It's normal to experience a grieving process similar to losing a loved one when you quit smoking. The emotional side to the addiction can be just as strong if not strongerthan your physical addiction to nicotine. You've smoked for many years. You're going to miss smoking for a while after you quit. Smoking was a huge part of your identity and how you see yourself. It's normal to experience emotional withdrawals when you quit that'll last longafter you smoked your last cigarette.

It can be a dramatic change when you quit smoking. You stop smoking and it's normal to feel like you've lost your best-friend. Or that someone very close to you has died. Or that you've given up a limb. Or that something is being ripped away from you. Or that you're denying yourself something pleasurable. Or that your comfort blanket has been ripped out from under you. These are all normalfeelings when you quit smoking. You're going to have to work through these emotions when you quit.

Here's 8 Things You Can Do To Help You Change The Way You Think About Smoking. These Ideas May Help You Persevere Through The Grieving Process And Ultimately Break The Emotional Side Of The Nicotine Addiction

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