subject: Quitting Smoking Side Effects - Don't Believe the Lies! [print this page] Quitting Smoking Side Effects - Don't Believe the Lies!
You would be surprised how many emails I get to my website asking about quitting smoking side effects. These questions surprise me because I can give you so many tactics to help making giving up easier, but focusing on the side effects will just make it seem harder.
I know that a lot of people want to know what to expert from giving up so I'm happy to let you know about some of the side effects you can expect.
Before we start this I just wanted to let you know that I have been through this all myself. I used to give up every morning and then a couple of hours later I would fail and feel terrible. I even sat at the kitchen table and watched my children crying at the thought of my smoking and I still did not give up.
I thought that there was no hope for me until I discovered a simple method that helped me give up in a couple of days and made it fun.
So here are some of the side effects I experienced once I gave up...
The crushing cough.
It seemed weird to me that I would cough more once I gave up but I later found out that it was my body trying to get rid of all those toxins. A very welcome cough indeed.
You will want to smoke when things are bad.
So we all have bad days once in a while and these are the moments went the addiction kicks in the most and begs you to smoke. The funny thing is that once you give up you feel a lot less stress because you are not always hungry for smoke. It's amazing to me that the thing that most people say relaxes them causes most of their stress in the first place.
You'll want to eat all the time.
This is because physical nicotine addiction feels like a constant hunger in your belly. To stop yourself getting fat make sure you fill the fridge with healthy snacks.
Depression.
This will come from depriving yourself from that precious smoke but this will only last about three weeks and is not that bad. After that you will wake up one morning and have a wave of joy that you have been able to kick the habit.
Final thoughts.
If you really want to be free of the addiction in three short weeks you need to do this cold turkey method because patches and gum just prolonged your agony and make it more likely you will fail.
