| If you've read anything about using hypnosis for quitting | | | | with the subconscious urges or habits that drove me |
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| that to 15% for nicotine patches or gum, and just 5% | | | | I'd been interested in hypnosis and meditation for some |
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| that hypnosis is a massive benefit when trying to give | | | | could interact with my subconscious mind, and I knew |
| up. | | | | that I could use this to directly alter the patterns of |
| I smoked heavily for nearly ten years, until I used | | | | habit and the underlying urges that caused me to |
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| three years now since I last smoked, and I'm never | | | | effective this could be. |
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| expense of ever having to visit a hypnotherapy | | | | that form the basis of any habit. This is why hypnosis |
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| Hypnosis for Quitting Smoking: My Story | | | | which continue to feed your addiction without tackling |
| As is the case for most smokers, I always had mixed | | | | the root cause. |
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| needing tobacco products just to feel like I was having | | | | Traditional visits to a hypnotherapist can cost hundreds |
| a normal day. | | | | of pounds/dollars per session, and it often takes eight |
| There were times that I couldn't sleep because I was | | | | to ten sessions to completely break down a person's |
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| It was easy to give up smoking, for me at least. I must | | | | reinforced, until the urge to smoke is completely |
| have quit hundreds of times. But it was difficult not to | | | | dissolved. I had expected that hypnosis could help me |
| start right back up again - days, weeks, sometimes | | | | develop the willpower to resist my cravings, but after |
| even months later. When I was stressed, or out with | | | | just a few weeks I was able to completely remove |
| friends, or in any of the many other situations that I | | | | those cravings themselves. And after three years, I've |
| used to enjoy smoking, I'd find myself sparking up | | | | still not had a single craving for cigarettes. |
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| scratched. | | | | smoking, and there is no reason that you can't do |
| The truth was that I only ever made a conscious | | | | exactly the same. |
| decision to stop. I never made any attempt to deal | | | | |