Quit smoking - Mission Impossible and Making it possible
To leave one of your favorite habits is really a very tough
thing. Even, cutting up the quantity is also a difficult thing
to do. For Instance, after doing your check up, your doctor has
advised you to take little amount of sugar in your tea or cut
down the amount of salt in your food. Cutting the amount of
either salt or sugar is very tough; you will feel as you are
going through a torture. Similarly, if the lessening of amount
is tough, then completely quitting up your favorite time pass or
habit sounds impossible.
One will feel that he has been given a 'mission impossible' to
accomplish. But, as we all know that smoking is like a poison
and its only work is to destroy the person, who is having it
with such a delight. The only thing one need is to determine to
quit it at any cost. Do not bother about the time you are taking
in quitting it. You have already taken the first step towards
quitting this habit. If one even determines of quitting it, that
means you have already won half of the battle.
It is quite possible that you will not get your desired
destination in the very first attempt. So, never lost your cool,
keep trying, and always remember that 'every cloud has a silver
lining'.
To get rid of this smoking habit is a difficult task to perform,
as cigarettes and all the smoking objects has nicotine in its
content. Nicotine act as an addictive and the smoker becomes
addicted to it. Nicotine enhances the quantity of dopamine in
the body. When this dopamine enters the brain, the smoker gets a
nice feeling, due to its effect.
Sometimes, experts advise to intake a little quantity of
nicotine, until you get rid of it completely. It is a slow but
in the meanwhile an effective process in getting rid of the
smoking habit permanently. There are several products available
in the market that can replace nicotine, such as nicotine patch
or gum. Apart from all these options, the most important thing
one must take care is the determination of quitting it
permanently.
One major hindrance on your way to quit smoking is the routine
you are following to smoke. In your daily routine, you have
given a special place to this habit. While working in an office,
you often smoke during intervals, or after dinner, or having
drinks in a party, or when doing nothing, just to pass your time.
The first thing you must do is to decide a proper date that from
this day onward 'quit smoking' mission starts. Begin this
mission by not to smoke during these intervals. It may be
possible in the beginning to find it a little difficult. So, try
to divert your mind on some other things and slowly you will
notice a considerable progress in you.
Your decision of getting rid of smoking completely is not only
good for your health, but your family members will also get
benefited from it. It will not only benefit you health wise but
will also enable you to utilize these intervals creatively.
Moreover, the money you were burning on it can also be used for
some good cause.
While quitting this bad habit, do not get pessimistic but try to
enjoy this phase with something constructive. The best thing one
can do is to join any exercise program under the guidance of an
expert trainer. Exercise is the proper replacement of smoking,
as smoking makes you feel a little elevated, so do the exercise.
Always try to keep your hands and mouth busy by having chewing
gum or ice cream or anything that engage your hands and mouth.
Quitting is not an easy task for the smoker. The smoker has to
go through many difficult phases, but one should never
dishearten and keep trying. One thing you must consider is to be
ready for every kind of situations and still not giving up the
determination. The quitting of smoking will give you and your
loved one's, lungs and hearts a new life.