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You Can Stop Smoking Without NRT

November 22, 2009 by Chris James  
Filed under Health & Fitness

I do not smoke cigarettes because it would kill me. Believe me if I could get away with smoking I would. It was not like I loved smoking. But I enjoyed it. On that subject, did you know that the addiction to smoking is in your mind, your brain really. So the answer is yes you can stop smoking without NRT.

You see inhaled nicotine hits the human brain third fastest than any other narcotic. Heroin and morphine hit the brain the fastest. Each time we puff away we get a charge to our brain. So yes there is a habit aspect of cigarette addiction in the actual lighting it and holding it and even buying the pack, but the true addiction is in your brain, literally. So with that knowledge you have to know that stopping a habit is one thing. Stopping an addiction when your brain is involved is another.

You can stop a habit easier than an addiction. A habit like nibbling on your thumb nail can be broken with you realize it is a behavioral response. You might do this when you are nervous. Once you realize you are doing this you can figure out why you get nervous and then deal with it in a different way or you can choose not become nervous.

I quit cigarettes because I chose good health over poor health. I confess I was hardly a chain smoker. No I started here and there and stopped here and there.

And it has been ten years since I had a smoke and at my age I have no intentions of going back. You see I figure that I have breathed in enough smog in my life that I do not want to make matters worse by smoking again.

But when I was younger I started smoking when I got out of college. I did to because I used to go out drinking with friends who smoked so I smoked. After a few months I started playing basketball, just some little pick up games on the weekend. Normally I could run up and down the court with no problem. This time I was bent over gasping for air. No more cigarettes for me.

In my late thirties I traveled throughout Europe. In that continent smoking is more accepted than in the States where it almost is illegal you would think with all the bans on smoking in public. I started smoking again when I was in Europe and kept it up when I returned home. Nothing regular but I smoked when I was out with my friends having a beer or two. Then I chose to have one cigarette each night after work. During one tough day at work I looked forward to my cigarette that night. I stopped and realized that I was relying on the cigarette.

I decided not to smoke my cigarette that night when I got home. No I tossed the pack in the trash. I thought if I looked forward to a smoke to ease my day at work then I had a bigger problem than a hard day at work. And the problem was in my mind, my brain actually. You can stop smoking without NRT when you understand you need to overcome your brain’s need for nicotine. You might have to go through some tough times. But you have to learn to say no to your brain. You can do it!

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