If you are wondering how long will cravings last, you need to be aware that there are a number of issues unique to you that will determine the time frame. Before I help you discover the answer to that question, let me first congratulate you on your decision to quit smoking. You may find that your decision to quit smoking will rank as one of the most important, self empowering life changing decisions you have ever made.
How severe the cravings you personally experience in the very near and distant future are, depends entirely upon what steps you’ve taken to address the psychological reasons that have kept you addicted to smoking. As you will learn, nicotine is not the cause of your addiction, nor is it the source of future cravings to take up smoking again.
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When anyone decides to quit smoking they are beginning a process that involves some very scientific principles that might seem child-like acts. But they all lead to being able to quit smoking effectively. Smoking is a psychological disorder as well as a physical one. Most people will automatically ‘light up’ after a meal because they are used to the act of smoking. Others do feel the pangs of their nicotine addiction and these people are the ones that will find it more difficult to quit smoking.
However, to say that it is impossible to stop smoking would be wrong and it would send out the wrong signals to those who are finding it already difficult to stop smoking. We would say that the process of smoking cessation is long but it is not impossible to achieve. To begin with it is important to set a date by when you will try to quit smoking. It is really necessary to set achievable dates. But not being able to achieve the goal is no excuse to take up smoking once again. This is a losers mentality to give up easily.
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Virtually every person who attempts to stop smoking ends up gaining weight. It appears that weight gain simply comes with the process. Or does it?
My name is David Paul, and I have been a happy and successful nonsmoker for the past 13 years. Prior to my smoking secession, I was a pack and a half a day chronic smoker, hopelessly addicted to nicotine. What worked for me to become a nonsmoker was a rudimentary hypnosis program, the likes of which would be laughed at by today’s standards on how to quit smoking without gaining weight. What that program back in 1996 did not address was the 20 pound weight gain that I experienced after I quit (20 lbs on a 5 foor 4 inch frame is noticeable!).
Though a modest gain is natural, it is actually possible to learn how quit smoking without gaining weight entirely, and then take action to keep from experiencing any weight gain from quitting.
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