Addiction Treatment for Teenagers

A smoking addict is a person with an irresistible desire to smoke. The person finds himself helpless in front of this and craves for another cigarette. Such people show certain signs of addiction which are as follows

- Change in behavior when not being able to smoke which includes hostility, anxiety, impatience, irritability and restlessness.

- They have difficulty concentrating on things when kept away from smoking.

- They experience health problems which include decreased heart rate, weight and appetite gain.

- It also includes trying to find excuses for smoking and blaming the environment for their reason to smoke.

- Giving up of the social activities that don't allow smoking.

- Making cigarette purchase as their daily routine and including it in their expenses.

Cigarette makes the patient vulnerable; it not only depletes the health but also has drastic effects on his appearance both from the inside and outside. Some of the impacts are as follows

- Smoking leads to various heart diseases which even lead to death.

- Cancer and various respiratory diseases are also the consequences of it.

- Cigarette causes a person to gradually loose his smell or taste.

- It has bad impact on the fetus if practiced by pregnant women.

- Smoking has adverse effects on the other people living with a smoker.

- It also has negative impact on the child who is breast fed.

- Fires in the houses are generally due to the cigarettes which may have been dropped accidently or any other negligence.

The cigarette addicts either are not aware of their addiction or deny it and don't admit that they are helpless in front of it. It is mainly because of the depiction of cigarette as an item of luxury in the movies and magazines that has lead to many people getting addicted to it. Most of the smokers desire to quit their smoking habit but they find themselves helpless when they try doing it and they opt to lighting another cigarette and forgetting rather than fighting harder to quit it. Most of them even consider it hopeless and think that they only smoke socially when they are with their friends. Some ways to overcome this addiction are as under:

- Realization of the particular addiction is essential to its removal the same is applicable with smoking. The addict needs to realize it if he wants to quit it.

- Next is finding out whether you are capable of quitting it once it for all or would rather do it gradually accordingly you can decrease the no of cigarettes you smoke.

- You can ask from the medical support from nearby rehabilitation centers.

- Stop going to such social gatherings where people carry out smoking.

- Ask friends and family for support and motivation.

- Make a strict schedule of regular exercise and healthy diet. These would help in decreasing stress.

- Adequate amount of liquid intake is also helpful in quitting smoking by flushing out the nicotine inside the body and reducing craving.