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Tummy difficulties are common side effects of withdrawal. The good news is it will resolve itself in a few days, weeks. While you are having trouble in one area, your healing process has started in another area, like the lungs.

If you are taking prescribed drugs like Chantix and Zyban, these are known to contribute to discomfort. Usually, when people quit, they tend to eat more due to the hand-to-mouth habit from smoking, which adds to the misery.

The best way to deal with it is to start exercising the regime. This Will combat the tummy side effects and regulate your body. Drink lots of water. I also took raw honey, which is known to have lung healing properties.

It is impossible to quit smoking without withdrawal symptoms. However, you can minimize the withdrawal drastically. I will be sharing with you two ways where you can reduce withdrawals.

If you would like to get a complete program with videos, please get this course where the habit and addiction can be changed subconsciously and minimize the cravings and withdrawal symptoms. www.5stepstoquit.com.

When nicotine is not in the body, there will be a void. Void is what we classify as withdrawal symptoms.

Please look at below tips

1. Do the breathe work

Do the breathing work as soon as withdrawal kicks in. Breathe fast through the nose, and let it out through the mouth very fast for 2 mins. After that, breathe out the oxygen and hold your breath for at least a minute. Suppose you can’t do it for a minute, then do as much as possible.

Then breathe in air, and hold it for 45 sec or as much as possible.

Happy chemicals will be released in your body, which will minimize withdrawal symptoms.

2. Go for a run/exercise

Running or ging around the block will divert your mind, and in the end, will release a chemical, which will satisfy you for your cravings.

3. Go to www.5stepstoquit.com and apply the methods to change the mind at a subconscious level. This process will make it easier to quit and will help you to combat cravings and withdrawal symptoms.

What willpower means?

It is the ability to control yourself: strong determination that allows you to do something difficult.

Can you quit smoking without willpower?

You can quit without willpower if you have some system in place. If you have strong determination, you can overcome cravings and fight the mental battle. While you are smoking, your willpower gets diminished day by day as the dependence on smoking increases. The habit becomes automatic, and without knowing, you light up.

Using the anchor method mentioned in 5stepstoquit.com, you can deal with all the anchor points before reaching that point. When you apply the anchor technique, you remove the old image and replacing that with a new idea of you. What that does is, every time you feel like smoking, you will enjoy not smoking as the trigger for smoking itself calms you.

Once you have dealt with the anchors, you can easily add new habits that you want to apply in your life.

Three tips for quitting smoking without will power that you can start doing today

• Be aware of your thought and become above them, so it has no power.
• Replace every craving thought with why you want to quit, and make quitting more appealing.
• Today focus on your breathing and become conscious of your breathing.

If you would like to know more and apply the anchor method, please visit www.5stepstoquit.com

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Is this true that sleep disturbances are a common side effect of quitting smoke?
It turns out that it is more common than anticipated. It happened to me as well. However, I brushed it off as one of those days. It pays to be ignorant sometimes.

In some cases, it could be severe, which means no sleep at all. As the body reacts to the loss of nicotine and other poison from the body, it can leave a dull mind, lazy, sleepy at times during the day. In my case, it was even hard for me to speak as words would slur a bit. Don’t get demotivated; it only lasts a day or two, and in many cases, it may not happen at all.

It’s all worth it. Knowing that your body is actively cleaning your system and going towards recovery will feel great. Taking less caffeinated drinks, taking a massage, going for a walk in nature, listening to calming music are a few of the things you can do to help.

Meditation is an excellent way to disassociate with your thoughts and remain equanimous. When the thoughts arise, please don’t go with it. Observe it. Do this as much as needed at the beginning. Not taking any nap during the day will help. Think of it as you are traveling to a different continent, and due to different time zone, you may feel like a lag. It is also known as jet lag. Jet lag only lasts for a short period, the same as the sleeping pattern reset after quitting smoke. It will come back to normal in no time at all.

Is Quitting smoking with hypnosis a good idea, and does it work?

It depends. It works on some people and does not work on others. It is not a conclusive method, and more research is needed to conclude the effectiveness.

