You have chosen your beliefs about smoking…and about quitting smoking. Those beliefs can be changed…if you choose to change them.
Think about it. What was your initial physical reaction when you first inhaled those poisonous fumes? Probably not a pleasant one. Your body was trying to tell you something by rejecting the cigarettes.
But you probably ignored your body's signals. You consciously chose to believe that smoking made you feel better, more relaxed, and more confident, and not sick to your stomach as it actually did. As time went on, you continued smoking and became addicted to the nicotine. You then started to mistake the relief of feeding that addiction with feelings of relaxation and confidence.
So, many years later, after smoking countless thousands of cigarettes, you have reinforced those unhelpful beliefs about smoking and how hard it is to quit. You have also trained your unconscious mind to wrongly associate the process of lighting and smoking a cigarette with feeling good, confident and relaxed.
How can you re-train yourself to quit smoking?
There are safe, natural and effective ways to retrain the unconscious mind of a smoker to disregard those false beliefs about smoking and how hard it is to quit, and to swap those unconscious benefits for something altogether more exciting and fulfilling - feeling absolutely great!
One of these methods is called Neuro-Linguistic-Programming (NLP), which is a form of Hypnotherapy. NLP has proven to be one of the easiest, most successful methods to quit smoking. It works so well because both our beliefs about smoking and our habitual smoking behaviors reside within our unconscious mind. So while consciously we may wish to quit, all too often our all-powerful unconscious mind simply doesn't let us.
How does NLP work to help you quit smoking?
Simply put, it safely replaces the all-too-familiar withdrawal pangs of irritability, mood swings and cravings (the primary reasons why people fail to permanently quit smoking), with feelings of relaxation, improved self confidence and overall happiness.
This method is safe, completely natural and has produced dramatic results. In fact, 97.2% of smokers who have tried it have quit smoking for good. Inexpensive, do-it-yourself courses have recently become available that make NLP easy for just about anyone to use. Learn more about how to quit smoking using NLP.
About the Author
David R. Green is a medical author and researcher who reviews the latest quit smoking solutions on the market. For more information about NLP and how it can benefit you, click here.
1 comment:
Hi,
Thanks for sharing such wonderful post. I feel one must chalk out a plan, set short term goals, to quit smoking and emphasize on the benefits of being nicotine-free.
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