Alternative quit smoking methods

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Smokers use many different products to help them through quitting their habit. However, more alternative methods have become popular as people look for new ways to help beat the withdrawal effects of smoking.

These methods include things like hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy attributes smoking to a problem with the mind and therefore looks at breaking down mental barriers.

The hypnotherapist will put the smoker into a deep trance and through a series of suggestive techniques; the aim is to break through the smoking wall so that the smoker is free from the constant feeling of needing a cigarette. One smoker said, “I really recommend hypnotherapy. I have been a smoker for over ten years and could never be strong enough to stop the habit. With the hypnotherapy sessions, which lasted the course of two months, I gradually began to feel like I
regained control of my health and my mind. Nicotine no longer ruled it.”

Other alternative methods include acupuncture. This is the process of unblocking energy points through the body, such as on the back or wrists, by using long, thin needles. The thought behind this is that smoking is a habit which is clogging up the smoker’s body, and should be freed so that the energy can flow once again. It sees smoking as an “illness” which can be cured by unclogging it.

One smoker who has tried this technique said, “Me and my husband tried this method. It worked for me but not for him. I think it really does depend on the individual. He went on to try nicotine replacement methods which worked a lot better for him, such as the electronic cigarette. The e cigarette meant that he was gradually weaning himself off of the nicotine and he found it a much easier process to endure. For me, acupuncture helped me to feel like smoking didn’t reign my body and it put me back in control. I think each and every smoker has their own battle.”

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