Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Quit Smoking-Cold turkey

I understands how it feels like as a smoker once, the craving to light a stick of cigarette,
the need for a cigarette as usual after dinner. When you are starting on cold turkey, the temptation when you saw your smoking buddy colleague light up, it was torturous pain a test of your willpower...

Why Nicotine is addictive
Smokers must realized that they are drug addicts after all. What? It is so serious? Yes the reason is because Nicotine is a powerfully addictive drug. Once the smoker has smoked for a fairly long time, the body requires maintenance of a certain level of nicotine in the bloodstream.

If this level is not maintained, the smoker will experience varying degrees of drug withdrawal.
The lower the level, the greater the intensity. That is the reason why smokers have the huge intensive desire.

Once the smoker quits, the nicotine level will eventually drop to zero and all physical withdrawal will cease. Cravings for an occasional cigarette may continue, but this is due to past psychological conditioning and not to a physical dependence.

After quitting smoking for two years, I will sometimes have a glimpse of a craving but it will pass as quickly as it goes. It was a wonderful feeling to be able to feel the cravings pass by and be truly smoke free.

Why cold turkey is the best method

Cold turkey induces short term suffering and creates a shorter period of withdrawal. Cutting down on cigarettes or use of nicotine replacement methods throws the smoker into a chronic state of drug withdrawal. The state of drug withdrawal will continue throughout the rest of the smoker's life unless one of two steps is taken to rectify it.

First, the smoker can stop delivering nicotine altogether. Nicotine will be metabolized or totally excreted from the body and the withdrawal will stop forever.

Second, the smoker can return to the old level of consumptions accomplishing nothing.

Therefore, cold turkey is the method of choice. Once the smoker stops, withdrawal will end within two weeks. If you are a smoker, I can help you over this crucial period of time.
Once it is past, you can rest assured that you will never need to smoke again.

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