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Stop smoking tips.
TEN EFFECTIVE TIPS to help you stop smoking now
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Perhaps you've attempted to quit smoking before and not managed at all? Or has success only lasted a few weeks at the best? Are you afraid that you will fail to stop smoking this time....or that something will go wrong with your well-meaning attempts to quit smoking yet again? Would you like to stop smoking, but are frightened of suffering from cravings? Or perhaps you simply don't know how to start on a program to help you quit?
There are some very simple steps to start you on the right road to stop smoking and become a NON-SMOKER right now, so please read on:
TEN EFFECTIVE TIPS to help you quit smoking
If you really do want to stop smoking:
1. Decide that from now on you will only smoke outside (regardless of the Scottish weather!)
If you really do want to stop smoking:
2. If you feel a desire or craving to smoke, be conscious of what you are doing at the time and try to change it. For example you might be about to take a tea or coffee break. Try drinking water, herbal tea or fruit juice instead. Alternatively you can skip your tea/coffee break and go out for a walk.
If you are making a phone call, then stand up whilst talking and keep the call as short as possible.
If you usually have a cigarette after your meal, then get into the habit of cleaning your teeth instead.
Keep your hands occupied by writing, typing, drawing, sewing or whatever.
Use your imagination to come up with healthy substitutes for smoking. Change any routines that are linked to having a cigarette. This helps break any links in your mind between smoking and various activities.
If you really do want to stop smoking:
3. Make sure that you are getting an adequate supply of minerals/vitamins from your diet. It may be a good idea to take a supplement. Your local health food shop should be able to offer you advice. I would recommend a supplement high in vitamin C, the B vitamins and zinc. You might also like to try MSM. This is an organic sulphur which has many remarkable health properties including detoxification.
If you really do want to stop smoking:
4. Keep your cigarettes and lighter or matches apart, preferably in different rooms.
If you really do want to stop smoking:
5. If you do feel the need to smoke ask yourself why. Is it because you are lonely, anxious or bored?
If you are lonely then phone a friend. If you are stressed or anxious take a few minutes to breathe deeply and ask yourself if smoking is really going to resolve your problems.
If you feel the need to smoke because you are bored, then find something to occupy your mind. (Remember that there's a big difference between a NEED to smoke and a DESIRE or WANT to smoke. With a WANT, you can make the choice as to whether or not you go ahead and smoke.)
If you really do want to stop smoking:
6. For the next 2 days smoke as many cigarettes as you have a NEED to but hold the cigarette between the thumb and first (index) finger of the usual hand.
If you really do want to stop smoking:
7. Every following 2 days change the position that you would normally hold your cigarette. For example, if you generally hold your cigarette between the first and middle finger this is the position you will change. Instead you might try holding it between the ring finger and the little finger for days 3-4.
If you are right handed then try holding the cigarette between the thumb and index finger of the left hand for days 5-6.
Follow this by holding it between the ring finger and the little finger of your left hand. Use your imagination to come up with unfamiliar ways of holding your cigarette.
If you really do want to stop smoking:
8. Drink around 2 litres of bottled or filtered water each day. Always drink a large glass of water if you feel the need to smoke. By the time you've finished drinking your glass of water, you might be surprised to find that you no longer have the craving for a cigarette.
According to some experts smoking is an oral compulsive disorder and so drinking water can satisfy the smokers need to have a cigarette in their mouth. As an added bonus, drinking lots of water is much healthier than smoking and can assist in flushing the nicotine and other toxins out of your body. This in turn will help break any hold that cigarettes and nicotine may have on you.
If you really do want to stop smoking:
9. Stimulate your lymphatic drainage system to help your body rid itself of nicotine and other toxins found in cigarettes. You can stimulate this system by firstly locating an area on the upper left hand side of your body by doing the following:
Firstly place your forefinger on the U-shaped notch at the top of the breastbone (about where a man would knot his tie). From the bottom of the U, move your finger approximately 5 inches to the left.
If you massage this area you may find that it is more tender than the surrounding areas. Rubbing this area in a gentle circular motion will help stimulate your lymph nodes and so help flush toxins caused by smoking out of your body.
The lymph nodes on the left side of your body are more effective than on the right and so we usually recommend that you locate the 'sore spot' on the left side. In general, the more uncomfortable it is when you rub this area, then the more your body is struggling to rid itself of an accumulation of toxins.
If you really do want to stop smoking:
10. Learn how to relax. Listen to some relaxing music or a relaxation CD. Nowadays there's a huge choice available so you have no excuse. If you take part in a hypnotherapy and Complete Mind Care smoking cessation program, you will receive a free relaxation CD as part of your treatment.
Once you have faithfully carried out all the suggestions in this simple 10 STEP plan for a week or so, then you will have naturally decreased the amount of cigarettes you smoke. If you have already started a formal smoking cessation program then you may have been shown some other effective techniques to help you become a permanent non-smoker. Please use these additional smoking cessationtechniques in combination with the 10 steps above.
Having followed these 10 smoking cessation tips to help you quit smoking you may even be a NON-SMOKER!
Congratulations whatever you achieve!
