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Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation - How to Cope
Cigarette smoke contains highly addictive nicotine. Nicotine is a drug. Nicotine's ability to addict its users has been compared to the habit forming agents of heroine and cocaine. Nicotine directly affects the dopamine production in the user’s body, which is responsible for feelings of pleasure and contentment. In the long term, nicotine depresses the brain’s ability to generate adequate amounts of dopamine, and so the smoker will seek to compensate for this by the introduction of greater amounts of nicotine into their system. While this strategy may briefly kick start the brain to release more dopamine, it simultaneously causes so much bodily destruction that the effect of the dopamine is negligible by comparison to the pain and illness generated by the nicotine in the cigarette smoked.
Of course, addiction to smoking is not simply a physical addiction to nicotine, but also involves the habits that surround the activity of smoking. Smoking is soon associated with certain activities, such as eating, driving, or reading, and a smoker who is trying to stop smoking finds temptation placed in their way whenever they engage in any of those activities.
The road to quitting smoking permanently is not an easy one to traverse, but there are several tips for making it just a little easier.
No matter what the purists are saying, nicotine replacement therapy, such as the use of nicotine gum or nicotine patches, is a good alternative for those who face extreme irritability, anxiety, and even disturbed sleep patterns. Some decry the uses of replacements as weakness, but let’s face it, people who genuinely attempt to quit smoking are in fact pretty strong and determined in their own right!
And better even than nicotine replacement therapy, if you're really interested in improving your health, are herbal smoking therapy patches. Try them!
Be aware of the habit that most tempts you to smoke, and change it. If you like to have a cigarette with your evening cupcake in the easy chair, change thos habit by having a different snack (preferably a healthy one, such as some sunflower seeds or pistachios) in a different location, say the sofa. Because eating sunflower seeds on the sofa is not associated with smoking, the temptation to smoke could be reduced significantly.
Take up a new hobby, such as the Yoga class you always wanted to go to, the drawing class that held your interest or maybe the evening lecture at the local library. Get out of the house and enjoy new things!
Enlist support from friends and family. Let them know that you are intending to stop smoking and that they should absolutely positively not give in when you ask them for a cigarette.
Consider hypnosis if all else fails. It can really help. Hey, and if you try the herbal stop smoking aid, (which, by the way comes with a money back guarantee!), you'll receive a hypnotherapy tape with your herbal stop smoking patches - absolutely free!
Acupuncture is another great alternative for those who have a hard time dealing with the cravings.
Delaying giving in to the urge to smoke is a tactic which can work well. If you're suffering from acute temptation and you are all but on your way to corner store to buy more cigarettes, convince yourself to wait for fifteen minutes. While it may appear that you are giving in to your craving, it still leaves you in control and takes off the edge just a bit. This tactic will allow you to occupy yourself for those fifteen minutes, and once this period has elapsed, the urge has hopefully lessened considerably. Then you can continue to resist the urge.
Educate yourself on the process of smoking cessation. And educated quitter is a prepared quitter. Additionally, knowing about the process reduces the stress of worrying about what’s next.
If you give in to the temptation, forgive yourself and just start again. If you give in to temptation don’t think it was all for nothing but acknowledge your momentary weakness, find out what made you give in right then and there and avoid that same type of situation in the future.
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