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Home › Articles › Healthy Woman › Confessions of an Ex-smoker

Confessions of an Ex-smoker

Winning the Battle Against Nicotine

By Teri Brown

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  • Preventing Relapse Research is clear that most people who try to stop smoking relapse a number of times before finally succeeding and most in the first three months after quitting. Often after a smoker relapses, they will feel defeat and want to continue smoking for a while until the motivation to quit comes back. In the end, preventing relapse is really about developing a healthy lifestyle.
  • Addressing the Core Issues Probably among the most significant reasons so many people struggle to quit an addiction like smoking is they fail to address underlying core issues. Unresolved trauma, depression and family of origin conflicts are among the things that keep people stuck. Resolution through psychotherapy and other insight-oriented processes help to permanently stop addictive behavior that often has been used as a coping mechanism.
  • Living Optimally The final stop involves the continual process of optimizing how we live. In most change programs, once the addictive behavior ceases, so does the program. Finding your own compass and life passion is the best insurance against a return to an addiction like smoking. Often this work takes on a spiritual quality, but it can also be very practical as well.

    • For more information, visit the Center for Addiction Management's Web site at www.addictionmanagement.org.

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