| Many people quit smoking but the statistics show that | | | | I have a friend whose father quit smoking but then |
| over 90% of them will start smoking again one day. | | | | started again after a chance encounter 10 years later. I |
| They never really broke their addiction, they just put it | | | | have no doubt that he never lost the desire for a |
| away for a few days, months or years. Is there really | | | | cigarette and never felt like the non-smoker that he |
| a way to break smoking addiction or are all smokers | | | | once was when he was younger. |
| doomed to never losing the desire for a cigarette? | | | | Focussing on reducing your pain when you make your |
| Discover more in this article. | | | | initial quit is very short sighted. Surely the long term |
| Is it really possible to break an addiction? Does medical | | | | outcome of never, ever smoking a cigarette again is |
| science offer anything to help break an addiction? | | | | the most important one, right? |
| Let's examine smoking today. | | | | Can The Cycle Be Broken? Can You Break Smoking |
| The Stark Reality Of Smoking Today | | | | Addiction? |
| The unfortunate reality is that although most smokers | | | | Yes it can. A minority of smokers do this every year. |
| will try to give up cigarettes at least once in their lives, | | | | Let's think about addiction for a minute. You were |
| less than 10% will ever succeed in quitting for life. The | | | | once a non-smoker. You once never had a desire for |
| other 90% plus will start to smoke again, normally | | | | a cigarette, never felt an attraction to cigarettes. You |
| within a year. | | | | might have been curious which is a normal human trait |
| Some smokers might even be able to last as long as | | | | but you never had cravings for a pack a day. |
| ten years but many of these will start to smoke again | | | | Cigarette addiction does not permanently change the |
| too. | | | | physical construction of the brain. If you did an autopsy |
| Using quit smoking aids versus just willpower alone will | | | | and compared a smoker's brain to a non-smoker's, |
| only increase your chances of success by about 1-2%. | | | | they would look the same if you ignore the damage |
| This is something that the manufacturers do not freely | | | | done to the blood vessels by cigarettes. |
| admit. | | | | Apart from damage, there is nothing different about all |
| Why Is Quitting Smoking So Unsuccessful? | | | | our brains. There is no magic switch to turn addiction |
| The problem with the way that most smokers try to | | | | on and off. |
| quit is that they do not break the addiction, they just | | | | Therefore, addiction is simply a state of mind. And |
| put it off for as long as possible. | | | | what's more, it is possible to revert that state of mind |
| Most smokers quit using willpower methods. They think | | | | to the same state as a non-smoker's, to how you |
| that the more resolute their will, the better their mental | | | | used to feel. Thousands of smokers do this every |
| strength then the more likely they are to succeed. The | | | | year and become non-smokers again (not ex-smokers |
| facts simply don't agree with this particular opinion. | | | | who still desire a cigarette). This significant minority of |
| Most smokers also use various smoking cessation | | | | smokers do not get any cravings and they no longer |
| aids that all do the same thing. They make the initial quit | | | | desire cigarettes anymore and the initial quit was also |
| much easier. But the problem is that all they do is | | | | quite easy. |
| reduce the cravings temporarily. They do eventually | | | | Don't believe me? I'm living proof that addiction can be |
| come back. These kinds of smokers never lose a | | | | broken permanently, never to emerge again. |
| desire for a cigarette. | | | | |