Kicking the habit
Quitting smoking is one of the hardest habits to beat, so if you’re unfortunate enough to have become hooked on cigarettes you’ll know how it feels to want to give up but feel like you just can’t. But why is it so hard?
As we all know, nicotine, the main drug in cigarettes, is highly addictive. It has the opposing qualities of making you feel calm and happy, but at the same time also being able to focus better because you feel more alert. It’s no wonder the feeling becomes addictive, but as with any drug, the more you have, the more you need to get to the same feeling, so the need for more cigarettes increases with time. If you try to quit, you can feel less normal without the nicotine that you did with it, and this can last for a long time, which is another reason that it is hard to give up.
An addition is based on a habit – the need to do something or take something continually, and this habit infests your life. This may be because you have a cigarette when you are in a particular mood, or doing a particular activity such as going out for a drink. The places or times when you would normally have a cigarette are called triggers and this is partly why it is hard to quit – because the triggers remain but you have to ignore them.
Does this information put you off quitting? It shouldn’t do because you have already decided to do something about your addiction or you wouldn’t be reading this page. What this information gives you is the recognition that you might feel strange as the nicotine gradually leaves your system, but this isn’t because your body needs it, it’s because you’ve spent a long time tricking your body into feeling as if it needs it. And with the knowledge that you will be confronted by different triggers, you can recognise them and create coping mechanisms to deal with how you feel and not succumb to temptation.
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