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wolfy
Citizen
Username: Locowolfy
Post Number: 42
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 7:55 pm: | 
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HELLO ALL,
does anyone have any experience with hypnotherapy
to quit smoking? any person locally who does this?? GREAT success?? PLEASE respond!!! |
mickey
Citizen
Username: Mickey
Post Number: 398
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 8:23 pm: |
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wolfy,
I'm sorry... I've never smoked and I can't answer your question. But FWIW, I think it's a noble and great thing to quit and I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers (seriously, I will pray for your smoking cessation...I don't know who you are, but I'm pretty sure God does). Good luck and I hope MOL comes thru with some good ideas for you. |
jeffl
Supporter
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1581
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2006 - 10:00 pm: |
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I used to do hypnotherapy and did my dissertation on hypnosis. If you're highly susceptible, it can help. There's something called the Eye Roll Test which, supposedly, is a measure of hypnotizability. Have someone watch you as you do this:
Upward gaze of the eyes, followed by the eye roll test. The subject is asked to look
upward as far as possible while keeping the lids open. Then the subject is asked to close
the eyelids, and the examiner sees how much sclera is showing between the iris and lower
lid.
People who are highly susceptible can continue to gaze upwards while they drop their eyelids. An observer will see mostly white. People who aren't susceptible drop their gaze back to normal as their eyelids close.
If you can continue to gaze upwards as you close your eyelids you have a shot at being susceptible enough to benefit from hypnotherapy for smoking cessation. It still takes will power.
I'd also do the patch and/or Zyban. Stack the deck in your favor. There's also an abundance of self-help from the American Lung Association. If you go to your primary care physician, he/she should be able to help you with all of these things...except the hypnotherapist. They're hard to come by...and don't believe anyone who tells you that anyone can be hypnotized. It's not true. Susceptibility is a bell-shaped curve. If you're on the extreme end, you're golden. The other 90% of the population can't really benefit much from it.
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TomR
Citizen
Username: Tomr
Post Number: 976
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 12:58 pm: |
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wolfy,
I'm quitting this weekend.
Do you want to join my on-line support group?
If you do, it'll be you and I.
Good luck.
TomR |
jeffl
Supporter
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1582
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 1:54 pm: |
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More than anything else, having a "quit buddy" has been shown to be effective in smoking cessation. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12431
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 1:56 pm: |
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Good luck!
My father did hypnosis but the thing that really worked was smokers anonymous, because having quit buddies made all the difference.
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VinnyM
Citizen
Username: Frodo
Post Number: 125
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 3:45 pm: |
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I just quit smoking---I'll join the group----I can definitely use a buddy when the craving hits
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mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 5733
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 3:50 pm: |
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I quit too..I used the patch and paxil. I heard accupuncture works well too. I sure miss smoking though, but I feel so much better. I'm now addicted to yoga and I've actually lost weight. Best of luck!
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The Libertarian
Citizen
Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 1541
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 5:07 pm: |
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nobody likes a quitter. now pull yourself up by the boot straps and soldier on with that smoking thing! |
The Soulfullest Mr T
Citizen
Username: Howardt
Post Number: 1426
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 5:41 pm: |
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BADDA-BING! |
The Libertarian
Citizen
Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 1543
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 6:43 pm: |
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smoking is good for you. it toughens up the lungs!
only cowards are quitters. now pick up that cigarette and once more into the breach! |
Sherri De Rose
Citizen
Username: Honeydo
Post Number: 56
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 7:20 pm: |
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I quit smoking in 1975 with Smokenders. At the time they had local meetings, but I think now it is an on-line group. It is a nine week system whereby each week you change the habit (no lighters only matches, changing the hand you use, no smoking during TV watching etc) as well as smoking lower and lower nicotine cigarettes. I have not had a cigarette in all this time. Their credo is one cigarette equals one pack equals one carton. You can never ever have even one cigarette after you quit. Good Luck. |
The Libertarian
Citizen
Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 1545
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 8:14 pm: |
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and if you do smoke they cut off your pinkie. |
Pdg
Citizen
Username: Pdg
Post Number: 411
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 9:07 pm: |
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OH!  What was the name of that movie???
Stephen King, right? |
Shanabana
Citizen
Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 204
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 10:35 pm: |
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Jeffl: that Eye Roll Test test sounds very circa 1850!
My step grandma quit smoking in her 70's with hypnotherapy. She was very putt off by the cost, and figured she might as well make it work.
I quit smoking. It was HARD. I was very ANGRY a lot of the time. (I wish I had been willing to try anti-depressants.) I got over it. If you drink alcohol, be careful.
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The Libertarian
Citizen
Username: Local_1_crew
Post Number: 1549
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 10:40 pm: |
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cats eye |
mimi
Citizen
Username: Mimi
Post Number: 205
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 12:06 am: |
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have you tried "the book?" allen carr's "easy way to quit smoking." i know a ton of people (myself included) who had great success with it.
good luck.
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knak
Citizen
Username: Knak
Post Number: 135
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 12:37 am: |
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The NJ Dept. of Health has a free smoking cessation program, with hotline & web resources:
New Jersey Quitline
(1-866-NJ-STOPS)
Free telephone-based counseling service, available six days a week in 26 languages
Counselors trained by the Mayo Foundation
Individualized treatment plan, ongoing support, and follow-up
New Jersey QuitnetSM
http://www.nj.quitnet.com
Free online information, counseling, and referral service, 24-7
Good luck! |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12457
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 12:12 pm: |
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Smokenders. That's it. Not smokers anonymous. I don't even know if there is a smokers anonymous.
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usmale78
Citizen
Username: Usmale78
Post Number: 101
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 3:16 pm: |
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ONE WORD-------Z Y B A N
Worked for me 2 packs a day down to 2 cigs a day. next day ,nothing . That was 1995. good luck |
george H
Citizen
Username: Georgieboy
Post Number: 122
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 4:12 pm: |
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Its been 6 wks.so far using the Nicoderm CQ patch and I can honestly say that I've had no urges and only a few fleeting thoughts.ie:after a meal,with a cup of coffee,etc.For me,what worked was talking it up to my freinds and family and setting a date that they were aware of.When the day came,I threw out my smokes,slapped on a patch,and have'nt looked back.I was up to 2.5 packs a day and smoked for 35 yrs.with a 2 yr.period that I quit,using Zyban,which I found gave me insomnia,not to mention a rotten disposition.This time,pc.of cake.I guess I was just ready to do it.Honestly,if I knew it was this easy,I would have quit a long time ago. |
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