Let's Talk About Nicotine Withdrawals.
It is often said that trying to quit smoking leaves you with "horrendous" withdrawals symptoms such as:

• strong cravings
• irritability
• sleeping difficulties
• feelings of anxiety, even depression     
• concentration difficulties
• restlessness
• mood swings
• and more!

The reason for these symptoms is said to be nicotine withdrawal. Well, I have seen people on nicotine patches still want to smoke,
so how does that work? And why is it that people who have hypnotherapy to quit smoking can do so from one day to the next
without patches, gum, drugs, and never have a symptom of withdrawal? Instead a feeling of elation, confidence and success.

If someone can stop having 60 -100 cigarettes a day and go to zero overnight, with not experience one withdrawal symptom or craving, how do you explain that?

If nicotine is out of your system within a couple of days, why would you want to keep topping it up with patches, gum, or drugs that contain higher doses of nicotine than cigarettes? You are almost over smoking, why keep having it in other forms?

From my experience, which is literally hundreds of people just for quitting smoking, they have quit, without symptoms, sometimes in one session, but most times within the  three that I usually do as a package. Very few have not quit, and I mean 1-2%. 

Sometimes people have preconceived ideas as to how difficult it is to quit and they like to hang on to these ideas as it justifies their habit. What is usually holding them back is fear. Fear of the unknown. Is it really so horrendous to quit? What would happen if I stop and my friends don't, will I lose them? What will I do instead?

I had one client who needed a double lung transplant and only came to get help because his doctor wouldn't perform the surgery unless he stopped smoking. I understand this, as obviously the lungs should be donated to someone who will take care of them.
However, the client was so busy rebelling against the fact that he was told he had to stop smoking, he refused to give up as no-one was "telling him what to do".

As mentioned previously in other articles, hypnotherapy is about bringing about the changes that YOU want, not what the therapist thinks you should have. When you have Hypnotherapy it is about empowering you to make the changes that are important to YOU.

Your attitude is what can hold you back.If you turn up and say "I can't be hypnotized" and play games with yourself that you can 'beat the therapist', you actually lose. It is important to keep an open mind and go with the flow.

During a session I go to great lengths to explain all to my client as knowledge is power, and power is control. When you have knowledge and then power over your thoughts you have control over your actions. You also lose the fear.

It is ok to let your guard down and accept suggestions instead of resisting them as this is how you will succeed.

Many smokers have limiting beliefs and once these are acknowledged and replaced by empowering ones, life changes.
I am sure you have done things in the past that never thought you could, but succeeded anyway, despite yourself.

Don't wait another day as EVERY cigarette hurts.