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I remember sitting on a hot summer evening with my laptop. My partner was nagging me to stop smoking so I was searching the vastness of Internet for one specific thing.
I was extremely glad to find it – the study that showed that smoking and cocaine addictions are the same. At least that’s how I explained it. You probably came across this statement as well. Hand on heart – do you really believe it? Of course not. Cocaine or heroin is in a completely different league. The matter of the fact is that nicotine is not very addictive and quitting smoking isn’t really that hard. |
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Nicotine is an addictive drug. No doubt about it and this is not what is under discussion here. The main problem is the belief many, probably even you, hold that nicotine is extremely addictive or as the title of this article states – that nicotine is as addictive as cocaine.
Every addiction is similar to another one. Nicotine is similar to gambling, food and yes, even drug addiction. Addiction changes your brain and it alters how you gain and feel pleasure.
Comparing nicotine to cocaine is extremely out of place. Firecracker and artillery shell are also same things. They both use chemical reaction to create explosion. However, there is a huge difference in the intensity of the effect.
Every addiction is similar to another one. Nicotine is similar to gambling, food and yes, even drug addiction. Addiction changes your brain and it alters how you gain and feel pleasure.
Comparing nicotine to cocaine is extremely out of place. Firecracker and artillery shell are also same things. They both use chemical reaction to create explosion. However, there is a huge difference in the intensity of the effect.
Cocaine creates addiction by altering your brain in a similar way to nicotine but the intensity of this effect is completely different. I am sorry to say, but saying that cocaine is as addictive as smoking is only an excuse.
It might be hard to hear but this but it is the truth. I was as good as you at coming up with excuses but sooner or later, if you want to quit smoking, you need to face the facts. Smoking addiction is not holding you back. The only thing in the way of you living a smoke free life is your belief that cigarette has a positive function and a positive effect on you.
Your experience might be different but I can say that my cigarette addiction was 90% psychological and only 10% physical. That’s why mental preparation is so important. It’s also the reason why believing that nicotine is as addictive as cocaine is so counterproductive.
Both cocaine and smoking create addiction in a similar way but, I can’t stress this enough, the strength of the effect is completely different. It’s like comparing a slap on a wrist to getting hit in the face… with a baseball bat… repeatedly.
It might be hard to hear but this but it is the truth. I was as good as you at coming up with excuses but sooner or later, if you want to quit smoking, you need to face the facts. Smoking addiction is not holding you back. The only thing in the way of you living a smoke free life is your belief that cigarette has a positive function and a positive effect on you.
Your experience might be different but I can say that my cigarette addiction was 90% psychological and only 10% physical. That’s why mental preparation is so important. It’s also the reason why believing that nicotine is as addictive as cocaine is so counterproductive.
Both cocaine and smoking create addiction in a similar way but, I can’t stress this enough, the strength of the effect is completely different. It’s like comparing a slap on a wrist to getting hit in the face… with a baseball bat… repeatedly.
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This also applies to withdrawal symptoms. You can find endless lists of possible withdrawal symptoms of quitting smoking. Don’t waste your time reading them. The only result you will gain from them is that you will be looking for these symptoms.
I remember that on few of my failed attempts to quit I read those withdrawal symptoms lists and I ended up feeling them WHILE I was still smoking. That’s because I didn’t bother to work on my motivation and on my attitude towards the cigarette. |
Our brain is a magnificent thing. It can be the most powerful tool in your disposal but it can also stand in your way and work against you. Cigarette smoking doesn’t have any positive effect. Cigarette addiction is bad for you but your brain is used to it.
We all had the experience of encountering the power of habit. Maybe you had to change your sleeping schedule due to new job or you started working out, or you decided to eat healthier. Every time it felt as if you are going against the current. It felt unnatural and you might have even felt bad physically.
Quitting smoking is no harder than that. Did you know that nicotine is out of your system in just three days? Yes, this addictive substance, which you might have even thought was stronger than you is out of your body in only three days.
Withdrawal symptoms are not as quick to subside but they don’t last too long and they are not as intensive as you might fear. You should actually enjoy this amazing period.
