Find Out What Happens When You Quit Smoking Here
Having been a non-smoker for about five years now I feel able to go into some of the unexpected things I learned about what happens when you quit smoking so that you might find the battle easier than I did.
credit: It has been hard not to puff but the health benefits and energy boost have been nothing short of amazing for me.
The first thing I would suggest is that you not tell yourself you’re giving up forever, just set a small goal that you know will be easy to achieve and go from there. Any smoke that does not make it’s way into your body and blood stream is a good thing in my book.
So let’s get onto the main point of this article and find out exactly what happens when you quit smoking.
What Happens When You Quit Smoking?
You will slip up…
If this is your first time giving up then it is very unlikely that you will be able to go cold turkey and never smoke another cigarette again. But rather than seeing these slip ups as a total failure, a much better outlook is that mistakes are all part of the process and should be taken with a pinch of salt.
Just get back on the wagon, don’t beat yourself up and remember that very few people quit first time.
The craving to smoke is just one of the things that happens to your body when you quit smoking…
Nicotine patch addictions
You may find that after you have quit you start to crave nicotine patches just as much as the cigarettes themselves.
This is all very normal and is quite logical when you think about it. When you use patches you’re not really getting rid of your addiction to smoke, you’re just replacing it with something much less harmful.
The good thing about patches is that once you have been off the smoke for a while you can start to decrease the strength and frequency of the patches until you no longer feel the addiction.
With that said it can be much better to just go cold turkey and drink loads of water to wash away that harmful nicotine as soon as possible.
Social Hell
This can be one of the hardest quit smoking withdrawal symptoms.
If you’re anything like me you can remember many a fun evening full of cigarettes, laughing and alcohol with your friends. Once you decide to give up it can feel like you have lost your Mojo and that you will now be an outcast.
The good thing is that this is all really in your mind and your friends want to spend time with you for who you are and not because you smoke.
The other thing that might happen is that friends who smoke may try and tempt you back in to the habit because it makes them feel better about their own decision to smoke.
But you have to be strong and have a practical quit smoking plan. Maybe even consider taking a couple of weeks away from these difficult situations until you feel stronger.
Final Thoughts.
There are many situations and surprises that come about when you give up that seem to be begging you to light up. You must stay strong and remember how many great reasons there are not to smoke.
Look on other smokers with pity rather than feeling jealous that they get to smoke and you don’t.
There are plenty of quit smoking tips on this website to help you give up so feel free to have a look into some of the other pages!
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