I did a hypnotherapy session to quit smoking. It didn’t do anything for me. I was craving a cigarette moment I went out of the session. I tried believing that it worked. However, nothing changed for me. I was disappointed. It’s not that this wouldn’t work for someone else. If others are like me, the pattern of thoughts made me want to keep coming back to cigarettes. I used the same tools mentioned in this book to quit smoking within a few days and never felt like having a cigarette again. If I can do it, you can do it.

In my view, while I support the idea of hypnotherapy as it is a mental level and smoking is a mental game, I still ask people to try without any aid. If you can observe the sensation and observe your thoughts for what they are, you can remove all the habits as it won’t consume your life anymore. Any short-term fixes won’t fix the issue at the root level. Affirmations, anchor methods, affirmations, meditations, and good image methods are few examples that can help you quit smoking in a few days.

Quit smoking today

Quitting smoke will save you lots of money. If keeping healthy is not enough motivation, quitting smoke to save money could be motivational for some.

Even if you are not motivated by money, you will save a significant amount of money. One thing that helps is if you put an empty jar and fill the money for each day you didn’t smoke, soon you will realise how much you are saving. In my view, Smoking is an unconscious act, and spending money to buy cigarette usually don’t come to the forefront of your mind. When you see the Jar full of cash, you will realise how much and how fast you are saving.

You could use that money to give yourself a treat. Go to the restaurant and take your significant others on a date. Give full attention and have the time of your life. Your partner will thank you for your undivided attention, not leaving them to smoke, and also the whole gesture. If you have kids, put that money in their bank account. Your simple act of not smoking is helping yourself and the people around you.

Save your life, save the life of your family and friends, and save money. Quit smoking today

One of the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal is difficulty concentrating.

For the first few days, you will have difficulty concentrating. Usually, we associate being able to concentrate with lighting up. It takes a little while to adjust. The void and craving distract you, which makes you feel like not able to concentrate.

In my experience, it only lasts 2 to 3 days, where your head feels like an empty coconut. It feels like it’s all empty, and nothing is there. It’s a weird feeling. The mind is trying to adjust to the body sensation that gets triggered due to the void of nicotine in the bloodstream.

Please note that this is short term problem, and there is only to gain after this hurdle. Think about the long term. After few days, all of this will clear, and you will enjoy a full life without any addiction.

It’s pretty common to cough when you quit smoking for a short period. When you smoke, Cigarette smoke damages the hair-like projections in our lungs called cilia¹. When you stop smoking, Cilia starts to repair and starts functioning again. Cilia cleans the lungs by removing inhaled impurities in the mucus out of the system.

When I was in my recovery phase, I used raw honey as it has antioxidants, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory properties, which helps clear lung congestion.
It’s a good idea to get an Air purifier to purify the air and remove any smoke-related smell which can trigger cravings. Also, Plant some good air-purifying indoor plants like a spider, aloe vera.

Give yourself the best chance to quit; every effort is worth it.

1. Hughes JR. Effects of abstinence from tobacco: valid symptoms and time course. Nicotine Tob Res. 2007;9(3):315-27. doi:10.1080/14622200701188919

They’re both addictions that require you to have strength of mind to combat. Drinking could be occasional and harder to trace than smoking habits as with smoking you are out. With drinking, it could be at night, or on particular time.

Drinking and smoking usually goes hand in hand. There are trigger points for many as when they drink, they usually smoke.

Both of these habits create a void when you quit, and although cravings may vary, it usually is the same—addictive response. Exercising, removing yourself from the situation, cold turkey with plans, and cleansing the mind of addictive behavior with anchor technique are some of the ideas you can apply. It all comes down to mentality and habits. Learning how to create a space between thoughts and triggers helps you understand how addiction works on your body. Meditation is a perfect tool to identify that. Once you create an association for these anchor points, it becomes easy for any habits, as mentioned in the book. Preparation steps are similar for both addictions. It would help if you still prepared for cravings, withdrawal, triggers e.t.c

I firmly believe that dealing with addiction at the root level of the mind is the best way to go. I did this, and I never think about smoking, no matter what situation I am in. I used to be a heavy smoker and, well, a heavy drinker. My cleansing steps helped me get rid of all the bad habits.