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How To Kick Chewing Tobacco With Hypnosis |
Written by Alan B. Densky, CH
Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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If you think smokeless tobacco is "up to snuff" and safe, think again. Whatever you like to call it - chewing, dipping or spitting - it is every bit as hazardous as smoking. Many medical professionals believe more so because users are less aware of the risks. Cancers of the mouth, lips, tongue and throat can swiftly progress in people who use smokeless tobacco and cause grotesque and debilitating - even lethal - results. Despite the painful and dangerous consequences of smokeless tobacco, quitting with usual practices is extremely difficult. A lot of people think the reason lies in nicotine, a natural, super toxic chemical found in tobacco that is the plant's guard to prevent being eaten by bugs. Comparing equal quantities, nicotine is more lethal than snake venom or strychnine, and three times more lethal than arsenic. When dipping, the nicotine makes its way to the brain in under 10 seconds, where it creates a flood of dopamine, resulting in a relaxing feeling. Nicotine also promotes adrenaline production, so it both energizes and calms. However, the mental component of smokeless tobacco addiction is much stronger and produces many more obstacles to quitting smokeless tobacco than nicotine. A lot of users had their first dip as early as nine years old. In as little as a few months, using smokeless tobacco becomes a fixed habit that yields reliable stress relief. In addition to the psychological conditioning, a social conditioning takes place, as images of many sports celebrities dipping also attract young users. Knowing that there are individual physical and emotional issues that contribute to a chewing habit makes it easier to develop a plan to prevail smokeless tobacco addiction. Let's look at each element individually and look at effective methods to curb them. Dipping for Relaxation and Pleasure: Just like using a pacifier to calm a restless child, over the course of time, people who use tobacco products start to associate putting an object in their mouths with satisfaction and relaxation. Curbing the effects of tobacco usage involves addressing all components of the addiction. Dipping Tobacco is a Conditioned Response: The classic case in point of a conditioned response relates to Pavlov and his dogs, which were trained to anticipate food - and thus began salivating - after a bell was rung. In relation, if, for example, you always use chewing tobacco after each meal, you will consequently develop a desire to chew when you get finished eating. In your mind, the images of folding the napkin and pushing the play away may be linked to using snuff, even though you are not conscious of it. Becoming aware of the situations or trigger images can help you defeat cravings. The Physical Addiction to Nicotine, But ... : Despite the intense addiction, medical professionals maintain that the physical part of nicotine addiction is quelled after people quit using tobacco for seven days. It's my firm belief that nicotine addiction comprises a mere 10 percent of smokeless tobacco dependency. As such, 90 percent of the fight to quit dipping is overcoming the mental and emotional components. So what does this mean for people like you who would like to quit? Quitting becomes much easier if you can: A. Address and eliminate the anxiety and tension that compels you to use smokeless tobacco B. Cancel the conditioned responses to chew in specific settings But how does a person defeat those issues? Self-hypnosis offers a way to tackle the psychological and emotional components of the addiction while reducing impediments, which will eliminate the withdrawal symptoms. When we realize how self-hypnosis works, it makes the decision to quit dipping much easier to assume. When people dip for relaxation and pleasure, it's to calm feelings of stress. People often play the same images over in their heads, like a bad movie, which leaves them feeling tense and anxious. With self-hypnosis and different Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques, you retrain your brain to instantaneously and naturally stop stress-inducing images and substitute them with soothing images and mental movies. This creates satisfaction and relaxation while eradicating cravings and oral compulsions. You shake the inclination to put the chew in your mouth, and you don't get any desire to substitute food in its place. This quells weight gain. In order to combat the conditioned response of dipping smokeless tobacco, the NLP Flash technique erases the associations of dipping during certain activities or situations. This means your subconscious will no longer trigger the compulsion. Further, the Flash can even be used to create a compulsion to reject smokeless tobacco. Drawing on specific and strategic NLP techniques makes the decision to stop chewing smokeless tobacco easy and painless by avoiding withdrawal symptoms, cravings and weight gain. The method is dependent on training the unconscious mind to abide by the same thought patterns that create your mental addiction to smokeless tobacco in the first place, to eliminate the compulsion. Your brain is a powerful instrument—far more powerful than an addiction. With dedication and the help of self-hypnosis and NLP, you can quit smokeless tobacco forever. Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
About The Author:
Alan B. Densky, CH is a leader in the use of NLP stop smoking methods. He now offers a potent Quit Chewing Tobacco program based on the same methods. Learn more at his Neuro-VISION self hypnosis site where you can watch Free hypnosis videos and articles.
Alan B. Densky, CH is a leader in the use of NLP stop smoking methods. He now offers a potent Quit Chewing Tobacco program based on the same methods. Learn more at his Neuro-VISION self hypnosis site where you can watch Free hypnosis videos and articles. | Comments On This Article: |
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