It is fair to say that the desire to take up a cigarette appears in all quitting smoking without exception. Even those who have long since disposed of this habit, from time to time there is a similar desire, and therefore this need not be feared or embarrassed, however, and go on about the desire arises also does not follow, as in this case the sense of the decision to quit smoking is lost.
Everything can be overcome
The period of acute desires is about four months, which is not really so long. In this case, the most acute period does not come immediately, but only about a week after quitting smoking. The expression of the desire to smoke depends on each individual, however, the critical periods for everyone are basically similar to each other, and there are four in all. They last about a year or a year and a half after the rejection of the bad habit, after which the desire becomes much weaker and it becomes much easier to overcome it.
Beginning to act
Naturally, in order to overcome the acute desire to take on a cigarette, it is necessary to take certain actions, and the tactics of behavior for each specific case should be special.
To seize or wash down desire to smoke precisely does not follow, as the help to an organism from it or this will not be absolutely any. From existing methods, you need to choose something most suitable, or combine the methods listed below:
- The cigarette is replaced with a toothpick or a stick, you can also use paper rolled into a tube.
- A specific verbal formula is drawn up, in which the main motives for refusing a bad habit are pronounced.
- At the time of the attack, sharply change the type of activity, and then return to the abandoned occupation.
- In advance, come up with an activity that you can switch to, whether it's listening to your favorite music or playing games on your computer.
- Learn how to perform special breathing exercises, even the simplest exercises.
The listed options for solving the problem of diversion from smoking, of course, are approximate, you can come up with much more ways to overcome the acute and unexpected attack of the desire to take a cigarette. The main thing in this business is to remember that over time such attacks will only fade and become more rare with time, so the fight, after a certain period of time, will go already on the machine.