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Hypnosis is a behavior modifaction. It will not stop you from smoking in one session. If you attend 3 or 4 sessions it will work for most people. Used to do it for a living.

My Father-in-Law took one session after smoking 3 packs a day for over 25 years. That day he threw out what cigarettes he had left and never touched one again. That was over 20 years ago.

hi me and hubby are thinking about getting hypnotised to give up smoking just wondering if anyone has tryed it and if it works and about how much i will be expected to pay for this treatment thanx xxx

I haven't tried it myself, because I don't smoke but I know several people that have and most have gotten very good results. Also, my uncle is a hypnotherapist and many of his patients are there to quit smoking and he reports that the success rate is over 80%. The vast majority of patients are able to quit and no longer have any desire to smoke. In fact, he tells me that most now find it disgusting! Give it a try. GOOD LUCK!

Hello Freddy

Hypnosis is excellent for smoking cessation. But you have to really wish to stop for yourself!

If you wish to stop because you feel that you should – for whatever reason – it wont work.

Pam

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and how long were you a smoker?
well I dont have depression and would not feel comfortable using something that will play with my brain like that because one of the side effects helps stop smoking…if im going to "use" something it would be patches or gum.

I personally have not tried it, but my ex-mother-in-law did. She had been a smoker for 30+ years before the hypnosis. She stopped for a week after that, completely, before starting up again. So I'd say don't waste your money.

I am thinking about using hypnosis for quitting smoking. I would like to hear experiences from people who have used it and how it was for them. If your from Melbourne plese give details of the clinic you used.
Thanks

Even experts are divivded on this issue.

These days an ever increasing number of people are moving away from the more conventional methods of medicine and seeking alternate methods be it Ayurveda, hypnotherapy or meditation. This increasing popularity is making hypnosis a practice which everyone wants to learn be it for self help or pain management. However, it is important to know the basics before you get started.

Hypnosis is a condition of relaxation when you are relaxed and comforted n by your inside feeling and thoughts, ignoring outside pressures. Hypnosis imbues a sense of peace and helps you transcend from the physical to the spiritual world. It requires a lot of concentration and practice, but if done properly, it can be an effective tool to banish bad habits and attain peace in ones day to day activities. By proper practice and using the correctmethodology, you can get stop smoking, loose weight and maintain a healthier lifestyle through hypnotherapy.

Hypnosis can either be accomplished under the supervision of a hypnotherapist or by using methods of self hypnosis. Every day at some time we unconsciously go in the state of hypnosis, for example, while watching TV, reading or driving. These activities help us relax as the make us concentrate on one thing and let us forget everything else in our lives for a brief concentrated periods of time. When you learn self hypnosis or hypnosis, you learn to direct this involuntary relaxation into controlled actions aiming to achieve some specific self help goals.

In the past, hypnosis has been wrongly associated with trance like conditions in which the hypnotist has complete Svengali like control of the human mind and make you behave in any way directed. However, this is a completely false view and has been refuted by recent controlled researcher. In hypnosis, one is totally aware of his surroundings and can control them if he wants to. So the idea of using hypnosis as a tool of recovering past memories and past lives along with controlling the persons mind do anything is not a primary or even realistic goal.

In command hypnosis the relationship between the patient and the hypnotherapist is very crucial. This method is generally used in medicinal practices. Promising secrecy is one of the basic ethics of this profession. Many tools can be used by the hypnotherapist depending upon the patient to make him feel more relaxed. It can be the music of his choice, reading a book or may be just a few suggestions by the therapist that can do the trick. It is important to remember that different things work for different people.

In self hypnosis, the key role is played by concentration. When you are hypnotized you concentrate on a specific memory, object or feeling blocking everything else from your mind.

As the popularity of hypnosis grows and more and more people start using it, you should be remember that hypnotherapy is a very sensitive and difficult technique to learn, and that it should be used with care and caution. And before going to a hypnotherapist it is important to get to know his history, experience and qualifications. If you follow these simple rules then hypnosis can be an experience of a lifetime and give you added benefits of weight loss or memory power.

