Give Up Smoking

Most smokers are afraid of what happens when they quit smoking. They are not aware of what is going on in their body when they stop providing it with nicotine. In this article we will tell you what is going on in your body when you quit smoking - You will see, there is nothing to be scared of.

The most important thing to know is that a smoking cessation goes hand in hand with withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms are only a reaction of the body to the sudden interruption of the long lasting nicotine supply. There's basically two types of withdrawal symptoms. Physical withdrawal symptoms like for example headaches and sickness are overrated as they are not as hard to endure as most smokers think they are, and usually they're gone after a couple of weeks, days, or even hours. In some cases a smoker who stops smoking will not even be able to feel any physical withdrawal symptoms.

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The mosre important withdrawal symptoms are the mental ones. They result out of a degenerations of the brain. When a person smokes, the nicotine that gets into the body makes the brain produce a so called "happy hormone" called dopamine. Dopamine makes you feel comfortable. This is what smokers feel when they smoke a cigarette. The catch is only, that the brain has not enough receptors to accumulate enough nicotine when someone starts smoking. Over the years, the brain builds up more and more nicotine receptors just for being able to accumulate all the nicotine that is being inhaled. The result of this process is, that the times between the cigarettes become shorter and shorter. Most smokers need one cigarettes in 45 - 60 minutes.

When a smoker stops smoking, those receptors remain empty, which would be absolutely no problem with a non-smoker, but a smoker's brain that has already made a long term experience with those receptors being constantly filled will feel something missing. The result is a lack of concentration, aggression, sleeplessness and a feeling of urge. Those withdrawal symptoms are hard to endure, but it is possible to do with some simple techniques like taking deep breaths whenever a person feels the need to smoke. The key is to provide the body with dopamine in other ways than inhaling nicotine.

One very characteristic effect that occurs when someone stops smoking is coughing. Many smokers who have never coughed suddenly start coughing and become very afraid of it. They are afraid of suffering from some kinds of diseases or so. As a matter of fact, coughing is neighter a withdrawal symptom, nor a sign for a disease! It is just your lungs that start to remove the tar that has been accumulated during the years of smoking. This process can last up to 9 months and is not harmful!

See it as a sign of your success!

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