Quitting smoking is hard and that’s not a willpower failing. It’s one of the toughest habits going.
For anyone who’s smoked for years, it stops being a decision you make and becomes automatic. It can be tied to stress, routine, a coffee, a break, certain moods.
That’s the bit willpower struggles with because smoking isn’t run by the conscious mind.
Until you deal with it at the subconscious level, where the habit actually lives, it tends to creep back.
That’s the thinking behind quit smoking hypnotherapy. It works on the physical, emotional and habitual sides of smoking together.
Before we explore how it works, it’s worth understanding what your body does once you stop, because the turnaround starts faster than most people expect.
What happens in your body after you quit
Alot happens when you stop smoking.
Within 30 minutes your heart rate and blood pressure start dropping back down. A few days in, the carbon monoxide clears from your blood and your oxygen levels rise.
By three months your circulation and lung function are improving and within a year the coughing and shortness of breath start easing as your lungs clear.
After a year or two your risk of heart attack drops by around half. Five to ten years on, your risk of mouth, throat and larynx cancers falls, along with your risk of stroke.
By the ten year mark your risk of several cancers keeps dropping, including lung cancer, which falls to about half that of a smoker.
After fifteen years your risk of coronary heart disease and stroke is about the same as someone who’s never smoked.
Six good reasons to quit for good
If the health side alone isn’t quite enough to tip you over, here are a few more.
More Years
Smoking takes a serious chunk off the average lifespan, more than a decade. That’s a lot of time to hand over to a habit.
Less Stress, Not More
If you reach for a cigarette when you’re stressed thinking it calms you, it’s worth knowing nicotine does the opposite. It’s a stimulant, so it lifts your heart rate, blood pressure and stress hormones.
The calm you feel isn’t the nicotine, it’s the habit, the pause, the ritual you’ve wired to those moments. Take the habit apart and the stress relief doesn’t disappear with the cigarettes.
Stronger Bones for Longer
Smoking thins your bones over time, which makes them more prone to injury and osteoporosis.
Bone density already drops with age so quitting helps slow that down.
A Metabolism That Works With You
People often avoid quitting because they’re afraid of gaining weight.
Smoking does nudge your metabolism but the weight side is manageable, especially if you swap the habit for something better, a walk, the gym, anything that fills the same space in your day.
The People Around You
Second hand smoke affects everyone nearby. Quitting lowers their risk too, the people you live with and love.
The Money
Have you actually added it up? A pack a day runs into thousands of dollars a year. Picture what that money could do somewhere else.
Want to turn those into reality? This is where quit smoking hypnotherapy comes in.
A natural way to quit, with Awaken Hypnotherapy Perth
Quit smoking hypnotherapy is a drug free way to stop.
It brings you into a state of deep relaxation where you’re awake, aware and fully in control, closer to a guided meditation than anything dramatic.
In that state we work with the unconscious mind, the part that controls the habit.
The session helps you change how you think about smoking and reprogram the routines around it.
It also helps release the unconscious triggers, the coffee, the drive home, the after dinner moment, so the cravings have less to latch onto.
That’s the real value of it. It works with how the habit is actually built and a lot of people find it helps where willpower alone hadn’t.
Is quit smoking hypnotherapy right for you?
If you’ve tried to stop and it hasn’t held, it’s worth a look. At Awaken Hypnotherapy in Perth you get a one on one quit smoking session plus a free follow up to help you stay smoke free.
Book your session today and take the first step to a healthier, easier life.