Stop Smoking
If you’re a smoker, you know there are plenty of great reasons to quit. You think of the money you could put to other uses, the smell in your hair, clothes, and home, and the family members who want you to be healthier and live longer. The bottom line is that smoking is the leading preventable cause of death, and that 
75 billion dollars go into medical costs directly related to smoking annually (CDC 2004). But all the good reasons in the world don’t stack up against what some say is a harder habit to break than heroin addiction. And 80% of adult smokers started young. Chances are, you’ve already quit…for a day, a week, maybe even a month. But you always go back; how can you ever hope to quit for good?
Though the physical cravings are unbelievably intense, you know that there’s more to kicking the habit than dealing with the physical addiction. Patterns are deeply ingrained in our behavior: we smoke at the same time each day, and we smoke out of boredom, frustration, anger, stress, and unfilled emotional needs!
You also know that there are many approaches on the market to “help you quit.” Maybe you’re wise enough not to buy into the outrageous claims of the “quick, easy, and cheap” pitches, or at least you’ve learned the hard way that those are just gimmicks. But among the more sound approaches, which will work for you? Nicotine patches and nicotine gums work to break the psychological addiction, while continuing to put harmful nicotine into the body. Some try aversion therapy or acupuncture, and some rely on herbal remedies that may not be fully researched or condoned by medical authorities.
If you do your homework, you will find consistent results: the method most recommended by doctors is the one that makes the most logical sense: behavior modification. This means, quite simply, that changed behavior equals desired results.
Hypnosis can be a very powerful tool for modifying ingrained behaviors. With hypnosis, you discover what the subconscious roots are to your behavior-triggers for smoking. In just two or three sessions, we can analyze the patterns of your smoking behavior, delve into the emotional and psychological needs you might be trying to meet, and create a fully personalized audio tape for your use that is custom-made to your specific situation.
Among the thousands of people helped at the Hypnosis Counseling Center, is Chuck, who writes: “Hypnosis gave me the ability to just stop and put tobacco behind me, without intense cravings and the resultant loss of will that had doomed my previous efforts. Today I’m smoke-free and confident in my ability to stay free of cigarettes permanently.”
Walter writes: “On leaving the seminar, I discarded the cigarettes I was carrying as suggested, without fear because I had two unopened packs in my car. Those two unopened packs of cigarettes were still there two years later! Thanks again…most of all for my continued, effortless abstinence.”
You know why you want to or need to quit. Why not join these people and make cigarette smoking a part of your past? Give us a call, so we can help you today.