Health & Medical Addiction & Recovery

Hot Methods of Quitting Smoking - Say Goodbye to Cigarettes Now

If you're fed up with reeking of stale tobacco, burning up your hard-earned money and above all being a slave to nicotine, it's time you took your life back.
Maybe you've tried and failed.
If so, get ready to try again.
Take a look at some of the more popular stop smoking methods and find one that works for you.
If you're macho (or masochistic) by nature, cold turkey should appeal.
No patches, no gum, just stop lighting up and tough out the withdrawal symptoms until they stop.
It's simple and direct but unless you have rock-solid will power or the resolve of a marathon runner, you might like to avoid it.
Fear not, gentler methods are at hand.
If you dread nicotine withdrawal symptoms, you can find a number of methods that drip nicotine into your system without using cigarettes.
Patches and gums are the most common.
Nicotine patches are adhesive strips that you stick on your body.
They time-release nicotine into your body through your skin reducing the irritability, depression, insomnia and feeling of loss that you feel as you quit cigarettes.
Sounds good but a lot of smokers see patches as a magic bullet that'll wean them off cigarettes quickly and easily.
Trouble is tobacco addiction is a complex phenomenon and there's no quick fix.
And don't forget patches still push nicotine into your body prolonging your addiction.
The same goes for nicotine chewing gum.
Perhaps then you're tempted by natural aids to quitting smoking.
These include acupuncture, acupressure and herbal solutions.
These work holistically to reduce cravings and help you relax during the stress of withdrawal period.
Hypnosis is a popular way to deal with the mental aspects of nicotine addiction.
Your subconscious mind drives much of your behaviour and this is one reason why willpower alone is not enough.
Hypnotherapy can reprogram you into a non smoker by communicating directly with your deepest mind.
This is where real changes are made.
Herbs work on many levels to reduce nicotine cravings and help you kick the habit.
They can lower cravings directly, help you with nicotine withdrawal symptoms and help your body heal from the ravages of years of smoking.
Herbs are a must in any stop smoking method.
Natural approaches can be very effective but work best in conjunction with other methods.
The fact is that in order to successfully quit smoking, you need a solid system in place.
Tobacco addiction works on the mental, physical and social levels so you need a system that is effective on all these levels.


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