A few months ago I had a client call to find out how hypnosis works. Unfortunately her doctor had talked to her first about taking a new medication that is aimed at helping smokers to stop the habit. I explained to her that there was no need for her to take some new medication that no one really knew what the side effects may be for something that was easily helped by her very own mind. I guess she decided to try the new medication for she never called to book an appointment.
Only 5% of of people who want to quit smoking need outside assistance to do so. Perhaps this will prove that smoking is not the addiction that the medical community would like you to believe as it helps the pharmacological companies to make more money off of this situation. Smoking usually starts when a person is in middle or high school and does so to fit in with a group of peers. In the beginning the new smoker will cough and dislike the taste. Over time the smoking will generalize to other times during the day: when they get up, have coffee, eat a meal, while driving, on the phone, etc. As the smoker continues to smoke more they believe that it helps them to relax. But if you ask a smoker if they smoke more while on vacation then while they are at work, the answer is always "no". The nicotine is actually a stimulant so it can not relax anybody. Smoking is nothing more than a trigger-response system that needs to be disassociated.
I received another call from a person who became a client. She decided it was time to give up smoking again and wants it to work for the long term. She was waking up every morning coughing for longer periods of time, and it was obvious that her body was trying to tell her that she was poisoning herself and that she needed to quit. She was also sick of using her energy to figure out how she was going to fit in smoking while her grandchildren visit or being with all her friends who are now non-smokers.
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It seemed to be a fairly straightforward case, until we got to the point where we were working on getting her conscious and unconscious mind to work together to assist her in stopping her smoking habit. While she was in trance, I asked her if the two minds would work together and she responded "no;" this was the first time a client had responded so. I inquired further to find out that she was rebelling against her family's wish for her to stop smoking. She resented them for the way they treated her as the baby of the family (she has five older siblings and there are thirteen years between the eldest and herself). She was also sick of being the peacemaker, a role she took on as a child. Keeping her smoking habit was her way to "get even" with her family.
Further along in the process, we found out the true reason why she was keeping her habit: she was unable to get her needs satisfied because she never spoke up for herself. She could easily speak up for others whom she thought were being hurt, but to speak up for herself and her needs- never, for no one saw her as the grown woman she is. At 63 years of age it was about time she learned how to speak her own truth and get her own needs taken care of.
I had her do some forgiveness work relating to her siblings. Next, we allowed her inner child to feel taken care of by the adult that she now is, allowing her to state her needs in a responsible fashion, opening up her throat chakra where the voice resides. Once that was accomplished she easily finished off the session as a non-smoker for the rest of her life.
If you are having a difficult time stopping smoking, understand that only about 5% of the population needs the extra help for what is most likely an unconscious reason. Get yourself a competent hypnotist who will not only do a normal smoking cessation process with you, but who also knows that sometimes there is more to be cleared than the presenting problem itself, and who has the skill to help you to accomplish your goal successfully.