Here are seven (normal) signs of smoke abstinence that occur in the first four weeks. A month after the last cigarette everything becomes easier.
Smoking is a real addictionlike that for other drugs: getting out of it is not a question of having goodwill or not, and not being able to account for it, because body and mind oppose a lot to the abandonment of the cigarette. Nicotine generates a Transitional peak of endorphins in the brain circuits of pleasure: So just try it once to be at risk of not being able to do without it anymore. The substance becomes an object of desire right away: just as it happens with abuse drugs, when the levels of nicotine in the blood drop the smoker must run to make a “dose”, turning on a new cigarette.
However, it is not impossibleknowing better the enemy and what happens to us when smoking becomes an irresistible need. Here you are 7 phases of passage that our body crosses when it is going in abstinence from smoking.
After 30 minutes-4 hours
The nicotine in the circle is reduced by 90% and the desire to turn on a cigarette returns; You feel restless, stressed.
10 hours
From the last cigarette, agitation appears, but also sadness; Nicotine’s physical desire is strong, it can happen to feel tingling with hands and feet for the circulation that returns normal while the blood sugar tends to drop and increases hunger. Fall asleep can be difficult.
After 24 hours
There is no more nicotine in the circle and the desire to smoke is very strong; Anxiety and irritability are high, the appetite increases.
At 48 hours
The urgency of smoking remains, anxiety, depression and headache can be added.
After 72 hours
The extreme desire for cigarette can begin to drop, with episodes of intense desire that last a few minutes; However, anxiety grows and it is possible to have cough and irritation in the throat; The headache generally passes.
After 7 days
A week after the last cigarette the desire to smoke remains, but in a less intense way; You need to pay attention to the triggers, or all the occasions that make you want cigarette.
After 15 days
After 2-4 weeks you feel little energetic but slowly anxiety, depression, coughing resolve, the appetite returns normal and the “fog” in the brain disappears.
