Acupuncture or hypnotherapy for giving up smoking?
I have a very serious condition and need to give up smoking. I am considering trying both of these methods. Has anyone else tried them? If so which was the most successful and which would you recommend? I would like lots of serious answers please.
William T is the only sensible answer so far, they both work by placebo on about 20% of people.
The best way is free, go to your local GP, they have dozens of helpful hints on ways to give up this awful habit.
Me, I gave it up when James Callaghan was Chancellor of the Exchequer in Harold Wilson’s government, and on his last budget in 1957 he put a packet of 20 up to 5/- (25p) an unheard amount, I promised myself I’d never pay that much and I haven’t smoked one since, will power is still your best bet with a little help from your GP, especially if you already have a health problem.
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August 16th, 2009 at 3:12 am
Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking is the most successful method in the world with over 90% success rate.
You can purchase a copy from your local bookshop or http://www.amazon.co.uk or .com
Good luck!
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August 16th, 2009 at 3:13 am
Wish i could help took heart surgery and a ventilator shoved down my throat to quit. Now it’s going to be a long slow painful death, 8 years since the operation and not a day without pain, Hope you can find a way.
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August 16th, 2009 at 3:30 am
first of all sorry to hear about that tag23.
i’m currently on week 23 of qutting after 10 years of smoking.how i have managed to quit so far is pure willpower and just i realised, to quit smoking all i need to do is just STOP. we were all born non smokers so therefore we don’t NEED to smoke. another thing that pushes me to quit is that my grandad has holes in his lungs from smoking, and personally, i don’t want to be in the same position as him when im older.
sorry i can’t advise you on the methods, but i DO believe if you really try and be strong, you can quit with just willpower
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August 16th, 2009 at 4:49 am
Hi Jenny,
I’m a little biased as I’m a hypnotherapist
but I do have a number of clients who have come to me after acupuncture after it had worked but only for a short time.
Acupuncture does not address the cause of smoking – hypnotherapy can and should.
When a client comes to me I will always make sure that they really want to give up – sometimes they enjoy it too much and so hypnotherapy would be inappropriate.
But for those who really want to give up but can’t, hypnotherapy works, in my experience, about 90% of the time. The remaining 10% are those who have deep-seated reasons that they were unaware of, but most reputable hypnotherapists will offer free follow-up sessions if the initial therapy doesn’t work.
I had a girl who stopped after one session but then started again after a number of months. When she came back, I regressed her to when she had started again – she was at her uncles funeral and she loved him very much – he used to smoke and she saw someone smoking and it reminded her of him – so she started smoking to keep his memory alive – all unconsciously of course. One quick session and she stopped for good.
So hypnotherapy, if done properly, does work.
From only what I’ve heard, acupuncture can also work, but more on a surface level.
Hope this helps….
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August 16th, 2009 at 5:08 am
In the line of work I do, I have seen some excellent results with both acupuncture as well as hypnotherapy. There is no right or wrong for anyone, as we are all different. They are both effective, as well as considering crystal energy work using a Botswana Agate works wonders. You can also try Reiki healing to help boost your willingness to quick and the withdrawl effects. When my husband quit he tried hypnotherapy and this didn’t work for him. He used acupuncture in the beginning to ease alot of the withdrawl issues, then when they subsided in about a month he turned to crystal and Reiki healing. Again everyone is different though, so explore your options and find what is right for you on your path of healing!
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http://www.healingartforms.com
Many Blessings
Nicole Lanning
August 16th, 2009 at 5:11 am
I agree with the Catalyst. Done properly, hypnotherapy can help you quit smoking. Often a hynotherapist will give you a recording to listen to at home after a session so you can reinforce the suggestions.
It may only take once, but often you need to keep inputting the suggestions.
I don’t know if acupuncture helps.
Since anxiety is often tied in with smoking, you may also want to find some ways to reduce your anxiety levels so you are not as driven to smoke. There are calming herbal teas, and techniques you can use to help with this. You can find some tips here-
http://www.holistic-mindbody-healing.com/natural-relief-for-anxiety.html
Also, don’t be afraid to use the patch, gum or even the electronic cigarettes which have no harmful effects.
Most of the people I know who smoked just quit cold turkey. Some continued to have cravings, most couldn’t even stand to be around smoking after that.
I’ve never been a smoker, but understand it can be hard to quit.
Just do it! and good luck!
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August 16th, 2009 at 5:34 am
Both of these remedies have been proven to be placebos so I sincerely doubt that they will provide any help with quitting. I hope you find some help though because quitting smoking is an excellent move to improve your health.
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August 16th, 2009 at 6:10 am
My field is acupuncture. This is what I say to my patients. "There are several conditions for succeeding:
1. You must really have made the decision to quit.
2. We need to talk so that I explain to you what it involves.
3. You must concentrate on the situation for more or less two weeks.
4. During these two weeks, no other hassle or stress (if possible)
5. Acupuncture will help reduce the stress induced by the nervous withdrawal symptoms. So two or three sessions during these two weeks should be enough."
This is the general picture. Of course there is more to say, and I intend to write a long article, if not an eBook, on the matter.
I wish you good luck.
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http://www.acupuncture-plus.eu
http://acupuncturelearningonline.com
August 16th, 2009 at 7:36 am
I have deep respect for both methods. I never smoked and that’s why I haven’t resorted to any of them for that reason.
You might want to try them both b/c smoking involves both: physical and mental factors. And w/mental I include emotional since stress is such a trigger to Smoke (as I heard)…
If you can only afford one, I’d try acupuncture or patches at the very least and do the hypnosis myself:
http://www.hypnosis-and-health.com/self-hypnosis.html
Lighten up the terminology you’re using. " …need to give up smoking" the same as "I should," "I have to," tend to discredit your own efforts. Instead I’d say something like: "I choose to quit smoking because I think my life is more important than that habit." Essentially the same thing, but it the last statement reinforces what you really want as supposed to reprimanding your self (the mind just has a way to kick back and put resistance when faced with negative or iimposing statements)…
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August 16th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I think these are a good way of money wasting.
Alan Carrs book really does help, if your committed. But I found pure will power works best, don’t substitute with gum or patches just go. after 3 weeks the nicotine is outta your body.
2 and 1/2 weeks smoke free.
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August 17th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Try the new wonder medication
CHANTIX……..
What a wonder it is….worked great for me….and I know of many many others that it worked for too….I work at a hospital and it went smoke free two years ago….over half of the staff tried Chantix and it worked for them….the hospital helped pay for the medication….I tell you it works wonders…Call your doctor…no appt. necessary…they will call it in for you……
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August 17th, 2009 at 10:59 am
William T is the only sensible answer so far, they both work by placebo on about 20% of people.
The best way is free, go to your local GP, they have dozens of helpful hints on ways to give up this awful habit.
Me, I gave it up when James Callaghan was Chancellor of the Exchequer in Harold Wilson’s government, and on his last budget in 1957 he put a packet of 20 up to 5/- (25p) an unheard amount, I promised myself I’d never pay that much and I haven’t smoked one since, will power is still your best bet with a little help from your GP, especially if you already have a health problem.
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August 18th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
definitely hypnotherapy , as smoking is phsychological addiction – not nicotine addiction as is popularly thought.( How else could people quit with no cravings). i would have thought a serious condition would be enough to kick you into action, but hypnotherapy, or preferably psychotherapy will
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August 19th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
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http://stopsmoking.eu.pn