Want To Quit Smoking

If you want to quit smoking then there are two main obstacles that you will have to face and overcome. Firstly there is the physical addition you will have developed to nicotine over time. Secondly there is the actual habit of smoking itself. We are all individuals and we react to all kinds of situations in different ways but for me it was the habit that was the hardest to break.

I quit back in 2003 and I remember getting over the physical addiction quite quickly. Itâ??s been a while but if I remember correctly it only took about a couple of weeks. It was the habit that I found really tough to shake. It was about six full months after Iâ??d stopped smoking and I was still patting my pockets to make sure Iâ??d got my cigarettes with me when I left the house. I would be sitting at my PC and without even thinking about it, Iâ??d reach out for a cigarette.

Some people may say that this behaviour is all part of the physical addiction but I donâ??t define it in this way. My physical cravings for tobacco had long since disappeared. I was no longer on edge and I really didn’t feel the need to smoke. On the other hand I was still going through the motions of a smoker. This was understandable because Iâ??d been smoking for well over twenty years and was used to having a cigarette in my hand. This is the reason why I define this aspect as habit.

There is no getting away from the fact that if you make the decision to quit then itâ??s going to be tough whether itâ??s the addiction that you find hard to break or the habit. Just keep focusing on the benefits and keep on the right path. In time youâ??ll look back on the day you stopped and it will rank way up there as one of the best days of your life.

I used to smoke cigarettes.  Quitting was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.  It didn’t have to be hard.  In fact, it could have been practically effortless, but I was ignorant of that fact. I didn’t know about Steve G. Jones.

I smoked for eight years, not a long time compared to some, but I started at age fourteen, so it was really a part of my being, my way of life.  To be honest, the idea of quitting smoking seemed downright depressing.  Cigarettes felt like a friend, an ally, and a life without cigarettes seemed a dismal prospect.

But like you, I knew that was a false sense of comfort – that the cigarettes, and the thousand of carcinogenic chemicals in them, were aging my body and breaking down my immune system, slowly but surely. I had a bad “smoker’s cough” for a twenty-two year old.  Eventually cigarettes would kill me if I didn’t quit, and eventually they will kill you too if you don’t quit.

If you didn’t want to stop, you wouldn’t be reading this right now. You know you need to stop smoking.  When I stopped, it was through sheer willpower.  I’ll spare you the details, but suffice to say it sucked, and I never want to go through it again.  In fact, the raw “unpleasantness” of it kept me from picking the smokes up again after I got past that first excruciating week.

As I said, there is a much easier way, with self-hypnosis.  Why inflict distress on yourself needlessly?

Steve G. Jones has perfected a system to help you quit smoking effortlessly.  Too bad he was still in school completing his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology while I was wrestling with my smoking demon. He also has a Master in Education and is on the verge of getting his Doctorate in Education. More importantly, he is one of the foremost experts on self-hypnosis.

This guy could hypnotize a barnyard chicken and get it climbing trees and growling like a grizzly bear! When he sets his sights on creating a system to help people change their behavior, you had better believe he succeeds.

In fact, there is no one more qualified to create a self-hypnosis based program to help you quit smoking cigarettes forever. Steve has impeccable credentials and a reputation in his field that is second-to-none:

Steve G. Jones knows what he is talking about, and you owe it to yourself to learn more.  It’s his dedication to the goals of the American Lung Association that have compelled him to create a program that can help every man, woman, and underage smoker quit smoking if they want to.

The fundamental difference is that his program doesn’t require willpower.  Here’s why hypnosis works when it comes to quitting smoking: (in Steve’s own words): “If you are smoking cigarettes, it’s because you associate more rewards with smoking, and more consequence with quitting.  In reality however, there is more reward with not smoking and tons of consequences with continuing to smoke. You get your associations all mixed up and begin doing things that you think bring reward, but in reality bring many negative consequences.”

His new self-hypnosis program, Smoke Free Power, includes a two-part learning system, which will reprogram your mind to stop smoking forever. This program was specifically designed for people who have tried, and failed, to quit smoking using other methods in the past. That doesn’t matter, and don’t let it discourage you. There is a good reason those program or methods failed – because they didn’t address the root cause of your desire to smoke – your subconscious mind’s association of cigarettes with what it perceives as rewards.  He’ll fix that. You will stop smoking, guaranteed.

