Self Hypnosis to Stop Smoking

If you are wondering how to  quit smoking , you know how hard it is to eliminate this harmful compulsion. But there is effective help available. Stop smoking self-hypnosis CDs make it easy to permanently quit smoking because they break the compulsion in a process that helps extinguish your cravings and the compulsion to smoke cigarettes.

If you are trying to  quit smoking cigarettes , you know how hard it is to crush this harmful compulsion. However, it is possible, and half of all adult smokers will succeed in quitting smoking forever. Many smokers have been able to quit smoking cigarettes by replacing them with different, 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 frequently practiced forms of hypnosis. It is often cited as a tool to stop smoking along with strategies such as the use of nicotine patches and gums and other popular means. It helps end the smoking addiction by combating cravings to smoke, keeping you committed to quitting, and promoting relaxation and stress relief so you will not be tempted to smoke.

The smoking addiction contains both psychological and physiological aspects. The physiological addiction is a physical need the body acquires for nicotine. This aspect of the addiction is what causes the physical withdrawal symptoms that make it initially feel near impossible to quit smoking. However, this is a short, temporary part in the overall process of quitting smoking, lasting only between three days and one week. By the end of this time period, your body acclimates 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 cigarette 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 represents ninety percent of the smoking addiction. When you develop a smoking habit, you develop an unconscious desire to smoke at certain times, such as before going to bed. This is called a conditioned response. Stop smoking hypnosis helps eliminate the unconscious relationships that cause you to crave cigarettes, thereby eliminating the conditioned response to smoke. Hypnotherapy also helps you stay motivated to give up 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 try to quit smoking using nicotine patches or gums alone are unable to quit. They promptly overcome the physical addiction, but they have no relief or replacement for the ritual of smoking cigarettes, which has become a mental addiction and pleasurable source of stress relief. Hypnotherapy techniques eliminate this habit and serve as stress reducers as well. As a relaxation tool, hypnosis helps effectively relieve anxiety and stress so you will lose the desire to smoke cigarettes.

By adding some powerful NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) techniques, quit smoking hypnosis can keep you motivated to breaking the habit by training the 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. Within a few weeks, lung function and circulation improve. Within one year, your risk of heart disease is less than half that of a smoker. Within five to fifteen years, the risk of stroke is the same as a non-smoker. Your risk of heart disease is the same as someone who has never smoked, and the risk of death from lung cancer and numerous other cancer risks have decreased.

In spite of the harmful effects of smoking and the health benefits of quitting, some smokers never overcome their addiction. For the most part, this is because they’ve never seriously committed to quitting. Other smokers are afraid to suffer from withdrawal symptoms or let go of the smoking habit. Quitting smoking does not have to be the torturous process that makes so many smokers hesitant to even try quitting. Hypnosis is a very simple, natural method of quitting.

About the Author:
Alan B. Densky, CH pioneered the use of video quit smoking hypnosis and received a U.S. Patent on the technology. He offers a number of ways to quit smoking cigarettes if you are ready to quit smoking cigarettes now.

By Alan B. Densky, CH Published: 2/21/2008