Addiction to Anything but Primarily Nicotine?
Question by Pp Rye: Addiction to anything but primarily nicotine?
Now im just curious on the subject of withdrawal. When someone quits using nicotine, and the withdrawal effects are gone I dont understand why they have a craving? Are u still addicted permanently just no side effects of withdrawal? Or is it the same as just one cig, you feel the effect and u would like it, but its very controllable..sorta like weed?
Best answer:
Answer by El
When you stop smoking & the nicotine leaves your body, which I’m told happens within 2 or 3 days, you are still physically addicted to the nicotine because receptors in your brain are still there for the nicotine. That’s why you get the physical craving. Addiction occurs on a microscopic level within the human brain. Trying to resist these cravings is very hard without some kind of nicotine replacement therapy such as inhalators, gum or patches. These aim to slowly reduce the amount of nicotine your body gets over a period of time, thereby reducing the craving effect, but also they cut out the need for smoking which contains more carcinogens & other toxic chemicals than you can imagine. In time, these receptors in your brain which cause the craving effect will die away, which is why reducing the amount of nicotine you get, over time, works.
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