Quitting smoking can be one of the best things you can do for your health, yet it remains one of the most difficult habits to break. We know that smoking is a dangerous, even deadly habit.
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Have you tried EVERYTHING to quit, but still can’t kick cigarettes to the curb?
If nicotine lozenges, patches, chewing gum, counseling, and other smoking cessation methods have failed you, don’t give up. Hypnosis is a powerful option you may not have considered. People are often skeptical about hypnosis and its ability to aid in smoking cessation.
First and most important is to understand that smoking is an addiction. Habits are formed, creating associative relationships to things like food and alcohol or even driving a car. Smokers also learn to identify themselves with cigarettes, and after a while, it seems to becomes a part of them. Psychological cravings are just as real as chemical ones.
Cigarettes can become part of a coping mechanism to try to deal with emotional pressures like stress and boredom. When a smoker becomes upset, he or she reaches for the cigarette to try and feel better.
Recent publications tell us that our bodies eliminate the need for nicotine only a few days after we quit smoking. If it was purely a physical addiction, we would be done with smoking after a few days off the cigarette. But as most smokers know, the cravings usually continue when they try to quit cold turkey far after those first few days are over. This is because of the psychological needs that continue to drive the motivation to smoke.
This is where hypnosis helps!
Hypnosis is an excellent tool for re-learning. By changing subconscious motivations to smoke, you will change the habits and associations that drive much of this behavior. You can also learn new coping skills so that the cigarette is not needed during stressful or emotional times. With these new attitudes and tools, getting through the first couple of days of the chemical addiction is usually much easier. Dealing with both the chemical and the psychological addiction is the real key to long term smoking cessation.
Hypnosis is not magic, but it is a powerful tool. With professional help and understanding and if you really want to quit and are willing to put in some effort and invest in yourself, you really can quit smoking for life.
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