Does hypnosis to quit smoking really work?  The answer to that is simple, yes and no.  The mind is a very powerful part of your body.  If you allow yourself to relax and be hypnotized, then yes, hypnotism works.  If you resist and don’t believe it will work or help you, then it won’t work or help you.  A famous quote from Henry Ford applies here “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.”  To apply this to our subject: if you think that hypnosis will work it will but if you think hypnosis won’t work, it won’t.

There is no need to worry about mind control during hypnosis or that the hypnotist will make you do strange things.  Hypnosis is nothing like what you might see at a show or in a movie.  The hypnotist can only make suggestions that can alter your consciousness, making you more open and easily “manipulated” – to a certain extent.  People who have experienced stage hypnotism said that they can refuse to follow the hypnotist’s suggestions, just that “it’s easier to follow him.”  This is so because the active, aggressive, decision-making part of the consciousness becomes timid when under a trance.  So it is “easier” to just automatically respond to suggestions.  To some extent, the hypnotist can control the actions and the way his subjects behave.  Conversely, the effect of hypnosis also depends upon your motivation, willingness, and faith to make it work for you.  Hundreds of people each year use hypnosis to quit smoking.

No one can argue with the benefits of quitting smoking.  However, no one can deny the addiction or control that nicotine has over smokers.  The ways to help a person quit smoking are as varied as the smokers themselves the good thing is that it doesn’t matter what method you use to quit smoking because as long as it works for you, the benefits to your health will be the same.

You can purchase pre-recorded cd’s or audios of hypnosis sessions designed or scripted to help a person quit smoking, or any other issue for that matter.  Or you can purchase a script and read it and record it yourself to use.  However, if you purchase a script, it is probably best to actually have someone else read the script to record it because many people don’t respond as well to their own voices.