This book explains how mindfulness can help you to kick the smoking habit and control your thoughts and emotions in a more balanced, accepting way. It presents a short history of mindfulness, and includes specific research on how mindfulness can aid people who smoke. Includes step by step exercises and practices. Topics include:
Why do I smoke?
The stress response
The addiction
No magic remedy
How to make the changes you want
Living in the now
Stop and be mindful
Caring for yourself
Staying committed
Challenges to recovery
Reap the rewards