Hypnosis and Smoking

[tobyjugg2]

I'd be very interested to hear folks experiences of using Hypnosis to stop smoking

[Conniff]

As someone who was on 60 per day, let me say that the main thing in giving up is to 'want' to do it. Giving up because others say you should or it's the in thing is not a reason. Outside influences are just money wasting schemes designed to make those who continue to smoke feel better when they tell others 'well at least I tried', they don't make you tell yourself that you want to give up, only you can do that.

 

If you can pull yourself up by the bootstraps and firstly admit to yourself that you want to give up, you are most of the way there.

 

I really enjoyed smoking and can honestly say I don't really feel any different now years after quitting, but I can see it in the purse and that is also a pleasure.

[tobyjugg2]

I also cold turkey'd the habit a long time ago with cost being a major driver and any health issues being decidedly an 'also ran'.

[Dawn21]

I stopped smoking just over 2 years ago after 42 years. I got up one morning and decided not to buy cigarettes and just see how far I got without them. Normally I would have been at the shop ten minutes before closing time but that day I made my mind up I was not going to buy any.

Then I decided I didn't want or need nicotine my brain did. So I promised said brain it could could have a cigarette tomorrow. And over 2 years later tomorrow still hasn't arrived and my brain is still waiting for that promised smoke.

It worked for me and if you had asked me the day before I would have told you nothing would ever work to stop me.

I quit in May in 2013 and by September that year I'd paid cash for a new washing machine and fridge freezer. Says it all really

[obiter dictum]

There are no easy options

 

As stated you have to want to give up.

 

I will be honest the first three days are hard but after that is is simply habit with no chemical addiction. A plastic cigarette will help as you will be hitting the fridge without thinking about it. You have been putting your hand to mouth for years and will now be a reflex action. Try and keep busy for the first three days, gardening, decorating etc and every time you feel like a smoke pop a Tic-Tac

[estellyn]

ex mother in law gave up after hypnosis - but I suppose it depends how susceptible you are to that sort of thing as to how effective it would be.