There are only three things you need in order to stop smoking and remain a non-smoker for the rest of your life.
You need to…
- Genuinely want to stop smoking
- Know that you are not giving up smoking
- Be prepared to make an effort
1: Before you can stop smoking you must want to stop smoking. You must want to stop because YOU want to stop and not because you’ve been pressured into it or have promised yourself some sort of reward. No, you need to know that you are going to stop smoking because you’ve decided it and for no other reason.
2: Probably the strangest thing to remember is that you are not about to give up smoking! That may sound a bit crazy as that is exactly what you think you are about to do. It’s critical at this stage, not only to believe but also to understand what is meant by this. The term “to give up” suggests that you are about to lose something precious to you, or to give away something you will spend the rest of your life pining for. No, you are going to become a non-smoker just like you were before you started smoking. You are not going to GIVE UP anything!
3: As much as hypnotherapy is an extremely powerful tool it is not a magic pill. – despite what some nicotine replacement products and even some therapist may tell you. You’ll still need to make an effort in order to stop smoking and remain a non-smoker. You may still have the odd craving, a mild feeling in your tummy, which you’ll easily be able to overcome because you’ll no longer be carrying around all the psychology that kept you smoking.
For more information or to book an appointment call me on 01636 642878 or click here for my contact form.
I was a smoker for 30 years and like all smokers I thought I was more addicted than anyone else. I told myself thousands of times “one day I’ll stop”. As someone who was trapped by nicotine addiction for so many years, I know how this works. I know what it’s like to wake up in the morning with chest pains and to have to wait for a cough before I could have a cigarette or to think that every pain I felt must be cancer.
Now I’m a non-smoker and have been for several years. I still get the odd craving or “cigarette moment” as I call them, but at no point do I ever want a cigarette and that’s the difference. So what happened to stop me smoking?
I found a technique that works.
Mark Sheppard
For more information or to book an appointment call 07825 654377 or click here for the contact form.