We are conditioned by everything you come across to fear the quit process and dread nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Why?
Any symptom you feel is due to your body cleaning itself. After years and decades of living with a constant supply of poison your body is finally able to clean itself.
It’s completely natural that for some time you might experience weird sensations and some inconvenience. That’s your body learning to run better and more efficiently.
Smoking cigarettes is like running your car for years without doing any maintenance. Quitting smoking is like taking it for a complete service. Your car will feel completely different as you got used to low power, bad breaks and other issues. All of the sudden you gain this great performance.
Quitting smoking puts your body through the same experience. Ever since I haven’t felt as powerful as I felt, when I was quitting smoking. It is an incredible feeling. Every single nicotine withdrawal symptom stems from this.
We all had the experience of encountering the power of habit. Maybe you had to change your sleeping schedule due to new job or you started working out, or you decided to eat healthier. Every time it felt as if you are going against the current. It felt unnatural and you might have even felt bad physically.
Quitting smoking is no harder than that. Did you know that nicotine is out of your system in just three days? Yes, this addictive substance, which you might have even thought was stronger than you is out of your body in only three days.
Withdrawal symptoms are not as quick to subside but they don’t last too long and they are not as intensive as you might fear. You should actually enjoy this amazing period.
We are conditioned by everything you come across to fear the quit process and dread nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Why?
Any symptom you feel is due to your body cleaning itself. After years and decades of living with a constant supply of poison your body is finally able to clean itself.
It’s completely natural that for some time you might experience weird sensations and some inconvenience. That’s your body learning to run better and more efficiently.
Smoking cigarettes is like running your car for years without doing any maintenance. Quitting smoking is like taking it for a complete service. Your car will feel completely different as you got used to low power, bad breaks and other issues. All of the sudden you gain this great performance.
Quitting smoking puts your body through the same experience. Ever since I haven’t felt as powerful as I felt, when I was quitting smoking. It is an incredible feeling. Every single nicotine withdrawal symptom stems from this.
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Physical symptoms will unfortunately subside as your body readjusts itself. Psychological addiction is a completely different thing. That’s why it’s so important to truly understand that cigarette smoking has no positive effect. It’s just a pointless activity.
Goal setting and other exercises are usually focused on the negative effects of smoking and what you might gain after you eliminate cigarette from your life. That’s all good and it is important to comprehend that smoking is extremely negative activity but it’s even more important to believe that it is a completely needless activity. |
Why are you smoking? I used to have my reasons. Not many, but I believed that smoking cigarettes had positive effect for me. Only when I started asking myself “why am I smoking?” I realized that I had no reason to do it.
Cigarette addiction has interesting ways how it makes us think. It even changes the taste of the cigarette smoke. Every addiction adjusts the way you see reality. That’s why cocaine and cigarette addiction are often being compared.
Do you thing smoking cigarette helps you relax? Smoking increases your stress and anxiety levels. The only true way to improve how you feel is to quit smoking cigarettes.
Do you think smoking cigarettes helps you stay thin or smoking will help you loose some weight? Cigarette smoking has stimulating effect on your digestion but the same can be said about chewing gum. Quitting smoking will give you a boost of energy, which, once you apply it to sports, will help you to keep your weight down and to improve how you feel and look.
Quitting smoking is less about putting down the cigarette and more about changing the way you perceive cigarettes and smoking. You need to go through every single belief you have about the cigarette in this way. You need to eliminate your smoking addiction.
Changing the attitude towards cigarette had a very interesting effect. Even while smoking you will notice that as your attitude towards cigarette addiction changes, the taste of cigarette smoke changes. You will once again start to feel the real taste of cigarette smoke.
Cigarette, no matter what advertisement might imply, is a manufactured product which has been extensively treated with chemicals. The whole tobacco plant, not just leaves, is used during the manufacture process. Filter, paper and the tobacco – everything contains huge quantities of harmful chemicals.
