Do you think you need the help of a stop smoking medication to kick the habit? Read the below and think about why you actually smoke.
Cigarettes are not just loaded with nicotine. They’re also full of 50+ other chemicals, some of which might be addictive (and harmful to your body.) The main problem with quitting, though, is just breaking the habit.
We train ourselves to think of our body as ‘needing something,’, a sensation we try to alleviate by smoking a cigarette.
When we try to stop smoking, we still get these ‘my body needs something’ sensations, and we still feel that we want a cigarette. We have to train our body to be more selective. When we feel we need something, we have to work out what it is that we actually need.
A glass of water is an excellent substitute if nothing else comes to mind, as it helps with the clearance of the toxic substances in our body. Another good substitute is a bag of salted peanuts, used in combination with the water.
Another thing to do is to find an activity which occupies the mind or body. Go swimming – nobody wants to smoke while they are swimming. Slowly, as our body adjusts and translates the ‘want something’ feelings into something other than cigarettes, then the feelings begin to go away. We know its not a cigarette that the body really needs, because as soon as we’ve had one we still have the feeling, and want another!
May 7th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
the two fda approved medicines are zyban and chantix, talk to your doctor, this is a very good idea, good luck
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May 7th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
you do not need medicine to quit smoking.
you need will power, you have to decide to not light the thing
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May 7th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Zyban and Welbutrin are given to stop smoking. If you consider the patch or the gum medication, then those help too. Im rooting for you man.
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