ACUPUNCTURE FOR SMOKING CESSATION / ADDICTION THERAPY

Acupuncture for addiction and smoking cessation works to ease the psychological and physiological responses of withdrawal. Acupuncture helps the body establish a consistent equilibrium, preventing the cravings associated with the “ups and downs” of addiction.  Treatments focus on detoxification, normalizing blood pressure, reducing anxiety and stress, boosting immune function, improving sleep, and increasing energy.

Ryan will educate and counsel you during your treatment. You will be given the knowledge on how to deal with your new lifestyle change of quitting smoking once and for all.

Ryan may also recommend a nutritional complex which aids in cleansing your body of the harmful toxins left from cigarettes and/or a calming complex to help keep you in control when you are faced with everyday stress.

CRAVING CYCLE

Within just 7-10 seconds of inhaling cigarette smoke, nicotine affects the “reward center” in your brain by releasing chemicals that give feelings of pleasure and alertness - the "hit" that your body comes to expect. These chemicals are endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine.

The more nicotine the brain gets, the more it wants. However, within 30 minutes your nicotine level drops and withdrawal symptoms begin (feeling tired, jittery, depressed, over-eating, anxiety, moody, etc). You begin to crave another cigarette, and the cycle continues. This cycle, which increases in intensity and frequency over time, is part of what makes cigarettes so addictive.

Why Stop?

BENEFITS
RESULTS ARE IMMEDIATE!

Within 20 minutes:
• Body temperature of feet and hands increases to normal
• Pulse rate drops to normal rate
• Blood pressure drops to normal

After 12 hours:
• Pulse rate will slow and skin temperature increases
• Oxygen level in blood increases to normal
• Carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal

After 24 hours:
• Chance of heart attack decreases
• Fine motor coordination will improve

After 48 hours:
• Nerve endings start re growing
• Ability to taste and smell is enhanced

After 72 hours:
• Bronchial tubes relax, making breathing easier
• Lung capacity increases
• Circulation improves, stamina and vigor increase

Within 2 weeks to 3 months:
• Circulation, stamina and walking improve
• Lung function increases up to 30%

1 to 9 months:
• Coughing, sinus congestion, shortness of breath decrease.
• Cilia re grow in the lungs to handle mucus and infections
• Body's overall energy increases

1 year:
• Risk of heart disease decreases 90%
• Heart will have returned to nearly normal condition

Which Cigarette will Cause Your Lung Cancer?
IS IT WORTH IT?

• Among 1,000 young men who Smoke:
  1 Will be murdered
  • 6 will die in traffic accidents
  • 250 will die from smoking-related diseases
  • Smoking causes 1 in 5 deaths in the United States each year.
  • A person subjected to 8 hours of secondhand smoke inhales the same as 1 pack of cigarettes.
  • More than 2,500 deaths of infants under one year of age are attributable to smoking.