Stop Smoking Hypnosis

Quitting smoking can be difficult but not impossible so stay motivated if you are addicted to smoking or help your friend in sticking to his quitting decision. There are different techniques used by health professionals to help people in quitting smoking. I will share some information about stop smoking hypnosis today. Well effectiveness of stop smoking hypnosis is not universal but it is reported to have very high success rate.

Basically there are two types of stop smoking hypnosis used by health professionals including self-directed hypnosis or hypnosis CDs, tapes or other aids and the other is attending trained hypnotists or hypnotherapists. Both of these types of stop smoking hypnosis can be beneficial to give up cravings. Success of hypnosis will also depend on your motivation and discipline. Follow the instructions of your hypnotist on regular basis.

Now read some "facts" about smoking hypnosis……..

Most popular beliefs about smoking hypnosis show that hypnosis means staying in a zombie like state in which the subjects lose their control over them and become slave of hypnotist. You can have idea about this situation by recalling Hollywood movies but it’s not fully realistic. True fact about state of hypnosis is that you can’t do anything against your will. You will just achieve a state of relaxation when your mind will become open to receive instructions directly into the plane of subconscious but your mind will not accept these suggestions if these are contrary to your personal beliefs.

I am sure you would be thinking about relation between smoking and hypnosis that I talked to share. Read rest of the post about link between smoking and hypnosis.

It is always hard to quit any habit either smoking or some else. Usually people addicted to smoking smoke while driving car or during tea time, after a meal or in case of stressful situations. Smoking has become a common trend now-a-days which is adopted by people as an essential element of daily routine. When a person develops strong smoking habit, it becomes difficult for him to keep him away from smoking. If a routine smoker tries to quit smoking, he may have to face both psychological and physical discomfort that is termed as cravings.

Hypnotherapy has proved to have potential to resolve many life problems and offers an improved lifestyle. Different research programs have shown that a combination of both pharmacological and hypnosis treatment helps people in quitting habit of smoking and overcoming cravings.  Basically mind of a smoker associates smoking with pleasure or state of relaxation. Pharmacological treatment works at the outer level of conscious mind of smoker which usually doesn’t like to change but subconscious mind of a person is always ready to accept suggestions but it is hard to access it in normal consciousness. Hypnosis helps the person addicted to smoking in altering the condition of subconscious mind and reprograms it to quit smoking or change any habit. However need of willpower and motivation is still needed to succeed in quitting smoking. While receiving positive suggestions in state of hypnosis, you will be able to get desired results.

Ways to Stop Smoking

Smoking tobacco is both psychological habit and physical addiction. Everyone knows risks to health caused by smoking then why smokers don’t give up smoking? The answer that comes to my mind is less or no awareness of effectiveness of stop smoking programs. Although it may be difficult for a smoker to kick his habit of smoking but the main reason why a smokers don’t use different smoking cessation programs because many smoking cessation programs like smoking cessation pills or other smoking cessation therapies may be out of budgetary limits of a smoker. Here I would like to share some information about different ways to stop smoking that will not be so expensive as well as easy to be adopted.

Personal Stop Smoking Plan

To optimize chances of your success, you need to be motivated, have social support and better understanding of what to expect and develop a personal stop smoking plan. Developing a personal stop smoking plan to your specific needs and desires will be a great source of help for you. Make a list of reasons why you need or want to quit smoking. Main reasons of quitting smoking will include:

•  To become healthier and have more energy, fresher breath and whiter teeth
• Lower the risks of cancer, heart attacks, strokes, early death, skin wrinkling etc
• Save money
• Get respect and lost position in society
• Live stink free

You can motivate yourself to quit smoking by starting with:

• S: Set a date to start acting on your quitting plan
• T: Tell friends and family members about your plan to quit smoking
• A: Anticipate and plan for challenges that will come to you in quitting
• R: Remove cigarettes and other related products from your home, office, car and pocket
• T: Talk to your doctor and get his assistance in quitting smoking

Manage Cravings

You will feel dizzy or restless when you will not smoke or event have headache. Try to make you busy in different activities for few days and wait these cravings will not last after few days when your body will adjust. Try to stay active, keep your hands busy, keep your mind busy, try to get an oral substitute and drink plenty of water to deal with cravings and other symptoms of quitting smoking.

Get Support and Resources to Quit Smoking

There are different smoking cessation programs that have successfully helped people in giving up smoking habit. Most common methods of quitting smoking include:

• Quitting smoking cold turkey
• Systematically decreasing the number of cigarettes smoked in a day
• Reducing intake of nicotine gradually over time
• Nicotine replacement therapy or other non-nicotine medications to reduce cravings
• Taking assistance form nicotine support groups
• Trying hypnosis, acupuncture or counseling using cognitive behavioral techniques

Take Help from Family Members in Quitting Smoking

It is first and foremost necessity of acting on personal stop smoking plan to tell family members that you have decided to stop smoking. Get their support in your effort to give up smoking.

