Physical Health Guide

So, you have started the process of stopping smoking and you are well into the first few days.

How is it going?

Some people sail through it and “never have any cravings.” Most people don’t though.

It can be disappointing when you feel that you need to have a cigarette whilst others don’t seem to have the same feelings. But don’t worry – you are in the majority.

You must remember that you have been smoking every day for 5, 10, 15, 20 years or more. Your body is used to regular supplies of nicotine. It craves the drug. But you are not giving it any.

And your body doesn’t like it.

Therefore it makes you feel bad. Why shouldn’t it? Nobody said that giving up smoking was going to be easy – that is probably why you have not been able to give up over all these years.

The cravings are simply your body’s way of telling you that it misses what you have been giving it.

And, what have you been giving it? Well, for starters there is the nicotine that has made you habituated. Then there are the thousands of chemicals that clog up your lungs and the lungs of your children and friends. And then, of course, there are the thousand other chemicals that cause the majority of smokers to have either lung cancer, heart disease, strokes or a whole range of other diseases.

So, let’s not start that smoking game again. Fight these cravings – it’s not that hard. Have courage and will power. Within a few days, your cravings will have disappeared.

Eric Hartwell oversees the worlds best home page a user-led resource. Do you want to quit smoking? Visit Smokefree England for further information.

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