About smoking addiction
Smoking in the first 30 minutes of waking up, smoking daily, smoking more cigarettes a day and waking up at night to smoke are characteristics that are associated with tobacco use disorder, reports American Psychiatric Association in its DSM-5.
The most common medical illnesses resulting from smoking are cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cancer. Smoking is often associated with alcohol or substance use disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and even attention deficit or hyperactivity disorder.
Our experienced team is ready to start the recovery journey with you. Addiction is present in several ways, with smoking being among the most common, as well as drugs, medicine and alcoholism. It is common for smokers to minimize the potential negative effects of smoking, relativizing or even denying the harm they are consuming. Nowadays, with the arrival of electronic cigarettes, this notion is even more fragile. The novelty of the device, the fact that it is being used by young people - including famous people - and the additives with more palatable flavors for this age group constitute a false notion of the organic consequences that they can cause.
Can electronic cigarettes cause addiction? It can and its toxic substances, disguised or not by flavoring (diacetyl), can cause damage to health. Electronic cigarettes are "undoubtedly harmful" says the World Health Organization (WHO), which further discourages the use of these vaporizers to smokers who try to quit. Addiction, as with other substances, can develop quickly or for a long period of time. Its roots are basically in the way of dealing with stress and anxiety. In these situations, the behavior of addiction comes into play, putting marijuana as a way of relieving these symptoms.
Even after realizing some losses from smoking and planning to quit, the person just can't do it, they have lost control. The thought that takes over the whole day is to feed the addiction, from waking up to minutes before falling asleep again. Thus begins an endless cycle of unhealthy behavior that makes them establish even deeper bonds of addiction.
How we treat
Novo Nascer offers comprehensive and individualized treatment to treat smoking, which can range from traditional cigarettes to so-called electronic cigarettes, which are increasingly common today. Contrary to what many people think, electronic cigarettes can cause addiction, just as they are not free of substances highly toxic to the body.
Our treatment programs incorporate the combination of therapies that use the speech as a rehabilitation tool, clinical medical and psychiatric treatments and complementary therapies with integrative practices to help balance body and mind.
The range of treatments offered at Novo Nascer helps the patient to explore and identify more clearly where the roots of their addiction are and thus better understand their emotional triggers. Our team travels along with the patient all the way to discover the difficulties encountered and jointly builds the therapeutic upside to overcome them, teaching the specific tools necessary to change addictive behavior, the so-called addiction.
We believe that treatment should go beyond alleviating symptoms and momentary problems. The Novo Nascer team is committed to offering a real life-changing opportunity, helping people to overcome dysfunctional and destructive patterns of behavior and to build assertive patterns that will guide them towards a successful future. It is the best recovery opportunity you can have for a lifetime.
