In case a random person asks you to go out for a smoke, you are scared to join them without even giving it a thought.įor this reason, you need to tell everyone you usually smoked with that you quit and ask them to be supportive and not to offer you any cigarettes. You already dealt with the toughest symptoms, and they appear to lose their intensity by now, but the craving doesn’t disappear so quickly as well. Earlier you saw an excuse to smoke, right?ģ days – 1 week: Seeing everyone around you smoke seems unfair. Be kind to yourself and find some time to relax even if you think you can’t. You’re restless and angry, your bowel movements are unpredictable, and your head hurts. In the case of nicotine withdrawal, the first two days are the hardest on your blood vessel, but the symptoms will go away very quickly.Ĥ8 hours – 60 hours: By this time, you probably start to feel very stressed because of all the emotional and physical symptoms you had to encounter since your last cigarette. Your head does not naturally hurt it does because something awful happens to it or its blood flow. Most people will understand you and encourage you about your healthy choice!Ģ4 hours – 48 hours: Is it a migraine? What if you take a small drag just to see if a headache goes away? What if only cigarettes can heal it? If you think so, remember, that nicotine is what caused that headache in the first place. Tell them about your struggle and its emotional impact on you. If you unintentionally hurt someone during this time, apologize immediately and explain to them that you did not mean to do so. The withdrawal symptoms are short-term, but the relationships with people usually last much longer, remember that. Even though quitting smoking is hard, don’t use it as an excuse to snap at others. There’s a buzz in your head, and you haven’t had enough sleep to feel like a polite human being today. Hang in there your body needs a couple of days to get things back to normal.ġ0 hours – 24 hours: Let’s be honest, you are not the best company right now. It is so because of nicotine and its adverse effect on your body. Being tired from all the thinking and distracting, you are probably exhausted, but you experience problems falling (or staying) asleep. Do anything that doesn’t harm you or anyone else to take your thoughts off the topic.Ĥ hours – 10 hours: If you thought the daytime was the hardest, here comes surprise! And it’s not a delightful one. After all, who quits anything on a random Thursday? If your mind tells you any of this, know that it’s the addiction speaking. Perhaps your decision was too abrupt? What if you quit smoking in a week, next Monday or on the first day of summer? What if you wait until the New Year’s or your next birthday? That would be symbolic and so much more meaningful. Tomorrow is always a day ahead.ġ hour – 4 hours: Your mind starts playing tricks on you. One step at a time and one foot in front of the other is the best way to go. Remember, that you don’t have to plan for a lifetime and eternity this very moment. Or, you are already in a panic thinking that you cannot go a lifetime without cigarettes. You decided so, and you are very proud of yourself. The symptoms of nicotine withdrawal can emerge shortly after the last cigarette and get rather intense.Ġ:00 – 1 hour: The cigarette you just threw into the trash-can was your last. When a person decides that the cigarette they just finished would be their last, they often don’t imagine that the power of will is only one thing they will need to cope with the harmful habit. For this reason, giving up smoking is a trying experience. For this reason, smokers feel that after a cigarette or two their concentration and thinking get better.Īs mentioned above, smoking has a substantial effect on human body, and it alters its functioning to a great extent. Those chemicals make brain function better on a cognitive level. Nicotine boosts the release of two essential hormones in the human brain, namely dopamine, and serotonin. Giving up smoking is an extremely tough task. The adverse short and long-term side effects of nicotine intake are well known to people, but the habit often turns out to be stronger than the power of will. Even though nicotine is addictive just like the illegal drugs, it is available for every legal age person without any limitations. For people addicted to nicotine, this substance acts as an additional supplement of energy.
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