I've been smokin since I was 16 now im 21 ...its mad hard to stop...what can I do... I feel like I need it sooo bad and be chain smokin because im stressed...
Hmm you would have to argue with a lot of Dr's and scientists to say that nicotine is not addictive. It is a drug, although legal, but still very much a drug. It interacts with nerves in the brain that influence all times of things like motivation and emotions. Not only that but it stimulates the release of dopamine in the brain, which is linked to the addictive properties of drugs like cocaine or morphine. They have linked the almost all drugs abused by human with the release of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens portion of the brain. There was a long time when people questioned whether or not it was addictive or not, and researchers tested rats. Essentially, they put tiny probes into the rats brains to track the effects of nicotine and they found that after they had been exposed to the nicotine it did in fact release the dopamine chemical into that very specific area of the brain...whats even more convincing is that after they determined the addictiveness, they then destroyed the nerves in the brain that were affected by the probes and after doing that, the rats that had been trained to self administer the drug stopped doing so...
In your case, id say perhaps you just had strong will power to remain off cigarettes or were just ready to quit and were able to possibly mentally control yourself from the cravings. I think that if it were not an addictive habit people wouldnt just continue while knowing all of the risks associated with it..no one would logically say..."im going to smoke, not because some part of my body chemically wills me to do it, but because I just want to...even though, I'll probably die from it...
I also would recommend suggesting eating to replace smoking...since that is just going to cause you to become addicted or dependent on food everytime you want a cigarette..and thats pretty unhealthy as well.
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"How to "quit" smoking?"
You can't "quit smoking". You CAN "become a non-smoker".
There is a big difference in the way your mind and body reacts to the two attempts. In "quitting smoking" your mind and body tell each other that you are trying to deprive it of something it likes and needs, therefore it works hard at preventing you from succeeding.
In "becoming a non-smoker" you successfully attain your goal while not giving your mind and body a chance to perceive that they are being deprived.
Along with the above attitude change, you can help achieve your goal by having on hand some hard candy. Whenever you feel the urge to smoke simply place a piece of candy in your mouth.
Don't try to refrain from smoking "forever". Simply refrain for the next couple of hours.
I, personally, know that the above works. I smoked for 30 years and was up to two packs a day. I successfully became a non-smoker 22 years ago. It wasn't always easy and I still have nightmares that I've started smoking again and "blown" my smoke-free record but then I wake up and am thankful it was only a dream.
The candy I used was "Gobstopper" Jaw Breakers. The lasted about 10 minutes each and effectively replaced the craving for a cigarette.
You, too, can become a non-smoker, even if you're surrounded by people who smoke. It is your choice. When offered a cigarette you don't say "no thanks, I'm trying to quit" but instead state "no thanks, I don't smoke".
Good Luck!
you could try getting the patch so that the actual need for nicotine is slowly decreased and much easier to deal with. At the same time to reduce your stress in other ways, like working out. If you still have a lot of trouble stopping, your dr. can prescribe a medication that actually helps decrease the symptoms of the withdrawal as well, because it often times makes people more stressed out and agitated because they dont have that release that they got before from smoking, so even though with the patch you are still getting some nicotine in your system, there are still going to be times when you get really irritated, because the patch is set at a certain amount of mg. Most people find that the hardest part is learning what to do with themselves once they quit, what to do with their hands and what not...because its an oral fixation. A lot of people suggest eating candy, but thats what often leads to eating more in general because you quit and then the weight gain they talk about from quitting. Try chewing gum. Once you get the nicotine out of your body its just a process of retraining yourself to depend on other outlets.. They say every time you quit and then restart, it becomes even harder to quit the next time. So even if you are tempted to just have one..try to think about it logically and know that its not going to be just one, its going to be 2 and 3 and 19 and 2 packs. Good luck
I smoked for 2-3 years, I understand that it's probably harder for you since you've smoked longer than me, but it was hard for me too, I tried a couple of times before actually quitting, what finally got me to stop was reading this thing on the internet that explains what happens to you after you quit smoking for 1 hour, 1 day, 2 weeks, 5 months, 10 years, etc. While I was smoking, I would always say, well I'm going to do what I enjoy and I enjoy smoking, tomorrow I could get hit by a bus, BUT I realized that that bus could hit me 30 years from now and there's probably a .004 % chance that will actually happen, but cigarettes will reduce the quality of my overall health 100% and doubt, and that they could KILL me 30%+
actually, cigarettes are not addicting , its all in the mind, they munipulate you into thinking that the toxic emissions are addictive when it all in your mind, you can drop and quit cigarettes whever you like, when I quit I still found that I was itching to just hold it becasue I liked the feeling, so maybe if you could do what I did , I ate carrots or peperoniis, anything to keep my mind off of it
I know the feeling.. I started at 10 .. im now 48 and my health is gone in a lot of ways and I tried patches.. chantix.. nothing helps me.. good luck to you.
