Helen & Martin Weiss: Freedom from the smoking habit
Helen Ginandes Weiss, M.A. and Martin S. Weiss, M.A.,
Learning Consultants
Woody Allen once said, “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying!” This famous comedian and psychologist seem to have had the right idea. Take care of yourself and beat the system. Though it’s no positive cure self control and knowledge may help to beat the addicting monster.
Nicotine’s grip is an overpowering force for some of us. We all know the stories about people who have broken the tobacco habit after 30, 40 or even 50 years. Marty’s father was one of those amazing smokers who broke his habit without medication when his doctor told him that he would not see his grandchildren grow up. He stopped and saw the birth of his first great grandson.
Currently medical men see smoking as a medical addiction or even a chronic disease. Most smokers try and fail numerous times before they actually are able to beat the monkey on their backs. There are many reasons for this and experts like Dr. Neal L. Benowitz of the University of California, San Francisco described the pleasurable effects that cause smokers to continue their habit even after being warned that they have developed heart disease, emphysema or cancer. The battle to stop smoking is up against some heavy odds. The smoker who tries to free himself from the yoke of nicotine temporarily gives up relaxation, reduced anxiety and stress, better ability to concentrate and better reaction time. Unfortunately the withdrawal often results in increased restlessness, sullen moods, anxiety, hunger and weight gain and even insomnia. The craving for tobacco is a nasty master that keeps one trapped over the course of time.
Smokers ask why it is so difficult for them to quit. Is it a character flaw? Is it an immoral act? Is it just a bad habit? No! It is a true biological addiction. Nicotine-specific receptors in the brain receive a host of neurotransmitters that “signal a pleasurable experience” and lead to constant reinforcement of the need for this deadly habit. If nicotine is the drug of choice it can be just as habit forming as any other drug. According to Dr. Benowitz, the reward center of the brain actually changes in function when measured on en electroencephalogram (EEG). The smell of smoke, the taste in the throat and the effect of nicotine all please the smoker and displease the non-smoker who has just quit cold-turkey.
To quit smoking for good one needs constant support physiologically, psychologically and behaviorally. Recommending that you quit smoking simply doesn’t do it. Most of us need other supports, such as medication, and behavioral therapy. If lunch with friends, a visit to a local bar, smoking at home with a spouse are identified with pleasure, then continuing that behavior will help perpetuate the habit. Like one who follows the 12 steps to sobriety, avoidance of behavior enforcers is an important control factor.
Recently nicotine replacement therapy has come into vogue and many have found it contributes to improved success and behavior change. Such treatment as the use of a nicotine patch, nicotine gum, inhalers and nasal sprays have been found to be successful for some smokers. These avoid some the toxicity of smoking on the lungs. Medically, those who gain a good deal of weight also need further support and even specifically designed drugs that have proved successful. For some, acupuncture or hypnosis have proven successful. If you need further information on currently available treatments you can check out suggestions at Web sites: such as www.becomeanex.org, www.quitnet.com and www.naquitline.org or call your local hospital and health center and ask about programs.
Join the legions of quitters and find your life less stressful and improve the health as well. Remember “If you try and don’t succeed try, try again”!
For further information contact Helen Ginandes Weiss, M.A and Martin S. Weiss, M.A., Learning Consultants.
Helen & Martin Weiss: Freedom from the smoking habit
www.leadvillechronicle.com Link
Learning Consultants
Woody Allen once said, “I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying!” This famous comedian and psychologist seem to have had the right idea. Take care of yourself and beat the system. Though it’s no positive cure self control and knowledge may help to beat the addicting monster.
Nicotine’s grip is an overpowering force for some of us. We all know the stories about people who have broken the tobacco habit after 30, 40 or even 50 years. Marty’s father was one of those amazing smokers who broke his habit without medication when his doctor told him that he would not see his grandchildren grow up. He stopped and saw the birth of his first great grandson.
Currently medical men see smoking as a medical addiction or even a chronic disease. Most smokers try and fail numerous times before they actually are able to beat the monkey on their backs. There are many reasons for this and experts like Dr. Neal L. Benowitz of the University of California, San Francisco described the pleasurable effects that cause smokers to continue their habit even after being warned that they have developed heart disease, emphysema or cancer. The battle to stop smoking is up against some heavy odds. The smoker who tries to free himself from the yoke of nicotine temporarily gives up relaxation, reduced anxiety and stress, better ability to concentrate and better reaction time. Unfortunately the withdrawal often results in increased restlessness, sullen moods, anxiety, hunger and weight gain and even insomnia. The craving for tobacco is a nasty master that keeps one trapped over the course of time.
Smokers ask why it is so difficult for them to quit. Is it a character flaw? Is it an immoral act? Is it just a bad habit? No! It is a true biological addiction. Nicotine-specific receptors in the brain receive a host of neurotransmitters that “signal a pleasurable experience” and lead to constant reinforcement of the need for this deadly habit. If nicotine is the drug of choice it can be just as habit forming as any other drug. According to Dr. Benowitz, the reward center of the brain actually changes in function when measured on en electroencephalogram (EEG). The smell of smoke, the taste in the throat and the effect of nicotine all please the smoker and displease the non-smoker who has just quit cold-turkey.
To quit smoking for good one needs constant support physiologically, psychologically and behaviorally. Recommending that you quit smoking simply doesn’t do it. Most of us need other supports, such as medication, and behavioral therapy. If lunch with friends, a visit to a local bar, smoking at home with a spouse are identified with pleasure, then continuing that behavior will help perpetuate the habit. Like one who follows the 12 steps to sobriety, avoidance of behavior enforcers is an important control factor.
Recently nicotine replacement therapy has come into vogue and many have found it contributes to improved success and behavior change. Such treatment as the use of a nicotine patch, nicotine gum, inhalers and nasal sprays have been found to be successful for some smokers. These avoid some the toxicity of smoking on the lungs. Medically, those who gain a good deal of weight also need further support and even specifically designed drugs that have proved successful. For some, acupuncture or hypnosis have proven successful. If you need further information on currently available treatments you can check out suggestions at Web sites: such as www.becomeanex.org, www.quitnet.com and www.naquitline.org or call your local hospital and health center and ask about programs.
Join the legions of quitters and find your life less stressful and improve the health as well. Remember “If you try and don’t succeed try, try again”!
For further information contact Helen Ginandes Weiss, M.A and Martin S. Weiss, M.A., Learning Consultants.
Helen & Martin Weiss: Freedom from the smoking habit
www.leadvillechronicle.com Link
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