After a couple weeks of cessation, you should start to see your oral health change for the better. Here are three of those side effects that can and will reverse with cessation:

1. Bad breath/halitosis.

Bad breath is directly caused by cigarette smoke and inhalation.  For smokers, it is caused by both nicotine and a vitamin-C deficiency. After smoking, cigarette and smoke particles remain in the throat, mouth, and lungs, causing a bad odor to develop and remain.  Smoking also causes dry mouth, which provides a climate that bacteria loves to grow in.  The combination of cigarette particles, bacteria growth, and the lasting environment all contribute to chronic bad breath.

The good news is that by removing all of these contributors, your breath will return to normal.  With proper upkeep, like daily brushing and flossing, there is no reason your breath should not smell fine.  Without smoke and nicotine particles lingering in your oral cavity, it removes majority of the halitosis-causing bacteria, thus returning your breath back to normal!

2. White gums.

Cigarette smoking interferes with the normal function of our tissue cells, causing restriction and further complications inside the mouth know as white gums. While normal gums receive ample blood flow, those of cigarette smoker’s are not receiving enough blood to keep them healthy. This can lead to recession and even bone detachment.  Many smokers notice that their gums turn to an off-pink, white-ish color. This is an indicator that the gums are not healthy and will lead to tender, bleeding gums.  Further, white gums and a white tongue are signs of oral cancer, which should be treated immediately.

The good news is that with cessation, tissue cells can return to their normal activity and increase the blood flow around the mouth and gums.  Although gum disease will not disappear over night, with proper oral healthcare and regular visits to your dentist your gums should return to their normal pinkish color, and any bleeding or recession should stop. If you notice extreme tenderness and sores, it’s important to visit your dentist.

3. Loss of taste/smell.

Food lovers rejoice! This is one side effect that can be reversed within two weeks of cessation.  Smokers experience a dulling of taste and smell because of the hot fumes they breathe in. Smoke is toxic to the senses and dulls the taste buds on the tongue.  Loss of smell usually comes first and as a result your palate is less likely to detect flavors.  Perhaps the most interesting part is that many smokers don’t realize their palate or smell has been compromised.  It’s only after cessation that many notice a change in flavor, smell, and sensation.  Mark your calendar and treat yourself to your favorite meal after two weeks of breaking the habit!

Cigarette smoking causes many negative side effects, and oral health is just the tip of the iceberg. For some, motivators need to be in the near future to make them attainable. These three oral health conditions can be reversed or improved within weeks to months of quitting. Now is the time to start getting healthy and enjoying life to the fullest!

Alexis Goodrich publishes a dental health blog http://www.bestdentistguide.com, and you can also follow her on Twitter for all things dental @thedentistguide

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We could stand there chewing on nicotine gum with three patches stuck to each arm and an e-cigarette hanging off our lips as we walk up to the gas station to buy a pack of “real” cigarettes. What makes this habit so difficult to break for many of us?

1. Availability

Unlike hardcore drugs, cigarettes are readily available at so many locations around your home. It doesn’t take much to talk yourself into running to the convenience store and picking up a pack. There isn’t much stopping you from doing just that either. It’s not like you have to find a “hook-up” to get your nicotine fix. There are no back-alleys that you may never emerge from once you enter. It takes less than five minutes and your “dealer” will do it with a smile as he or she takes your money at the cash register.

2. Mental Habits

There are a lot of people that wind up sitting at their desks at home and chain-smoke as they peruse the Internet and play on Facebook. A lot of the time, these cigarettes simply burn out without the smoker inhaling maybe five or six drags. However, it becomes a mental habit to have the white cylindrical tube in your fingers as you type away at the keyboard. The same goes with driving or after meals. It becomes a mental state that you “need” to have a cigarette in order to complete these tasks.

3. Will Power

A lack of will power is how a lot of people gain weight and fail at quitting. The obsession may not be nearly as bad if the cigarettes weren’t so damnably easy to get a hold of. But since they are, your will power is at an all-time low as you can talk yourself into just about anything. A simple practice you could try is talking yourself out of something instead. However, the mind is a funny substance. You may do a great job at not smoking the entire morning only to realize you just bought a pack and are unwrapping it with your lunch. The part of your mind that is addicted to the cigarettes pretty much tied up and gagged with duct-tape the conscious part of your mind that wants to quit.

4. Imagery

We’ve all seen the commercials of what organs look like from a smoker and comparisons of how many people die of lung cancer every year. To the average smoker, we watch these commercials and think to ourselves, “that’s disgusting” while puffing on a cigarette. Shock value doesn’t work against many smokers as we’ll laugh and light up anyway. A different kind of positive mental imagery needs to be developed in order for something like that to work. Perhaps a commercial addressing the mental aspects of how to help someone to quit could suffice.

When it comes to breaking any habit, it all boils down to will power and the state of your mind. If you believe that something isn’t going to work for you, the chances are it won’t. You need to be ready inside your mind in order to succeed at quitting cigarettes. Without this frame of mind, you are doomed to make the same New Year’s Resolution every year until you die.

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If you can’t stop smoking, there are many problems you need to face. Here are some of the health problems:

•  A puff of cigarette contains different chemicals which might affect the whole system along with cells. In those different chemicals, there are around 80 essential chemicals which cause cancer. It affects most parts of the body.
• Due to smoking, lungs are damaged massively, as these soft tissues come in direct contact with the toxins of cigar smoke. Once you get lung cancer, it is very tough to survive as there won’t be any chance of recovery and it increases trouble in breathing too.
•  Some of the parts which get affected by smoking apart from the lungs are oral, kidney, cervical, leukaemia, bladder, liver, stomach and uterine canal etc.
• At the time of pregnancy, smoking may increase chances of getting miscarriage. Obstructs the development of the baby or babies born with very low weight are associated with miscarriage.
• There are many evidences proven that young people are mostly affected by smoking. It seems that if you start smoking at the age more than 11yrs, are expected to have an early death than people, who started at age after 20yrs.
• Your appearance and your teeth get ruined, if you smoke regularly.
• Some of the symptoms of withdrawing smoking are depression, anxiety, loneliness, short-tempered, feeling hungry and mood swing, sleeplessness etc.

Here are the some ways to overcome the health problems due to smoking:-

• You need to understand the benefits of quitting this habit and decide on what basis you want to quit like for yourself, or for your family or for any health issues. Be mentally prepared, so that you can face any consequence easily with focus
• Discuss with your family about this decision and take their support in order to get quick results.
• Talk to your doctor about your opinion, and take some precautions and medicines if required.
• Have a healthy diet and replace a cigarette with any fruit or sprouts etc., So that the thought of smoking may not reach your mind at all
• Doing Regular exercises will release stress and give an opportunity to cope your body from unnecessary toxins letting into your body and would help you to get physical and mental strength back to normal
• In yoga, go for breathing exercises like inhaling and exhaling for at least 5-10mins daily, which could help you
• Get your teeth cleaned, as it will give a fresh look and motivates you to have a new look at your life
• And last but not the least, drink lots of water as this is the only solution for flushing out the toxins and the chemicals from your body, in return helps to reduce the desire of smoking again
• If you have strong determination to quit smoking, there are many communities or rehab centres, where in some work for free, but some might charge you for the same. Register yourself and in case if you need extra money to support you, you can opt for Short term loans.
• Find out about our self-hypnosis and meditation method to give up smoking and be a happier person.

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Developing an Addiction

Despite the fact that you are only smoking a few cigarettes, you could develop an addiction to them. One or two cigarettes now could quickly develop into a pack per day, and then you are going to be susceptible to all of the same problems as regular smokers.

Wasting Your Money

No matter how many cigarettes you smoke per day, you are still spending money on them. Let’s say that you spend just $10 per week on your habit. At the end of the year, you could have saved an additional $520 instead. This could go to healthy snacks, tuition, daycare or even entertainment (really, $500 might be the difference between having any extra cash to have fun or not).

Heart Disease

In a study entitled “Health Effects of Light and Intermittent Smoking” by Rebecca E. Schane, MD, Pamela M. Ling, MD, MPH and Stanton A. Glantz, PhD it is stated that a person who smokes lightly has pretty much the same risk for heart disease as an individual who smokes on a regular basis.

Lung Cancer

When we look at the effects of cigarette smoking, it’s impossible to avoid the topic of lung cancer. This is especially important, considering that the same study does report that individuals who smoke regularly have a much higher risk of the disease than those who smoke lightly; however, the latter group is still at higher risk than the rest of the population.

Wasting Time

In addition to spending unnecessary money, going outside for a few cigarette breaks each day is a waste of your time. Imagine that you smoke four cigarettes per day, and you take ten minute breaks each time. That is 40 minutes of every day you can never get back!

Making Excuses

No one wants to become that person who is constantly making excuses about how much or how little he or she smokes. When you do just a little, you are becoming that individual. Furthermore, you will need to explain yourself to the children in your life, and you can absolutely come across as a poor role model for them. They will see you smoking and might believe that it is completely okay to do. Furthermore, never forget that making unhealthy choices now also makes your future offspring (and theirs) more likely to develop bad health.

Mortality Rate

The aforementioned study also discusses rates of death in individuals who choose to smoke lightly. The authors write, “The risk of all-cause mortality in intermittent male smokers is significantly increased (OR=1.6, 95% CI 1.3–2.1) when compared to nonsmoking men (31). Among women, light smoking resulted in a 4–6 year median loss of life when compared to nonsmoking women.” Even when you choose to smoke lightly, you can increase your chance of an early death.

Many people assume that if they partake in a harmful activity only sometimes, they are not really causing any serious damage to themselves. From reading the above information, you now know that’s not true, especially when it comes to smoking.

