Why are the negative effects never mentioned? The above is a recipe for disaster. Life isn't all rainbows and sunshine. If you want to quit smoking you should make a plan or else you will most likely not succeed. Very often when people quit one bad habit they replace it with another habit maybe even more unhealthy than smoking is.
Pretty soon after quitting your energy levels will rise, and they rise dramatically. You should prepare yourself so you have something useful to do.
If you don't prepare yourself you might feel like you are turning into a prehistoric animal with a strong urge to bite the head off anyone who annoys you and with a strong appetite for anything that gives you a kick. Sugar might become your new enemy of health.
Lots of people who quit smoking should not be allowed to drive the first weeks and lots of times it is best to leave them alone.
Here are a few tips to make the process easier (from experience):
- Drink water and or eat fruits wen you get the urge to smoke.
- Try to avoid sugar as replacement because the extra energy will only become harder to deal with and you get a new unhealthy habit
- Get some relaxing herbs so you can make a healthy habit of drinking calming teas instead.
- I don't recommend brushing your teeth with toxic chemicals, but anything you can eat, chew on or drink will help you
- The urge to smoke doesn't last very long (after the first few days off) and the urge become less and less frequent the longer you stay off nicotine
- Avoid alcohol for at least one month. The longer you stay sober the better. When you stop smoking your tolerance level for alcohol goes down because nicotine somehow counteracts the alcohol a bit.
- Drink much less coffee if you have this habit. Caffeine gives you more energy than you need and only gives you stronger urge to smoke.
I'm sure that you can find more tips if you search for them. The more tools you have at your disposal the easier it will be.
RE: What happens to your body when you stop smoking