stop smoking with hypnotherapy
Why do people smoke?
Most people smoke because they enjoy it. Even if they do not particularly like the taste and smell, they have come to associate smoking with a particular good feeling – commonly one of relaxation, or just a bit of “me time”. Over time, the subconscious mind comes to believe that the only way the pleasant feeling can be achieved is via a cigarette.
Oddly enough, the only drug in a cigarette is the insecticidal alkaloid nicotine, which actually has a slightly stimulant effect. So how can this stimulant drug apparently cause relaxation in so many people? The truth is that it does not. Something else is going on here. The mind is playing tricks on itself! This is where hypnotherapy can help. We need to re-program the mind and the thinking process around tobacco.
What about nicotine withdrawal symptoms?
Nicotine is metabolised by the body relatively quickly. Anyone
who was truly addicted would have to keep smoking constantly in order to keep
the levels in their body at a high level. What causes the craving for a
cigarette is, in my view, actually a craving for the particular pleasant
feeling we were discussing in the paragraphs above. The problem with the
chewing gum and patches is that they replace the nicotine, which you
were
probably not addicted to anyway, but not the pleasant feeling you used to get
from smoking! It’s the worst of all worlds! A stimulant (nicotine) to make you
feel “wired”, but there is no pleasant feeling, and you pay an ongoing financial
cost for the privilege. The craving is still there so you buy more gum, more
patches. You have replaced one habit with another, but you don’t feel
satisfied.
How can hypnotherapy and NLP be so effective?
The hypnotherapy approach also replaces one habit with
another, but this is a habit that lets you keep the same good feelings that you
used to get from smoking!
I will show you NLP techniques which allow you to quickly
and effortlessly access the particular good feeling that you associate with
smoking, but without the need for a cigarette. Imagine being able to relax
almost instantly, wherever and whenever you want to. It’s a lot easier than most people think it
will be.
The next stage is to use the hypnotic state to access the
deeper, subconscious mind. This is the part of the mind where the old smoking
habit is rooted – and it is the place where we install the new non-smoking way
of getting the same good feeling. The
hypnotic session is recorded on to CD so you can play it repeatedly at your
leisure, thus getting repeated suggestion into the subconscious mind and
meaning there is usually no need for further sessions. The job is done. It just
needs a bit of repetition for the first week or two to make sure the message
has got through to the subconscious. After all, you probably spent many years
learning how to smoke. You became very good at it, and it takes a little while
to learn a new way of doing things!
The second session is available free of charge for anyone
who has difficulty but the fact is the vast majority of people find it
incredibly easy! If you practice the technique you are given and listen to your
CD you should have no problems at all.
Is this treatment suitable for everyone?
See the general FAQ for information about hypnotherapy and the medical conditions in which hypnosis is contraindicated. Other than those, the only smokers who will not benefit from this approach are those having a background anxiety problem causing them to smoke. In this type of case, analytical therapy is indicated, which is a much longer procedure. It is necessary to find the cause of the anxiety and deal with that, as the smoking is a symptom of a deeper problem. Failure to this will result in the therapy not working or worse still, the smoking habit being replaced by something else, such as eating! Feel free to contact me for more information.
