Like countless people across the globe, I have tried to quit smoking at least once everyday, and taken a resolve to do likewise. But invariably, with the first cup of tea in the morning, the first cancer stick (as one of my friends succinctly put it) was invariably ignited. So was the resolve to quit, from the next day, and so on. As I write this, the craving inside my body and especially my brain, is at an uncomfortable high. This is my fourth day without a puff, and frankly speaking, I've never felt more proud of myself in over a decade. Though the discomfort over the nicotine withdrawal is kind of putting a dampener on the mood.
Over the next few posts, I'd try to share my daily experiences in my attempt to go cold turkey - for the uninitiated, it is the situation when you suddenly go off your addiction,be it nicotine, or any other kind of drugs, or alcohol. Funny that I mentioned nicotine and the other form of drugs in the same sentence. Well, going through my usual Google search mechanisms on how to best wean yourself off cigarettes, I came across a few websites - trust me, there are hundreds of them, people and groups who are ready to support you in your noble initiative. All these websites seem to tell the same story - nicotine is a form of addictive drug with the same properties as that of the other infamous members of the family - morphine, heroin, cocaine etc. Hence, don't try to stay in a state of denial over the fact that you're just a smoker and not a drug abuser. Even if you haven't ever seen a morsel of cocaine or heroine in your life, if you have smoked regularly over the past few years and have trouble staying off cigarettes for more than a couple of hours, you're as much of an addict as the person who has a heroin or cocaine problem.
Over the next few posts, I'd try to share my daily experiences in my attempt to go cold turkey - for the uninitiated, it is the situation when you suddenly go off your addiction,be it nicotine, or any other kind of drugs, or alcohol. Funny that I mentioned nicotine and the other form of drugs in the same sentence. Well, going through my usual Google search mechanisms on how to best wean yourself off cigarettes, I came across a few websites - trust me, there are hundreds of them, people and groups who are ready to support you in your noble initiative. All these websites seem to tell the same story - nicotine is a form of addictive drug with the same properties as that of the other infamous members of the family - morphine, heroin, cocaine etc. Hence, don't try to stay in a state of denial over the fact that you're just a smoker and not a drug abuser. Even if you haven't ever seen a morsel of cocaine or heroine in your life, if you have smoked regularly over the past few years and have trouble staying off cigarettes for more than a couple of hours, you're as much of an addict as the person who has a heroin or cocaine problem.
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