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Given that the concept of hypnosis is based on the sub-conscious, it's logical that it could work. I've never used it myself (I still smoke) and don't think there's enough research on it, personally, to say for certain either way yet....but it makes logical sense.
As far as quitting is concerned, I believe that anyone who really wants to can....you just have to really want it and most people who "try to quit" don't. I quit for 3 years, cold turkey....because I wanted to - after smoking about a pack (at the time) a day for close to 10 years. If someone really wants to quit, he or she can.
Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing pavements....even if it leads nowhere - Adele
GESM2, give your kids the best Christmas present and quit once and for all!!!! In this day and age I have no understanding of smokers. No excuses, please, just "do it for the kids". The end.
Nicorette works. Costco makes it affordable. Cinnamon Surge makes it tasty, and no smoke on your clothes and your teeth, make you more attractive!
I smoked for probably 15 years. I wanted to quit, but didn't want to quit nicotine. Didn't want to "chew". Nicorette was the answer. I haven't touched a cig in probably 10 years, and have absolutely NO desire to either. Don't want it around me, don't want anything to do with it. However, I will chew some Cinnamon Surge Nicorette like it's going out of style. Perfect balance for the nicotine fans out there.
Ignorance makes me ask. You haven't smoked in a decade but still have cravings?
My dad smoked for decades. One day he made a list of pros and cons re: ciggy smokes. . . never bought another pack. Never smoked again. My guess is that's not typical. God I hated the smell of that stuff when I was a kid.
Posts: 9128 | Location: CLEA | Registered: November 04, 2004
It's not the nicotine....it really isn't. It's my few minutes to myself here and there. I don't smoke a lot, less than half a pack a day....so I take about 6-8 sets of five minutes to gather my brain and relax. It works especially well to step outside and do this when my almost teen-aged daughter pushes my buttons and I need to refrain from physical actions.
I'm aware of the risks involved, I'm aware of the pros v cons....this is just my stress relief. I don't drink but maybe a glass of wine per week on average (and that's even not consistent), I don't touch anything even remotely closely associated with drugs, and I even watch my language (especially around the children)....well I try to on that last one, anyway. I don't have time to get in the healthier stress-relief options. I love yoga and running, but those each take time that I don't have. I have very active children, one television, one laptop, and one occassionally used Wii....and I am one person. Sometimes something's gotta give, this just happens to be it.
Funny enough, just the other day my daughter tells me how it's not fair that I can sing so well when I smoke too, lol.
Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing pavements....even if it leads nowhere - Adele
I can honestly say, I have zero cravings for a cigarette, but crave the gum instead. Truth be told, I'm more addicted to the gum than I ever was to cigarettes, especially living here! But, to be fair, I've never wanted to "quit", I just wanted something else that wasn't so socially frowned upon "and more descrete". Plus, you don't have to stand out in the cold, or break your concentration to enjoy a little "make this bs more manageable" in life. You take my gum away, and I think I would lose my gibblets! The one thing that I did that really motivated me to steer away from smoking, was spend a few days in the dentist chair back in 2000. A few grand later, I walked away with a Hollywood smile. Wanted to preserve the work "still all my own teeth". 10 years later, nicorette and a Sonicare tooth brush, still got the smile, and can breathe! I'm telling ya', if a cigarette relaxes you, a piece of Nicorrette will "cool your jets 24/7" ;-)
My mother tried the hypnosis back in the early 90s. Didn't take. She's tried off and on to quit over the years. She's had the most success with the E-cig.
Posts: 1957 | Location: Posh YMCA District | Registered: June 04, 2003
My mom did hypnosis in the 80's (?) and it worked for her. I'm sure it was coupled with being bound and determined to quit, but it gave her the edge/the confidence (whatever) to know she could do it. She tried and tried all through my early youth, cut down, cut back, but couldn't quit entirely. Hypnosis did it though.
I couldn't tell you who she used. I could ask though.
GESM2 - I completely understand your thought process when it comes to having a cigarette to get some peace and quiet. Seeing what my mom went through discouraged me from ever even trying a cigarette. However, I do believe that (peace and quiet) is the EXACT reason I have never gone out of my way to purchase a snowblower.
Posts: 697 | Location: Glen Ellyn, IL | Registered: February 26, 2007
Originally posted by nc211: I'm telling ya', if a cigarette relaxes you, a piece of Nicorrette will "cool your jets 24/7" ;-)
My teeth are quite healthy, surprisingly so are my gums. And I wish I could chew gum, but I have this obnoxious TMJ stuff. Short of surgery, the only thing I can do for that is prevention (read: no gum chewing and random jaw excersizes).
Lol @ Mama. My girls are so dead set against the whole cigarette thing (so far *crossing fingers they stay that way*).
Fan: You're such a smart*** - not that you needed reminding of this, lol. My 6-8 5-minute (yes, truly 5 minutes) breaks are throughout my entire day....not just at work....I don't take smoke breaks at work and I also don't take a lunch break. So THERE >:P
Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing pavements....even if it leads nowhere - Adele
I talked to my mom - apparently, it was the 70's when she used this guy. She couldn't remember his name, but he was an MD in Ottawa who had utilized hypnosis very successfully in conjunction with difficult pregnancies and had begun moving beyond OB issues with hypnosis.
She said she smoked the entire way down to the office and after the appointment never touched another cigarette again. She said it was a very pleasant experience and to this day has no idea how he hypnotized her. She just remembers having a conversation with him. She kept the same two packs of cigarettes in the house for three years afterwards - it took that long to finally convince herself she would never return to smoking.
Posts: 697 | Location: Glen Ellyn, IL | Registered: February 26, 2007
Remind me to turn the internet off in the office! 
