Quitting Smoking

[Havocizzle]

Thought I would share this.


I smoked since I was very very young. Like first cigarette around 11, but was caught and beat/forced to smoke a pack.

I really started around 14 and smoked the majority of the time up to about 34/35. Everything from a few a day to a pack and a half a day.

I have been a non-smoker for a few years now. Around 5 or 6 now I can't recall as my memory is shite. I quit once cold turkey. Terrible way to go.

I quit this last time using hypno-therapy. It's not what you think. There was no sedation or putting me under some spell.

The first session had no hypnosis. It was more of a therapy session in that we discussed why I like smoking, and why I didn't, in depth. He explained the process and how it works. You have to actually want to quit. Really want it. Hypnosis is not magic.

I know the power of the mind. Studying Shaolin Kung Fu and the monks, you learn what you can do. So, I knew...KNEW...that I could quit with this method.

The second session was hypnosis. But not fall asleep hypnosis. The way he explained it was; "when you started smoking it wasn't immediate pleasure, you had to convince your mind that this coughing and choking on smoke was gonna be ok. It will get better. We are doing the same thing in reverse using hypnosis. Telling your mind that you don't want to smoke and that it will get better. I was awake and cognitive the whole time.

He sent me home with a CD to listen to that had the same suggestive phrases on it. I would come home and listen to it as I napped after work.

To this day, 5 years later, I haven't had a single smoke. No cravings. Nothing. I even recall on 2 occasions turning down a cigarette in my dreams. It was that strong. I often laugh because I can here this guy telling me to say it over and over again. "I am a non smoker".

It cost me $250 for the hypnosis. Since then I estimate saving at least $9,000. That's conservative at $150 a month. Really I think it's closer to $12,000.


So, if you really want to quit, this really is an option that worked for me.


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[Blackbeard]

I'm using the ecig route

Ideals are peaceful, History is violent

[krotek]

I actually wanna quit cold turkey. I know what I'm up against. Sad to say, though, living with someone else who smokes and might not want to stop is actually what's making it hard to quit. At work, it's really hard to even want to smoke because of the traveling involved, so if I were to quit I could save myself time at breaks.

[Prime_killer8521]

Switch to eCigs, Vapes, or Hookah Pens.

If they stand up, put them back down.

[Havocizzle]

Part of the reason I quit was to stop giving money away. E cigs are great if they help quit. But then you gotta quit e cigs too. Replacing one habit with another. Still better than smoking. All I know is I don't miss it, especially during winter when I see all those poor bastards outside.

[SECJay]

Mate that's awesome news!! It's will power & determination to give up brother.... I started when I was 18 & now gone a year without a cigarette...


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[StormySGT ELIAS]

Don't you mean smoking a fag.

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[bertushead]

If you don't start smoking you don't have to quitting it.

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[Havocizzle]

If you don't start smoking you don't have to quitting it.

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Well that's a good idea for some people. That would be a different thread....maybe one called "Never start smoking" with tips on how to never start lol


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[CAG CheechDogg]

I quit smoking 4 years ago cold motherfucking turkey. I don't crave it or need it. I stopped for medical reasons and just yesterday I had to get a CTSCAN of my fucking chest because my left lung is not expanding correctly and might have lung cancer.

That is probably why I have had strokes because of the lack of oxygen to my fucking brain. Is it worth it I asked you?