Did you know that your subconscious mind stores all your habits, mental blocks and inhibitions? Each of these tendencies or properties comes with specific feelings and sensations. How did this come about? For each of these tendencies, at some point in time possibly when you were quite young, you experienced certain sensations or feeling repeatedly – some positive and others negative or unpleasant.

Because of the repetition, these emotions were reinforced and became more dominant in your mind and memory than other memories, experiences and feelings.

What then happens is that your subconscious mind tries to relive the experiences over and over again – which in turn reinforces them in your memory – especially the pleasant ones.

But how does that affect you as a smoker?

Basically, when you smoke a cigarette or cigar, you experience pleasant sensations – both mental and physical which you then associate with the smoking. Your subconscious mind then tries to get you to experience the thrills of the smoking again and again until it convinces you that smoking has become becomes a necessity for you.

To destroy the habit, it is necessary to persuade your subconscious that its conviction that smoking is beneficial to you or needed by you. One way to do this is to replace these memories with even more pleasant ones. One way of doing this is by using Hypnosis.

There are two main stages in the process of hypnosis:
The first step, is the relaxation stage and the second stage comprises of focusing on the unconscious actions or problems that lead you to smoke.

While you are relaxed, your subconscious mind is much more receptive to instruction. You will need to practice getting into this state several times until you perfect the art. Getting into the relaxed mode is essential for you to be hypnotized. Once you perfect this, you can turn your focus to problem solving. (Note that you can use the same method to solve most personal problems as well, not only smoking)

NLP is a method that focuses on finding out exactly what experts in a particular field or area do to produce excellent results and then applying the information to create models that you can learn to accomplish the same results.

The key to this method is careful examination, questioning and observation of the values and beliefs that lead to their success. The next step is developing strategies to cope with any challenges that arise – taking into the fact that we are all unique individuals e.g. if there are personal triggers that lead to your smoking, developing methods to avoid those triggers.

By: Phil Warren, A.I.I.P.,C.L.T.

A key strategy for living a longer, stronger, prolonged, healthier life comes as no surprise — don’t smoke. If you’re a smoker, you’re simply more likely to die prematurely — from heart or lung disease. Scientific facts prove that smoking can take more than 10 years off your life. But there’s good news. Quitting now means health benefits can start in just minutes, and your risk of heart disease is cut in half in about a year. Now, the question to be asked is: How serious are you in wanting to quit smoking?

There’s real hope for people who seriously want to stop smoking.

For more than 30 years now people all over the world have been helped with their addictions using a simple pain and drug free solution, yet it is still widely unknown in the United States. It’s a solution that has no reported side effects and is very relaxing. Laser Therapy or LLLT (low level laser therapy) uses a cold laser on various meridian points of the body to produce endorphins. Endorphins are the feel good chemical that the body naturally produces when you do something pleasurable. That increase in endorphin levels, helps minimize cravings that one might feel during the first days after one quits smoking, or during a weight loss program to help reduce sugar / food cravings. It’s also a highly effective way to reduce stress. Most people after having laser therapy of this type report a calmness and reduction in stress levels.

The problem with the quit smoking patches and drugs sold or prescribed in the marketplace.

Until now, drugs that purport to help you quit smoking have largely ignored the root of the problem Nicotine — the chemical that keeps you hooked to those insidious packs of cigarettes and unless you rid your body of that nasty chemical as quickly as possible the success of any Smoking Cessation treatment is reduced dramatically.

This is why LLLT professionals also suggest a simple yet effective detoxification regime that includes vitamins, minerals and liquids to help rid the body of toxins such as nicotine. The vitamins and minerals in this detoxification program are readily available natural products that have been in use for many, many years and are now combined in a unique way to help rid the body of nicotine.

In conjunction with the laser therapy and detoxification program a relaxation CD is usually provided to help people keep calm and reduce stress a reason many people give as to why they started smoking in the first place or why they are unable to stop.

Studies from Asia, Canada and the United Kingdom are producing quite remarkable success rates and the emphasis on Nicotine detoxification is providing a long-term solution to this life threatening addiction.

However, this therapy is by no means a magic bullet, it takes a willingness and determination on the part of the smoker to stick with the two week detoxification program, make permanent but simple lifestyle changes and of course the desire to stop.

About the author: Phil Warren A.I.I.P., C.L.T. and his Matrix Laser Centers are at the forefront of this new and exciting laser technology to help you quit smoking — in most instances after only one 60-minute appointment. Call 619-260-9191 today for a free initial expert consultation filled with information to help you effectively, efficiently and positively change your lifestyle. For more information check out http://www.matrixlasercenters.com

If you have developed a smoking habit and ever tried to stop, then you probably know how hard it is to stop smoking, not only because your body craves the nicotine you are trying to deny yourself but also because there is an extremely powerful psychological aspect to smoking in terms of how it makes you feel better, more relaxed etc.

Indeed this craving for these effects is so strong that you probably didn’t last very long on your first attempt to stop – otherwise you probably wouldn’t be reading this article. It can be quite painful to try and break the habit, but while the cravings may make it seem impossible for you to stop smoking, it is however possible to stop with a little help.

Since there is a mental aspect to quitting smoking, lets deal with that. The first mental problem you will face is the fact that because you are thinking about stopping and denying yourself your favourite pleasure, cigarettes (or whatever you smoke) are constantly on your mind – so the first thing you need to do is distract your mind from thinking about them. How? By both thinking about other things and keeping yourself active with other things especially during those periods you would have sneaked off for a smoke break.

You will need to identify the factors that lead to you having a smoke – is it pain, anger, frustration, boredom, a particular time you are used to going on a smoke break? Identify what they are and schedule some other positive activity for that period.

Obviously, you mustn’t have any smokes with you or be around colleagues, friends or family who have them and will give them to you on demand or when you are weak. So you will need to endure the loss of your smoking buddies until you can break your habit – at least in areas or places where they smoke. The very last thing you want is to be able to smell cigarette smoke. If your partner smokes inside your home you will need them to smoke elsewhere for the duration and perhaps from now on.

If you can go a day without smoking, you can go 3 days, a week, a fortnight, a month etc. Don’t kick yourself if you fail, think of it like a sportsperson who can only do 3 minutes of exercise on the first try. They don’t give up rather they bounce back and try do more or get better next time. Similarly, you need to develop endurance. So if your effort fails after 2 days. Try again and again – and again, improving each time and reinforcing your ability to withstand the cravings both psychologically and physically as your body gets more and more used to not getting the nicotine.

Also combine your will power with other methods such as patches etc.

Once you are able to break these cravings, both chemical and psychological, you will be much better positioned to quit smoking. The cravings may not disappear completely so don’t let your guard down. You are still likely to miss smoking or desire them at points where they fulfilled a need or you had programmed yourself for a smoke e.g. after a nice meal at a restaurant.