Using Hypnotherapy CDs To Kick The Smoking Habit

A feature article by Alan B Densky, Feb 10, 2008         

Summary: If you are someone who is wondering how to quit smoking, you know how tough it is to extinguish this harmful compulsion. But effective help is available. Stop smoking hypnotherapy CDs make it easy to quit smoking forever because they crush the smoking addiction in a process that helps remove your cravings and the compulsion to smoke cigarettes.

 
If you are trying to quit smoking cigarettes, you know how tough it is to crush this harmful compulsion. It is possible however, and half of all adult smokers quit smoking forever. Many smokers succeed in quitting smoking cigarettes by replacing them with different, more positive habits without having to experience withdrawal symptoms. By far, the easiest and most effective method to quit smoking and achieve this end is stop smoking self-hypnosis.

Stop smoking hypnotherapy is one of the most regularly practiced forms of hypnotherapy. It is often cited as a tool to quit smoking along with strategies such as nicotine replacement therapy and other popular techniques. It works to end the smoking addiction by combating cravings for cigarettes, keeping you committed to quitting, and promoting stress relief and relaxation so you will not feel the urge to smoke.

The smoking addiction contains both physiological and psychological aspects. The physiological addiction is a physical need the body develops to nicotine. This component of the addiction causes the withdrawal symptoms that make it initially feel near impossible to quit smoking. However, this is a short, temporary part in the overall course of quitting smoking, lasting only between three days and one week. By the end of this period of time, your body acclimates to usual, nicotine-free functioning. Based on thirty years of experience, I believe that the physical addiction to nicotine makes up barely ten percent of the addiction to smoking.

By far, the most challenging part of quitting smoking is overcoming the psychological addiction, which are the mental and emotional aspects of smoking. I believe this makes up ninety percent of the smoking addiction. When you develop a smoking habit, you develop an unconscious desire to smoke in certain situations, such as before going to bed. This is called a conditioned response. Stop smoking self-hypnosis helps eliminate the unconscious associations that cause one to crave cigarettes, thereby eliminating the conditioned compulsion to smoke. Hypnotherapy also helps you stay motivated to cease smoking by reinforcing the ideas that gave you the desire to break the smoking addiction in the first place.

Smokers get stuck ritually lighting up and smoking. This is why many people who try to quit smoking using nicotine gums or patches alone are unable to successfully quit. They rapidly overcome the physiological addiction, but they have no replacement or relief for the ritual of smoking cigarettes, which has become a psychological addiction and comforting source of stress relief. Stop smoking self-hypnosis techniques eliminate this habit and serve as stress reducers as well. As a relaxation tool, hypnosis helps effectively relieve stress and anxiety so you will lose the desire to smoke cigarettes.

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Combined with some powerful NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) techniques, quit smoking self-hypnosis can keep you committed to stop smoking by training the unconscious mind to focus on the benefits of quitting. Eliminating tobacco benefits you in a great number of 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 weeks, lung function and blood 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 dying from lung cancer and a number of other cancer risks have decreased, and the risk of heart disease is the same as someone who has never smoked.

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 made a decision to quit. Other smokers are often afraid to suffer through withdrawal symptoms or let go of the smoking habit. Quitting smoking does not have to be the torturous process that makes so many smokers unwilling to even try quitting. Hypnosis acts as a very simple, natural technique for quitting.

Hypnotherapy is an effective implement for extinguishing cravings for cigarettes, building powerful motivation, and promoting relaxation and stress relief to eliminate the psychological part of the smoking addiction. Stop smoking hypnotherapy techniques can be learned from specialized self-hypnosis CDs that have been developed after decades of using hypnosis, NLP, and Neuro-VISION video hypnotherapy to get people to give up smoking.

Stop smoking hypnosis CDs make it easy to quit smoking completely because they break the smoking compulsion in a process that helps obliterate cravings and any desire to smoke. Whatever your motivation is for breaking the habit, hypnosis makes it easier to focus your mind on these reasons, which makes you feel a great urge to quit. Quit smoking hypnosis CDs eliminate the compulsion to smoke. Although quitting smoking can be an unsuccessful and painful experience for some, those who utilize hypnotherapy have a far greater percentage of success because it makes the process much easier. It is the most effective method for smoke cessation.

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.

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