How to Avoid Nicotine Withdrawal (And What Really Causes Smoking Addiction)

Fear of nicotine withdrawal is one of the majorcigarette on, say, an airplane.
reasons why people don't quit smoking, along with theThe actual physical symptoms of nicotine withdrawal
delusion that they enjoy it. Understanding nicotineare a lot less severe than the mentally-induced
withdrawal makes dealing with its symptoms a lotcravings, and generally aren't directly pinnable on
easier.smoking. Irritability is the classic one (I went through it,
First, it's important to remember that smoking is more inthat was not fun at all) that everyone attributes to
your mind than in your body. Before you start laughingnicotine withdrawal, but there are a few other ones
at me for that statement, think back to a time wherethat result in general poor feelings. If you experience
you had to be, for an extended period of time,them, you can't be completely sure that they're
somewhere you couldn't smoke. If you were involvedsmoking related at all.
in what you were doing, you weren't bouncing off theLuckily, none of them are permanent, and none of
walls wanting a cigarette.them are very severe. Keep yourself involved in work
You knew, in the back of your mind, that you wouldor your family, and you will barely notice them passing.
have a cigarette whenever you were next able to.Make sure to let your family members know what
That's a mental addiction, not a physical one. If it wereyou're doing, just in case you end up being snippy
physical, there would be no way to go without atowards them.