Top Excuses For Smoking:
Smokers
come to see me with all sorts of excuses for smoking, "I smoke when I
am bored", "I smoke when I am busy", "I smoke when I am happy", "I
smoke when I am sad" and so on.
The reality is that THEY
JUST SMOKE!
Another
very common reason for smoking is to relax. Nicotine does seem to have
a sedative effect at first, actually this is due to the carbon monoxide
in cigarettes depleting the oxygen in your syystem, causing lethargy -
not relaxation.
The
next thing you usually have to deal with is addiction. Nicotine is a
very seductive drug, deadly but seductive. It gives a smoker a fix, and
this fix lasts for approximately seven seconds and then he/she is
waiting for the next fix.
The need for these
fixes invariably leads to suffering and unhappiness
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Stop
smoking using hypnosis
We
all know the many reasons for stopping smoking. The main one being the
effect that it has on our health.
Of course there is the financial cost
of the habit. It certainly isn't getting any cheaper to smoke, and now
with the new Parliamentary Laws being passed, it is getting more
difficult to smoke in public places without feeling like a complete
leper.
Smoking
is a habit that operates on many levels, the most powerful one being on
the identity level. When someone says "I am a smoker", they 'own' it.
If you notice, very few people say "I smoke".
Therefore, the
first issue that needs dealing with when someone wants to stop is how
they are now going to identify themselves. I know this can sound
strange to a non-smoker, so next time you speak to a smoker listen to
how they describe themselves!
Ritual
smoking is a habit you have probably repeated 15-30 times a day for
many years. This process has now become a ritual, and you must first be
aware of the ritual before you can change it.
When you light
up your next cigarette, from the opening of the packet, how you light
your cigarette, the first inhale of smoke etc. This ritual will usually
take between 10-15 seconds.
As an ex-smoker myself, at the
height of which I was smoking 60 a
day, I was desperate to stop. Smoking was affecting my both
my health and my finances.
Coming
from a family of smokers, I witnessed their struggle to stop smoking.
They tried various techniques from will power to
patches,
none of which provided a long term solution.
I gave up smoking in 1995 after only two hypnotherapy sessions.
I have
not smoked since.
Passive
smoking: Many people are now developing smoke related diseases and they
have
never smoked - but their parents did.
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