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Smoking can have many side effects for your mouth, some of which are listed below:

• Discoloured teeth
• Bad breath
• Openings of the salivary gland becoming inflamed
• Greater risk of gum disease
• Build-up of tartar and plaque
• Greater risk or oral cancer
• Longer healing process after dental treatments such as tooth extraction
• Potential loss of bone in the jaw

Gum Disease

Smoking or using other products containing tobacco as they can affect the cells in your gum tissue increases the risk of gum disease. If these cells do not function properly, the tissue may not be well attached to the bone. This means that people who smoke are at greater risk of periodontal disease and other infections. The same effect can also restrict the blood flow into the gums, which can cause delays in any wounds healing.

Cigars and Pipes

As well as cigarettes, cigars and pipes can also cause dental problems. Studies have shown that tooth loss and loss of bone in the jawbone anchoring the teeth are experienced at the same rate for cigarette smokers and cigar smokers. The risk of tooth loss is similar for pipe smokers as well. In addition to these problems, cigar and pipe smokers are at risk of developing oral or throat cancer, even though they do not inhale. Other effects can include staining to teeth, bad breath and a greater chance of developing gum disease.

Other Tobacco Products

Even though they are smokeless, products such as chewing tobacco and snuff contain chemicals that lead to increased risks of developing throat or oral cancer. There is actually a higher level of nicotine in chewing tobacco than is found in cigarettes, so that it is more difficult to quit. A can of snuff, meanwhile, contains more nicotine than 60 cigarettes.

The main issue with smokeless tobacco is that it causes irritation in the gum tissue, which can then start to pull away from the teeth or recede. If tissue in the gums starts to recede, the roots of the teeth are left exposed and the potential for tooth decay to develop is increased. Roots that are exposed will also have an increased level of sensitivity to hot and cold temperatures, as well as any other irritants. This can cause problems when you eat and drink.

Studies have shown that people who use smokeless tobacco are more likely to develop tooth decay. It often contains added sugar as a way of enhancing the flavour, which leads to an increased danger of tooth decay. It can also contain grit and sand, which has the potential to wear the teeth down.

Anna Hewitt is an experienced writer who is an expert on dental health. She wrote this article on behalf of www.britishdentistry.org.uk

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The facts are in, smoking can cause serious damage to your health and even lead to cancer (tar contained in cigarettes is carcinogenic), so if you have not already decided to kick the habit, now would be a good time to make plans for a lifestyle change. Quitting may not be a walk in the park, as nicotine in cigarettes is highly addictive and really hard to desist, but the resulting benefits will make it all worthwhile.

How to start stopping

We take some things for granted when we start smoking, like the fact that there are certain times when we have a stronger desire to light one up. After a meal, or first thing in the morning are just two of several key triggers for a cigarette. Look for alternatives for those times and begin to introduce them into your daily procedures, before the big day. You can find nicotine-coated chewing gums in chemist shops that can be handy in this respect. Although nicotine is present, the quantity contained is very less. Available in strengths of 4mg for persons smoking 25 or more cigarettes per day and 4 mg for smokers with less than 25 cigarettes per day, it reduces your urge to smoke gradually. You can use this therapy until you have completely given up the habit.

Stay healthy

One myth that seems to haunt most people who want to quit is the problem of gaining weight, but this can be avoided if healthy alternatives are introduced. There is a strong craving that comes with trying to move away from nicotine products, and most of us turn to food to keep us busy. Stock up and get ready to replace those cravings with fat free healthy foods.

Watch who you hang out with

The hardest thing to do is to quit smoking if you still intend on hanging out with smokers.

Misery loves company, but you don’t have to be there. Change some of your activities, like hanging out at the local bar, or following your co-workers outside when they head for a smoke break. You don’t necessarily have to give up your friends, but there is no reason to put yourself through unnecessary temptations.

Think about the money

If you need more reasons why you should quit smoking, how about the money you will be saving by doing so. Cigarette smoke has a tendency to cause problems other than our health, in fact cosmetically speaking, we age faster, our teeth end up stained and our fingers are not that far behind. Our clothes are constantly reeking of tobacco and our non-smoking friends want little to do with us.

It’s all about you

The most important thing to remember when you are ready to put cigarette smoking behind you, is that it needs to be your choice. Set milestone goals and remember to celebrate them when you get there. You don’t have to involve your friends in your decision, but support from others can make the job a whole lot easier.

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Many people include meditation and self-hypnosis (as well as regular hypnosis) in that group of incredible practises used by a semi-hysterical, airy-fairy section of the population; not something for sensible people with careers and responsibilities. This is unfortunate as the medical profession is gradually coming to appreciate just how little is known and understood about the workings of the brain and how it can influence the workings of the body. Scientists are now aware that the principle of mind over matter can have a quantifiable effect on disease and recovery, something ‘old wives’ have been aware of for decades!

What meditation and self-hypnosis does

In the case of an addiction, such as with nicotine, the brain is the affected body part and it is possible to loosen the grip of the substance with meditation or self-hypnosis. Within 10 seconds of lighting a cigarette the nicotine has reached the bloodstream and quickly finds the brain. The way nicotine works in the brain is by affecting the ‘reward’ centre, the place that makes us feel pleasure, releasing extra dopamine, a neurotransmitter that helps us to feel well-being and satisfaction. The pleasant feeling does not last very long, so it becomes ‘necessary’ to repeat the act of lighting up over and over throughout the day.

When one meditates one stops thinking and concentrates on feeling. Therefore one is only aware of the very basest and oldest part of the mind – similar to the subconscious. This is the best part of the mind to communicate with when you want to stop bad habits.

The thought of giving up smoking can create feelings akin to panic even in people who are determined to give up the habit and this is also where self-hypnosis and meditation can come in so very useful in allowing the smoker to see through the confusion and stress of withdrawal to a time when cigarettes no longer exert such great control over them. It is easy for someone who has never smoked to say ‘Just give up; it’s expensive and bad for you and you will be happier and healthier without cigarettes in your life’, because they have little or no understanding of just how tightly the habit can hold a person.

Many a smoker has worked themselves to the point where they agree, yes, it is a disgusting habit and causing smelly breath and browning teeth; yes, it is ruinously expensive, to the point that nearly all spare income is funnelled into the habit; and yes, they want to quit because they are a better person, they do not want to rely on a noxious weed any longer: only to crumble into self-loathing and doubt because they can not get through the week, day or even the next hour without a long satisfying drag on a cigarette at regular intervals…

How to do it

Incorporating meditation or self-hypnosis into a stop-smoking programme can be invaluably helpful and it can be easily and simply achieved. Some people need to have finished their last pack of cigarettes while others, once they reach the pre-specified time, are happy to bin the cigarettes they have left, still others prefer to keep that last pack or last cigarette as a souvenir. If you already meditate on a regular basis, you can begin to include an affirmation about not needing to smoke; about being strong enough to break the hold the habit has on you and about being a worthwhile person who deserves to be free of nicotine.

If you have never meditated before it will take some time to learn how. Once you have mastered the basics and have trained your mind to accept the fact that smoking will cease on such-and-such a day you will find it very much easier to let go of the habit and you will be able to break the binds of nicotine with relative ease. Good luck!

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Furthermore, there is an increased risk of contracting various diseases if the individual smokes on a frequent basis. Smokers do not realise the impact they are having on their surrounding non-smoker family/friends, as passive smoking is also a more recently known killer.

For those who are craving to quit, there are 5 known, effective treatments available today. These top five treatments include cognitive behaviour therapy, the nicotine patch treatment, stop smoking programs, prescription drugs and non-nicotine cigarettes.

Quitting Smoking and Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Cognitive therapy is used for a variety of issues and concerns including depression, eating disorders, phobias and mood disorders. This type of therapy is also used for people who want to quit their smoking habits. By using this kind of therapy, the patient will think more positively about quitting. They are more likely to understand their ambivalent feelings, while they also learn additional ways to cope with stress.

In this kind of therapy, a trained therapist’s role will help the patients with addressing negative thoughts that hamper progress. Hence, to counteract negative thoughts, the therapist will help their patient’s by changing their initial thought patterns. The therapist’s main role is to aid the patient with the replacement of negative responses into more positive ones. For example, instead of the words “I cannot stop” the patient will be encouraged to think/ say “I am going to beat this habit.” This type of therapy revolves around self-belief.

Nicotine Patch

The nicotine patch treatment has been around for many years. These patches can be purchased in different dosages (strengths). Which means, when a smoker wants to quit the habit, they should begin these treatments by using a strong dosage of nicotine. The strong dosage should be used for a specified number of days. Once these initial days are over, the patient will gradually move to a patch that has a lower dosage of nicotine. This process is continued until no patch is needed. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the patch treatment is very effective, especially when it is combined with behavioral modification techniques.

However, here we have found very little evidence of these highly-marketed, expensive and profitable drugs working.

Stop Smoking Programs

Presently, there are several available ‘stop smoking programs’. These programs can be found in a variety of different formats including videos, books and live presentations. While some of these programs are considered to be very effective, they are often much more successful for the patient when they are combined with other natural solutions like the patch and gum lozenges. Therefore, for those who are considering a stop smoking program, they should undergo some of their own research before signing up.

Prescription drugs and Stopping Smoking

Sometimes people have smoked so long that they may need more aggressive treatment in order to quit this habit. This is one of the main reasons why some people may choose to take a prescription drug as an alternative. However, for those who are interested, they should talk to their doctor about recommendations. One major drawback to taking prescription drugs is the adverse side effects. Some of the most commonly known prescription drugs include Bupropion, Nortriptyline and Varenicline.

Electronic Cigarettes and Non-nicotine cigarettes

Another nicotine replacement product is the electronic cigarette. This product is becoming more popular because it helps with simulating smoking. The electronic cigarette can also be used to reduce nicotine gradually until the person quits the habit.