Smoking Cessation Programs

My today’s discussion will explore information about different smoking cessation programs that can obviously help a smoker in quitting smoking. One thing I would like to focus is that all these programs will work if you really want to quit smoking. Read information about best stop smoking programs:

Cold Turkey

Giving up Cold Turkey or discontinuing entirely is a commonly used smoking cessation program. Using this program, you will be required to make several attempts but you can use this program effectively by main attentive preparation.

Smoking Cessation Medicines

There are different stop smoking medicines that have shown successful results. Most commonly known medicines are chantix/champix and ZYBAN. Have some information about these medicines:

·         Chantix/Champix: This medicine is available in form of pills used to treat practice of smoking. This medicine decreases pleasing effects of cigarettes and other tobacco products which is best to assist a smoker in quitting smoking.

·         ZYBAN: Bupropion hydrochloride sustained-release tablets or bupropion hcl sr is a medication that is also available in pills form. Different reports show that smokers who use this tablet quit smoking within one month. This medicine reduces withdrawal symptoms and smokers urge to smoke anymore. This pill must be taken if prescribed by a doctor.

Cutting Down Gradually

Many smokers have left smoking with this smoking cessation program. Using this program a smoker will make his mind to cut down number of cigarettes consumed per day and will continue to cut down this number until this number goes to zero which will result in no smoking at the end. If you also want to use this inexpensive smoking cessation program then your final quit date is not so far from you. You can use this plan in combination to Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).

Hypnosis

Hypnosis is mainly a condition of rest when both body and mind are stress-free. Both conscious and unconscious parts of mind start working according to same concept at same time and your mind will become open to cleverly worded influences. You can go to healthcare professional or self-induce to achieve a hypnotic state.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is a type of well-known smoking cessation program that uses special products to give tiny doses of nicotine to help stop thirst of smoking and relieve a smoker from conditions that occur when smoker tries to quit smoking. Most commonly used products include nicotine gum, nicotine inhaler, nicotine nasal spray, nicotine lozenges and nicotine patches etc.

Alternative Therapies

Some other therapies are also available that can be used as smoking cessation programs. Most commonly used therapies include acupuncture, laser therapy or quit smoking injections.

You can select any of the smoking cessation programs discussed above that you feel would be comfortable for you.

Stop Smoking Pills and Effectiveness

Smoking is adverse for smoker’s health and put smoker’s life into permanent danger. A smoker is exposed to several dangers every time. A smoker can save his life from these dangers by trying to lessen and finally quitting habit of smoking. It is a challenge for people who have been addicted to smoking for many years. A person with strong will power can prevent him from smoking habit but smoking is a thing that destroys men’s will power that is why smokers need assistance of different smoking cessation programs to quit smoking permanently. I have seen different people succeeded to quit smoking by using smoking cessation methods. Using stop smoking pills is one of the effective stop smoking methods. Here I would like to discuss how stop smoking spills can help a person quit smoking and how much these pills are effective.

Stop smoking pills are one of the new medications developed for helping people who want tot quit smoking. Everyday new stop smoking spills are emerging to help smokers quit. Are you curious to know about these pills and extent to which these are effective? I yes scroll down to read rest of this post.

Effectiveness of Stop Smoking Pills

There are many stop smoking pills available in market. While selecting one from variety of pills, a question that will instantly come into mind is which stop smoking pills are effective than all. Most commonly used stop smoking pills are Wellbutrin, Zyban and Varencline (Chantix).

Working of Stop Smoking Pills

Nicotine in cigarettes releases endorphins that stimulate the pituitary glands. These releases of cigarettes increase energy level and give the smoker a sense of satisfaction and pleasure. Stop smoking pills also release endorphins making the quitting experience the same pleasure without creating any harmful side effects. No side effects, is the actual reason that stop smoking pills are becoming so popular.

Zyban is a pill that has ability to relive nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Most commonly practiced nicotine withdrawal symptoms include headache, body etches etc. Smokers need to take stop smoking pills on daily basis continuously for more than two weeks till they feel change in their urge to smoke. No more than two pills should be consumed each day. I recommend not to use stop smoking spills without consulting a doctor no matter how many success stories have your heard from people about effectiveness of any stop smoking pills. There are some side effects of stop smoking pills like dry mouth and insomnia.

Smokers Refrained from Consuming Stop Smoking Pills

Stop smoking pills are not useful for all people. There are some side effects of stop smoking pills that can be dangerous for people suffering from serious diseases. For instance pregnant or breast feeding women, smokers suffering from bulimia, smokers having epilepsy and smokers with aliments such as digestive and stomach disorders should not use stop smoking pills or they should take doses of these pills according to instructions of their healthcare consultants. Smokers with health problems should not disappoint that they can’t quit smoking but they should think to try some natural methods to stop smoking.