According to statistics, 85% of smokers dream of quitting. This desire intensifies with age, when a "bouquet" of effective diseases accumulates in a person, and begins with the doctor's advice to quit smoking every time. However, is it possible to get rid of the habit of smoking on your own, and what problems can arise in this case?
Is it dangerous to quit smoking?
Abrupt cessation of smoking is believed to lead to exacerbation of chronic diseases, heart attacks, as well as significant weight gain. Partly so. A person with many years of smoking experience may feel some discomfort when giving up a bad habit - this is due to the entry of nicotine into the autonomic nervous system and the body's participation in life processes.
Therefore, with severe restriction of nicotine, the body experiences psychological and physical stress. However, each person has individual characteristics and the threshold for understanding the situation is different. Therefore, although many people quit smoking "on the same day", there are those who can not do it without the help of a doctor and the use of special means.
When a person is psychologically ready and wants to quit smoking, when he has enough physical health, the process of adapting to a non-smoking life is easy and imperceptible. However, for people who have smoked for more than 30 years, as well as for the elderly with poor health, it is better to use psychological and medical care.
What if you quit smoking?
A person who quits smoking may experience a noticeable malfunction. What exactly should he expect?
- It is possible to weaken the immune system, so there may be an exacerbation of chronic diseases.
- There is a cough, especially in the morning.
- There is weight gain. This is often due to the fact that a person replaces the habit of smoking with the habit of chewing something equally bad. Therefore, if a person is accustomed to smoking 10-15 cigarettes a day, now it turns into 10-15 snacks, which, of course, is reflected in the figure.
- There may be attacks of bad mood and nervousness because you have to limit yourself in a certain way. Constantly thinking about how not to get divorced often leads to carelessness and inattention.
If the smoking cessation is under the supervision of a specialist, the negative effects can be significantly reduced. The doctor can always provide the necessary psychological and medical assistance. However, the main role in the process of quitting smoking is not drugs, but a person's conscious desire to quit smoking. If he does not do it voluntarily, but on the doctor's instructions or at the insistence of his relatives, the process is different.
If a person is not psychologically ready for such an action, he will use any means: a nicotine patch, candy pills, an argument or a word. However, in the end, there will definitely be a disturbance, because the subconscious mind is persistently looking for a reason and an opportunity to smoke. Man is always in dissonance, and this situation oppresses him psychologically. At this point, he just gets angry and finds it very difficult to quit smoking.
How to quit smoking suddenly?
It is quite possible to quit smoking suddenly, and this is more effective than quitting smoking over time. Such an approach requires will and great personal desire. It should be noted that the recurrence rate after a sharp cessation of smoking is very low, but with a slow and gradual withdrawal, some people return to an unhealthy habit. Therefore, situations where Mark Twain jokes are possible: "It's so easy to quit smoking, I've quit a thousand times myself. "
Tips for quitting smoking alone
- Keep a diary of every cigarette you smoke. Once a day (or every day) the next smoking time is 30 minutes, then 1 hour, then 2 hours, and so on. replace. Thus, you can significantly reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day.
- Take cigarettes in small portions each time. Also, get a less intense cigarette each time. Gradually, the number of cigarettes will decrease and their power will decrease significantly.
- Collect cigarette butts during the day so that you can clearly see how much damage you have done to your body each day.
- Calculate how much you spend on cigarettes per month, per year for all the time you smoke. Think about what you can get with this money, because it is a clear example of the phrase "money is empty".
- Instead of smoking, eat an apple, drink strong tea without sugar or mineral water with lemon, walk on the street, do a couple of exercises - it will only benefit your figure and your health, and certainly will not help your health. appearance of extra pounds.