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Conclusion

The treatments discussed above are the ones most commonly sought after, this is because they are both affordable and achievable. Many of the treatments are available through the NHS in the UK who provide ‘quit smoking kits’.

The fact that there is little agreement over the most successful ways to give up smoking points towards not only the difficulty of the question itself but also the number of vested interests involved.

Remember, a lot of people who say that a certain method works stand to make money from you if you decide to use that method. Also, remember also that drug companies invest billions into advertising and lobbying just so you invest your hard earned-money trying to give up a habit that is taking away your hard-earned money.

Take everything you hear with a pinch of salt and don’t forget that the best things in life are free.

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There are many facets of nicotine addiction. Here are some of them:

• Behavioural dependence. If you are young, cigarettes may be used to make you look older. Tobacco is seen as something that makes life more enjoyable, like a “pat on the back” or reward after accomplishing something.
• Physical need for nicotine. For some people the hardest barrier to overcome when giving up smoking is the physical addiction. Your body responds to the nicotine it has taken and naturally feels something is missing after it is taken away. Smokers will naturally adjust their bodies without even thinking about it. They may smoke more than they normally would before boarding a long-haul flight. Like heroine, nicotine is physically addictive and, like heroine, there can be tremendous physical and mental hardships to endure when quitting.
• Part of your day to day life. Smoking quickly develops into a habit. It provides rituals and patterns in your day to day existence which are really hard to break.

These facets quickly form a vicious circle. The nicotine “hit” which you experience within 7 to 14 seconds of taking your first drag can have a huge “beneficial” effect of feeling high and reducing anxiety. However, these effects are soon diminished as more nicotine is required to experience the same levels of arousal.

And so it goes on, you require more nicotine, you smoke more, you get more addicted. This is why a 2 or 3 a day smoker rapidly becomes a pack a day smoker.

Along with the addiction comes the health issues we all know well enough. There is the immediate physical pain that is associated with smoking as well. And, don’t forget, there are tremendous mental challenges to overcome when dealing with a nicotine addiction – sometimes a lack of self-worth, a feeling of helplessness, isolation, dependency, etc., etc.

But all is not lost, there is something you can do about it

With all this negativity around smoking and all this evidence as to the seriousness of nicotine addiction, it’s a wonder anyone ever gives up!

But people do quit smoking. In fact, only about 20% of adults in the UK smoke nowadays. After the war, it was only 20% who didn’t smoke! Quite a turnaround!

So, gradually bit by bit, people did conquer smoking. It didn’t happen overnight in a flash and a bang. But, quietly and assuredly, men and women just like you in their millions turned their backs on nicotine and went on to enjoy their smoking-free lives.

The problem is there are many ways to quit cigarettes. There’s not one over-arching and definitive solution to this addiction. And, meanwhile, there’s a lot of misinformation out there. Huge billion dollar multi-national companies spend fortunes on advertising saying that chewing nicotine gum will help you whereas evidence suggests that most people quit cold turkey and they don’t make a huge song and dance about it.

I gave up easily. I woke up one morning and didn’t smoke a cigarette like I usually did. However, I had been meditating for a few weeks beforehand.

I can teach you what I did. I’ve had a lot of successes with other people so far.

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A hypnotherapist can try to implant suggestions into your unconscious

When dealing with hypnosis the key is all about relaxation and distraction. You relax the body and distract the mind, inserting key suggestions into the unconscious that changes the way you behave.

When someone is experiencing anxiety or stress, it is not uncommon for the unconscious to go into overdrive causing panic attacks, heart palpitations, insomnia and extreme tiredness. This is your body’s way of communicating that you have a problem and it wants you to address it as soon as possible. After all experiencing these sorts of side effects are extremely unpleasant and difficult to live with.

Not everyone experiences such intense symptoms. Many have varying degrees of anxiety and stress. Symptoms can show themselves in many other forms such as unexplained weeping, rage, suppressed anger, obsessive worry, stomach pains, IBS, hair loss and most commonly a feeling of helplessness.

Anxiety and stress can also cause addictive habits such as smoking and alcoholism.

As not everyone is suitable or comfortable taking drugs to combat these symptoms, hypnotherapy gives an easy and healthy option that can also have other beneficial attributes.

Hypnosis relaxes and reduces tension throughout the body and mind, thus reducing the outward symptoms of anxiety and stress. More importantly the inner turmoil that is the root cause of these behaviours are tackled and negative thought processes are changed for more healthier alternatives.

What happens in a Hypnotherapy session?

This can depend on the therapist or the method you choose to tackle this challenging problem with. Generally you will experience deep relaxation and peace, accompanied by increased self worth and confidence.

The available implementation methods for this therapy are varied. Such as personal one to one and group sessions. Skype therapy for conditions such as acrophobia and severe anxiety. As well as serving those who find a therapist but are unable to travel to the destination due to time restrictions.

Multimedia options are increasingly popular such as CDs, MP3 recordings, DVD’s and smart phone apps. Many internet companies are offering free downloads just for joining their mailing list. Other options are free Self Hypnosis eBooks, and Amazon have a huge array to help any condition.

Like in every alternative therapy market, it is essential to find the right delivery method for you.

Therefore take the opportunity to find a therapist who makes you feel comfortable and at ease. Who asks about you (not just what they can do for you) as well as being registered with a competent society such as the BSCH.

Alternatively a lesser known option would be to search auction sites and second hand stalls, communicating with the seller to get feedback of how their anxiety was helped by using their hypnotherapy tool. You may be surprised at how many people will have been helped and are passing products on to help others.

One of the many questions asked of any therapist is: How long will it take to rid me of my problem?

Unsurprisingly, there is no easy answer here. Hypnosis is a matter of willingness to really be helped and cooperation with the therapist. It is widely claimed that all hypnosis is self hypnosis. Meaning that without a two way partnership between the therapist and the client, the therapy will never set deep enough. It is imperative therefore that all diligence is taken to find as stated before a suitable therapist or professional multimedia tool.

So to summarise

• Make a decision that today is the day to claim your life back.
• Explore the options and tools that are available to you such as therapist, multimedia, books, and auctions.
• Choose one that suits your commitment and need.
• Commit to the treatment, be patient and positive.
• And above all look forward to the new found freedom that hypnotherapy will bring you.

This is a guest post by hypnotherapist Penelope Pedley.

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The answer is not a lot. Meditation, however, enables you to see life more clearly. It cuts back the filters, preconceptions and prejudices through which we view life and allows us to see things more clearly and make better decisions.

Ever since your very early years, you have been experiencing the world whilst your thoughts have been buzzing and whirring away in the background, clouding your consciousness. Meditation quietens them down.

Language, religion and reality

Between 20,000 and 50,000 years ago human beings in Africa invented a basic language which was a catalyst for human civilisation. During this time there were changes in human behavior including the creation of cave art and sophisticated hunting tools.

Language benefited humans by aiding communication and abstract thinking. However, words superimposed categories and value judgments upon a world that had been whole and perfect.

Just as they divided up the world and recognised the difference between “lions” and “tigers” they also contrived the difference between “good” and “bad”.

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” – from Hamlet, William Shakespeare; Act II, scene ii

And not only was there are difference between “good” and “bad” but a difference between “you” and “me”.

It is interesting that also at this point, humans started practicing religion. The etymology of the word religion is also interesting, from the latin re-ligare (re: “again”; ligare: “bind, connect”) – to connect again back to something which we’d lost?

All the major religions of the world teach that a bad action against someone else is, in fact, a bad action against yourself:

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” – Christianity

“What is hurtful to yourself do not to your fellow man.” – Judaism

“Do unto all men as you would they should unto you.” – Islam

“Hurt not others with that which pains yourself.” – Buddhism

Thus emphasising the oneness of the universe. The idea is if you hurt someone else (even whilst apparently benefiting yourself) you are hurting the universe and therefore hurting yourself.

Returning to the source

The practice of meditation allows you to experience the world without the confusion of vocabulary. As you concentrate on your breathing and nothing else you begin to appreciate the perfect calmness there is when you are conscious of the present moment and nothing else.

And after regularly practicing meditation you will begin to experience this calmness in the rest of your life which has untold mental and physical benefits.

Self-hypnosis

If you do have a smoking habit – or in fact any other behaviour or habit you want to get rid of – you should start self-hypnosis in exactly the same way as you should start meditation. Sit down and try to concentrate on your breathing.

Although, the purpose of meditation is to try to concentrate on feeling the breaths go in and out and nothing else, with self-hypnosis it is to use self-suggestion at the moment when the concentration is at its most intense and at the point when the relaxation is most pure.

What you can do

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Natural methods are best when quitting smoking

The first step, as with any addiction, is to plan how you will quit. Choose a day to quit whether that be today, tomorrow or next week and stick to it! Try making a wall chart or calendar to map your progress. It is very encouraging to tick off smoke free dates such as a day, a week, a month and eventually a year. Choose some of the below techniques that you feel are right for you and above all else, have faith in yourself to stick to quitting.

Create A Mantra

A great way to encourage yourself to quit smoking is to create a personal mantra or phrase that will remind you why you’re quitting. For example, ‘Each clear breath renews my health’, would remind you of the health benefits of quitting. This mantra will also be very useful in combination with other techniques you can utilise.

Meditation

Most smokers will tell themselves cigarettes help stress but this is actually a myth, the feeling of relief is only a physiological response to a nicotine craving. There are far better ways to reduce stress. Meditation is a great way to relax and can be fitted into any routine. To get started simply sit and focus on your breathing, try to clear your mind and focus on the sensation of breath going in and out. Once your body relaxes, you can focus on your personal mantra. In this state of relaxation, getting in contact with your subconscious will be easier and you will finish meditation feeling cleansed and pure and definitely not wanting a cigarette! There is a great deal of more detailed advice about meditation available online.

Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis

With hypnosis, one can convince the mind to not smoke again. You can get in contact with clinics that provide hypnosis sessions from professionals who will help you to quit smoking cigarettes, but there are also ways you can utilise self hypnosis. Self hypnosis takes time and effort, it’s something you will have to do every day. Start by repeating your mantra at every opportunity, when cleaning the house for example. This will begin to implant the idea of quitting in your subconscious. Utilise meditation and once you are completely focused, communicate with your subconscious. This will be difficult at first but over time, the idea to quit will flower in your mind and your desire to smoke will evaporate. Again, there is a wealth of knowledge about hypnosis available online, so research and find the technique right for you.

These are just some of the techniques you can use to quit smoking cigarettes but remember, most of all trust in your own will power. If you are struggling, find a likeminded friend to talk to, or better yet to quit with. A partner in quitting can be just what you need to really motivate each other.

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Many people are trying to choose a healthier lifestyle

You may be aware through the media that people have to suffer horrible withdrawal symptoms when quitting smoking. Many people are afraid to even take the first step when deciding to stop smoking because of the fear of the withdrawal symptoms. To overcome this, today’s market is now filled with different cigarette substitutes and other medications to help ease the transition from being a smoker to an ex-smoker.

First of all, quitting can be easy. It may be difficult for some; but, make no mistake, it can be easy for a great many people. It may include a straightforward desire to stop smoking and a conscious effort to keep cigarettes away from you. While it is important to keep cigarettes out of sight as much as possible it is also helpful to have a strong support system that includes family, friends, and coworkers who are committed to helping the smoker break the bad habit. They also help to cope with the withdrawal symptoms. These methods have been proven to be effective ways to motivate a person to stop.

Another way to stop smoking cigarettes is to take pills that reduce the pleasure of smoking. Over time as these pills take effect, smokers will feel and realize that there is really no point in continuing this habit. In addition, nicotine gum and patches are recommended by some (but not by me!). These contain smaller amounts of nicotine compared to the actual nicotine content of cigarettes. The intake of these gums and the use of patches must be reduced as weeks go by until such a time that the smoker is comfortable not having his or her nicotine fix anymore.

Smokers are encouraged to replace this bad habit with another habit that is more positive such as regular exercise. Whenever an urge to smoke is felt, smokers who are in the process of quitting can look for something else to do. Getting into an exercise program would be a good way to relieve withdrawal stress instead of lighting up a cigarette. Also, the money that might have been spent on a pack of cigarettes could be put away into a piggy bank.

There are many of the common sense suggestions like those above that many smokers have heard over and over. But, my experience of quitting was an extremely pleasurable one. I quit smoking easily in one day by using meditation and self-hypnosis. In order to learn how, fill in your email address in the box and receive a free e-book and MP3 that will explain everything.

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Simon had a habit of smoking more than 30 cigarettes a day (as I did), and as you may imagine, had struggled a great deal to try and stop. Simon has written down his personal experiences along his journey of quitting cigarettes into words. He has also researched the subject deeply and his hard work will now benefit others who read this book.

Around 100,000 people die each year in the UK alone due to smoking related illnesses like cancer and heart attacks. It is always best to take advice from an expert or someone who has quit smoking cigarettes after seemingly thoroughly addicted. Simon Daubney has experienced the highs and lows of quitting smoking, and his book can help with his own experiences.

I don’t have much faith in the nicotine replacement products marketed by the large pharmaceutical companies. They are mentioned in the publication but he also concentrates on commonsense, home-grown experience to guide you through a successful quit.

There is much detail on picking a quit date and a diary and forms for you to fill in to gauge how you’re getting on and your improvement while quitting.

Another interesting section of the book explored the thought processes behind giving up. For example, the arguments for smoking are explored. Statements such as “smoking relives boredom” and “I need to smoke to combat stress”. Daubney forces you to examine these beliefs and challenges you to think about them to see if they are really true.

Similarly, the negative thoughts after quitting are explored. The author impresses upon us to observe our negative thoughts and explore their validity. Usually, if one does this, you can see that the negative thought is not really based in reality and can evaporate after applying logic and seeing how the thought process developed.

There are large sections in the book that explain how to deal with weight gain and increased stress after stopping smoking.

This book is published by Need2Know, Stop Smoking – the Essential Guide will be available to order from the Need2Know website www.need2knowbooks.co.uk, by calling 01733 898103 or emailing need2knowoffice@gmail.com. The book will also be available from all good book shops. Stop Smoking – the Essential Guide will also be available in large print format and as an eBook from the Need2Know website.

The book is obviously written for the UK market as there are lots of references to the NHS, etc. I hope that the non-UK readers of this blog can get hold of a copy easily as the book contains some great facts about smoking addiction as well as some great tips about how to combat it.

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Suggestion is more powerful when a person is in a relaxed state of hypnosis

What are hypnosis and suggestion, and how do they relate to each other?

Hypnosis works by creating a state of focused awareness. This could, for example, be on a candle, a shiny watch or the voice of the hypnotist. Suggestion is when a person directs a person’s cognition by using words. This can be themselves, as is the case with this method. Suggestion is far more powerful when performed on a person who is in a state of hypnosis. This is because elements of the subconscious mind screen incoming sensory impressions and stop unwanted ones from arising into conscious awareness. Performing this task is essential to prevent a person from being overwhelmed by sensory input, so it’s generally a good thing, but it does make it more difficult to change established behavioral patterns.

How to make yourself suggestible

The most important thing is to put yourself in a state of relaxation. The easiest way to do this is to find a large, soft chair or to simply lie down in bed. Make yourself consciously aware of your lower legs and feet, and tense and relax them several times. Do this until you feel them becoming loose, and then move on to the upper legs. Repeat the process for the hands and lower arms, then the stomach, then the upper arms and shoulders, and finally the neck and head. Keep doing this for ten minutes.

The second step is to bring in the state of hypnotic induction, or hyperfocus. It helps if you have a lit candle nearby (although obviously you don’t want to worry yourself about burning your house down). If you have a laptop with an interesting, rapidly-changing screensaver you can focus on the colors and patterns of that. Do this until you get a sense that ordinary reality is fading away.

How to use suggestion to kick the habit

Once you feel that your sense of ordinary reality is no longer as powerful as it usually is, you are ready to start making suggestions. Tell yourself, in a firm but non-aggressive voice, that you are a non-smoker. Tell yourself that your previous habits of smoking were an aberration from the path of your normal life, that you started smoking by accident, that it wasn’t really you who smoked. Tell yourself that you have the strength and will to refuse the cravings and temptations, and that when they do arise you will not give in but will see them as a minor irritation that will soon pass.

The next step is to imagine some situations in which you act like a non-smoker. Imagine yourself going to a party and being offered a cigarette, and, without a second thought, you refuse with the words “Sorry, I don’t smoke.” Imagine getting bad news from a telephone call, and after you hang up you sit down and reflect rather than having a cigarette. Imagine waking up in the morning and eating a fruit salad for breakfast instead of reaching for a smoke first thing. Try to cover all the situations in which you are most likely to give in.

For some people, this method will work straight away. For those more resistant to hypnosis it could take longer. You can use it as many times as you need to until your subconscious starts altering your behavior, and then the most important thing is to never look back.

Vince McLeod is a psychologist who believes that understanding the psychology of smoking is the best way to stop smoking cigarettes.

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Many hypnotists will argue only committed people will successfully give up smoking cigarettes

The problem is this, we are told again and again: IN ORDER TO GIVE UP SMOKING CIGARETTES YOU MUST WANT TO!!!!

But there is a problem and an internal hypocrisy to this all-encompassing, slightly arrogant statement. And that is, if all people need to do is to desire giving up smoking properly in order to quit, then people would quit as and when they want and nobody would ever have any problem quitting!

Every smoker knows this to be true

There comes a time, maybe after two or three years after starting smoking, maybe a lot longer after, when a smoker starts to hate their habit.

They hate the necessity of having to purchase cigarettes, they hate the feeling in their lungs in the morning, they hate the coughs and colds, heck, they even hate smoking the things!

As this point smokers have a definiteness of purpose. They want to give up smoking.

Why then do we always read the experts saying: “in order to give up smoking you must have a desire to stop smoking.”

Because, what happens when a smoker reads this? What do they think?

“Oh, I’ve got to want to stop smoking properly in order to give up? Well, I thought I wanted to give up, that’s why I’m reading this. But, hang on, I’ve wanted to give up for years but never managed it successfully.

Help! What if I’ve never really wanted to give up? Then that’s why I’ve failed so far? I’m a failure! I don’t really want to give up! I want to smoke now!”

I’ve got some news for the experts (who’ve never smoked): MOST SMOKERS WANT TO STOP SMOKING!

Definiteness of Purpose

Don’t worry if you’ve tried to give up and not managed it on occasions. It doesn’t mean that your will-power isn’t up to the job, or that you’re weaker than everybody else, or that you secretly want to carry on killing yourself with nicotine.

It’s an addictive substance! That’s where the confusion comes from. Don’t worry about the clarity of your desire to stop smoking! You are reading this, therefore you want to give up smoking.

This is why I worry about hypnotists who say that you have to really want to give up smoking in order for the hypnotism to work. This is just a get-out clause in case their work isn’t good enough.

According to Napoleon Hill in Think and Grow Rich, the real winners of life have a clear and definite purpose of what they want and how they are going to get it.

In which case, we needn’t worry.

We know what we want and we know how to get it. We want to stop smoking cigarettes. We want to want to stop smoking cigarettes. And we will. It’s that easy.

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What is Hypnosis?