If you are still finding it difficult to quit smoking then why not call me, Shonagh Paterson, on 01808 521386 to discuss how Complete Mind Care techniques might be of help?
How You Can Stop Smoking With Complete Mind Care Techniques
The New Scientist (vol 136 issue 1845 page 6) stated that "Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking, according to the largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit."
This is good news for you, as my unique approach of Complete Mind Care combines the most effective elements of hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming and some of the latest advanced therapeutic techniques, making this approach, in my experience, much more effective than mere hypnotherapy alone!
I'll show you how you can help RID YOURSELF OF ANY CRAVING TO SMOKE before it even occurs! You may have had personal experience of how smokers self-sabotage their well-meaning attempts to quit. I'll explain why this is so and teach you how you can overcome this.
And best of all, you can benefit from the Complete Mind Care Effective Smoking Cessation Program completely without risk to your health. In fact a Government Investigation conducted in 1996 verified that hypnotherapy is 100% safe. This is something which can't be said about many of the alternative ways some other people choose in their attempt to become confident, happy, healthy, wealthy non-smokers!
My Effective Smoking Cessation Program is in 2 stages as follows:
In Stage 1 we deal with general anxiety (which is usually one of the main reasons why people smoke or fail to give up). We also explore the reasons why you wish to stop smoking, what has been preventing you, and what will enable you to experience a successful outcome this time. In stage 1 we work on increasing motivation for quitting smoking, and boosting confidence that you will succeed. I also demonstrate how even though you may be fully committed, on a conscious level, to becoming a non-smoker, your subconscious mind may tell a different story! If this is so, I'll tell you how you can overcome this. By the end of this treatment you will be a non-smoker!
In Stage 2 we consolidate the work done during your first treatment. Should you have any fears about being able to remain a non-smoker, we deal with these here. We also continue to work on your motivation and self-belief. Furthermore I show you a quick and simple method which enables you to eliminate any cravings or desire to smoke in the unlikely event that they should occur in the future.
Another difference between my Complete Mind Care program and other quit smoking methods is that I offer you VALUABLE PERSONAL SUPPORT during these crucial first 6 weeks following the completion of your Effective Smoking Cessation treatments.
Why Do I Offer you Personal Support for 6 Weeks?
.......To ensure that your experience of quitting smoking is as enjoyable and stress-free as possible. I'm certain you'll agree that even knowing that you will receive additional help makes an enormous difference to how you feel about becoming a non-smoker. Knowing that extra help is available should you need it can contribute enormously towards your success. When you call to book your appointment, I'll give you the full details of that extra help you'll be offered.
And remember, unless you are completely satisfied with your first treatment, your first treatment is completely FREE. But please note that I only take on clients who are 100% committed, which I'm sure you are since you've read this far!
You probably know people who are only half hearted about wishing to quit smoking. These people often use smoking cessation programmes and other methods of quitting in order to prove that they've 'tried everything' but 'can't' quit. There's no method that will work permanently and effectively for these people.
People from all walks of life have benefited from stopping smoking with the help of advanced hypnosis and other Complete Mind Care techniques- SO CAN YOU if that's what you really want!
You must want to become a non-smoker for your own benefit and not simply because someone else has told you to. As with any other treatment, for this treatment to work you must be 100% committed to changing your life for the better.
100% COMMITMENT = 100% SUCCESS
So if you believe that you have that 100% commitment you can call me now on 01808 521386.
And remember, how you progress both during and after your stop smoking treatment is important to me and so I offer you back-up support for a full 6 weeks after completion of your Effective Smoking Cessation Program.
You can also take advantage of a free initial consultation, lasting 20-30 minutes, without any obligation to proceed further, if you need to be reassured that hypnotherapy Complete Mind Care techniques are right for you.
Please call me, Shonagh Paterson (registered hypnotherapist) on 01808 521386.
Or you can send me an e-mail if you require further information.
(It's best to phone if you wish to book an appointment.)
UK Government statistics reveal that every day 1,000 people in the UK become non-smokers. Let's make that 1,001 today!
PLease scroll down to find out what happens when you quit smoking.
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What Happens When You Quit Smoking?
Within 20 minutes your blood pressure and pulse rate return to normal.
Within 8 hours the nicotine and carbon monoxide levels in blood your blood reduce by half and oxygen levels return to normal.
Within 24 hours carbon monoxide will be eliminated from your body. Your lungs start to clear out mucus and other smoking debris.
Within 48 hours there is no nicotine left in your body.
Your ability to taste and smell is greatly improved.
Within 72 hours your breathing becomes easier.
Your bronchial tubes begin to relax and your energy levels increase.
Within 2 - 12 weeks your circulation improves.
Within 3 - 9 months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems improve as your lung function is increased by up to 10%.
Within 1 year the risk of you having a heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker.
Within 10 years your risk of lung cancer falls to half that of a smoker.
Within15 years your risk of a heart attack falls to the same as someone who has never smoked.
Shonagh Paterson, Stroma, Farr, Inverness, Highland IV2 6XG (only 4 miles from Inverness)
Tel 01808 521386
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Specialising in stress management, smoking cessation and the rapid and effective treatment of fears, anxiety, phobias and panic attacks. Also treatment of many other problems.
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