In our last post, we talked about desire and decision, two of the three prerequisites that you’ll need to quit smoking. In this edition, we’ll talk about the third prerequisite, the one that is required for you to quit smoking without having to suffer from feelings of withdrawal or weight gain, it’s called Learning. In addition, I will reveal the magic pill, like I promised a couple of posts ago.
The third prerequisite is called Learning: In order to quit smoking without having to suffer from feelings of withdrawal or weight gain, you’ll need to learn how to remain calm and relaxed without your cigarettes. Are you wondering how you’re going to do that? Patience please. YOU HAVE DESIRE, AND YOU HAVE DECISION, SO NOW ITS TIME FOR A LITTLE REVIEW
- You were programmed as an infant to get relaxation and pleasure from having things in your mouth. When you get stressed, you crave something in your mouth, a cigarette.
- You have unconsciously associated the image of a cigarette with different activities like drinking coffee, TV, phone, etc. So when you engage in those activities, you get cravings and urges. They are called conditioned responses.
- In order to quit, you have to:
- Want to quit - which is Desire. Decide to quit - which is Decision
- In order to remain a comfortable non-smoker, you have to:
a) Program your unconscious to automatically substitute other behaviors in place of the cigarettes that are:
i) As effective at keeping you relaxed as a cigarette in your mouth is
ii) As available as a cigarette (can be substituted on the spur of the moment in almost any situation)
b) You have to erase the conditioned responses by programming your mind to automatically stop flashing the unconscious image of a cigarette, and start flashing an image of yourself engaged in the same activity, without the cigarette. (Note: Now you know why I named the program “Quit Smoking In A Flash!”)
You are going to learn how to quickly make these changes so that you can stay comfortable without the cigarettes by using hypnosis, what else? But NOT the kind of hypnosis that you are probably thinking of.
Not by using post-hypnotic suggestions in the traditional sense, because for most people, post-hypnotic suggestions will definitely NOT work! Do you hate to be told what to do, like most people? If so, programs that use post-hypnotic commands and suggestions are NOT going to help you one little bit.
Well boys and girls, we are out of time today. So stay tuned for the next issue where you’ll learn what kinds of hypnosis will enable you to make these changes in an effortless manner.
Until then, the best thing that you can do for yourself is to visualize yourself as a healthy person who has never smoked a cigarette. See yourself in all of the situations that you “used” to smoke in, only see yourself as a non-smoker. Picture all of the good things that you would like to have happen for you because you are a non-smoker. Do this exercise on a daily basis.
In the mean time, feel free to stop by the site and take a look at “Quit Smoking In A Flash!” and “I Quit Smoking!” These two programs are mainly based on Ericksonian Hypnosis, and NLP.
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