Hypnotists try to elicit a trance state in the subject through various commands and suggestions to invoke relaxation and suggestibility.

Hypnosis can increase your response to suggestions

A hypnotic state is not a subconscious dream-like state but one where the consciousness is focussed and response to suggestions (particularly auto-suggestions) are heightened.

Adam Eason

Adam Eason is an extremely effective and honest hypnotist. In his introduction he instantly relaxes the participants by explaining the nature of the subconscious mind and hypnotism. He also states clearly that the subjects need to desire to stop smoking and that he can’t make anyone do anything that they don’t want to do. But if there is a desire to stop smoking, Adam can make you stop smoking in 7 days.

The testimonials for Adam’s product are amazing. One man said that he suddenly realised that he hadn’t had a cigarette for two days without noticing it!

Richard MacKenzie

Richard MacKenzie has a unique approach to hypnosis and is an expert on self-hypnosis. He also practices NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) and helped a great many successful and famous people realize their potential and to reach for even greater goals.

Richard believes that smoking, like any other bad habit, is easily broken down by the fine tuning of the mind. You can start your journey today with his instantly downloadable MP3 audio. Just download and listen with headphones via your computer or MP3 player. From then on it will be just a matter of hours before you will be enjoying a smoke-free and trouble-free life again.

Subliminal MP3

Subliminal MP3 is a great site that uses the power of subliminal messages to change negative habits. Subliminal messages perform similarly to hypnosis – gradually imparting suggestions to the subconscious mind to reprogram beliefs, thinking, and behavior.

They are honest enough to say that the stop smoking MP3 does not work magically. You will still require an amount of commitment on your behalf. However, if you are motivated, it will send positive messages into your subconscious mind to help you in many ways and maximize your chances of stopping smoking for real.

Natural Hypnosis

Natural Hypnosis is another really great site. It is the most comprehensive source of hypnosis CDs and MP3s on the web. The audio files are recorded by some of the most famous hypnotists, including Brennan Smit.

Their Natural Hypnosis Stopping Smoking album can work on both short term and long term time scales. Short term it will really energize your will-power and enhance your drive to stop smoking. Longer term use of the the audio track will both attack the cravings and side-effects as well as increasing your strength so that giving up smoking doesn’t seem like an effort.

There are also 3 FREE offers on their website for hypnosis CDs to find out what to expect from hypnosis and see if it’s right for you.

There is nothing to lose

All of these hypnosis MP3s come with a 2 month guarantee. So, if at any point you are feeling that your purchase hasn’t resulted in any dramatic improvement in your situation – you will get every penny of your money back! You don’t have to return it – you just have to ask!

I have used hypnosis MP3 several times for several subjects and I can say I’ve found them extremely useful.

What do you think?

If anyone has listened to any hypnosis MP3 I would like to hear your thoughts in the comments below.

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I could simplistically describe affirmations as conscious commands to your subconscious. Just by saying something you can actually effect some negative habits locked in your subconscious.

You can make affirmations by the sun or the star or other celestial objects

People use affirmations to create a positive mindset and live life more consciously instead of blindly following the well-trod paths of the subconscious which may be damaging.

Your thoughts are your reality – in a very real way. If you watch what you are thinking regularly you will be amazed how many negative thoughts and assumptions you make about your everyday life. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could turn them into positive ones?

Affirmations can allow you to disassociate yourself from negative habits. Your conscious affirmation will be at odds with your subconscious habit, forcing it from the shadows of your subconscious mind out into the open of consciousness where you can make a choice to discard it. It really is that simple.

How to make affirmations

When creating affirmations focus on what you want – not on what you don’t want. And focus on something you want to change about yourself.

Start by saying it to yourself over and over. Say your affirmations everyday, as often as you can. Say them in your head and say them out loud. You may even like to write them on a piece of paper and put them in a special place.

Visualisation can work for some people. Some people like to visualise themselves living their dream life already. I’m not so sure about this method as it seems a little like dreaming for me which is too subconscious. If you like to visualise make sure it is conscious visualisation.

Why not try all these methods?

Remember, thoughts are nothing but electrical impulses that form our perception of reality – or form reality. Make sure you are the conscious controller of your thoughts not your subconscious. You are responsible for your thoughts.

Some examples of affirmations

Here are some examples of affirmations.

“I breathe in only clean air” would be a good example of an affirmation for a smoker who wishes to quit smoking cigarettes. Another one of my personal favorites is: “every day in every way I’m getting better and better”.

Here are some more:

• I am healthy and happy
• Wealth is pouring into my life
• I am surrounded by love
• I deserve all good in my life

The list is really endless.

There is no reason to ever be bored. Whether you are queuing for something, walking, driving, meditating, you can make affirmations. Just make sure you are conscious of the moment you are in and that the affirmation is about yourself.

And, keep at it. It works!

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Mindfulness is the moment-to-moment awareness which may allow you to be “liberated” from thoughts, feelings and emotions

Mindfulness can be defined as maintaining a calm awareness of the sensations and consciousness your experience in the present moment.

So if, for example, you are walking along a path be mindful of the sensation of the path on the souls of your feet, be mindful of the feeling in your legs of the muscles moving and contracting to necessitate the walking motion, or be mindful of your breathing as you’re walking.

Mindfulness is increasingly being used in psychology to help with a variety of conditions including anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and drug addiction.

I’ve read a few books by Osho, the Indian mystic, guru, and spiritual teacher who had (and has) quite a following worldwide. Osho has something very interesting to say about mindfulness and quitting cigarette smoking.

Any habit that becomes a force, a dominating force over you, is a sin. One should live more in freedom. One should be able to do things not according to habits but according to the situations. Life is continuously changing – it is a flux – and habits are stagnant. The more you are surrounded by habits, the more you are closed to life.

Osho didn’t see smoking as a problem, rather as a symptom of another problem – beit stress or something else – it was the stress that was the problem and, if you cure that, you will stop smoking without effort.

He also cautioned against trying to stop smoking as the effort against the habit would be counter-productive. It would be like pruning a tree instead of cutting down the tree at the roots. If you prune a tree it will only grow back thicker and bushier next year, whereas if you cut it down at the root, it’ll never grow back.

He also counselled to not be worried about your smoking habit. Don’t be ashamed of yourself or embarrassed. This only increases the stress and the general ill feeling that will make you want to smoke – not the other way round.

Osho’s answer was to smoke! But to smoke mindfully! The Zen Buddhists have a famous tea ceremony in which the process of making and drinking tea is practiced mindfully – concentrating and aware on the process throughout the ceremony so no thought or distraction comes into the mind.

Osho – the Indian guru, spiritual leader and teacher

So, if you can have a tea ceremony, why not have a cigarette smoking ceremony!

Very slowly take a cigarette out – as slowly as you can, because only if you take it very slowly will you be aware. Don’t do it in a mechanical way, as you always do. Then tap the cigarette on the packet very slowly and for as long as you want. There is no hurry. Then take the lighter… Then start smoking very slowly

All the time, while you take the cigarette out, light it and smoke it be aware of exactly what you are doing at that present moment. Do let one part of the activity of smoking be through the habit. Because mindfulness and meditation teaches you of the difference between an action and a habit.

If you smoke in this way, you will find you will smoke less and less. And then, one day, you will decide not to smoke at all.

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The best way to quit smoking is through mediation

If you’ve tried meditation before and felt that it isn’t for you then it is never too late to start again. In fact, an old Buddhist monk told me once that no one actually “meditates”, people only “practice meditation”. You won’t sit down, close your eyes and immediately empty your mind straightaway, experience the enlightenment and become Buddha.

You try, you practice. And with practice, you get better – just like anything else.

So, don’t worry if you think you aren’t making any progress or if you think you are wasting your time. No time spent practicing meditation is a waste. You are always improving. Teaching your mind mindfulness.

What to do if my mind starts to wonder?

You may be sitting with your eyes closed and realize that, instead of meditating, you have been thinking about what groceries you need to buy. But don’t worry if that’s the case, we all do these things! Just put your mind back on your breathing.

Concentrate on the sensation of the breath going in and out of the nose. Watch your breathing and watch your mind. If you are completely in the moment of now – not dwelling on the past breath nor anticipating the next breath – you are doing it right.

It can be frustrating at first that your efforts in mindfulness are continually clouded by everyday thoughts but as long as you keep putting your attention back onto your breath you will start to improve you concentration.

How do I meditate in order to quit smoking?

There is lots of advice about what to affirm or imagine while you are meditating. For example, at the hiatus of your relaxation with the meditation you can affirm “I breathe easier and feel healthier every day” or visualize a mountain stream with crystal clear pure water. However, this is closer to self-hypnosis, as if you are affirming or imagining anything the you are not meditating.

Just the meditation alone will help you stop smoking. Remember to always meditate first thing in the morning before you’ve had a cigarette. Your lungs will be at their cleanest and you’ll will start to hate the thought of having your first cigarette after the meditation that has left you feeling so pure and clean.

Pretty soon, you’ll not want to smoke at all and leave out that first cigarette of the day. Maybe you’ll make it to lunch without having had one. Then see how you feel after lunch, see if you would want to smoke after the meal as normal.

But maybe you don’t want that one either! And so it goes on. See how long you can go without smoking. If you really want one, you can have one. But see if you can make it a full day without smoking.

If you can do that – last a whole day without smoking – then it’s likely that you won’t ever have another cigarette ever again.

You are cured.

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You can hypnotize yourself to not feel the withdrawal symptoms so acutely when quitting smoking

In the Self-Help classic, Think and Grow Rich!, Napoleon Hill says that we all have the power to influence our subconscious minds and through this gain the cooperation of Infinite Intelligence.

In fact, all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. The skilled hypnotist merely directs the subject to auto-suggest.

