Review of Devices to Help You Stop Smoking
Author: Mike Durand
While there will be challenges on the road to stopping smoking, there are a variety of products designed to help make your quitting process easier.
Herbal patches
Similar in concept to nicotine patches, without the nicotine, herbal patches contain natural ingredients that offer the body a substitute for the nicotine it is craving, therefore helping to ease withdrawal symptoms.
Herbal medications
There are herbal products designed to help you quit smoking by making your cigarettes taste bad. Taken in capsule form once a day, these are reputed to keep working and quickly diminish your desire to smoke as your body begins to associate cigarettes with unpleasant sensations.
Self-hypnosis audio
A drug free approach that skips the need for nicotine replacements by directly targeting your belief that you need to smoke. Hypnosis helps overcome your mental obstacles to quitting, and promotes deep relaxation in order to diminish your cravings and withdrawal symptoms, as well as reduce any underlying stress that has contributed to your smoking habit in the first place.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
Alternative sources of nicotine can be used to help you slowly withdraw from the drug while breaking the other behavioral components of your habit. Available in gum, patches, inhalers, sprays and lozenges, NRT is a common method of substantially improving the success rate of stop smoking strategies. It is important to use these products carefully according to directions as part of a determined effort to quit in order for them to work for you.
Acupressure devices
Acupressure has been used to reduce the desire to smoke, and may involve the use of a variety of products, from wristbands to small metal nodes that are attached inside the ear. Acupressure is derived from ancient Chinese medical practices including acupuncture that stimulate or relax various bodily functions using energy centers throughout the body. Helpful in the treatment of numerous ailments, this drug-free approach is gaining popularity in helping individuals tap into the body natural healing abilities.
As you can see, there are a number of different ways to help you get through the difficult initial stages of nicotine withdrawal. Once your dependence on cigarettes has been broken, staying quit will require an ongoing commitment, so whatever cessation method you choose, remember to pair it with a clear idea of why you are quitting in order to remind yourself of all the important reasons to resist temptation when it arises. You are on your way to better health and an improved quality of life keep up the good work, and look forward to the experience of living free from addiction, with its many advantages, including the rewards of overcoming a difficult habit to break. Feel good about your achievements, and celebrate them each step of the way you have earned it.
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can you sleep through nicotine withdrawals?
i have only been smoke free for 30+ hours. the cravings are so bad right now. i cry about every ten minutes and i can’t sleep. so say i took some sleeping pills to get rest, would i wake up with worse symptoms?
so i guess what i’m asking is…as far as “time served” in the physical withdrawal stage, does it still count during the hours you are asleep?
also, would getting nicotine patches help me at this point?
I gave up smoking just over a year ago,
i tried once with no patches and caved in after 3 days,
the second and last time i used patches and yes i found they did help and i have now been smoke free for over 1 year.
i know how it is the first few days, but keep with it, it does get easier
Quit smoking advice : How many days does it take for the nicotine to leave the body ? Withdrawal symptoms?
I am on CHAMPIX tablets (Varenicline Tartrate). Have gone from smoking 25/day down to 4/day in 14 days. Just want to know if I have passed the danger (withdrawal) stage.
Thanks guys for your valuable information.
I took a health psychology course last year and to my memory our professor told us that it takes a whole month for all traces of nicotine to leave your body, so I guess you could qualify this as the danger zone. After you pass this stage I think you might find that your body begins to get used to not having the drug running through your system.
Hold on as long as you can!
P.S. if you run into any trouble with kicking your habit, I was also told that hypnosis is a good method for quiting (seriously), so give it a go if you haven’t already.
Good luck.
someone please help me…?
i am near the point of suicide, i quit smoking 3 weeks ago today, in an attempt to be healthier and live longer, for my 3 kids. And now since I quit, i am so incredibly depressed and Angry. feeling so much hate toward myself and Everyone. and i mean Hate. and i am so sad. i dont even want to wake up in the morning. I dont know what to do anymore. Should i go back to smoking again?? i was actually normal and happy then, and hardly ever angry. and it’s been three weeks of hell, so i know i am past the withdrawal stages. it must be some psychological mental trauma related to quitting. what do i do? not to mention that in three weeks time i have gained 12 pounds.. i am scared i will hurt myself or someone i dearly love. any suggestions? does this happen to other people? Like i said i quit 21 days ago today. and i have never been more miserable. I dont want to smoke again, i really don’t, i just want to stop crying and screaming, and laying in bed all day long…
Will I go back to square one if I have one cigarette?
I’ve been off of nicotine for about two and a half weeks now. I’m still horrified of the commitment (never being able to smoke again). I would, however, like to smoke occasionally (New Years cigar). Not to rationalise smoking, but -at my current stage of withdrawal- what would one cigarette do to me physiologically. How many days will I be set back for? Perhaps I’m not asking the right questions.
I’m a crazy nicotine slave
Don’t do it! You will just wind up having to start back at square one all over again. If you are dedicated towards quitting then that means you have to stop smoking all together. No breaks or anything. And I have to commend you on going for two whole weeks without smoking. That is a fantastic start! Why blow it? You can do it! Just have faith in yourself.
ways to stop or reduce masturbation?
ok so i would like to stop or reduce my masturbating because it just takes to much time out of the day and distracts me from other things.
now i do it usually once or twice a day
so its not overly excessive or anything but still i would like to maybe gradually reduce it maybe like every other day or so
(kinda like the withdrawal stage from smoking)
any advice would be nice
and please no answers like ” why stop” or ” its perfectly normal”
because those are just dumb answers
Email me.