How To Stop Smoking Without Using Nicotine Replacement

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There are many alternatives available today to help you quit smoking without using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) This includes a great variety of self help material, counseling and drugs such as Zyban or even Prozac. Quitting smoking is not an easy thing to do and as the great Mark Twain said, I quote “Stopping smoking is easy. I’ve done it a thousand times.” However, back in the days of Mark Twain, he had no idea that he was battling with an addiction to nicotine, but today we now realize that this nicotine dependency has to be dealt with.

And we do not all have the willpower of General De Gaulle who was a heavy smoker. He just realized one day that the cigarettes were controlling him, and not the other way around, so he just stopped! But we are not all made of the same stuff. Physical, psychological and emotional addictions are very difficult to control and changing the way we do things is also not easy, particularly if we still want to be around others who smoke. You can’t all of a sudden stop being friends with smokers because they smoke and you don’t want to.

Many states in the US have instituted free counseling services for smokers and it has been found that these work very well. They provide a support system, and this makes a very good alternative to using NRT. Some very good results have been seen from these services, and smokers are twice as easily able to stop with this support as without it.

Nicotine just happens to be one of the most habit forming substances we know of. It is for this reason that support is vital for the smoker who is trying to stop. This support starts at home with his family and extends, through friends, so-workers, employers and obviously the counseling service they are making use of. Encouragement is vital in this attempt to break the habit and ex-smokers swear that the support they receive is one of the chief reasons for achieving success.

Any smoker who wants to stop is able to receive all the information they need from local support groups, hospitals, employers, health clubs, and health insurance companies. The best support does however come from trained counselors who specialize in this are of expertise.

Counseling may be undertaken on an individual or group basis, and even over the telephone it has its merits. Because counselors are trained to help the smoker deal with the physical and emotional side of giving up this addiction, their assistance it so much more valuable, and much more than just a shoulder to cry on, it is also about understanding the withdrawal.

Nicotine addiction is the worst kind of addiction; it is one of the most powerful and is not easy to overcome. Nicotine will stay in the body for as long as four days after you have stopped and after that come the withdrawal symptoms. If you are lucky these will only last a few days, if not, they could actually last for several weeks, and this is the most dangerous time for the smoker to light up again!

Counseling is far more effective than NRT, because with NRT you are still putting this addictive drug into your body. You don’t need to do this, nor do you have to use other dangerous drugs if you have the right people on your side in your quest to stop smoking. Medical research has shown that individuals who receive counseling are 4 times more likely succeed than by using any other method to quit smoking.

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