Napoleon Hill also likens the subconscious mind to a fertile garden that will be overgrown with weeds as long as the gardener (that’s us) does not take care of what is planted.

You have complete control over what is planted in your subconscious mind, including the addiction to cigarettes, the only problem is that very few of us actually exercise the control over our subconscious minds.

So, how do you hypnotize yourself to stop smoking cigarettes

There are a number of ways. It’s not something that can be done hurriedly when you have a few moments to spare. It’s something you need to devote a certain amounts of time to everyday!

You can say things to yourself while you’re walking or doing a day-to-day task that doesn’t take up much brain power. For example, try saying to yourself “day by day, in every way, I’m getting better and better”.

This is a good start but you may not be actually making suggestions to your subconscious by doing this as you’re mind will be full of conscious thoughts. Your subconscious does take a bit of effort to get in touch with.

You can also actually communicate your desires to yourself out loud. Obviously you will have to find a quiet time to yourself to do this – I’m not advocated talking to yourself out loud while you’re out and about!

Try to clear your mind and affirm to yourself something you deeply desire: “I will stay smoke free”. “I will breathe in only fresh pure air into my lungs.” Or something like that.

But the best way to hypnotize yourself is to spend 10 to 15 minutes concentrating on your breathing. It may help to concentrate specifically on the sensation of the air going in and out of your nose as you breathe. Imagine the oxygen coming into your body giving life to your being, replenishing and satisfying you with every breath.

This method which is described in more detail in my e-book How to stop smoking cigarettes.

Once you have achieved a state of complete relaxation where your mind is 100% concentrating of the breath in the present moment and nothing else, then you can start to auto-suggest. Affirm to yourself (not out loud) your deep desires at this moment and you are communicating with your subconscious directly!

This is very powerful. Be careful what you wish for. Be very specific.

Conclusion

Quitting smoking using your conscious mind alone will be a long, constant struggle. The power of your subconscious mind – with hypnosis – will relieve this struggle and make it much easier, along with the other tips on this blog and in my e-book, to successfully become a nonsmoker.

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In order to give up smoking it may be an idea to challenge some deeply held beliefs

In order to understand how thought procedures or thought patterns take ahold of our minds it’s necessary to imagine our brains as a cornfield in high summer. Every time you have a thought, it’s like you running across the cornfield taking a particular path.

Every day we have, literally millions of thoughts, millions of paths through the cornfield. And when you have the same thought twice, you go across the cornfield along the same route two times. And then, if you have the thought a few times, that particular path becomes well worn. The corn is trampled down along this route and therefore it’s easier to run through it.

So, if you have the same thought a few times, it become easier to think it again – just as it’s easier to go through a well-trampled path through our cornfield.

It's easier to take a well-trod path through a cornfield

This is how repeated thoughts become beliefs. But, these beliefs don’t have to be true!

Watch what you think!

When I discovered this, it was actually a life-changing moment. Maybe you were told when you were in school that you weren’t very good at something, for example, a teacher told you that you weren’t very good at math, not very good at spelling, not much when it comes to sports, or maybe, as I was, you were told your weren’t much good at anything!

We naturally believe our teachers when we are young as they are older than us.

This being the case, it is quite possible that you could go through your life thinking that thought, perpetuating the belief that you’re not good at such-an-such, until one day – you’ve thought it so much, it might as well be true!

Trust me, if you think you’re no good at something, the chances are, when you try to do that thing, you’ll be no good at it!

However, I’m a great believer in taking life at face value. If you want to do something like math, reading, writing, sports, anything, just try to do it with an open mind and don’t let any past baggage get in your way. So what if you’re useless at something? Don’t let some idiot teacher from your schooldays stop you from doing anything in later life!

What has this got to do with giving up smoking cigarettes?

You may well ask, and please excuse me for going off-topic!

However, I want you to think of any common thoughts you may have that are causing beliefs that you would like to change.

Here are some thoughts that you may have thought recently:

• the only way you can give up smoking is by having tremendous willpower
• it’s impossible to stop smoking
• you get pleasure from smoking a cigarette
• you’re going to put on weight if you stop smoking
• you’ll suffer physically by quitting because of the withdrawal pains
• you can’t relax unless you have a cigarette
• you can’t enjoy a good meal unless you have a cigarette afterwards
• you’re never totally free from an addiction, like other drug addicts are never really free

Now, the thing is, none of the above statements are actually true!

They are just little thoughts that were some of the millions of thoughts you thought one day. Only, these little thoughts were thought again and again and then perpetuated by some “expert” on TV or some “expert” you happened to talk to.

Slowly over the years some of these little thoughts became beliefs.

What you should do now?

Observe your thinking around cigarettes (and anything else!) see if you have thoughts that you think often that are detrimental to you, or to you giving up. And, when you find yourself thinking them, gently move your mind off these thoughts or counter them with an opposing thought. For example:

“it’s impossible to stop smoking” – hold on, is it? Millions of people have stopped smoking, so why can’t I?

Move your mind toward positive thoughts of accomplishment.

Watch yourself become more positive over the next few weeks after doing this!

Meditation and Self-hypnosis

This activity is easier when practicing meditation each day. Download my free e-book How To Stop Smoking Cigarettes though this link or in the box below. This will not only help you stop smoking but can change your life for the better!

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Smoking, as you are no doubt aware, is a terrible habit and addiction and the reason it seems so hard to break is that it is lodged deep in the subconscious mind.

The conscious mind is the part of you that thinks you should get a new job, wonders if you’ll catch the train or enjoys a good TV show. Your unconscious mind, however, is concerned with things that you don’t necessarily think about, like breathing, using muscles in your legs to walk or feels fear in certain situations.

The subconscious part of your mind is the older, more primordial part – concerned with the basics of survival and living that beings on this planet have relied on for millennia. Pretty important stuff. Unfortunately, this is the part that is telling you to keep smoking.

Hypnosis works by suggesting to your subconscious self that you don’t need cigarettes. Rather than pay someone to hypnotize you it’s much better to learn how to do it yourself – this way you can tell your subconscious mind to do anything at all!

How to hypnotize yourself to stop smoking

First of all you need to prepare yourself and your environment. You need a quiet place and time where distractions are at a minimum.

Make sure you are feeling as relaxed as possible.

Place a chair with a back but without arms in the middle of a room with no electric lights on and no sunlight streaming through the windows. Make sure you turn off any electrical appliances that may be making a noise or disturbing you.

Now sit down on the chair, close your eyes, cup your hands together on your lap, relax and be aware of the sensations in your body.

Feel the weight of your body against the chair. Notice the sensations on the soles of your feet where they are touching the floor.

Try to clear your mind. We spend all our time worrying about the state of our bodies but incredibly little time working on our mind and yet it has to be one of the most important organs!

You will find that these moments of silence, far from being boring, are actually very relaxing and enjoyable.

Now, turn your attention to your breathing. Breathing is constant and concentrating on it is the best way to empty your mind and only be aware of the present moment and nothing else.

So, feel the sensation of the air going in and out of your nostrils and count the breaths from one to ten and then back again to one.

At first you won’t be able to concentrate on the breaths for more than a few seconds other thoughts will flit into your mind. But, with practice your mind will calm down.

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Once you reach a very relaxed state where you mind is completely concentrated on your breathing you should start the auto-suggestion. This is planting thought into your mind, just by thinking while you are in this super-relaxed state.

This process is particularly good for giving up smoking as you are concentrating on breathing. So, deliberately think of the clean, perfect air going into your body, replenishing it and giving oxygen in order for you to function. And, then exhaling so as to get rid of the waste products, the carbon dioxide, away from you.

This appreciation of clean air may be enough to make you want to continue your life without smoking another cigarette.

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Families play an important role in getting the smoker to stop and yet they can be counter-productive

Because very often it is the smoker’s loved ones who actually seem to worry more about the smoking habit. I say “seem to worry more” because very often the smoker is very worried about their smoking habit. They are the ones waking up coughing and in terrible pain, after all. But very often smokers will not seem to be worried. But don’t be fooled. This may just be a coping mechanism.

The first step in trying to get a loved one to stop smoking is the most important step and it’s all about communication.

Talk to them

However, this is easier said than done. Because the last thing you want to do is to stress the smoker or put any pressure on them to quit. This will only make the situation worse. And yet you have to talk. Before we discuss how to talk to a smoker let’s see why we’re talking with the smoker.

What is the purpose of the conversation with the smoker:

• Find out if they want to quit. Try to gauge how important to the smoker it is to give up cigarettes is. It’s essential that there is a desire to quit.
• Find out why they want to quit. This is very important. Eliciting the reasons for giving up shows the smoker the need to do so.
• Find out what has stopped them so far. Have they quit before but relapsed? Or even if not, this will give you fantastic information about what to look out for when they actually try to give up again.
• To offer your help. There is a limit to what you can do but it’s important that you make the smoker aware that you are there for them. You can buy healthy fruit and snacks for them to eat while they’re giving up. You can enjoy certain hobbies together to take place of the smoking, for example exercise.

So, as you can see from the above, the conversation with the smoker is more about listening than talking. This is extremely important. There is a real limit to your ability to persuade the smoker against smoking. The smoker is probably more aware than you of the damaging consequences of their habit and they don’t need to be reminded of them all the time. This can be counter-productive.

That is why it is better to listen to the smoker rather than to preach. Ask the questions “why do you want to give up”, “how will you give up” and “what’s stopped you giving up before” in a non-accusatory manner. You will never get someone to stop smoking by arguing with them. Period. This goes for whoever we’re talking about, a friend, a parent, a kid.

Lead by example

You can point the smoker towards all the help and advice on how to give up smoking there is. Of course, I would recommend that a smoker should download my free e-book on How to stop smoking cigarettes and read the subsequent emails that they receive.

