4 Tips To Avoid Getting Grumpy And Angry When You Quit Smoking
One of the biggest problems associated with quitting smoking is that many people become grumpy or just plain angry.
They blame quitting on making them this way and is often used as an excuse for taking up the deadly habit again.
The question is how can you avoid this problem? 1.
The tip is to simply recognize that nicotine has been one big problem for your brain.
You have become a drug user, using nicotine to modify your behaviour.
You have used this drug to make you easier to get along with.
Anytime you felt upset you just stuck a smoke in your mouth and used this drug to change your feelings.
You probably don't like to think of yourself as a drug user, but that's the truth.
People take drugs to alter their conscious state, often because they can't manage their lives without it.
If you have been a smoker for a long time you probably don't even know if you are a grumpy person or not! 2.
The next tip is to realise that you have had the luxury of allowing yourself to be a grumpy person and respond to stress in a certain way, knowing that all you need to do is have a cigarette and you will be a sweet person again.
Also you have conditioned others to accept this behaviour, because maybe you just haven't had a cigarette yet.
You're not really a bad person you just need some nicotine.
3.
This tip is simple.
Get a grip on yourself! It's not acceptable to be a grumpy person, and if you quit knowing that this will happen and that you will probably start again then you really have to get clear about how you can avoid this problem.
4.
Have you ever wondered how non smokers handle stress.
Well the fact is many don't, they just behave badly and let the whole world know how hard their lives are.
Do you enjoy being around these people? Well you need to join the ranks of non smokers who take charge of their emotions.
The solution is to purposely choose strategies designed to help relax you.
These include Yoga, Tai Chi and Meditation.
I know for a fact that many of my male clients are not going to do these things.
But what about stopping for a couple of minutes and just breathe deeply.
Go to the gym, get a punching bag and take occasional breaks, just as you did to smoke, but these breaks are to breathe and relax.
They blame quitting on making them this way and is often used as an excuse for taking up the deadly habit again.
The question is how can you avoid this problem? 1.
The tip is to simply recognize that nicotine has been one big problem for your brain.
You have become a drug user, using nicotine to modify your behaviour.
You have used this drug to make you easier to get along with.
Anytime you felt upset you just stuck a smoke in your mouth and used this drug to change your feelings.
You probably don't like to think of yourself as a drug user, but that's the truth.
People take drugs to alter their conscious state, often because they can't manage their lives without it.
If you have been a smoker for a long time you probably don't even know if you are a grumpy person or not! 2.
The next tip is to realise that you have had the luxury of allowing yourself to be a grumpy person and respond to stress in a certain way, knowing that all you need to do is have a cigarette and you will be a sweet person again.
Also you have conditioned others to accept this behaviour, because maybe you just haven't had a cigarette yet.
You're not really a bad person you just need some nicotine.
3.
This tip is simple.
Get a grip on yourself! It's not acceptable to be a grumpy person, and if you quit knowing that this will happen and that you will probably start again then you really have to get clear about how you can avoid this problem.
4.
Have you ever wondered how non smokers handle stress.
Well the fact is many don't, they just behave badly and let the whole world know how hard their lives are.
Do you enjoy being around these people? Well you need to join the ranks of non smokers who take charge of their emotions.
The solution is to purposely choose strategies designed to help relax you.
These include Yoga, Tai Chi and Meditation.
I know for a fact that many of my male clients are not going to do these things.
But what about stopping for a couple of minutes and just breathe deeply.
Go to the gym, get a punching bag and take occasional breaks, just as you did to smoke, but these breaks are to breathe and relax.
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