Would like to give up smoking - hypnotherapists reputed to work

SourBrandy


Joined: 24/07/2010
Posts: 84

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:10

I would like to give up the weed and have been told that hypnotherapy works. Don't want to do cold turkey, allergic to patches and chewing gum/tablets make me sick.... 60 a day chum told me that she tried hypno and it worked, also another 60 a dayer in the UK did hypno, hasn't smoked for two years. Is there anybody that can do this in the North, or South if it had to be so?

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:18

sour brandy..You will only find out if you try it.I found out the hard way..Quadruple bypass when I was 63..Been ok since apart from putting on 3 stone. best of luck with what ever you do,



Ps..when the doc. told me what was required it frightened me that much I have never touched a cigarrete since...

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:39

"Don't want to do cold turkey"



I would leave it until well after Christmas in that case...



Actually I would... for one very obvious reason... the temptations provided by the season will almost certainly weaken your resistance. If you've tried before and failed then this is not the time...



However give it a couple of weeks and then use the power of your own mind to do the deed.



Step one: Watch someone smoking and visualise the harmful smoke, tar and other chemicals invading their lungs and killing them... slowly. No don't just glance at them... really watch them.



Step two: look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself... "do I really want to look like that and more importantly do I want to stop?" If the replies are 'no' and 'yes' then you have your answer



Step three: try not to get arrested doing step one....

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 18:51

Willpower is the only way,you want to give up or not, don`t make excuses before you start.

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 20:15

Hi there I had my last cigarette last April, and was a dedicated smoker, never wanting to give up, smoking 20 a day....I was told to read a book by Allen Carr, the Easy Way....I did just to shut up my kids, but blow me down it actually worked....how can reading a book stop you smoking!! It did, not only did it stop me smoking, I didnt even want to smoke and havent been tempted since the day I finished reading it..The book makes you smoke all the way through reading it.....and it is not till the end of reading it you have your last cigarette....I worked for me and hundreds of others, so save your money trying to find a hypnatist and buy the book, the best tenner you will ever spend.....I am a very very happy non smoker.................good luck

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 22:35

The chemist in Catalkoy can get you tablets called CHAMPIX. They work by changing the sensors in the brain and you no longer enjoy it. You continue to smoke until you feel that you don't want to anymore.



BTW They will make you feel ill if they are taken on an empty stomach and eventually the fags will make you feel sick, even the smell of someone else's.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 22:48

Does the Hypnotherapy work by itself or do you need to have the will power as well?

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
15/12/2010 22:51

SourBrandy - I used to smoke to excess, especially if I was in the pub. I decided that it was not a good idea to smoke given all the information we have, and how it affects our health.

I just made up my mind that I was a non smoker.

It was a little too late because many years later I had a heart attack, which I may not have had if I'd never smoked.

And believe me a heart attack is not a good thing!

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
16/12/2010 00:52

Please Do not get champix without a full dr's medical. The Dr's in UK do not prescribe it willy nilly as it can cause severe pschyological abnormalities, has been known to cause suicidal tendancies also. I work for a dr and when this was first available he swore blind that it was an evil drug and would do more harm than good, he would not prescribe it........

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
16/12/2010 00:56

please please do not go champix route my son did and took an overdose, please i beg you. he came out of it and still smokes

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
16/12/2010 01:04

Just read the book, The easy way...............! It really is that easy, no will power needed!!

SourBrandy


Joined: 24/07/2010
Posts: 84

Message Posted:
17/12/2010 12:18

Thanks for all these replies everybody. I have tried with the willpower and obviously mine's not strong enough. I did well on the patches but then I became allergic......



The trouble is that I like smoking......!!



I'll try to get the book - can I get through Amazon?

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
17/12/2010 13:01

DO get the book, yes definately through Amazon......let me know how you get in, I didnt want to give up, I enjoyed it too, but somehow you just give up whilst reading this book, it is truley amazing

mikea11


Joined: 15/06/2008
Posts: 254

Message Posted:
17/12/2010 18:47

I am on Champix and into my third week, so far really good. Yes I did see the nurse at my practice and she explained possible side effects but so far so good. Just be aware that's all I can say.

joanie1


Joined: 25/07/2008
Posts: 164

Message Posted:
17/12/2010 19:29

Just think about what else you could do with the money you are wasting - going up in smoke. For what it's worth - here is my advice - and I gave up smoking 24 years ago.



1. Get an envelope - call it 'my treats'



2. Every day put the exact amount of money in that you would have wasted blowing smoke rings



3. It really worked for me - after two weeks I was so horrified that I never wanted to smoke again.



4. I kept putting the money in for another month and for six months kept a packet of cigarettes in the house

but never needed them - the treats I bought more than compensated.



5. You don't need patches etc - just think of all that lovely money.



Hope this helps (you won't necessarily put on weight either) - you'll have more breath to go walking. swimming etc.



Joan