A lot of the advice will center around increasing exercise, eating well, drinking water and meditation. So, it would be a good idea if you practice and show the benefits of leading a smoke free life yourself to show your loved one the way forward.

This will be 10 times more effective than trying to get someone to stop smoking with words. Get someone to stop smoking with actions.

So, increase your weekly exercise routine, purchase and eat healthier foods, drink more water and less alcohol and, if you like, meditate.

Do this in front of the smoker but don’t explain why.

If the smoker asks, you can explain the benefits of exercise, good eating and drinking and meditation. Explain to them how great you feel. But don’t say it’s because you don’t smoke cigarettes. They will put 2 and 2 together!

How to get someone to stop smoking

So the best way to get someone to stop smoking is to listen to them and then indulge in activities and enjoy them in a way that they can’t until they stop smoking.

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Smokers are often bemused by the amount of information about giving up cigarettes

So I’ve decided to collate the best advice here.

What the experts say isn’t always true – trust yourself

The first piece of advice is this – don’t take everything you’ve heard on the subject as gospel truth. There are many reasons for this:

• Cigarette manufacturers are a hugely powerful lobbying force in north American and western European governments. It will not benefit them financially if you give up. So it is in their interests to obfuscate the anti-smoking message and downplay the harm that cigarettes can cause. They have been doing this for years and haven’t stopped now that the cat’s out of the bag and everybody knows that smoking’s bad.
• Pfizer is one of the largest companies in the world and they happen to manufacture most of the cigarette cessation aids (patches, gum). If you think that you can only give up smoking with one of their products, you may be right, but they have spent countless billions of dollars trying to persuade you that this is true.
• There is money to be made if you stay smoking; there is money to be made if you give up smoking. A lot of websites that claim to help you are actually poorly disguised feeder sites for certain products. Here, I recommend products but I also offer a free course in how to give up smoking by self-hypnosis that won’t cost you a penny!

“Pick a quit date”; “tell everybody about it”; “throw away your cigarettes”; “chew gum/wear patches” are just some of the pieces of advice that prove totally wrong for me!

What works for someone may not work for you. So, don’t worry, if you read that you’re going to have a terrible time giving up … it might not be true!

Keep busy

I’m not exaggerating: giving up smoking may well be the best thing you’ve ever done. It may lead to a new chapter in your live that you will look back on as one of the happiest periods of your life!

But you’re going to say goodbye to a habit – a part of your life – that’s been with you for a long time. So you’re going to have to replace it with something.

So, quickly, get a piece of paper out and write down 5 new habits/hobbies you can replace smoking with and try to do them all when you stop smoking. Here are some suggestions:

• Do more exercise (the best, best thing you can do!)
• Start creating more healthy and exotic recipes in the kitchen
• Read more books about … (insert subject that’s of interest to you)
• Look up some old friends you’ve been meaning to call
• Watch less TV

OK, the last one is more of a negative than a positive new habit. But it’s a good one!

Think about triggers

What sets you off wanting a cigarette? Drinking alcohol, going to bars, meeting certain people? Try to avoid these triggers for the first few months.

Breathing

As I explain in my free give up smoking course, you can make positive suggestions to yourself whilst concentrating on your breathing. Try this. Similarly, if you get the urge to smoke, quietly take a moment to yourself to breath deeply and concentrate on the sensation of breathing, the feeling in your lungs, mouth, etc. It works, trust me!

Drink water

Similar to the above, just a glass of water can be enough to stop cravings sometimes.

Remember the feeling the last time you had a smokers cough or cold

The next time you reach to take a cigarette out of the packet, remember the pain smoking has caused you.

What do you think?

So there’s some help and advice for you. I hope this was helpful.

What about you? Do you have any more advice? I would be fascinated in it, please write in the comments below.

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The various advice on how to give up smoking doesn't necessarily help everyone

Smoking tips given by the experts don’t always help every smoker. For example, picking a quit date and telling everyone may force a certain type of person to give up in order to save face however with other people this will cause unnecessary stress making relapse more likely. However, there are some tips on how to give up smoking which are universal.

Quitting smoking tips for all

Be positive. You will smell better. You will have more cash in your pocket. After a few weeks you should begin to feel better, taste your food more, and cough less. You put away the money you would have spent on cigarettes and spend it on pre-determined treats for you or your family.

Hypnotherapy uses suggestion to implant commands into your subconscious mind. Since addiction is always a result of the subconscious rather than the conscious, hypnotherapy is seen as a powerful aid to quitting cigarettes. Hypnotherapy can be used to stop cravings, reduce over-eating and diminish or stop other side-effects as well as start the cessation process. You don’t have to search out an expensive hypnotherapist in your area – you can download hypnotherapy MP3s now and hypnotise yourself.

Eat healthily. As your taste improves it may be an idea to purchase different fruits and vegetables to explore the different tastes your palette can now appreciate. There is a worry about gaining weight when you give up cigarettes as the appetite can improve. In order to anticipate the increase in appetite, try sugar-free gum, vegetable, fruit and healthy foods. Don’t increase your intake of fatty or sugary foods. You may see this as swapping one bad habit for another and this will cause negative thinking.

Get fit. Your losing a habit when you give up smoking. Why not replace it with another one? The best habit to take up at this time is one that involved fresh air and exercise. As your lungs will start to benefit from giving up smoking so you will notice an increase ability to sustain physical exercise for longer periods. The positive proof of the benefits of giving up cigarettes so early in the process would decrease the risk of relapse. Get on your bike, go running, go the gym, play sports, walk more … whatever your favorite method of exercise is, do more of it!

Take it one moment at a time. Don’t look into the future as a long, long time without a cigarette. Look at time as the present. The future is only made up of millions of “nows” anyway. You had plenty of happy “nows” as a smoker without a cigarette – so there’s no reason why you can’t enjoy a moment without a cigarette as a non-smoker. Periods of withdrawal went you want or crave cigarettes only last for a few moments. It’s important you get through these moments. Mark off each successful day on a calendar. Look at it when you feel tempted to smoke, and tell yourself that you don’t want to start all over again.

Quitting smoking tips for some

Start a 7-day program. Quitting cigarettes can be easier if a timed structure is enabled for you to do so. This way certain “danger moments” of relapse are pre-emptied and curtailed. Programs can take just a few minutes a day, and are ready to follow a simple yet powerful plan of action, you can give up cigarettes and get on track to a better, healthier life. Programs can also supply you with info packs that include powerful secrets, tricks and tactics to help you on your journey.

Write a list of the reasons to stop and keep it with you. Refer to it when tempted to smoke.

Set a date for stopping, and stop completely. This doesn’t work for everybody but can for some. Likewise getting rid of ashtrays, lighters, and cigarettes from the house can further finalize your decision.

Tell everyone that you are quitting cigarettes. Friends and family can help you and offer support. A ‘group’ effort may be easier than going it on your own.

How to give up smoking and stay given up

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This is a guest post by Jonathan Woodbell the first ever on this blog – the first of many, we hope.

I had been smoking for a very long time, longer than I care to remember. I must have been a young lad, no older than 7, when other kids had stolen cigarettes from their fathers and brought them in to school for everyone to smoke. It was during these times that I took up the habit.

I almost lost my life to it when last year I was told by my doctor that my arteries and lungs were worsening and that action had to be taken as quickly as possible. I walked away feeling increasingly stressed and worried about what I was doing to my family. Suddenly, years of nagging by my wife to give up had more of a bearing, and I realised that to turn my life around I would need to turn the weaknesses in my life into my strengths.

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The number one tool in achieving anything of note in life is willpower; without this no task can be accomplished. I had to dig deep and show resolve and character, and I also came up (with the help of my wife) a unique idea in helping me do this.

I took a three step approach to quitting smoking;

1. I dipped all of my cigarettes in the rubbish before putting them back in the packet. When I absolutely could not resist a cigarette anymore, I took one out, lit it and took a drag; the actual disgusting feeling almost made me puke, and this helped because my mind created a cognitive dissonance with the product, I no longer looked forward to smoking cigarettes. This is similar to how pets are trained, and works along the theories used by marketers in advertising.
2. Weaning oneself off cigarettes or any addictive habit is a tough process, but products that are not as bad are a good half way house in doing so. I used electronic cigarettes to get rid of the tobacco in cigarettes then nicotine free electronic cigarettes to get rid of the nicotine too so eventually it was just a physical habit without any side effects.
3. This is the somewhat innovative idea. On all of my cigarette packets, I placed passport sized images of my wife and kids on them so that each time I looked at the packet I would feel the guilt, and realise each time what was most important in life.

Doing all of these things was great for me because I have come out of this a stronger person, I now feel that if I train my mind with self-belief and courage then I can achieve anything.

My doctor is happier for it, my wife and kids are happier for it, and I’m happier and healthier for it.

That was great, Jonathan. And some fantastic advice in there from what was a very heart-felt article.

Every smoker is different and everyone gives up in a different way. For example, I didn’t need will-power and I didn’t use electronic cigarettes or any other replacement therapy. I particularly like the ideas of dipping the cigarettes in the trash and putting photos of your loved ones inside the cellophane of the packet.

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Hypnosis is a trance-like state that resembles sleep. This can be brought about by many means. People can be in a trance-like state while watching TV, dancing, walking, even driving. It is a state were the subconscious mind takes over from the conscious mind.

The subconscious part of the brain is also referred to as the Ed, the primal area. When in the hypnotised state, all distractions are blocked out and only the specific suggestions are taken in. But because these suggestions are taken in to such a deep, primal area of the brain, they really take root.

Hypnosis is a trance-like state that resembles sleep

So, the question is how do you get into this trance like state so that you can feed suggestions to yourself in order to stop smoking? Do you want the hassle of finding a certified hypnotherapist in your area? Not to mention the expense? You’ve spent enough on cigarettes already!