In Part One, called the Consequential Reprogramming Module, using his powerful hypnosis methods, Steve will clear out all of the mental misconceptions that you have about smoking that are ultimately preventing you from quitting. He will help you reverse the reward/consequence associations that are keeping you locked in to a habit that doesn’t really serve you.

In Part Two, called (appropriately enough) Banish Smoking Module, you will learn techniques to banish cravings, overcome withdrawals, and how to eliminate the idea of smoking form your mind, forever, and numerous other techniques to reprogram your brain so that you simply don’t want or crave cigarettes or the rituals or routine of smoking.

Once you’ve completed the program, you won’t have to worry about relapsing.  You can go out drinking with your friends, and not “get weak” or fall back into old habits, which is common when you are in a smoking environment and having a good time.

You owe it to yourself to learn more about Steve and his program.  You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain.  After all, his system has a money back guarantee. That’s why he was contacted by Tom Mankiewicz, the guy who wrote the screenplay for the movie Superman. Here’s what Tom had to say about Steve’s formula to stop smoking: “If you want to quit smoking, Steve G Jones can make the difference. He did with me!”

Tom is just an ordinary person, like you. He wrote the movie, but he is no superman. But he was smart enough to take action.  It doesn’t matter how effective Steve’s Smoke Free Power system is to help people quit smoking forever, if you don’t take action it can’t help you to quit.  You must take the first step. Here’s how to take action – click the following link now: Smoke Free Power

If you want to quit smoking then there are two main obstacles that you will have to face and overcome. Firstly there is the physical addition you will have developed to nicotine over time. Secondly there is the actual habit of smoking itself. We are all individuals and we react to all kinds of situations in different ways but for me it was the habit that was the hardest to break.

I quit back in 2003 and I remember getting over the physical addiction quite quickly. Itâ??s been a while but if I remember correctly it only took about a couple of weeks. It was the habit that I found really tough to shake. It was about six full months after Iâ??d stopped smoking and I was still patting my pockets to make sure Iâ??d got my cigarettes with me when I left the house. I would be sitting at my PC and without even thinking about it, Iâ??d reach out for a cigarette.

Some people may say that this behaviour is all part of the physical addiction but I donâ??t define it in this way. My physical cravings for tobacco had long since disappeared. I was no longer on edge and I really didn’t feel the need to smoke. On the other hand I was still going through the motions of a smoker. This was understandable because Iâ??d been smoking for well over twenty years and was used to having a cigarette in my hand. This is the reason why I define this aspect as habit.

There is no getting away from the fact that if you make the decision to quit then itâ??s going to be tough whether itâ??s the addiction that you find hard to break or the habit. Just keep focusing on the benefits and keep on the right path. In time youâ??ll look back on the day you stopped and it will rank way up there as one of the best days of your life.

If you want to quit smoking but can’t seem to find the motivation, there are plenty of reasons to give up. And if you can’t draw any inspiration from the social and financial issues, just take a look at the physical effects of smoking;1) Life Span
If you smoke, you’ll reduce your life expectancy by an estimated seven to eight years. That may not sound too serious, especially if you happen to be under 30, but if we break it down further, every cigarette you smoke will shorten your life by approximately 10 minutes.
And if you want a truly shocking figure, try this; Every day, more people under the age of 70 die from smoking related diseases than the combined total of deaths through road traffic accidents, drug addiction, breast cancer and AIDS.2) General Health
It’s no secret that the general health of smokers is much lower than that of non-smokers.
Medical studies have shown that smokers are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, which lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. And it’s not just older people who are affected. Many of these studies have questioned smokers in their twenties and thirties.
But that’s not all. People who smoke are likely to have poor quality skin. Due to the lower level of oxygen that reaches their skin they develop a pale, sallow complexion. And then there’s the issue with wrinkles. If you smoke, any wrinkles that you develop will be up to ten times worse than those developed by non smokers of your age.
In fact, it has been shown that smokers with noticeable wrinkles are much more likely to suffer from chronic conditions such as bronchitis and emphysema.3) Major Illnesses
Smoking also increases your chances of developing a whole host of major illnesses. This includes;a) Conditions that affect the respiratory system; asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema.b) Cancers, especially of the mouth, throat and lungs.c) High blood pressure and high cholesterol which leads to an increased risk of strokes and heart disease. In fact, smokers are two to three times more likely to die from a heart attack than non-smokers.4) Viruses
Recent research has shown that due to the effect of smoking on the immune system, smokers have a higher chance of becoming infected with HIV.5) Infections
If you smoke you’re at greater risk of respiratory infections because the smoke that you draw into your nose and throat damages that beneficial bacteria that lives in your respiratory system. This allows disease causing bacteria to enter your body.6) Infertility
Smoking causes lower infertility levels in both men and women. Male smokers tend to have a lower sperm count, and may suffer from various mutations to their sperm. And due to the gradual blocking of arteries male smokers are more likely to become impotent.
Women who smoke are also less likely to conceive. And women who smoke during their pregnancy are more likely to experience a range of problems, including ectopic pregnancies, miscarriage, premature birth, lower birth weight and birth defects.7) Mental Health
Studies have shown that smokers are twice as likely to suffer from depression than non-smokers.

