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If you are someone who is trying to quit smoking, you know how tough it is to eliminate this injurious addiction. However, it is possible, and half of all adult smokers will succeed in quitting smoking forever. Many smokers succeed in quitting smoking cigarettes by replacing them with different, more positive habits without having to suffer through withdrawal symptoms. By far, the most effective and easiest method to quit smoking and accomplish this end is stop smoking hypnosis. Stop smoking hypnosis is one of the most commonly practiced forms of hypnotherapy. It is often cited as a tool for quitting smoking along with strategies such as nicotine replacement therapy and other popular methods. It helps end the smoking addiction by combating cravings for cigarettes, motivating you to stay committed to quitting, and promoting stress relief and relaxation so you will not feel the urge to smoke. The smoking addiction contains both psychological and physiological components. The physiological addiction is a physical addiction the body acquires for nicotine. This component of the addiction is what causes the physical withdrawal symptoms that make it seem near impossible to quit smoking. However, this is a short, temporary part in the overall course of quitting the habit, lasting only between three days and one week. By the end of this time period, your body acclimates to normal, nicotine-free functioning. Based on thirty years of experience, I believe that the physical addiction to nicotine represents only ten percent of the smoking addiction. By far, the most challenging part of breaking the smoking addiction is overcoming the psychological addiction, which are the mental and emotional aspects of smoking. I believe this makes up ninety percent of the cigarette addiction. When you develop a smoking habit, you develop an unconscious desire to smoke at certain times, such as when watching TV. This is called a conditioned response. Stop smoking hypnosis works to eliminate the unconscious associations that cause one to crave cigarettes, thereby eliminating the conditioned urge to smoke. Hypnotherapy also helps you stay motivated to give up smoking by reinforcing your beliefs that gave you the desire to quit smoking in the first place. Smokers get stuck in the habit of following a ritual of lighting up and smoking. This is why people who attempt to quit smoking using nicotine gums or patches alone often are unable to successfully quit. They soon overcome the physiological addiction, but they have no relief or replacement for the ritual of smoking, which has become a habit and pleasurable source of stress relief. Hypnotherapy techniques eliminate this mental addiction and serve as stress reducers as well. As a relaxation tool, hypnosis helps effectively relieve anxiety and stress so you will lose the desire to smoke cigarettes. Used in combination with some effective NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) techniques, quit smoking hypnosis can keep you motivated to breaking the habit by training your unconscious mind to focus on the benefits of quitting. Eliminating tobacco benefits you in numerous ways. Within days of quitting, body parts damaged by smoking begin to heal, damaged nerves re-grow, and your sense of taste and smell improves. Within weeks, circulation and lung function improve. Within a year, your risk of heart disease is less than half that of a smoker. Within five to fifteen years, your risk of having a stroke is the same as a non-smoker. Your risk of dying from lung cancer and numerous other cancer risks have decreased, and your risk of heart disease is the same as someone who has never smoked at all. Despite the dangers of smoking and the health benefits of quitting, some smokers never overcome their unpleasant addiction. For the most part, this is because they have never really committed to quitting. Other smokers are often afraid to suffer from withdrawal symptoms or give up the smoking habit. But quitting smoking does not have to be the difficult process that makes so many smokers reluctant to even attempt quitting. Hypnotherapy provides a very simple, natural technique for quitting. Hypnotherapy is a powerful implement for curbing cravings for cigarettes, providing powerful motivation, and promoting relaxation and stress relief to eliminate the psychological part of the smoking habit. Hypnosis techniques to stop smoking can be easily learned from specialized self-hypnosis programs that have been developed after decades of experience using hypnosis, NLP, and Neuro-VISION video hypnotherapy to get clients to quit smoking. Stop smoking self-hypnosis programs make it easy to quit smoking forever because they break the smoking addiction in a process that helps obliterate cravings and the desire to smoke. Whatever your motivation is for quitting, hypnosis and NLP makes it easier to focus your mind on these reasons, which makes you feel a great urge to quit. Quit smoking hypnosis programs eliminate the impulse to smoke. Even though quitting smoking can be a painful experience for some, those who take advantage of quit smoking hypnosis have a much greater rate of success because it makes the process much easier. It is the most effective method for smoke cessation.
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Alan B. Densky, CH pioneered the use of video stop smoking aids and received a U.S. Patent on the technology. He offers effective hypnotic help to stop smoking if you are ready to quit smoking now.
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