Cigarette smoking is like being in an abusive relationship. Cigarette doesn’t care about you. Smoking only harms you and any positivity you see is just you fooling yourself. It’s time to start a new, healthier chapter of your life.
Quit smoking cigarettes and eliminate nicotine addiction from your life.
Cigarette addiction has interesting ways how it makes us think. It even changes the taste of the cigarette smoke. Every addiction adjusts the way you see reality. That’s why cocaine and cigarette addiction are often being compared.
Do you thing smoking cigarette helps you relax? Smoking increases your stress and anxiety levels. The only true way to improve how you feel is to quit smoking cigarettes.
Do you think smoking cigarettes helps you stay thin or smoking will help you loose some weight? Cigarette smoking has stimulating effect on your digestion but the same can be said about chewing gum. Quitting smoking will give you a boost of energy, which, once you apply it to sports, will help you to keep your weight down and to improve how you feel and look.
Quitting smoking is less about putting down the cigarette and more about changing the way you perceive cigarettes and smoking. You need to go through every single belief you have about the cigarette in this way. You need to eliminate your smoking addiction.
Changing the attitude towards cigarette had a very interesting effect. Even while smoking you will notice that as your attitude towards cigarette addiction changes, the taste of cigarette smoke changes. You will once again start to feel the real taste of cigarette smoke.
Cigarette, no matter what advertisement might imply, is a manufactured product which has been extensively treated with chemicals. The whole tobacco plant, not just leaves, is used during the manufacture process. Filter, paper and the tobacco – everything contains huge quantities of harmful chemicals.
Cigarette smoking is like being in an abusive relationship. Cigarette doesn’t care about you. Smoking only harms you and any positivity you see is just you fooling yourself. It’s time to start a new, healthier chapter of your life.
Quit smoking cigarettes and eliminate nicotine addiction from your life.
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1. Efimero.jpg, By perturbao - originally posted to Flickr as Efimero, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons. wikimedia.org/w/ index.php? curid=5639490
2. Fish-hook.JPG, By AntanO - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons. wikimedia.org/w/ index.php?curid= 34161027
3. Bindweed plant breaking through asphalt 8 - P1030678.jpg, By Mark Dixon - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons. wikimedia.org/w/ index.php?curid=39781037
1. The Neurobiology of Drug Addiction, Snorting vs smoking cocaine: different addictive liabilities, National Institute on Drug Abuse, June 2016, https://www. drugabuse.gov/ publications/ teaching-packets /neurobiology- drug-addiction /section-iv- action-cocaine /2-snorting- vs-smoking-cocaine -different-a
2. Is nicotine more addictive than cocaine?, Henningfield JE, Cohen C, Slade JD., US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, June 2016, http://www. ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/1859920
3. SMOKING ADDICTION: MENTAL VS PHYSICAL ADDICTION, QuitDay, June 2016, https://quitday.org/smoking-effects/smoking-addiction-mental-vs-physical-addiction/
4. Smoking fact: Nicotine is MORE addictive than cocaine, by: S. D. Wells, Natural News, June 2016,
http://www. naturalnews.com /052282_smoking _nicotine_ addiction_cocaine .html#ixzz4CrP57sP7
5. Tobacco Worse Than Cocaine?, by dlende, Neuroanthropology, June 2016, https:// neuroanthropology. net/2009/05/27/ tobacco-worse- than-cocaine/
6. NICOTINE: HARDER TO KICK... THAN HEROIN, By Sandra Blakeslee, The New York Times, June 2016, http://www. nytimes.com /1987/03/29/ magazine/ nicotine-harder -to-kickthan- heroin.html? pagewanted=all
PHOTO
1. Efimero.jpg, By perturbao - originally posted to Flickr as Efimero, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons. wikimedia.org/w/ index.php? curid=5639490
2. Fish-hook.JPG, By AntanO - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons. wikimedia.org/w/ index.php?curid= 34161027
3. Bindweed plant breaking through asphalt 8 - P1030678.jpg, By Mark Dixon - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons. wikimedia.org/w/ index.php?curid=39781037