Anyone that has ever tried to quit smoking and failed will tell you that the cravings you experience when you're trying to quit smoking are the worst part about quit smoking. Most of the time when someone fails at quitting smoking it's because the cravings did them in. So how can you fight your way through the cravings and really quit smoking this time? Here are five ways that you can battle the cravings for cigarettes that you'll have when you quit smoking:
1. Drink ice water. It might sound crazy, but doctors at the famous Mayo Clinic routinely tell patients that are trying to quit smoking to drink ice water when they have a nicotine craving. Sip the water slowly. If you still want a cigarette when the water is gone suck on the ice until that is gone too. Buy a bottle of water and keep it in the freezer so that you have always have ice water ready to go if you have a craving, you can just refill the bottle from the tap when the water is gone.
2. Move. Pace, go for a walk, ride your bike around the block, stretch, do anything that you can think of that is physical and will get your blood flowing. The more oxygen you have flowing through your brain the better you'll feel. Plus the movement will help distract you from the craving.
3. Wait it out. Have you ever been on a diet where you were craving French fries or something sweet but all the experts said to wait out the craving and if you still wanted that food in 30 minutes to go get it? Deal with a nicotine craving the same way. Wait it out. Tell yourself that if you still want that cigarette in 30 minutes you'll go have one. Chances are you won't want it in 30 minutes.
4. Do a puzzle. Keep your mind distracted from the nicotine craving by doing a Sudoku puzzle or playing Scrabble on your computer. If your mind is distracted then the craving will pass on its own.
5. Get support. Talk to a friend or family member, email someone and write out all about your struggle to quit smoking, go online and find a chat room or a message board for people that are quitting smoking. It's really difficult to quit smoking and you will need the support of your friends and family to do it but you can quit smoking.
1. Drink ice water. It might sound crazy, but doctors at the famous Mayo Clinic routinely tell patients that are trying to quit smoking to drink ice water when they have a nicotine craving. Sip the water slowly. If you still want a cigarette when the water is gone suck on the ice until that is gone too. Buy a bottle of water and keep it in the freezer so that you have always have ice water ready to go if you have a craving, you can just refill the bottle from the tap when the water is gone.
2. Move. Pace, go for a walk, ride your bike around the block, stretch, do anything that you can think of that is physical and will get your blood flowing. The more oxygen you have flowing through your brain the better you'll feel. Plus the movement will help distract you from the craving.
3. Wait it out. Have you ever been on a diet where you were craving French fries or something sweet but all the experts said to wait out the craving and if you still wanted that food in 30 minutes to go get it? Deal with a nicotine craving the same way. Wait it out. Tell yourself that if you still want that cigarette in 30 minutes you'll go have one. Chances are you won't want it in 30 minutes.
4. Do a puzzle. Keep your mind distracted from the nicotine craving by doing a Sudoku puzzle or playing Scrabble on your computer. If your mind is distracted then the craving will pass on its own.
5. Get support. Talk to a friend or family member, email someone and write out all about your struggle to quit smoking, go online and find a chat room or a message board for people that are quitting smoking. It's really difficult to quit smoking and you will need the support of your friends and family to do it but you can quit smoking.
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