Quitting smoking is a pretty big step. However, not everyone realizes how difficult it is. Just experiencing such a phenomenon as withdrawal from smoking at the initial stage is not enough. Breakage may appear several more times over several years.

Breaking is more of a slang term. In the language of medicine, it is called an abstinence syndrome (narcotic hunger).

The addictiveness of nicotine is quite high. Some narcologists even note that it is higher than that of many opium analgesics and when smoking poppy. Heroin addicts, as a rule, can give up alcohol, but not cigarettes. This justifies the pharmacological and psychological effect of the phenomenon. Therefore, withdrawal from smoking is a rather difficult syndrome to get rid of.

withdrawal from smokingBesides the fact that smoking is a physical addiction, it is also an oral-tactile addiction: something must be in the mouth and in the hands. Therefore, those who lack oral-tactile sensations suffer the most from withdrawal. Practice shows that those who kiss a lot and love sweets experience withdrawal the best.

To make the withdrawal seem less infringing, you need to load yourself as much as possible – so that there is no time to think about smoking or its lack.

Be sure to try to come up with a “substitute” for cigarettes. And it should be more or less constant. For example, candy. As soon as it is felt that withdrawal from smoking has approached, you can immediately drink tea with candy or just eat candy.

You should not reassure yourself with the thought that the most difficult thing is the first time after the appearance of the desire to quit smoking. Of course, it is very difficult at this time. But breaking from smoking can appear even after a year or two, when, it would seem, all the symptoms should pass. Therefore, you need to be on the alert literally constantly.

In order not to provoke withdrawal, you need to try to breathe any smoke as little as possible, especially cigarette smoke. It is clear that it is difficult to isolate completely, but at least it is necessary to minimize it.

Also try to make sure that there is something in your hands: a rosary, keys, etc. It is very important for a smoker to occupy his hands with something – as a rule, they are automatically drawn to cigarettes.

Very often withdrawal from smoking is shown in stressful situations. Learn to replace cigarettes during stress with something else. Tea for example: and dryness, which is characteristic of stress, will disappear, and there will be no desire to smoke.