Addiction causes great harm to the body in the form of serious illness,
bad breath, yellow skin, increased fatigue. The health of passive drinkers suffers even more. The conclusion suggests itself: smoking should be stopped so as not to poison the lives of oneself and those close to one. Many men and women who smoke ask themselves the question, Is it possible to say goodbye to a bad habit on your own, easily and simply? You can, by adhering to a few simple rules. But simply or easily, it will depend on you personally.
A little about a bad habit
Nicotine has a negative effect on human health. Smokers can experience cardiovascular disease, stomach and intestines, bronchi and lungs. A dangerous hobby provokes the occurrence of oncological diseases much more often than in patients who do not smoke. In men, these are problems with potency, in women - infertility. Newlyweds who smoke create an unhealthy foundation for the development of future children.
Cigarette is a real poison that slowly kills the health of a nation.
Get rid of nicotine addiction on your own
Make an unwavering and important decision first about quitting smoking. Next:
- Eliminate the first cigarette butts - coffee and alcohol from your diet. Consume compotes and juices, jellies and tea.
- Postpone meetings with tobacco friends for at least a month.
- If you are craving the urge to smoke, then drink a glass of plain water, eat an apple, mint candy, chew gum.
- Avoid the time of those situations and places where you smoked most often: clubs, entertainment venues, lunch breaks at work, trips with friends in nature.
- Eliminate habits that may remind you of smoking from life: lighters and ashtrays, souvenir pipes and cigarette holders.
- You should not keep a pack of cigarettes at home "just in case". One should get rid of it immediately, so that temptation is not tried.
- Save money every day you expect to spend on cigarettes. With the amount collected, buy yourself a nice thing you have long dreamed of.
- Go for physical activity or training, fitness, visit the pool. Increase sports loads gradually.
- Spend a lot of time outdoors, strolling in parks, near water bodies.
- Take a bike ride. In your spare time, listen to good music, watch interesting movies, read and re-read exciting books.
- Find an activity for yourself that can take you away from obsessive thoughts and desires. For example, women can do sewing, embroidery, knitting; men - woodwork.
- Cultivate both strength and willpower in your character. These qualities will help you stay on target halfway through.
- Think about the nice changes that will happen to you over time after breaking up your "relationship" with a cigarette. These include: excellent health and a fresh complexion, thick hair and white teeth, an athletic figure and a refined appearance, erudition and intelligence, healthy children and good mood.
People's recommendations for yesterday's smokers
Herbalists also have a host of helpful tips. Their recipes will help ease the process of parting with a cigarette:
- Grind the oats. Pour three teaspoons of the product with a glass of boiled water. Put on low heat for five minutes. Insist for an hour. Strain and take infusion three times daily before a meal, one-third of a glass for thirty days.
- Eat a few drops of fish oil with bread for a month.
- Cut a teaspoon of loose Indian tea or Ceylon with two cups of boiled water. Add tea leaves nettle leaves, mint, fragrant rue, chicory root in half a teaspoon. Leave the tea for 10 minutes. After filtering, consume half a glass two or three times a day.
- Pour two teaspoons of eucalyptus leaves with a glass of boiled water. Let it soak for an hour. Strain the infusion and add honey with glycerin to it, one tablespoon of each ingredient. Drink this infusion for a month 4 times a day for 1/2 cup.
If you use traditional medicine prescriptions, you can quit smoking yourself.