The primary goal of my behavior change project is not to quit smoking, but to cut back on the amount of cigarettes that I smoke per day. Since I enjoy smoking after I eat, I plan to allow myself a cigarette after each meal, after that I am allowing myself three other cigarettes per day. This will total six cigarettes per day, which may seem like a lot to some people, but this is a dramatic cutback. This is a six week project, in which each week I will subtract one cigarette from the total, until I reach zero cigarettes per day.
I feel that this goal was definitely attainable and realistic. If I would have followed the planned routine then this plan would have been effective. The goal was a definite challenge seeing that I would usually smoke at the least, half a pack of cigarettes per day. Though the plan was a g
The biggest barrier to the plan is being around other friends who smoke. When they lite up it automatically makes me want a cigarette. Another barrier is partying with my friends, everyone knows that when you consume alcohol it enhances your desire to smoke. Alcohol makes you smoke like a chimney! A helpful measure to overcome this barrier would be to chew more gum or to have a toothpick or a straw in my mouth. I
This plan never really worked, after the second week I found that I had way more "X's" than butts.
This project wasn't to rewarding, seeing that I didn't come remotely close to accomplishing my goal. Maybe if I had a bigger and better incentive to quit smoking and a figure to look over me while trying to change this behavior.
Sure enough I encountered both of these barriers which were often at the
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