Without Smoking – 1 month
One month without smoking is not a big success, but this time not even a single cig, not even a single buff. I think i crossed all physical/mental craving of smoking, still have to fight a long way to go. But last times, i slipped within a week with a single cig, and later on one and so on until i completely back to full form within 3-4 months.
First we have to understand the real facts of smoking addition, why we are smoking and what are the factors triggering smoking. Once we understand the facts, we can easily avoid the smoking craves and stay as non-smoker.
Feeling refresh after a smoke – Coffee is also giving the same refreshment, Tip: buy StarBucks tall coffee and sip it very slowly, 2 sip at a time for 1-2 hours.
Decreased concentration – No scientific study concludes that smoking is giving extra boost for new idea/solution or increase concentration but smokers does. The fact is, the time we walk to smoking place and staring at something and smoking and thinking at same time is the key and sudden increase of nicotine level feels that we are concentrating more until next cycle. Tip: same can be done with, staring at white board or ceiling or floor or something, thinking/analyzing by drawing a picture on a paper also helps a lot.
Seeing somebody else smoking – This is the worst craving factor for ex-smokers. We can’t avoid that also. Don’t see it, walk very fast if somebody start smoking on street, or shop entrance, if possible hold off breath for 10-15 seconds.
Celebrate achievements – Smokers have to smoke when they feel that they achieved something, such as fixed a broken car engine or caught a big fish or favorite team won at season opener etc. Tip: stand up and walk around or drive to StarBucks, again coffee 2 sip at a time for 1-2 hours.
Controlling stress – This one is very tough but doable. But based on my experience, smoking is creating more stress than real one. If some stressful event happen, all we need to do is thinking for 10-15 mins, after we found the solution, the stress will disappear. We need smoking to start thinking and try to found an answer within smoking time. But i think, the real solution is far away than time consuming for smoke.
Eating disorder – This is really worrisome, because after quit smoking, our taste buds improves and slowly we start eating more. i think putting extra few pound is not a real issue unless we are very concern about beauty and body shape. But we need to make sure that our cholesterol level is well within control and avoid fatty foods as much as possible.
Dealing with blue – After 1-2 weeks without smoke, we start feeling loneliness and feel like we lost something important. This is really a passing phase. We can avoid this by using nicotine replacement and spent more time with family and write more blog, engaged with some activity is really important.
Disclaimer: All are my personal opinion. I’m neither an experienced medical professional nor a quit smoking counselor, please use/follow it at your own risk.
First we have to understand the real facts of smoking addition, why we are smoking and what are the factors triggering smoking. Once we understand the facts, we can easily avoid the smoking craves and stay as non-smoker.
Feeling refresh after a smoke – Coffee is also giving the same refreshment, Tip: buy StarBucks tall coffee and sip it very slowly, 2 sip at a time for 1-2 hours.
Decreased concentration – No scientific study concludes that smoking is giving extra boost for new idea/solution or increase concentration but smokers does. The fact is, the time we walk to smoking place and staring at something and smoking and thinking at same time is the key and sudden increase of nicotine level feels that we are concentrating more until next cycle. Tip: same can be done with, staring at white board or ceiling or floor or something, thinking/analyzing by drawing a picture on a paper also helps a lot.
Seeing somebody else smoking – This is the worst craving factor for ex-smokers. We can’t avoid that also. Don’t see it, walk very fast if somebody start smoking on street, or shop entrance, if possible hold off breath for 10-15 seconds.
Celebrate achievements – Smokers have to smoke when they feel that they achieved something, such as fixed a broken car engine or caught a big fish or favorite team won at season opener etc. Tip: stand up and walk around or drive to StarBucks, again coffee 2 sip at a time for 1-2 hours.
Controlling stress – This one is very tough but doable. But based on my experience, smoking is creating more stress than real one. If some stressful event happen, all we need to do is thinking for 10-15 mins, after we found the solution, the stress will disappear. We need smoking to start thinking and try to found an answer within smoking time. But i think, the real solution is far away than time consuming for smoke.
Eating disorder – This is really worrisome, because after quit smoking, our taste buds improves and slowly we start eating more. i think putting extra few pound is not a real issue unless we are very concern about beauty and body shape. But we need to make sure that our cholesterol level is well within control and avoid fatty foods as much as possible.
Dealing with blue – After 1-2 weeks without smoke, we start feeling loneliness and feel like we lost something important. This is really a passing phase. We can avoid this by using nicotine replacement and spent more time with family and write more blog, engaged with some activity is really important.
Disclaimer: All are my personal opinion. I’m neither an experienced medical professional nor a quit smoking counselor, please use/follow it at your own risk.
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