The trick to staying healthy is to eliminate the negative features from your life. Smoking is one of these features, and it is slowly killing you. It is an undeniable fact that smoking cigars or cigarettes increase the chance cancer. So, it is time to quit for the good of your health. Obviously, quitting an addiction is not easy because you are reliant on the substance. Still, it is possible. If you take your health seriously, you need to consider the following.
Don’t Go Cold Turkey
Going ‘cold turkey’ is an archaic form of addiction treatment, and it doesn’t work. The odds are high that you won’t make it through the process and will offend again. Plus, it is harmful to your body. At the moment, your body needs weaning off nicotine at a slow but constant basis. It doesn’t need to have it taken from it as quickly as possible. Whatever tool you try, make sure it isn’t giving up completely.
Replace The Addiction
There are healthy addictions that you can replace smoking with to improve your well-being. The most conventional replacement is exercise. Addicts like to throw themselves into exercise or the gym to take their mind off the quitting process. And, it also gives them a new goal to replace the old one. Plus, it is miles cheaper! All these factors combine to make quitting smoking much easier than normal. It doesn’t have to be exercise because it can be anything as long as it helps your health. Some people, for example, turn to God instead.
Play With Your Hands
The one thing that most smokers say they can’t replace is the feeling of the cigarette in their hands. As a smoker, you will feel the same sensation when you try and quit. The key to beating this is to replace the cigarette with another item that doesn’t impair your health. With Swisher Sweets, you can even have a candy cigarette instead of a real one. Or, you can play with a pen or something that takes the shape of a cigarette.
Quit Down On Alcohol
Studies show that alcoholic beverages make smoking taste better than most drinks. As a result, you may want to cut down on the amount of beer or wine you consume on a weekly basis. Drinking also promotes the social aspect of smoking. It is impossible to quit when you are out drinking because all of your friends are smoking. The prospect of a fag or the smell of the smoke will trigger the sensations in your head, and you will relapse. No one is saying stop drinking or going out, but be careful.
Have A Sense Of Responsibility
Asking a friend to quit with you gives you a sense of responsibility to them as well as you. You might find letting yourself down quite easy, lots of people do. But, it is human nature not to want to let others around us down. Also, it means you have at least one friend that doesn’t smoke that is on your wavelength.
Smoking is addictive, but it is possible to fight.
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