According to research published in “The New Scientist”, hypnosis is by far the most effective way to stop smoking. Two out of three people who participate in our smoking cessation program are still non-smokers after a year. As hypnosis targets the subconscious level of the habit, people don’t experience any tobacco cravings that are associated with other methods. Another benefit is that the program only takes a single two-hour session. A combined approach of assessing smoking habits first and then using hypnotherapy is highly effective.
How Hypnotherapy Works
Forget all the clichés about hypnotherapy like being brainwashed. It’s a safe process and there is nothing to worry about. Hypnosis is a natural state of mind, and people remain in total control of themselves. Through muscle relaxation exercises, the hypnotherapist simply puts people in a deeply relaxed state. He is then able to work with them and speak to their subconscious minds.
No Cravings for Tobacco – Too Good to Be True?
Before the hypnosis part of the session starts, the therapist assesses people’s smoking habits. This is called “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy” (CBT). It gives him the necessary background information to address the individual’s situation. The treatment works best when people actually want to quit smoking and aren’t just sent by a partner or friend. Hypnosis is clearly not magic. Therapists can only facilitate what’s already there. Having said that, our service has proved so effective that over 70% of our clients come from referrals alone. It doesn’t make any difference how long people have smoked or how many times they’ve tried to quit. When people have successfully overcome their smoking habit, they can enjoy a much healthier life and save a lot of money at the same time. As there’s no ‘giving up’ process to endure, quitting smoking with the help of CBT-based hypnotherapy is as easy as it gets.
Look for a therapist offering a free backup session
If you’re still sceptical about CBT-based hypnotherapy to quit smoking, it’s a good idea to look for a therapist who offers a free backup session. It’s very unlikely that you’ll need it, but it may give you peace of mind.

How to quit smoking weed. Hmm.. that almost sound counter intuitive. But contrary to some popular belief, there are those who want o quit smoking weed. There reasons could be many. Or it could one main dominating reason. Here are some things we do know. It is a mind thing. Smoking weed could be a gateway drug. And smoking weed has a way of taking away your drive. What we will aim to do is give some insight on how to kick the habit from a mental standpoint.

First you need to have the will and drive to stick with you decision to quit. Unlike a new years resolution, you have to have it burned in your mind that you will go all the way. Weed is not addictive like say heroin or cocaine. However the primary addiction a psychological addiction. It’s a mind thing. The highs you felt when smoking weed always come back. And of course you have to smoke more potent weed or more joints to get back up there. That’s why hard core smokers take off a few days to lower their tolerance.

Second take a look at the folks you surround yourself with. In all likely hood they toke too. The aroma of weed smoke from your friends and their come on dude hit will be hard to turn down. Rather than being around them while smoking look for other activities to do. Chances are you had a hobby or activity before taking up smoking weed.

Third and finally get an accountability partner. Shedding light on your decision to someone else can and should put some good pressure on you. On top of them calling you, find activities to do with them. Having someone share in your victories and encouragement with setbacks will greatly aid in your journey.

