Stop Smoking Incentive Guide Line & Rules

STOP SMOKING

INCENTIVE

GUIDE LINES

I’m currently having one heck of a time trying to quit these evil cancer sticks.  Read website upon website trying to find the easiest way to get it done.  None of them really gave me anything useful.  Sure, there are a lot of sites to read about it, but they all pretty much say the same thing.

“BUY OUR PRODUCT!  SMOKING CESSATION THAT IS GUARANTEED TO MAYBE WORK! 100% INFECTIVE!”

So now it is my turn.  The only thing selling this time, is whatever it is you actually want to buy!  These are simple rules, pretty easy to follow.  If you happen to have any questions, you can email me at CWGrahamJr(at)gmail.com or comment below.

GUIDE LINE RULES

1.      Pick a quit date!  Smoking a whole pack a day, or more, and then abruptly going to cold turkey is a terrible experience. Setting a “quit date” can give you time to try and smoke a little less than you normally do.

2.      Give a TRUSTED friend or family member, preferably one that doesn’t smoke, access to see your bank statements online or ability to ask for it at your local branch.

a.       If your bank allows text updates, maybe allow them to see every time you use your card.

AND/OR

b.      Show them all your receipts.

REMEMBER: Your TRUSTED friend will have access to your banking. And if you can trust them enough to see your bank statements, I’d hope they can trust you to tell the truth.

3.      For every twenty-four hours you go without a cigarette, put the same exact amount of money into a savings account or into a safe deposit box.

a.       If you run out of money in your checking account, do what you would normally do to collect money to get a pack. Then take that money in to your bank and deposit it into savings.

b.      If you take even one puff off of a cigarette on any day after your quit date then you have to put TWICE the amount of money into savings than you normally would.

4.      Think of different ways to reward yourself. Having incentive to do something usually helps. Here are some ideas:

a.       1 day (24 hours, $3.50 saved): Have a candy bar

b.      3 days (72 hours, $10.50 saved): See a matinee movie

c.       6 days (144 hours, $21 saved): See a movie and get popcorn

d.      10 days (240 hours, ($35 saved): Go out to eat

e.       15 days (360 hours, $52.50 saved): See a movie and go out to eat

f.        21 days (504 hours, $73.50 saved):

g.       28 days (672 hours, $98 saved):

The pattern I am using with the incentives is 1 day between, then 2, then 3, then 4, then so on and so forth. I’ll assume you can make your own schedules after a month. I really only added the hours part just so I can tell people a bigger number on how long I’ve been smoke free. And you may be saving more or less than $3.50 a day. I rounded my usual cigarettes price. My current goal is to last 66 days, or 1,584 hours with $231 saved, and buy a video camera. 

Every site I have read about quitting smoking has said, “avoid interacting with people that smoke, or doing tasks that make you want to smoke.” If you seriously abide by that rule, you’ll be stuck in bed all day not doing anything until you are “cured.” I say go about life as you normally would. You’ll end up around those same people, or same places, again eventually and you may as well get it over with.