People can act really stupid when they’re young. A classic example: convincing yourself that smoking cigarettes is cool. You start with one stick until you eventually graduate to smoking two to three packs per day. Cigarette addiction soon develops.
Must Have A Quit Smoking Plan
One Navy guy (Wil Dieck) smoked nonstop for 10 years and had a serious cigarette addiction. It all stopped in 1978. He left the Navy smoking two packs daily. Then, some six months after getting out, he realized risking his health for several minutes of pleasure from smoking didn’t make sense. Even though he exercised, he knew his strength and stamina weren’t what they used to be. He came to the conclusion that a quit smoking plan was in order – one that would get rid of the nasty habit permanently.
These days you can quit many different ways, but back in the day, smokers relied on hypnotherapy for smoking, coupled with a good dose of willpower. The Navy man slightly deviated from the usual and used a variation of the two methods.
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You may be a highly disciplined person in most areas of your life, but when you decide to quit smoking, it can be quite a challenge.
It’s easy for people who have never smoked to say “What’s the big deal? You know why you should quit. All you have to do is decide to quit and then do it!”
For a smoker, this sort of statement can be not only irritating, but downright discouraging. People who smoke know that it’s not so simple, and many try to quit smoking many times.
Now, with the recent addition of hefty taxes on tobacco products, and with more taxes on the horizon, smoking might have finally become financially unfeasible. What I hear from my clients is that if they can buy a pack for a few pennies less than $5 they think they are getting a good deal.
Statistics have shown that more people succeed when they have access to a support group. While there are groups that want to quit smoking that you can attend locally, they don’t usually have daily meetings. Another problem with local support groups is that you’ve got built-in excuses not to go. Excuses like “it’s raining, I’m tired, low on gas to drive there, etc”.
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Are you looking for a method to quit smoking? If you’re a smoker you’ve probably looked for all kinds of ways to quit smoking.
You want to know something interesting? Did you know that people from various cultures have been smoking tobacco in rituals or just for enjoyment for many centuries? Until the fairly recent past, people did not become addicted and nobody smoked anything near the equivalent of a pack a day. People just did not have to worry about wanting to quit smoking. It was merely an occasional pleasure or a significant event. So why is this problem today? Why do so many people want to quit smoking?
In the latter part of the 20th century doctors began issuing stern warnings on the horrible effects smoking has on a person’s health. This was presumably a new discovery. It kind of sounds like the new discovery of the $700 billion problem that fell out of the sky a few years ago and onto the United States taxpayer’s shoulders, seemingly without warning! Well that’s the same thing that happened with cigarettes. Even though tobacco manufacturers today offer advice and methods on how to quit smoking, this seems a bit incongruent. These are the same companies that sell millions of cigarettes around the world and that sell the nicotine patches to help you quit.
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If you want to quit smoking there are many different types of therapies to help you. Cold turkey is one way, which of course means to quit smoking with no therapy all at once. While this does work for some people and is very beneficial to your physical health, most people find this a very difficult method to quit smoking.
Since I use hypnotherapy to help people quit smoking I have interviewed hundreds of people who have used nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). NRT can be a very helpful way to help a person quit smoking because addresses the physical addiction. Using nicotine replacement therapy a person can gradually wean themselves off of nicotine.
Since nicotine is a drug that induces a dependency, when a person tries to quit smoking, they often suffer physical withdrawal symptoms that can make life unpleasant until they pass. These symptoms include the “smoker’s flu” which mimics a cold or flu accompanied by irritableness, grumpiness and fatigue. By the way, these are the most common symptoms you might experience after you quit smoking. A few other common withdrawal symptoms are headaches, coughs and sore throats. NRT allows the smoker to use gums, patches, sprays, inhalers, or lozenges with nicotine in them so they can break the smoking habit without experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms. This is accomplished by lowering the dose of nicotine over a period of time until the body no longer craves it.
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Okay, you’ve decided to quit smoking. You’ve gathered all your information and you’ve developed a plan. But you’re still worried because you’re unsure of what to expect after you quit smoking. To help your plan to quit succeed take a moment to look at the most common symptoms of smoking withdrawal.
One common symptom of smoking withdrawal is that you may experience some dizziness during the first one or two days. If this happens to you just take a quick break. The dizziness will pass.
Another common symptom that some people experience with smoking withdrawal is headaches. These can appear at any time during the first couple of weeks. If you do experience headaches after you quit smoking, the best thing to do is to try and relax. Most people just take their usual headache remedy. You can also use other common headache relief methods like a cold cloth on the back of your neck. If you think your headache is due to stress take a short walk. In fact, after you quit smoking walking should be part of your plan. Not only is it a great stress relief tool, it also improves your breathing.
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