The answer is that you can do it yourself. You can repeat these suggestions to yourself at times when you are most receptive and most relaxed – just before you fall asleep, for example.

One famous proponent and writer of hypnotherapy was Milton Erickson. He was so severely paralysed with polio that, one night aged 17, he heard doctors telling his mother that he wouldn’t make it through the night, “autohypnotic experience”.

“I was damned if I would die without seeing one more sunset. I saw that vast sunset covering the whole sky. But I know there was also a tree there outside the window, but I blocked it out. I did not do it consciously. I saw all the sunset, but I didn’t see the fence and large boulder that were there. I blocked out everything except the sunset. After I saw the sunset, I lost consciousness for three days. When I finally awakened, I asked my father why they had taken out that fence, tree, and boulder. I did not realize I had blotted them out when I fixed my attention so intensely on the sunset.”

Here we see that intense concentration caused Erickson to see something that wasn’t there. He had moved “out of himself”. Erickson saw that this shift in consciousness could be used successfully in therapy.

Your conscious mind says to you, “oh, I must do the washing up now” so you do the washing up. The subconscious mind makes sure you don’t forget to breathe while you do it.

So this oldest, basest, primal part of the brain is the part you want to talk to in order to give up smoking. So make the suggestions to your subconscious self.

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Marijuana refers to the cannabis plant intended for use for medicinal or recreational purposes

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Quit grass first before you stop smoking cigarettes

The UN has estimated that 4% of the world’s adult population (162 million people) use marijuana annually, and about 0.6% (22.5 million) use it daily. However weed, grass, pot, blunt, joints, cannabis, reefer, bong hit, skunk, hash, resin, leb, etc., whatever it is called, is not very addictive. Neither is it as harmful as cigarettes to smoke.

But our natural way to give up smoking needs to be entered into with a clear head. This is why you have to stop smoking marijuana for a few days in order to be cured.

This will be easy for most people. Only a few people smoke cannabis habitually all day everyday. However, there are many reefer smokers who smoke often and would like to curtail it’s use. We have a solution for these people.

If people do seem addicted to marijuana, it may be because they are addicted to the substance they are smoking it with. We need to separate these two substances in the mind before we can commence with treatment.

That is why it is very important for smokers to finish, give to others or throw away any weed or hash that they have on their possession or in their abode. Even hardened pot smokers should find this relatively easy to do.

The psychoactive chemical in cannabis is Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC

Is Marijuana addictive?

There is evidence to suggest that is not physiologically but psychologically addictive and that regular use can cause dependence in 10% of cases. It is reasonable to assume that a great majority of cannabis users are not addicted to the active ingredient although many may feel trapped and isolated by it’s continual use.

Many pot smokers will go through extended periods free of dope when it is, for what ever reason, in short supply. You can always buy cigarettes or alcohol, however, even in this day and age, occasionally the weed can be “sold out” in some areas.

During these periods, recreational users are quite happily abstinent and for this reason, we believe, most users can be taught to relieve themselves of both a marijuana and a cigarette habit relatively easily.

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Those wishing to engage in our program need to give up weed first. They can drink alcohol, they can smoke cigarettes but they won’t be able to do cannabis as complete concentration is required.

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Companies like Pfizer didn’t spend all that money so you could try their product once and then stop. They’re not going to invest large amounts of money in a miracle cure. That would mean everyone in the world who wanted to give up cigarettes suddenly stopped smoking. And then who would buy their products? Exactly…

So, don’t buy anything! Put that money back in your pocket where it belongs – believe me, you’ve spent enough on cigarettes already!

How to stop smoking easily

So is there an easy way to quit cigarettes? Yes. Forget about the patches, the gum and all the products. This is about you. It’s not external. You need to strip everything back and think about yourself.

Go into a darkened room when you’re not stressed, don’t have anything else to do and won’t be disturbed for 10-15 minutes.

Sit down in this room, close you eyes and feel the relaxation increase in your body. This is the easy way to stop smoking.

Concentrate on now. Not of the past mistakes, past experiences and memories. Not on the future, what you’ve got to do and your dreams and aspirations. Forget all that and experience the feelings you have in your body at the present moment.

The universe is constantly changing and forever in a state of flux. There is and never will be one moment when everything does not change. And for this reason there is always something to experience while you have your eyes closed on your own in the darkened room.

Experience the feeling of your bottom against the seat of the chair, your feet on the floor, the air in your lungs being drawn in and out. This is what you should concentrate on and be mindful of other thoughts about the past or the future entering your mind. When they do, notice that they are there and continue to concentrate on your present experiences.

Once you start to do this you will notice that you are becoming more relaxed.

If this is the case then, congratulations! You are starting to control your mind. It’s your mind after all! This is how you begin to hypnotise yourself into living a happier smoke-free life!

What they don’t want you to know

How is this possible? How is one of the most difficult things in the world (stopping smoking) easy? It may be difficult to stop smoking but you (the power of your mind) is capable of great things. We all are. The trick is to harness that greatness. And the way to do that is not by trying. The way to harness the greatness of your subconscious mind is to stop thinking and let it work itself. It just needs a push in the right direction.

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• Don’t believe anything anyone has told you about this subject.
• Relax.
• Don’t worry.
• It’s not the most difficult thing in the world.

All you can see on the internet about giving up is, generally, very serious. Pick a “quit date” … Keep a diary … Tell your friends. It’s all very stressful. It’s very focussed on a moment of achievement in the future and not about the present. Human beings don’t work that way. We evolve moment by moment. I gave up smoking by concentrating on the present not by stressing about a “quit date”. I would love to see these so called “experts” “prove” that “quit dates” are a good idea.

Its funny how research suggests that success with giving up smoking is more likely with pharmacological aids and yet heresay and those who work in the field say the cold turkey approach is best.

It was clearly spelled out in the 1964 US Surgeon General’s Report that cigarette smoking was not an addiction and he only came round to the idea in 1988. Nowadays the Surgeon General is advocating the use of pharmalogical aids in quitting smoking.

Relax. This is all about observation.

Thinking is not the core of who you are – that has always been the major assertion of Eastern religion. The core of who you really are is that part of you that can watch yourself thinking.

Exist as best you can in any given moment and to connect with the sensations around you – so instead of just thinking, be aware of what’s happening in your whole body. Happiness comes from being present.

Here are some words from Eckhart Tolle:

“Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible”

“You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present. Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be”

“There are three words that convey the secret of the art of living, the secret of all success and happiness: One With Life. Being one with life is being one with Now. You then realise that you don’t live your life, but life lives you. Life is the dancer, and you are the dance”

“If you are not familiar with ‘inner body’ awareness, close your eyes for a moment and find out if there is life inside your hands.”

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“Where am I?”

OK. It may seem obvious on the face of it. You’re in your living room, bedroom or wherever. But what evidence of that do you feel? You feel your bum and back against the chair, your feet against the floor.

But “where” is the feeling and “where” is the feeler? I used to think that my head is up here and the sensation (of feet on floor) is down there. But, with my eyes closed and concentrating on the present moment, I’m not so sure.

With your eyes closed everything’s black. Well, it’s not completely black you can see colours but it’s nothing to concentrate on, nothing to see. There’s no point of reference that says “you are here”. No distance. No scale. No comparison.

Sometimes when I close my eyes and I’m nicely relaxed I am aware of an incredible sensation of largeness. Suddenly I am not bounded by four walls or the limit of my eyesight. The result is the universe inside my head.

Try it now! Close your eyes, just briefly, relax and feel the immensity that is larger than anything you can imagine.

Now, where are you inside this universe. At what point are you? Are you outside looking in? Or inside looking out?

If you completely die to the past at every moment there is no “you”, no experiencer and experienced, just experience.

In my opinion, this brings us to complete selflessness. If there is no you, there is just being. So one is not concerned with one’s own welfare!

This may sound like a contradiction, given what I’ve been saying about selflessness, but when I started self-hypnosis I remember the feeling of complete contentment whilst sitting down and concentrating on my breathing.

And I remember it filtering into the rest of my life. A feeling of happiness coming over me in mundane situations.

I believe that it is this contentment that can suppress any nicotine, alcohol or drug addiction.

If I was happy no matter what – I was fed and watered and had no physical pain – why would I need a cigarette?

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What seems to be for sure is that everyone is different and what works for one may not work for another.

I started smoking when I was 18 and very quickly developed a 20 a day habit. I immediately noticed a dip in my health – not to mention an increase in my asthma. But still I soldiered on. I tried to give up numerous times, sometimes using gum or patches, but it never worked. Whilst giving up I was incredibly depressed. Every minute of the day I thought about smoking, or felt awkward, or both.

Over three years ago I developed a passing interest in Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and from that became interested in self-hypnosis and meditation. For other reasons I started practising self-hypnosis and meditation for a few weeks and then one day stopped smoking! I was 35. I have been free from cigarettes and the desire to smoke for over 3 years. And (whispers) it didn’t hurt!

Don’t put any pressure on yourself to quit – just know that it will come eventually. We need to add a 5 minute routine to your daily life which may increase to 10 or 20 minutes as time goes by.

During these moments, try to concentrate on the present. Don’t think about the past or the future. It’s not as easy as it sounds.

Relax! Just as you observe your breathing, observe that you are feeling clean and better and that you want to smoke less.

Through the day concentrate on what you are doing. If you are walking, concentrate on the sensations of you feet on the ground.

Try not to see yourself as an independent animal effected by, or even victimized by, his/her environment. Prefer to see the “outside” world as something that occurs and changes within you as, for all you know, that’s what it is.

All of life happens within this capacity of observation. The desire for a cigarette is just another little thing that goes on within this capacity and it will arise and pass just like your breath.

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