[Amy31581]

What is it really like to be addicted to smoking? You don’t notice you are addicted until you try to quit. Before you quit it is as natural and essential as taking a shower or reading the paper in the morning. Something regular and integral. How do you feel when you haven’t had one for a while? When I smoked regularily I was never without cigarettes – it was unthinkable. When I decided to quit, that was when I had to go through that torture. I felt disoriented, like my life was falling apart. Imagine not eating for three days – how you would feel. A constant craving for food. That was how I felt when I didn’t have a regular supply of nicotine in my system. Why do people bother to light up for a short period of time – like when they won’t even have enough time to smoke a full cigarette? Because the first few pulls give you all the nicotine you need. When I quit, for a few packs, I would light each cigarette, take a pull and then put it out. That was my way of cutting down. (And showing how wasteful I was being smoking at all.) And what makes it so difficult to quit? Or to not restart? The craving makes it difficult. To a smoker – nicotine is like food. Going without it creates cravings and hunger that are hard to manage. Nicotine has been proved to be more addictive than heroin. Also being in situations or with people when one used to smoke makes the loss more acute. So have patience with people quitting! They may not do it the first, second or tenth time they try – but with encouragement they will… A. B.

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Name : Amy31581, City : Ottawa, State : NA, Country : Canada, 

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