There are practical steps to follow and things you can do to realize your desire and goal with learning how to quit smoking, today.
4. Learn how to handle the urge and the craving for a puff or smoke when it arises. When this urge comes up so strong, you need to stand your ground, resist as best as possible the temptation to give in (even for a weenie-teeny-tiny puff or ‘drag’ on a lighted cigarette).
Breathe in and out (and continue this action), start counting down from 5 (five) minutes all the way through 4 (four) minutes…3 (three) minutes… 2 (two) minutes…down to 1 (one) minute… till you reach 0 (zero) second.
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Suboxone is a relatively new medication for opiate dependence that will result in a sea change in addiction treatment. Physicians currently prescribing suboxone are aware of the usefulness of this medication, and news of the medication has reached ‘the street’ to such an extent that opiate addicts often call addictionologists and ask for the drug by name. Word of mouth is spreading the news about suboxone without the benefit (or need) of television commercials. My experiences with suboxone make me wonder if we are at the verge of an entirely new approach to opiate addiction, and in turn to other addictions as well.
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How do women become addicted? Let’s start with history. For over a hundred years in this country, women and girls have been encouraged to self-medicate for emotional and physical symptoms of the hormonal cycle, which were labeled “hysteria” in the nineteenth century. In fact, physicians regularly prescribed opiates for moodiness, pain or fatigue, and Coca-Cola, then containing cocaine and served at soda fountains, was promoted in consumer advertising as an afternoon pick-me-up for ladies. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, today’s women receive twice as many more psychotropic medications from their doctors than men do, and these may be prescribed for decades. But a woman cannot take a psychotropic medication for years that that was originally prescribed for a temporary anxiety problem without a risk for physical addiction. As many a woman has said, “How can I be addicted to this? After all, my doctor prescribed it.” We call this accidental addiction, but it can escalate to a conscious self-medication effort on the part of the addict, as she elicits multiple prescriptions from multiple doctors and pharmacies.
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