Quit Cold Turkey - What Symptons Will You Have?

It takes 72 hours or just 3 days for your body to get rid of any nicotine in your bloodstream. In 3 days you can kick your nicotine habit.

Firstly some facts, 8 hrs after having your last cigarette the nicotine in your bloodstream has been eliminated by 93%, In 12 hours your blood oxygen level will have increased to normal and carbon monoxide levels will have decreased to normal.

These physiological changes will manifest in the following symptoms;

More Oxygen = Light Headedness

The increased levels of oxygen will cause you to feel lightheaded, this is actually a terrific sign, the body is unbeilevably good at healing itself and will do so very quickly, take deep breaths and just go with it.

Your body is now pumping oxygen rich blood into every cell of your body. This will quickly become your normal state, the state you were in before you started smoking and started introducting massive levels of carbon dioxide into your bloodstream.

Fogginess of Mind, Disorientation and Crankiness = Reduced Blood Sugar Levels

Nicotine inhibits the release of insulin from the pancrease, a hormone that removes excess blood sugar from a persons blood. This means that smokers have more sugar in thier blood than what is considered normal.

The drop in blood sugar you experience after 12 hrs smoke free causes your mind to cloud and you become irritable.

A good thing you can do for the first three days is drink fruit juice, the acidity in fruit juice helps your kidneys eliminate excess nicotine from your body and the sugar helps to boost your blood sugar levels. Cranberry juice is excellent for this purpose.

In 48 hours your irritibility and anxiety will have peaked, it's all down hill from here on in.

By day two your nerves will be regrowing and you will experience clearer vision. Your taste and sense of smell will improve, it's like your tasting things for the first time even though you've eaten them for years.

It takes 72 hours to get your blood 100% free of any nicotine, the harder part is probably breaking the habit of reaching for a cigarette in certain situations, but it only takes 2 weeks to change behavioral habits. If you prepare yourself mentally for these smoking triggers you will overcome them, by reacting differently to a usual trigger and not smoking, your conditioning your mind to make a new association, you will eventually not even think about cigarettes, unless you want to. So above all make sure your reasons for giving up smoking are solid, to break the habit is not as difficult as its made out to be, the underlying beliefs and convictions you have regarding smoking are the key to your sucess.