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Ya gotta actually want to give up, i loved smoking really did and was a fairly hard core smoker, if ya could smoke it i did (no, not the crack hore stuff either) cigs cigars (mmm captain black sweet filtered cigars like smoking chocolate hahahaha) pipe baccy you name it. BUT i wanted to give up, be a non smoker. Didnt read much about it (hypno) but was over wearing 2x 24 hr patches nd still chaffing 50+ a day let alone a session at the pub!! Nicco chewys smokeless cigs was costing me a mootsa. So heard about a 50yr hard core smoker (mates uncle) who went to a bloke here in Adelaide and BAM never touched em again no withdrawals, nothin. So i think WTF not give it a crack $200 wasnt gunna bust the bank.
So anyway typical how youd imagine a physcologists practice to be, nice big leather recliner, bit of incence ya get it. Anyway it started with watching the watch concentrating only on the watch.......................closing your eyes.....................................
At all times you are totally aware of whats going on around you, if someone was to walk into the room youd open your eyes straight away so its not some full on deep hypnosis, just a state of pure relaxation. He makes suggestions, like you will not like the smell of cigs the smell may even make you feel crook. When you see someone smoking you will think how stupid they look and why would you do that to yourself etc etc. Then He turns off a light switch which is "symbolic" of the addiction. Warns you if you even take one drag on a smoke after that you will be turning the addiction back on. Takes about half hr 45 mins, and BAM for me no more smoking :)
He encourages you to have a smoke on you way to see him but know thats gunna be ya last. Dont have ashtrays at home or other smoke paraphenalia (sorry no spell check). My missus did it also but only lasted 6 months no cravings at all but went overseas backpacking through china and started up before i caught up with her, went back 1 year later and hasnt hed one for 5+ yeasrs now.
So when we got home we knew we werent smokers but didnt know (sounds weird i know) just felt like we were missing out on something but couldnt pin point what. That feeling lasted the night and by the morning i new id never smoke again. Went to site the next day and the smell was frokn shocking hated the smell of cigs. First couple of yeasrs had like bad dreams (not nightmares) that id started smoking again and was bulk pissed off with myself, but happy as when i woke up in the morning and realised it was a dream :)
Ive reccomended 3 mates to this bloke and theyve all been successful.
I was telling myself for the week leading up that on such n such a date id be a non smoker and smoked flat out until i walked through his door. Good luck with it man its the best thing to get rid of guaranteed
Oh gotta say his voice was weired as when hes talking to you while yer "under" very syllabolistic still makes me chuckle when i think about it. heres a link to the bloke i saw and the method he uses, go for it!!
http://www.helpingothers.biz/
PS if it didnt work i woulda tried accupuncture next, but it did
