There are dozens of ways to quit smoking. Former smokers are willing to talk about their experiences, psychotherapists offer courses and write books, there are evidence -based and semi -magical ways to get rid of cigarettes. We also can't stay away.
Is there a way to finally get rid of nicotine addiction? Yes, there is. Thanks to them, you can live six months without cigarettes - only such a period is needed to consider the addiction overcome. Well, without strong motivation, as usual, you can’t do.
So, let’s take a look at the most effective ways to quit smoking.
1. Take special medication
Long -term smokers should consult a doctor, as it will be difficult for them to overcome nicotine addiction alone. After all, it is part of the blood, participates in metabolism, and if it suddenly stops entering the body on a regular basis, a person experiences a kind of withdrawal. There is anxiety, irritability, irritability, even panic attacks. Therefore, it is better to seek medical support. Your doctor will prescribe medication to help eliminate or reduce the severity of nicotine intoxication.
Anti-smoking drugs are divided into three groups. The first acts as a nicotine substitute, because these tablets contain nicotine or the alkaloid cytisine, which acts on the body in a similar way. They irritate nicotinic receptors, provoking the development of reactions, such as smoking. Thus, a person does not suffer from abstinence syndrome, that is, withdrawal, and, importantly, he does not inhale cigarette smoke, which contains an unusual amount of harmful substances. The disadvantage of pills is that they remain addicted to nicotine, even in small doses.
The second group of drugs acts on the part of the brain where the desire for cigarettes is formed. And the tablets of the third group, by binding to nicotinic receptors, block the formation of reactions that cause a person to experience the pleasure of smoking, and cause disgust for this process.
2. Use nicotine patches and gums
Nicotine patches and chewing gum also help reduce the severity of nicotine intoxication during the period of weaning from cigarettes. They supply the body with a minimum amount of nicotine, and the person functions more or less normally. But the cunning nature of these drugs, as well as the drugs of the first group, is that when a smoker wean from a cigarette, he has to wean from his successor.
3. Get Hypnosis or Coding
Methods to combat this bad habit are not officially recognized by medicine, however, they are effective. If you decide to try hypnosis or psychological coding, contact a specialized clinic. You will receive counseling and therapy.
What does it look like? The psychotherapist introduces the patient into a hypnotic trance state and inspires them to quit smoking. However, the effects of psychotherapy are carried out without hypnosis. The main thing at the same time is to remember that no recommendations will help if you yourself do not firmly decide to part with cigarettes. Hypnosis can only strengthen motivation.
If you can not overcome the urge to smoke and break the coding, it is advisable to immediately visit a doctor. It will improve the encoding or remove the received settings.
4. Register for acupuncture
By affecting certain points on the body, doctors have treated many diseases, and for more than a millennium, including smoking. At a certain point in the ear, the doctor attaches a special needle, and the person no longer feels the need for nicotine. For some people, one or two sessions is enough, and for others, six is enough. An effective method, however, it is not suitable for those who panic afraid of injections.
5. Switch to traditional medicine
There are many traditional medicine recipes that get rid of addiction. Here is one of them, very effective. Soak cigarettes in milk, dry and suck. This is a disgusting thing that forever discourages the desire to smoke, moreover, the thought of smoking can cause nausea attacks.
The most effective in the fight against smoking bananas. Prepare an infusion of it: one tbsp. l. crushed leaves, pour a glass of boiling water and leave for an hour. Drink a quarter cup four times a day or twice a day: in the morning and in the evening, half a glass.
Mix 1 tbsp. l. fresh leaves of horseradish and large bananas. Chew the mixture 2 times a day for 5 minutes, and swallow the juice.
Prepare a decoction of oats: two tbsp. l. mix a glass of boiling water, bring to a boil and leave for an hour. After that, strain and drink 0. 4 cups 4-5 times a day for a month and a half. At the same time, treat the gastrointestinal tract.
All sorts of conspiracies and prayers have a good effect on the unfortunate cigarette lover. And you can find folk healers even in big cities.
6. Work hard
According to psychologists, hard work, busyness, anxious work help overcome the urge to smoke. Someone turns to the project, all thoughts are just focused on it, and the number of cigarettes smoked drops dramatically, or even disappears completely. After all, there is no time to go to the smoking room. And to increase the effect of this method, it is worth getting a job in a company where smoking is generally prohibited.
7. Exercise
During sports, like any other physical activity, the body begins to actively secrete pleasure hormones - endorphins. They evoke feelings of fun and thus help overcome the discomfort associated with quitting smoking. Therefore, it is worthwhile to sign up for a gym or aerobics. While jogging at a moderate pace, brisk walking or cycling also helps relieve stress. If you want to smoke - put on your shoes, and move on. In fifteen minutes you will be "released".
8. Eat Right
Spicy foods, alcohol, coffee and tea exacerbate the urge to smoke, so during the period of weaning from nicotine, stop this product. And here is a list of products that should always be on the table:
- Celery Leaves - Reduces stress hormones.
- Citrus fruits and sweet peppers - due to the high content of vitamin C, strengthen the immune system.
- Milk - according to an American study, a glass of milk is drunk before a cigarette spoils the taste.
- Water - it helps remove toxins from the body, including nicotine. A glass of water before inhalation relieves the urge to smoke.
- Dark chocolate - increases serotonin levels, which is very necessary for someone who has quit smoking.
- Green Smoothies - Smoothies from leafy vegetables contain a lot of chlorophyll, which helps remove toxins from the body.
- Herbal infusion - calms the nervous system, relieves anxiety, irritation, palpitations.
9. Get a little privacy
Take a vacation and go to a secluded path where there are no shops or cigarette stalls nearby. You should know that there is no place to buy a pack of cigarettes, you can not follow it 50 kilometers. Live in such a state for a month, but do not play stupid, but do something useful. Dig beds for neighbors grandmothers or weed weeds, cut firewood for them for the winter, collect all the trash in the area. . . Exhaust yourself physically, and the urge to smoke will disappear.
10. Read Allen Carr's Easy Ways to Quit Smoking
This famous book has helped many people. You can buy it, or you can download it or borrow it from someone. The author of the book started smoking at the age of 18, and quit this dangerous activity at the age of 49. After that, he founded the international network of clinics "The Easy Way", which helps to quit smoking using his methods. Try it and you, because if it helps many, it will help you too.
11. Contact a specialized center
There is a special counseling center for assistance in quitting tobacco use (CTC). By contacting here and reporting your desire to quit smoking, you will receive specialized help from a psychologist or doctor. The doctor will tell you about the most effective way to quit, taking into account the general health of the applicant, and psychologists, on their behalf, will facilitate the process of weaning from nicotine.
Whatever way you choose to get rid of bad habits, remember a few more tips:
- do not smoke in the morning on an empty stomach - have breakfast first;
- do not smoke on an empty stomach - do it half an hour after eating;
- smoking a strictly prescribed number of cigarettes for yourself: one hour after breakfast, lunch and dinner;
- if you feel like smoking more often, drink water or coffee.