Believe me.. no other consumer product in the history of the world has even come close to inflicting this amount of damage on mankind. If anything else of this magnitude was to pose the same threat to life, whether it was human induced or naturally occurring – be it war, terrorist attack, genocide, ethnic cleansing, natural disaster or disease, it would as a rule command immediate international intervention! Think about the current ‘war on terror’. So why isn’t it?

You would have learnt how to smoke from that very first cigarette, as you most certainly practised the draw-back and other styles of smoking until you finally achieved that great smokers status.

If you were born to be a smoker then maybe your nose would have been made upside down (like a chimney) with a little umbrella over it to keep the rain out! You’d have a special filtration system for your lungs and firemen wouldn’t need any breathing apparatus either.

Seriously now, you wouldn’t pour toxic chemicals in to the fuel tank of your car, truck, motor home or bike – would you? So why is it we can suck in over 4000 toxic chemicals with every cigarette and not really think anything of it (until it’s too late). Your life has got to be more valuable than your car or truck.

There are dozens of what I call ‘Smoker Myths’ associated with nicotine addiction, some of them are like this….

Myth#1. “I enjoy smoking, it makes me feel good” ever said something like that, or what about….

Myth#2. “I really enjoy the flavour of tobacco” are you kidding me!!! (Dog vomit would taste better)

Myth#3. “I’m just soooo stressed out, I need a cigarette”

These Smoker Myths become apart of the smoking culture or belief system. How many times do you think a non-smoker would make these statements?

NEVER!!

You don’t lose anything when you quit smoking, as a matter of fact you gain life, health and money. Did you know that you can quit smoking anytime you choose to?

You simply LEARN NOT TO SMOKE, or you simply LEARN to think as a non-smoker “easy for you”, you might be saying but the truth is just that EASY! Remember, you learnt to smoke and use tobacco in the first place – right! I know that are thinking that “this sounds too simple” and you’re right, except it took me over 20 years to work it out!

Your Body…the health issues and scientific information you need to know.

Your Victory… know your enemy and how to kill the world’s greatest deception.

Your Bank…the $$$ cost of smoking to you, and who’s making the profit?

Your Past…how to bury the memory.

The bottom line is this – the nicotine addiction IS NOT your friend or buddy, it’s a lying parasite that basically wants to kill you. Have you ever wanted to quit smoking?

One of the first techniques that I recommend to my client’s who want to quit smoking, is to begin visualizing themselves as a non-smoker. Creative Visualization is a technique where you imagine or think about yourself as you want to be. It’s like replaying a mental movie about you successfully achieving your goal. Using the power of Creative Visualization will help mentally prepare you to become a non-smoker.

Creative Visualization steps:

1. Center yourself

With your eyes closed, take a moment to center yourself by taking a few deep breaths while becoming aware of your surroundings (What are you sitting or standing on? What color is it? How is your body touching the earth? Can you feel your heartbeat? What sounds can you hear?).

2. Start visualizing

Think about where you are at this moment. This is where you will begin your one minute visualization. (How much are you smoking per day? How confident and motivated are you?).

3. Enjoy a benefit

Quickly move past your quit date, and create a mental picture of a moment in your first days/weeks as a non-smoker enjoying one of the ways you are going to benefit. (If being healthier is one of your benefits, you can imagine what it’s going to be like to breath fresh air into your lungs).

4. Bring in details

Enhance your visualization by bringing in more details into your mental movie. (Where are you? What are you doing? What are you wearing? Notice your surroundings, Who else is there?).

5. Bring in all your senses

Bring all your senses into your visualization.(What else do you see in the scene? What sounds do you hear? What emotions are you feeling? What do you smell and taste?).

6. Positive affirmations

Give yourself positive affirmations throughout your visualization. (I am a calm, healthy, and happy non-smoker).

7. Visualize each day

Repeat your one minute visualizations at least two times each day. Visualize yourself in different situations enjoying one or multiple benefits at the same time, always imagining yourself how you would like to be as a non-smoker. You may visualize yourself as if you were watching yourself on a movie screen or from the perspective of looking out of your own eyes. The ideal time to begin visualizing is as soon as you think you want to quit smoking.

