Let me first do a quick recap from a previous article. If you (or your clients) think that smoking is a habit, there are 7 reasons why. In this article, I list the first two of these reasons again plus suggest how you can release them.
- The smoker has a habit of considering smoking as a mere habit, and so is totally powerless to solve the real reasons why they smoke.
- One habit is the abdication of responsibility. “I smoke because it’s a habit” or “I smoke because there is a monkey on my back telling me to smoke” and various other excuses.
Let’s take number 1 first. Yes, it is popular to consider smoking a mere habit, so you can be forgiven for believing the hype. However, let’s say you use a particular brand of soap as a habit. If you want to change this habit, all you need to do is to write a shopping list with another brand of soap on it and buy this soap. Then you simply put it in the bathroom and start using it. But you cannot suddenly instruct yourself to breathe clean air instead of nicotine smoke. Well, actually 6% of people do succeed using willpower alone in this way. But a staggering 94% do not!
My observation is, time and time again, that there are emotional undercurrents propping up the smoking. And if you do not know what they are, that is OK. There is a very easy way to find out. Imagine going a whole day without cigarettes. On the plus side, we all know the advantages. But what about the minus side? What negatives would you feel? Make a note of them. These are the emotions that keep you smoking. Let them go and you can be free.
If you find it hard to imagine the negative side of not smoking, especially if you have been to hypnotherapy, attended Smoke Enders or Allen Carr to try to stop smoking, then you can try an experiment. Go 24 hours without smoking and note all your negative reactions. These may be irritability, lack of sleep, nervousness, anger, inability to concentrate, having a ravenous apatite, and so on. Make a note of them as you go along. The next day, when you are smoking again and calmer, make a plan to let go of these negative emotions that limit you. There are many ways; read on for some more suggestions.
For number 2, the abdication of responsibility, let me start by making one thing very clear. Of course nobody is accusing you of being irresponsible; after all, you are reading this article. That in itself is a sign of positive change and taking control of your life. And that is great!
However, sometimes the heavy load of taking responsibility may be too much. This is where it is very helpful to employ the services of an EFT or Tapping practitioner. Let someone else take some of that responsibility for you. Alternatively, or additionally, you can make use of the wonderful 12 Step concepts, Steps 1-3. These state:
Step 1 – We admitted we were powerless over our addiction – that our lives had become unmanageable
Step 2 – Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
Step 3 – Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God [or Spirit or The Universe]
Try saying these statements. If you are already a tapper or EFTer, you can turn each into an EFT statement and tap for it. Or you can meditate on them or say them as daily mantras. Of course, there are quicker ways when work with an expert, but these are things anyone can do on their own or in preparation.
So if you are a smoker who wants to quit, first and foremost you need to change these 2 habits. Then you will find quitting an easy process. You can do this yourself with EFT. All of the above is tappable. If you are new to tapping, scroll down and get my free EFT How-to for a basic introduction. You can also contact me for a one-to-one appointment for your freedom. Hypnotists and other practitioners that use tapping techniques, such as EFT, TFT or MTT, can help you to be totally free from the underlying reasons. Change is easy when you know how.
© Suzanne Zacharia 2010. My name is Suzanne Zacharia and I am committed to spreading the word about health options. I believe that the more and better options one has, the more choice there is.
A virus caught along with 5 other students at university at the end of 1986, plus medical negligence, meant that I got smokers lung at a relatively young age. In desperation for help with my symptoms and quality of life, I turned to complementary therapy, and I have outlived one doctor’s prognosis by many years now.
I am now a complementary therapist, author and trainer specializing in energy healing. I help ex-smokers-to-be and practitioners that help ex-smokers-to-be to achieve complete freedom from smoking with my Stop Smoking E-Book. Want to use this article? You can, as long as you credit me with it and invite your readers to get my FREE book “EFT How-To For You” at http://www.EFT-Scripts.com and my popular FREE online course “5 Days to Change Your Life” at http://www.NewAgeInternationalTraining.com