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Side effects to stopping smoking by willpower alone - Television

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 you have accumulated over the years.  Watching television could be one of them… they might find that they  light a cigarette whenever there is an advert break in the programme they are watching, or at the end of the programme.

When to expect it

If someone has tried to stop smoking by willpower alone, may find themselves wanting to smoke at any of the many 'trigger' points that can exist while watching the television.

Why does it happen?

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

Over your years of smoking, their mind has formed a link between some aspect of watching TV, advert breaks, waiting between programmes, and smoking.  So when they are in this particular situation, the link triggers a desire to smoke.

What you can do to help yourself

There are two main things that 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 hypnosis with me! - See below for an explanation.

Why my clients find it easier

The reason that this can be difficult for people who stop smoking by willpower alone, is that they think about smoking in these situations. 

Once they have thought about it, they begin to build a desire to smoke, which builds and builds until they cannot help themselves, and they (eventually) give into their temptation. 

The difference for clients who have been through my stop smoking hypnotherapy session is that they won’t necessarily even think about the act of smoking in the first place… with the originating thought removed, the desire to smoke cannot build, and so the person is no longer trying not to smoke, they don’t even think about it. 

Think about a life-long non-smoker for… they don’t find it difficult not to smoke… it simply doesn’t occur to them in the first place.

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