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Nicotine Addiction is a Brain Dis-ease!

Thomas3.20.2010
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You can learn how to change a habit, change your life. Now that’s a bold, somewhat bizarre statement. Nonetheless, it holds the key to the power each of us can wield over the health of our brain and therefore the quality of our life. Nicotine Addiction actually changes the chemistry of your brain. Read more at:

https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/blogs/Thomas3.20.2010-blog/2013/07/19/smoking-as-a-brain-dis-ease

It is not easy to retrain your brain to be sure. It will depend on how long your brain map has been in use, how many other maps it connects with, your conscious awareness of the map(s) and your untiring dedication to doing whatever it will take to change the map(s). 

1.  Understand how your brain map went together.

2.  Appreciate the importance of cues. Cues are a sound, sight, touch, smell, memory  – the “something” that triggers the start of the map in the very first place. It could be the time of day, a person, a place, a song, stress…. 

3.  Do the key things you can do immediately to restore or bolster brain health – yes – the things I cite next are now scientifically understood to change the “infrastructure” of the brain. Neurotransmitters, for example, are made of amino acids, vitamins and minerals – thus eating a nutritiously healthy diet improves the health of one’s neurotransmitters. These things include:

(1) nutrition 

(2)aerobic exercise

(3) sleep 

(4)mindfulness and meditation

4.  Remember you’re changing an embedded brain map – rewiring your brain. This takes unfailing dedication and a commitment to try something else if what you’ve tried did not work. It also takes practicing the new behavior (habit) in order to embed the new brain map. It takes tie so be patient with yourself and Keep your Eyes on the Prize - FREEDOM!

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63 years old. 20 year smoker. 11 Years FREE! Diagnosed with COPD. Choosing a Quality LIFE! It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. -Galatians 5:1