Breaking the Habit: The Stop Smoking Journal

If you are in need of repairing your roof, you assemble all of the tools you need before you climb the ladder. The simple fact is that you do not want to end up on your roof, ready to go to work making repairs, and find that you have failed to bring all of the necessary tools along.

 On many levels, this scenario has a direct implication to the task of eliminating smoking from your life. Truly, when it comes to the decision to stop smoking, you are making a decision to repair your life on a number of levels. You are making a decision to repair your health, your appearance – even your breath if the truth is told. Therefore, in order to make all of these desired repairs, you really do need to have all of the tools that will help you in hand.

Of course, there are a number of different products, plans, and programs on the market today that are proving useful to a person who is interested in stopping smoking. This includes everything from herbal remedies to nicotine patches and a wide range of other products (and services) in between. Many experts have come to conclude that the combined approach of utilizing more than one tool in an effort to stop smoking will enhance a person’s chance of succeeding with smoking cessation.

In this regard, if you are preparing your own toolset to begin the process of quitting smoking, you will want to consider adding journaling into the toolbox. The fact is that there are many benefits that can be realized by maintaining a journal as part of your overall stop smoking program.

 First, stopping smoking actually can prove to be an emotional experience. In fact, when you are going through the process of stopping smoking, you can experience a wide range of emotions, including anger, frustration, anxiousness, and others. The journaling process gives you an outlet through which you can relieve and release some of these intense emotions that are associated with quitting smoking.

Second, keeping a journal in and of itself can be used as a healthy alternative to the very act of smoking. When you would historically be puffing on a cigarette, you can take a few minutes to jot some thoughts into your journal.

Third, a journal can also help you track and monitor your progress with your stop smoking efforts. For example, the journaling process can help you identify those times of day in which you need to better focus your efforts at staying away from cigarettes.

 In the end, there are many other valuable and important benefits that go along with keeping a journal. Odds are strong that you will be happy that you included journaling as one of your tools when you commence the smoking cessation process.