How to get rid of nicotine addiction

If earlier smoking was an indicator of fashion, style and permissiveness, today a smoking person causes only pity. Current trends dictate their conditions. Today it’s fashionable to be healthy, slim and strong. And this is wonderful, because what could be better than a long and healthy life?

Many smokers (especially those with experience) are sure that getting rid of nicotine addiction is very difficult and even impossible. This is actually not the case. Scientists have proven that the most difficult thing for a person is not the absence of nicotine per se, but the absence of psychological discharge. Indeed, for many, a cigarette is a way to survive failure, brighten up a bad mood. Morning begins with a cigarette, it ends lunch. This is an integral part of the life of a smoker, which is difficult to get rid of. This is an emotional discharge, a way to relax and calm down. But is cigarette really important? Is there really no other way to calm and satisfy? If you are determined to quit smoking, we will tell you how to do it painlessly.

Why quit smoking

If you decided to quit smoking just because your relatives asked you to do this, you will not succeed. Ask yourself the question - Do I want to quit smoking? What will change after the decision is made? After all, the main thing in this matter is motivation. Strong arguments will help you not to reach for a cigarette at the next nervous breakdown. There are several reasons why smokers can give up a bad habit even after many years of attachment.

1. Love. A smoker is an unpleasant sight. He has yellow teeth, his hair, skin and clothes constantly stink of the smell of cigarettes, his voice hoarse and smoky. How can someone like this person? Often smokers quit a bad habit for the sake of their soul mate. Think, what is more important for you - warmth and care of a loved one or slavish attachment to stinky tobacco?
2. Job. Some time ago, the smoking room was a place for colleagues to unite, a place where they could discuss work and gossip. However, modern employers understand that a smoking room takes up too much work time. Modern companies in every way limit the smoking of employees, give preference to applicants without bad habits. This is another good motivation to quit smoking.
3. Health. But the biggest harm when smoking we do health. Nicotine poisons the body slowly and surely. With every cigarette smoked, the body weakens, becomes decrepit and old. The skin turns yellow and gray, you can not rise without shortness of breath, even several floors! What kind of life do you want? Don't you want to see how your children and grandchildren grow? Do you really want to suffer from sexual impotence in adulthood? To smoke or not to smoke is only your decision, on which the state of your body depends.
4. Money. Do you know how much money you spend annually on cigarettes? If you save this money in a separate box, you can save up for a short trip for a year. You poison your own body for your own money, very nice, isn't it? You can set a goal - to buy a car (go on vacation) for money saved from cigarettes. Good motivation, don't you think?

Whatever your motivation, you should think about a dream when a hand tries to reach for a cigarette. Imagine driving a new car. Think about a new job or a beautiful soul mate that you managed to achieve without cigarettes. But most importantly, you must understand that giving up nicotine is one of the conditions for a long and healthy life. After all, you still have so much to do!

How to get rid of nicotine addiction

So, you made a firm decision to quit smoking, but how to do it right so as not to break loose? Here are some tips to help you break a bad habit.

1. First you need to understand whether you want to quit smoking immediately or plan to do it gradually. It's okay to quit smoking gradually. If a person smoked for a long time, in addition, in large quantities, it is quite difficult to quit the habit in one day. But here you can expect a catch in the form of a protracted process. If you decide to quit smoking gradually, set a clear time frame that you want to keep within. So, in a week I will reduce the number of cigarettes to three pieces a day, in a month I completely abandon the addiction.
2. Remove from the house everything that can inspire you to smoke. Throw out all the lighters, the remains of cigarettes, ashtrays.
3. Eliminate the provoking factor. If you liked to end your lunch with a cigarette, buy dessert instead. If in the morning they drank coffee with a cigarette, give up coffee - drink tea so as not to disturb the habit.
4. If you feel a deterioration in your health (this happens with a lack of nicotine), use nicotine patches or drugs that will first make up for the lack of this substance in the body.
5. Carry sunflower seeds, nuts or small sweets with which you can occupy your mouth and hands in a nervous situation. They will help you not to break.
6. If you have repeatedly failed to quit smoking, use the services of special clinics. Treatment in a hospital will allow you to improve health, help the body cope with nicotine addiction. In addition, in such clinics you can find psychological support in the form of trainings and individual lessons with a psychotherapist.
7. If the addiction is only to take your hands, time and mouth, then you can use an electronic cigarette. It is similar to the real one, it gives psychological satisfaction in the form of inhaling and exhaling smoke, but it is absolutely safe for health.
8. Some only smoke when they drink alcohol. To get rid of this vicious circle, try for some time not to go on gatherings with friends, not to drink beer. And find the strength within you to tell your comrades that you no longer smoke. Try to spend your free time with health benefits - take walks with children, sign up for the gym, and go outdoors.
9. You can argue with someone close for a large amount of money. If you smoke at least once in the coming years, you will have to fork out. Sometimes this becomes a serious incentive to maintain the decision.
10. In addition to the popular patch that sticks to the skin and nourishes the body with small doses of nicotine, there are nicotine gum, nasal sprays and nicotine inhalers on sale. They are used when smoking cessation syndromes occur - irritability, nervousness, discomfort and a strong desire to smoke.

After you quit smoking, you need to drink plenty of water for several months. This helps to eliminate toxins from the body that have settled on the walls of your lungs for a long time. Toxins and toxins come out with sweat and urine, so move more and drink at least two liters of clean water per day. A recipe from oat grains will help to clean the lungs. Three tablespoons of whole grains need to be poured with two glasses of boiling water and simmer for about half an hour.Then pour the contents into a jar, close the lid and leave for 5-6 hours to insist. The result is a viscous mass that you need to drink every day in the morning for half a glass for a month. This will allow you to cleanse your body of poisonous poisons and reduce your cravings for smoking.

A few decades ago, scientists from the United Kingdom experimented with people who decided to quit smoking. Doctors and psychologists did their best to help patients get rid of nicotine addiction. So 65% of people who were able to give up addiction admitted that quitting smoking was much easier than they imagined. And if they knew about this, they would give up cigarettes much earlier. Here is a paradox. The devil is not so terrible as he is painted. Just take it once and give up cigarettes in favor of health and longevity!

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