Quit Smoking with the Help of Self Hypnosis -- For Good Today
by Forbes Robbins Blair
Can you quit smoking with self hypnosis for good today?
It's a necessity for many people. But how difficult would it be without the usual "aids", like drugs, quit smoking
gums or patches? Wouldn't it be easier and quicker with self hypnosis?
Gums and Patches Don't Change the Underlying Smoking Habit
Nicotine gums or patches do help some people ease their symptoms as they try to quit smoking, but it doesn't
change the underlying drive or habit.
And studies have shown that about 95% of success at stopping the behavior of using tobacco is about the habit while curbing physiological
absorption of nicotine can be attributed to the other 5%. Using drugs to stop smoking may help some people, but for many there are uncomfortable
side effects leaving their neurotransmitters feeling scrambled and overcooked.
To kick the habit of smoking right now and make it last forever, you need to completely lose the desire to smoke. Nicotine replacement or drugs can't
do that for you. Using hypnotherapy or targeted self hypnosis to stop smoking can help you to never desire a single cigarette again.
Three Scientific Studies Show How Effective Self Hypnosis Is When You Stop Smoking
Here are three scientific studies which showed just how powerful the hypnosis (or self hypnosis) technique can be compared
to anti-nicotine drugs, patches and gums:
- Largest study ever says hypnosis is three times more effective than other solutions: Reported in the Journal of Applied Psychology at the
University of Iowa, October 1992, this study came back with these findings: "How One in Five Give Up Smoking: Hypnosis Most Effective Says
Largest Study Ever: 3 times effectiveness of patch and 15 times willpower. Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking, according
to the largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit. A meta-analysis, statistically combining results of more than 600 studies
of 72,000 people from America and Europe to compare various methods of quitting." What the study showed: hypnosis was found to be more
than 15 times more effective than trying to quit alone and three times as effective as nicotine replacement methods. Pretty strong case for
hypnosis and self hypnosis
- Self Hypnosis Patients Twice As Likely To Quit Tobacco. Study of 71 smokers showed that after a two-year follow up, patients that quit with
hypnosis were twice as likely to still be smoke-free than those who quit on their own." This study was reported in a paper called Guided health
imagery for smoking cessation and long-term abstinence, Wynd CA. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2005; 37:3, pages 245-250. It's simple and
powerful conclusion: willpower just wasn't enough to quit or maintain freedom from smoking.
- 90.6% Success Rate Using Smoking Hypnosis. Of 43 consecutive patients undergoing this treatment protocol, 39 reported remaining abstinent
at follow-up (6 months to 3 years post-treatment)." Source: University of Washington School of Medicine, Depts. of Anesthesiology and
Rehabilitation Medicine, Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2001 Jul;49 (3):257-66. Barber J.
What You Can Do Now to Quit Smoking Today and From Now On
Here's all you need: the willingness to direct yourself to just let go of tobacco. (Resist any pressure from your loved ones who
might nag or berate you to stop smoking). Then the process will be easy.
To quit tobacco, just do one of these three things:
- Use a good local or distance hypnotherapist -- If you wallet allows, this is one excellent way to get results. Your hypnotherapist would hold you
accountable. She or he would not judge you -- only encourage you. Tip: Before your session, recall your smoking "triggers" so you can discuss
them with your hypnotherapist. Here are some typical triggers: arising from sleep, having your daily cup of coffee, work break time, driving in
your car, after making love. Your list could be different, shorter or longer. But the point is you've got to know what they are and then you'll need
to discuss them with your hypnotherapist.
- Read a good self hypnosis book -- My book, "Instant-Self-Hypnosis, How to Hypnotize Yourself with Your Eyes Open" -- besides having an
effective stop smoking script -- teaches you how to create your own scripts (using the imagery and symbols that speak to you with the most
success). Then, for each goal, you'd simply follow the method I outline in the book daily for between three and 21 or so days.
- Purchase a good hypnosis stop smoking mp3 or script by a company you trust.
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Forbes Robbins Blair is the author of three self-hypnosis books: the popular Instant
Self-Hypnosis, The Self-Hypnosis Revolution and More Instant Self Hypnosis. He produces
his own series of hypnosis audios. Mr. Blair works in private practice as a hypnotherapist
and offers distance hypnosis (hypnosis-by-phone).
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