Smoking Cession-It's as Easy as 1,2,3

According to Cancer.Org there are over 47 million smokers in the United States alone. Of those people, 80% said they wish they had never started in the first place. My guess is you are one of the 80% since you are reading this article. Quitting smoking is never easy, nearly everyone has to deal with cravings, withdrawals, and the thought of failure as well as many other issues. Quitting smoking shouldn't have to be a negative ordeal, once you do quit imagine how good you are going to feel and how much more you will be able to do with your time and finances. You just have to find the right way to quit.

For almost all smokers cravings and withdrawals are a nightmare. Often they are so strong, many don't want to even attempt to quit. You know how you feel when you have a craving, maybe you feel jittery or nervous. Others feel physically ill while going through withdrawals or cravings. Some people feel a craving during everyday situations such as driving, talking on the phone or after a meal. Your brain has learned this trigger through behavior, and associates it with smoking.

There are also emotional connections to smoking for many smokers. Often people start smoking because of stress, depression, or maybe they associate smoking with happy memory or have a cigarette as a reward. These emotional connections need to be dealt with in order to accomplish your goal.

Being unsuccessful in your attempts can break down your self confidence and make it much harder for you to reach your goal. It takes the average smoker nine times before they are successful in quitting. By trying and not being successful multiple times your brain has learned another behavior, failure. Quitting does not have to take you nine times. If you successfully discover your triggers and emotional connections to smoking while building your self confidence, you will complete your goal easily.

Smoking is an expensive habit. The average pack of cigarette costs $4.22, add this up to see what you could be saving over the next year. What will you do with the extra money? Go on vacation? Buy new clothes? Maybe buys a new TV. The possibilities are endless. It is also very time consuming. The average cigarette takes ten minutes to smoke, think of how many extra minutes you could have in the day for other things like exercise or other hobbies.

According the a study done by Texas A & M University, 81% of people who quit smoking, do so through hypnosis, making it the number one smoking cession aid available. Sometimes just the thought of quitting and all that goes along with it is just too much to think about, but hypnosis will help you through all of the obstacles you may face. It will help you quit without the cravings, withdrawals, and the feeling of failure. It addresses both the emotional attachments, cravings and learned behaviors that go along with smoking cession.

80% of those who smoke, wish they didn't start according to Cancer.org. There are many treatments out there for smoking cession and many reasons to quit. You have no more excuses. You know what needs to be done in order for you to lead a happy, healthy life. It is time to make a choice, and only you can make that decision. Act now, don't be one of the 80% who wish they hadn't started, be one of the 80% who have quit.

Article Source: http://www.health-fitness-for-all.com

Patrick Glancy, NGH Board Certified Hypnotist with a focus on
behavior modification for Quit Smoking Hypnosis
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