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If you are trying to quit smoking, you know how hard it is to eliminate this damaging addiction. It is possible however, and half of all adult smokers quit smoking forever. Many smokers have successfully quit smoking cigarettes by replacing them with different, more positive habits without having to experience withdrawal symptoms. By far, the most effective, easiest method to quit smoking and achieve this end is hypnotherapy. Stop smoking hypnotherapy is one of the most regularly practiced forms of hypnotherapy. It is often cited as a tool to quit smoking along with strategies such as nicotine replacement therapy and other popular techniques. It works to end the smoking addiction by combating cravings for cigarettes, motivating you to stay committed to quitting, and promoting stress relief and relaxation so you will not feel the need to smoke. The smoking addiction is made up of both physiological and psychological components. The physiological addiction is a physical addiction the body develops to nicotine. This component of the addiction is what causes the withdrawal symptoms that make it seem near impossible to quit smoking. However, this is a short, temporary phase in the overall course of quitting the habit, which lasts only between three days and one week. By the end of this period, your body adjusts to normal, nicotine-free functioning. Based on thirty years of experience, I believe that the physical need for nicotine makes up a mere ten percent of the addiction to smoking. By far, the most challenging part of breaking the smoking addiction is overcoming the psychological addiction, which are the mental and emotional aspects of smoking. I believe this constitutes ninety percent of the cigarette addiction. When you develop a smoking habit, you develop an unconscious desire to smoke in certain environments, such as when watching TV. This is called a conditioned response. Stop smoking self-hypnosis helps eliminate the unconscious associations that cause you to crave cigarettes, thereby eliminating the conditioned compulsion to smoke. Hypnotherapy also helps you stay motivated to quit smoking by strengthening the beliefs that gave you the wish to quit smoking in the first place. Smokers get stuck in the habit of following a ritual of lighting up and smoking. This is why many people who attempt to quit smoking using nicotine patches or gums alone are unable to quit. They soon overcome the physical addiction, but they have no replacement or relief for the ritual of smoking, which has become a psychological addiction and pleasurable source of stress relief. Stop smoking self-hypnosis techniques eliminate this mental addiction and serve as stress reducers as well. As a relaxation tool, hypnosis helps effectively relieve anxiety and stress so you will lose the cravings for cigarettes. By adding some effective NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) techniques, stop smoking self-hypnosis can keep you committed to breaking the habit by training your unconscious to focus on the benefits of quitting. Eliminating tobacco benefits you in many ways. Within days of quitting, body parts damaged by smoking begin to heal, damaged nerves re-grow, and the sense of taste and smell improves significantly. Within weeks, lung function and blood circulation improve. Within a year, your risk of heart disease is less than half that of a smoker. Within five to fifteen years, the risk of having a stroke is the same as a non-smoker. Your risk of death from lung cancer and a number of other cancer risks have decreased, and your risk of heart disease is the same as someone who has never smoked at all. Despite the dangers of smoking and the benefits of quitting, some smokers never overcome their habit. For the most part, this is because they've never seriously committed to quitting. Other smokers are often afraid to suffer from withdrawal symptoms or give up the smoking habit. Quitting smoking does not have to be the difficult process that makes so many smokers reluctant to even attempt quitting. Hypnotherapy provides a very simple, natural method of quitting. Hypnotherapy is a powerful tool for crushing cravings for cigarettes, creating powerful motivation, and promoting relaxation and stress relief to completely eliminate the psychological addiction to smoking. Stop smoking hypnotherapy techniques can be learned from specialized self-hypnosis CDs that have been developed after decades of using hypnosis, Neuro-VISION video hypnotherapy, and NLP to get clients to stop smoking. Hypnotherapy CDs make it easy to quit smoking forever because they break the smoking addiction in a process that helps extinguish cravings and any desire to smoke. Whatever your motivation is for quitting, hypnosis CDs makes it easier to focus your mind on these reasons, which makes you feel a powerful urge to quit. Quit smoking hypnosis CDs eliminate the conditioned urge to smoke. Although quitting smoking can be an unsuccessful endeavor for some, those who take advantage of self hypnosis CDs have a far greater percentage of success because it makes the process much easier. It is the most effective method for smoke cessation.
By: Alan B. Densky, CH
Alan B. Densky, CH pioneered the use of video stop smoking aids and received a U.S. Patent on the process. He offers effective hypnotic help to stop smoking if you are ready to quit smoking now. www.neuro-vision.us/SmokingCessation1.html www.neuro-vision.us/Products/NeuroVISIONSmokingDvd.htm www.neuro-vision.us/Products/AudioQuitSmokingHypnosisTape.htm
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