quitting nicotine

Understanding Nicotine

Nicotine is not a habit. It’s an addiction, reinforced by the most powerful marketing in the world.

Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances on the planet, but the withdrawals are not as catastrophic as substances like heroin. This is one of the reasons it is so insidious. Nicotine wears off in about 45 minutes, so when we are addicted, we spend most of our lives in withdrawal, which presents as edginess, discomfort, and mood swings. Since we don’t quite descend into sweats or convulsions, we tend to dismiss its power. It might be easier to believe on a subconscious level that nicotine is destroying our lives if this happened.

The truth is, when we stop nicotine, 97% of it leaves our system after 8 hours. 100% of it leaves our system after 3 days. So why can’t we make it past the 3 days?

Because we have bought into an entire belief system about nicotine. Most of us started as teenagers, often occasionally, never imagining that we would be smoking or vaping 10, 20 or 30 plus years later. Billions of dollars have been poured into making us believe nicotine, especially cigarettes, are special, precious, and serve us in some way. Look at the images of smoking, even now. There is always just a hint of romanticism, creativity, rugged individualism, defiance, and even, survival against all odds.

Over time, we also build a belief system that nicotine helps us relax, concentrate, achieve, overcome - but none of these things are actually true. If they were, all relaxed, focused, successful and balanced people would use nicotine. The truth is, we can access all of these qualities much better WITHOUT nicotine. It is the nicotine itself causing the withdrawal that makes us irritable, uncomfortable, and anxious, and that it allegedly soothes. Many of us started too young to know and remember how much energy we had, how good we felt, and how real our own power, confidence and enthusiasm are when we are not chasing this addiction.

Hypnotherapy allows you to break free of the marketing indoctrination and step into your true confidence, freedom and health. We don’t need to talk about the bad things nicotine does. We know what they are. We look, instead, at how your subconscious beliefs have kept you in conflict, and the move easily and seamlessly into your new life.

Free From Nicotine Program

If you are truly ready and committed to end nicotine use, you will walk out of our first session an ex-smoker, ex-vaper, or ex-chewer.

We do a 30-minute pre-interview to understand your own subconscious associations, then schedule a date to quit. We then do two follow up sessions to reinforce your new life.

Cost for the Free From Nicotine Program is $350

If you think that is a lot, consider these numbers: If you vape 30ml/week for the next 30 years, it will cost over $30,000. If you smoke a pack a day for the next 30 years, it will cost $140,000.