The Smoke-Free Smoke Break: Stop Smoking Now with Mindfulness and Acceptance
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (521 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1608820017 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
So why give them up? With The Smoke-Free Smoke Break, you don’t have to. Smoke breaks are relaxing rituals that can help you cope with stress, keep perspective, and feel good. Long after you’ve quit, you’ll continue to enjoy smoke-free smoke breaks to help you feel calm, relaxed, and in control throughout the day.. As a smoker, you know how comforting stepping out for a smoke can be. This groundbreaking approach presents a complete plan for quitting smoking safely by helping you transform your smoke breaks into a powerful self-care routine for managing stress and cravings.The exercises and meditations in this program are designed to make it easy for you to mindfully manage stress, control cravings, and prevent relapse
Angelic Rodgers said The Zen of Quitting. In an age of commercials for patches and gum that focus on how quitting doesn't suck and that celebrate swapping out nicotine gum for a cigarette, this book offers something different--mindfulness. I've known "former" smokers who have been on the patch for years. While they might smell better and spend less time outside, they were still not dealing with the reasons they used nicotine as a coping tool in the first place. They merely swapped one form for another. And, as Samov and Samov point out, smoking is not a disease--why should we treat it with pharmacueticals as if it were?Samov and Samov take a different pathway h. Using human nature to change human nature Utilizing self-awareness and the skills of mindfulness, Dr. Somov and Dr. Somova have created an unprecedented protocol for quitting the nicotine habit. They have cleverly woven the concept of "smoking meditations" into a gradual smoking cessation program allowing the individual the option to choose when they are ready to quit, rather than instilling a mandatory timeline for all smokers to follow. Somov and Somova recognize the value of the freedom of choice and its impact on the success or failure of an individual's efforts to quit smoking. Through a series of present centered exercises, the smoker is afforded the chan. "A good tool, with a pinch of salt" according to alanabanana. I am combining this with another book, but I like the approach to developing the skills readiness needed to truly quit. A bit of picking and choosing is necessary and I find myself skipping some fluff and going back and forth, but it has been helpful and helped me gain more confidence at being able to accept and get past cravings. Some exercises seem like they were devised by non-smokers, like vocalising sighs or ohms while exhaling smoke. That's just unpleasant. The book also had some insightful things to say about lapse and relapse, acceptance and the fear of failure.