If you've had trouble making change stick, either with alcohol or in any other area of your life, you are in for a treat. What is better than change? Lasting change, of course. There are tremendous benefits the body goes through after a person stops smoking.When Kristie’s friend asked her to do dry January she knew it was a long shot, and only committed to two weeks.įind out how two weeks turned into permanent freedom with the help of This Naked Mind and a deep desire for a more fulfilled life-free from the grips of alcohol. However, with lots of determination and sheer willpower, it is possible to get rid of the deadly habit of smoking. The habit of smoking has always been a problem for many people who face serious consequences due to this addiction. After fifteen years of not smoking, the risks of getting coronary heart disease come down at a drastically low level. After ten years of not smoking, the risks of getting lung cancer go down by 50%. The resistance towards infections also improves within the body when the person stops smoking.Īfter five years of not smoking, the risk of getting a stroke reduces. If the person suffered from shortness of breath due to excessive smoking, his breathing starts becoming normal as well after a few months of quitting smoking. The lungs start getting healthier after one month of not smoking. The risk of heart attacks also starts decreasing. The nerve endings responsible for smell and taste that got destroyed due to the smoke chemicals start to recover again. This dopamine secretion makes many people get addicted to smoking cigarettes.
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is responsible for making a person feel pleasure. This stimulant reaches the brain and triggers the release of a hormone called dopamine. Nicotine, a stimulant present inside cigarettes gets mixed with the bloodstream of the smoker after inhalation of the smoke. This tartar leads to damage to tooth enamel. Tartar, an accumulation of hardened plaque and minerals from saliva starts getting formed as a coating in the teeth and gums of the smoker. The chemicals present inside cigarette smoke also increase the risk of infections happening inside the lungs of a smoker. The nerve endings on their nose gradually start to get weakened and they start suffering from a loss of smell. Since these chemicals are harmful to their body, a lot of side effects could be seen after a person becomes an avid smoker.
These chemicals come into contact with many tissues present inside their body. Whenever someone takes one puff of cigarette smoke, more than 7,000 chemicals present in the cigarette smoke get inside their body.
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