Someone who had quit smoking several times, said with anguish, “No, I don’t want to quit smoking. I have done it on several occasions in the past— what I wish to do now is to kick smoking!”
Only when the resolution is that firm, can something tangible be achieved. All half-hearted measures are bound to fail! Ask any of the galaxies of smokers! Millions and millions! They want to give up smoking desperately. A smoker repeatedly thinks of giving up smoking!
There are several voluntary associations to help the smoker. Every small township generally has a health-care unit. But the unfortunate part of it is that, for every such unit, there are hundreds of small and big tobacco-products selling shops. The promotion campaign for these products goes on unabated, through newspapers, important periodicals, and TV channels (though it is banned to some extent) and the demand for tobacco products goes on increasing relentlessly.
Is it ever possible to quit smoking? Defeat nicotine?
Before trying to defeat your physical and psychological enemy, try to know its strength and to what extent it has taken hold of you because its destructive capacity is no less than additives such as heroin or cocaine.
Remember, in the blood of a hard smoker, each and every cell is surcharged with nicotine. It has become part of the blood. Therefore, pregnant mothers -beware! Your smoking is injurious not only to your health; it is dangerous for the tender baby within. Your smoking alone is responsible for this double tragedy.
With the failure of the first attempt to quit smoking, one should not get disheartened! Simply thinking routinely is not going to solve the problem. Resolute actions must follow. The courses run by the health care centers and hospitals may help you by way of information. But, ultimately remember that, it is you who have to quit smoking, for it is you who started smoking. You can build yourself or you can break yourself. That depends upon your will power.
Each withdrawal symptom is powerful and difficult to endure. At times you feel that the only way to get over them is to smoke- just one. If you succumb and slide, then it is doubly difficult to restart the pilgrimage to the smoke-free zone. So, with lots of determination, this dizziness, depression, irritability, anger headache, restlessness and trouble in concentrating will have to be tackled! But confront nicotine with a challenging poster. Which is better- your company with wrinkled skin, bad breath, bad smelling of hair, black teeth with cavities, and black lips or a glowing skin and a confident sparkling countenance?
Mark Twain said, “Quitting smoking is easy. I have done it a thousand times.” But please remember, Mark Twain has not told you to follow him. Your will power could be stronger than his!

As an unwilling smoker who wants to quit smoking you commit a basic mistake. You are in search for methods to quit smoking. What you need is a method to quit smoking. If you contemplate more than one method, perhaps you are not going to follow any one of them with determination. And without determination, you will not be able to quit smoking.
Of these methods, now you have to decide which one is most suitable for you. There is nothing like easy method and the hard method. The first month of your decision is going to be tough. If you sail through this tough stormy sea, calm waters may greet you ahead.
Now, you have a well devised plan and you are brimming with motivation. In the beginning you need to take the assistance of quit-smoking aids. These may give you some psychological edge, but in reality it will not help. In the first month, you will count each day and perhaps each hour of the day.
You are stressed, beyond the limit?and yet, you need to tolerate. Diet-planning can wait, but in the meantime make a time table for physical exercises, and for breathing exercises. Have fixed hours of sleep. One good point about you, the smoker is that you don’t smoke, while asleep, except in dreams.
Advertise a lot in your family, with your friends, in your office, that you are no more a smoker. Earnestly solicit the support of your well-wishers and family members in your effort to quit smoking.
When the urge becomes difficult to resist, that is the time to resist! Take a book on horror- fiction, sit on the computer, take a bath, go to the kitchen and start cooking your favorite dish.
All the tobacco products need to be out of bound for you. Destroy the existing stock. Never think of gifting them to your still smoking friends. That which is not beneficial for your health, how can it help their cause?
With your solid determination in tact, no harm is there in your taking recourse to smoking aids. Zyban, which is a prescription medicine, reduces your craving for nicotine. You can also try some herbal equivalents of Zyban and they do not require prescription, and they will do you some good. You can also take recourse to laser treatment.
But keep your will power in tact. Nothing to beat it. Will power is like the constitutional guarantee to an individual. You await a glorious time, full of inner freedom, totally devoid of smoke coils.
Good for you, better for people around you and the best happening, all things considered!