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What Is The Natural Way To Discontinue Smoking? - "Quit Smoking 101"The writer of the article has been a life long smoker from Europe. After moving to the US, and being detected with asthma, nearing her middle age, she was trying to stop smoking approximately on daily basis, but all of the attempts unhappily failed. Nicotine gum and patches didn't work for her, so she consulted her surgeon, who joined her in a program and prescribed medications, but that didn't her her quit smoking either. What she discovered was that a severe change of schedule worked excellently in her case. Somewhat humorous approach to a quite serious issue suggests that everyone have to find what works greatly for them, as well-known "one size fits all" approach never makes everyone contented. In the first person: I was born 40 something years before in Europe, with a cigarette in my mouth. My parents smoked, my relatives smoked, my friends smoked. My father is 82 and still a chain smoker. Smoking is an necessary part of cultural habits, meeting people, and having fun. For a culture that lives on lanes full of cafes, smoking is not optional, it's almost necessary. I was 13 when I got addicted on cigarettes, enough to begin budgeting part of my everyday allowance for cigarettes. Mind you, I wasn't an outsider, a straight A student, from a wealthy academic family, I was really trying to fit in. At that point, and also many years later, trying to quit smoking was not even in the back of my mind. It will take me 30 more years to reach to that point. Writer by occupation, smoking was very much a part of my daily routine. It was accurately like it used to be in the old black and white movies - me, the typewriter, and the big ashtray with the cigarette butts heaped up high. Soon after I moved to the US, the problems with my smoking ensued. They were not only of social nature any more; they became a health concern as well. Not just did I move to the Bay Area, California, which was the undoubted leader in the witch hunt on smokers, I was analyzed with asthma. I can say from that moment on, 15 years before, I was trying to quit smoking on an everyday basis. There was already a drastic change in place for me - I couldn't smoke at my office any more and I had to time my smoking habits according to the office timetable. It was harder at home because my colleague, an American, was a smoker also. We decided to only smoke outside the home. That didn't work at all, as, unfortunately, it's California, the weather is lovely year around, so we both finished up only sleeping in the house, while living, eating, having friends over on the back yard terrace. It's astounding with how much yard work you can invent - our postage stamp sized back yard became more like a jungle with heirloom tomatoes, tea roses, sweet peas, and citrus trees. I finally quit smoking cold turkey. Two years afterward, with a new lease on life, I'm proud to say - I haven't had a cigarette ever since. I know it very well: once an addict, always an addict and I had my share of night sweats, nightmares, unstoppable shivers, uncontrollable crying. But I can always say it was caused by my divorce drama, not nicotine. Every now and then, during lunch break in the financial region, I stop by someone smoking in front of their office building. Second hand smoke still smells so good. Related Articles:: |
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