Stop Smoking Easily and Quickly
Do You Want to Stop Smoking Easily and
Quickly?
If you have tried using the willpower method, don't beat
yourself up because you are still smoking - the fact is, it's not a matter of
willpower.
The mind has two parts: the conscious and
subconscious.
And so when you tried using the willpower method, you were
in two minds whether to stop smoking or not - literally in 'two
minds'.
For example, here is a typical dichotomy; you might want to stop
smoking because it's bad for your health (conscious reason), but you're still
aware that smoking makes you feel good about yourself (subconscious reason).
Do You Have Subconscious Reasons? When you try to stop
smoking but get bad withdrawal symptoms, that's a sure sign that your
subconscious mind is resisting the change.
Here's an example of how it
feels when your subconscious mind makes you do something.
When you were
young, did you ever try and hold your breath for as long as possible? Do you
remember feeling that your lungs were going to burst?
Well, that feeling
was generated by your subconscious mind.
Your subconscious mind is
capable of exerting incredibly powerful pressure on your conscious mind if it
feels that its needs are not being met.
This where all the extreme
examples of withdrawal effects when people stop smoking come
from.
"Climbing the walls", "Tearing my hair out" and "Getting the
shakes" are all typical examples of the withdrawal effects of someone with
strong subconscious needs to carry on smoking.
Perhaps your subconscious
wants to carry on smoking because it reminds you of a time of happiness or a
time you felt powerful in your life; we all have fond memories of the time we
spent growing up, and the emotions from our youth are vivid ones, and they stay
with us all our lives.
Or perhaps your subconscious may feel that
smoking represents your desire to thumb your nose at authority; everyone is
saying you should stop smoking, and maybe you feel unwilling to let them have
their way. Maybe your subconscious feels that smoking represents
freedom, or it might be simply that your subconscious fears the withdrawal of
the nicotine.
Whatever the reason, the point is if you want to stop
smoking, both your conscious and your subconscious need to be convinced that
they will benefit from you becoming a permanent non-smoker.
Does
Your Subconscious Need Convincing? However, your subconscious mind
doesn't work the same way as your conscious mind, so the usual line of
reasonable argument isn't going to work.
The best way to convince your
subconscious that it's a good idea to stop smoking is to tell it a fairy
story.
I am being serious.
You could make up a story about this
beautiful princess, and a wicked witch put a spell on her, took all her money
away and made her dress in rags.
I'm sure your conscious mind saw
straight away that the wicked witch represents the smoking habit, but your
subconscious mind soaks stuff like that up without your conscious mind
noticing.
If you don't believe me, try this little demonstration of how
powerful this method is.
Read the following sentence which contains
descriptions of three TV adverts, and try to stop the pictures coming into your
head; here we go:-
The store where people pat their back pocket twice,
the insurance with the 'Lucky' dog, and the product with the 'friendly
bacteria'.
You can see how powerful this method is because you know
exactly which adverts I'm talking about.
People's subconscious picks
these messages up, and so they are more likely to shop at Asda, get their
insurance from MoreThan, or buy ... that little drink thing ... er, well
perhaps that one doesn't work as well as the others.
Companies spend
billions of pounds each year on marketing because they know it produces
results.
When people see an advert, the message goes straight into their
subconscious without their conscious mind knowing it.
"All this talk of
the subconscious is all very well", I hear you say, "but isn't nicotine an
addictive drug?"
You're right, it is ... Nicotine is an Addictive
Drug, isn't it? Nicotine is a highly addictive drug; you can get hooked with
just one puff of a cigarette.
Fortunately, the withdrawal effects are
quite mild - the smoker gets a feeling that something is missing.
The
withdrawal effects take time to build up, and this is why there is usually a
gap between cigarettes.
Of course, the withdrawal effects disappear as
soon as the smoker lights up again, and this usually misleads them into
thinking that the cigarette makes them feel better.
We have all heard
smokers saying that they are gasping for a fag.
The truth is that the
relief they feel is relief from the withdrawal effects of the previous
cigarette.
In other words they would be feeling better if they had never
smoked the previous cigarette (and they would be feeling even better than that
if they had never even started in the first place).
Each cigarette
confirms the feeling that the smoker is gaining some benefit, but the truth is
that it makes them more dependent.
More seriously of course, each
cigarette makes their body increasingly unhealthy.
Although nicotine is
probably the most addictive drug in the world in frequent use, its effects are
mild and relatively short-lived.
For the smoker, the withdrawal effects
are probably at their worst first thing every morning.
That's right!
That is as bad as it needs to get!
If your withdrawal effects are any
worse than that, they are sure to be coming from your subconscious
mind.
Have You Decided to Stop Smoking Easily and Quickly? The
easy way to stop smoking is to see a therapist. You should only need one
session with a good therapist to understand and come to terms with your
subconscious reasons for continuing to smoke.
Find someone in your local
area who is qualified, belongs to a reputable organisation, is properly
insured, and has a good success rate. You will find a therapist by looking on
the Internet or in Yellow Pages in the Hypnotherapy or Therapy
categories.
For a hypnotherapist, make sure they belong to the General
Hypnotherapy Register as an absolute minimum.
Choose life! Be a happy
and permanent non-smoker.
Copyright © 2005 David Allen. All rights
reserved.
Article written by David Allen
David is a clinical hypnotherapist with a successful
practice "Get the Life You Want!" in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Visit his
website at http://www.hypnosis-nlp-therapy.com
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