The negative impacts of smoking on our health are well documented and range from premature aging to death from heart and lung disease. Our society is more educated on the dangers of smoking than ever before, and yet, many of us still won’t even try to quit. One of the most common reasons for this is the fear of possible weight gain.

Understanding the physiological progression of smoking in the human body can go a long way to helping you understand how to win the nicotine battle without losing the war on weight. Many smokers believe that they have an “addictive personality”–what they actually have is a ride on the blood glucose roller coaster.

When you begin the process of quitting, you experience what many perceive to be physical and psychological cravings for the now missing nicotine. Most of these so called cravings relate to effects of nicotine on the body, and although nicotine itself is removed from your bloodstream within the first few days after you stop smoking, the physical cravings can still be triggered, and are still mentally associated to specific tactile feelings that you experienced as a smoker, and they relate to blood glucose levels.

Within three to seven minutes from the time you light a cigarette, nicotine begins to enter your liver. The liver is your body’s glucose storage facility, and its job is to protect this glucose (fuel) for you body. When nicotine reaches your liver, the liver protects its precious cargo (fuel) by releasing the stored glucose into the blood stream. This increase in blood sugar causes you to feel good, and have more energy because you’re getting what we call a “sugar rush.” However, any time your blood glucose levels raise quickly, your pancreas responds by sending insulin in to “control” the excess sugar. Insulin then does its job by presenting more glucose to the cells to be burned for fuel and converting glucose that isn’t presently being burned into fat. This causes your blood glucose levels to drop quickly leaving you feeling tired, anxious, an often hungry.

Having a cigarette placates this feeling and starts this cycle all over again and is why most smokers smoke twenty to forty cigarettes daily. Candy, gum, mints, soda, or any form of sugar will also placate these feelings, but just like the cigarette itself, the behavior creates the same response from insulin causing yet another craving and the cycle continues in this fashion ad infinitum. Add to this the fact that nicotine is a stimulant that increases an average smokers resting metabolic rate approximately equal to five hundred calories daily, and you have a formula that will cause massive weight gain, and weight gain is one of the primary reasons that people return to smoking. This is referred to as an anchored response: the feelings of the blood sugar ups-and-downs connected to the act of smoking which offers “relief”.

With the awareness that you need to either reduce your caloric input by 500 calories a day for the first few weeks after quitting, or increase your output by the same amount, smokers are able to face this demon head-on.

Food: For the first three weeks you need to eat 3 to 4 protein-based meals and small snacks in between these meals, and these meals and snacks need to be protein based. Protein and complex carbohydrates will help to maintain a “stable” blood sugar level. Stable blood sugar means fewer ups and downs that trigger the response. Breakfast is a must! When you skip breakfast your blood sugar starts to DIVE within about 2 to 3 hours. At this point just about anything you eat causes a rapid rise in blood sugar and the cycle of ups and down begins again. Additionally, smokers should eliminate refined products and sugars including artificial sweeteners–these all contribute to the addictive cycle.

Supplements. A good quality chromium product taken 3 times a day will help maintain stable blood sugar. (Good chromium is anything that isn’t Picolinate based) Chromium glycinate, polly-nicotinate, and de-nicotinate are all considered effective. An easy way to find good chromium is to look for “chromate” as a trade mark on the label.

For those smokers that can’t or won’t stay away from sugar and refined foods, any of the over the counter “carb blockers” will lessen the impact of blood glucose and help keep the physical responses to a minimum.

Knowing how to recognize, and deal with these addictive symptoms
can often give soon-to-be reformed smokers a greater sense of power over conquering the smoking habit once and for all.

Our Hypnosis Smoking Cessation program is designed to eliminate the withdrawal cravings that are experienced when quitting cold turkey. Instead, we instill several new habits such as; to drink more water, eat a healthy diet and incorporate a moderate exercise program.