Side effects to stopping smoking by willpower alone - Driving

What to expect if you stop smoking by willpower alone

Someone who tries to stop smoking by willpower alone, might be surprised at the number of smoking ‘triggers’ that they have accumulated over the years.  Driving could be one of them… they might find that they light a cigarette whenever they are sitting at a red traffic light, or in a traffic jam, or even at a particular place in their normal everyday journeys.

When to expect it

If someone has tried to stop smoking by willpower alone, they may find that they want to smoke whenever they find themselves at their particular trigger points while driving.

Why does it happen?

Over their years of smoking, their mind has formed a link between some aspect of driving, or of a particular journey, and smoking.  So when they are in this particular situation, the link triggers a desire to smoke.

What you can do to help yourself

• By willpower alone, you will have to keep re-experiencing the situation, but this time without smoking, until it becomes second nature again, just like it is for a lifelong non-smoker.
   
• You could consider a session of stop smoking hypnotherapy with me! - See below for an explanation.

Why my clients find it easier

The 'need' to smoke comes from the individual's subconscious mind, weighing up the benefits of smoking, against the benefits of not smoking. 

The stop smoking hypnotherapy session sets about to change the subconscious balance, so that the person has no desire to smoke, because their subconscious mind finds that the benefits of not smoking, greatly outweigh the 'benefits' of smoking.

When this process happens, the mechanisms supporting these 'withdrawal symptoms' are no longer there.

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