Finally quit smoking! He’s paying

10.10.2019

Last cigarette eight weeks ago. In this short space of time great things have happened not only to my body but also to my psyche. What really goes on inside the human body after this last cigarette is fanned out?

“Mum, smoking will kill you!” The more my son fell into my head, shivering when he saw me smoking, the less I could justify myself as I wound up going. So I depart.

The last time I caught my drag on a cigarette a couple of months ago. Addiction specialist Tobias Rüther was elated in my opinion. The main outpatient clinic at the tobacco destination is at Ludwig Maximilian Hospital in Munich University, in southern Germany. “When you stop smoking, many positive things happen quickly in your life,” he explains.

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Many positive changes

Ruther says changes in your body start almost immediately. The body’s oxygen supply begins to improve after eight hours. After a day or two, many report that they can smell and taste better. After two weeks, lung function improved significantly, most noticeably when receiving physical exercise. I have to say that, however, as a smoker, I feel as fit as I was while still puffing beans.

“Your cough might be stronger than you were when smoking,” adds Ruth. “That’s when the lungs begin to clear themselves. This “spring clean” takes about a month. Even after the immune system is much stronger.”

If I abstain for another month, I look for a better night’s sleep, according to Ruth. “Smokers experience nicotine nighttime withdrawal. This doesn’t make you awake, but you’re sleeping much more restless. After three months, sleep returns to normal.”

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3 cigarettes a day are too much

Before I was ready to abstain at all, I was thinking of lessening the number of cigarettes I brightened up. Which was much healthier than the way I handled it. But it’s not that easy.

According to Ruther, after the third cigarette in 24 hours, poisonous smoke severely affects the body. “The cardiovascular risk, the risk of having a stroke or a heart attack, hardly increases whether there are three or 20 cigarettes,” says Ruther. This does not happen when it comes to cancer. The risk increases with each cigarette.

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“Really great to be quiet,” Ruther says over and over. His joy is contagious. So far my enthusiasm has been minimal.

Every second smoker dies from tobacco addiction. About 50% of them are before the age of 70. “By the age of 50 you had begun to experience the consequences of smoking,” says Rüther bluntly. I was suddenly very happy to have the kick.

High chance of relapse

Believe me when I say it hasn’t been easy. I didn’t need nicotine imbalances, hypnosis or acupuncture to help me get here from the fags. My only pleasure is enough for me to get where I am today. It can have something to do with the fact that you started smoking later in life – 21 That he is happy for another reason, says the doctor.

“Most people between the ages of 12 and 16 start smoking while their brain is still maturing. Nicotine is an extremely active neurotransmitter that has a crucial influence on the development of neuronal links in the brain.” The result – a lasting dependency, which is difficult to overcome with only potential, Ruther explains.

This has replaced addiction to make me feel proud and relieved. “But then,” he said, “out of a hundred chimneys, who, as you die without help, relapse in the first 95 years.” Great-hearted.

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Dog Pavlov

The first evening with friends, music and wine — without cigarettes — was laughable. I felt like I was missing something. I felt normal. For years I’ve always believed that smoking is always in some situations – with coffee or wine or when I suck up quickly at break of day.

“It’s like a Pavlov dog. You give a dog something to eat at the same time that ringing a bell. At some point a bell sound is enough to make the dog start salivating,” explains Ruther.

Smokers will always ring that bell. Use smoking to relax or wake up and get motivated. The reward is after work, after lunch, while waiting for the bus or after sex. The list follows. The key to the destination cycle “is that cigarettes are so firmly rooted in the daily life of smokers,” says destination experts.

i want to stop. But how?

If you want to leave, I’ll tell you, it’s not easy. Rüther confirms that the patients are normal and the failure is part of the retiring process. “When patients say they’ve tried to stop me five times, I recognize those attempts first. After all, [quitting] seems important to them. “

Leaving mountains can learn, like cycling maintains. He drops a part, he adds, and it is only worth remembering that he must be received in the saddle.

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In addition, he recommends tricking your brain to pull out of smoking. “Sit in another chair than you usually do. Drink tea instead of coffee. Move your pot plant to a new office location.” That’s how you deceive your dog Pavlov’s head smoker.

Intuitively I did everything right! But swapping all the furniture. After a few days I left my everyday life and I went to my dear friend’s house.

I only rarely think about smoking these days. Will I take care to become one of the 5% who do not get to smoke the first year after they die? Although I don’t see it, it’s not necessarily a relapse, Ruther said. “One cigarette is slipping. The second cigarette is what makes the slider.”