told themselves so often that it does that they believe it! It is because of this belief; they seem to feel more relaxed after smoking. To overcome this false premise you need to replace it with a positive alternative, like affirming that you are relaxed and calm already, thus eliminating an excuse for smoking.

The example anti-smoking affirmations above will help get you started, but feel free to write your own too! Think about the aspects of smoking you enjoy, and come up with a phrase that affirms you already feel that way again, not mentioning smoking! Likewise, think about how you feel as a non-smoker and emphasize those positive qualities too.

You will soon start devising and using anti-smoking affirmations of your own, to take a bigger part in your own success, although it's all down to you anyway. You will realize that you have been kidding yourself, and know for sure that smoking and anything to do with it is taboo. Your affirmations may take a while to kick in but they are ready, willing, and able to help you quit smoking.