RE: [One_EFT Healing Highrise] EFT and Smoking

[Guest guest]

Hi Drea.

Ive been on this group for a while now,Im more of a lurker,and I read

different posts on here. Ive actually never posted on this list,but your story

got my attention.

I was a 2 pack a day smoker,for years.. As of 6 months ago,I stopped

suddenly,when my mother was diagnosed in stage 3b lung cancer. Shes a

non-smoker,and

is the most heathly,and active positive person,ive ever met.

I guess I was so heartbroken and devastated,that I cant even touch or look at

ciggarettes,,imagine that. The day,I was told she had lung cancer,its as

if,my heart sank,and from that moment on,I completey quit. I just plain,dont

even think about smoking in any way. Its as if,Ive never smoked.

I hope im not going off of the path here,,but I thought id share my own

personal story with you,and the group. Perhaps theres a way,to tap,and

visualize

how bad smoking is,looking at someone who has lung cancer,.. Not sure,but once

again,I thought id share my story..

Hope this helps..

<Liz>

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I'm Marsha. I've been lurking for awhile and will go back to doing so (I'm

overly busy until about March of next year) after this but I had to interject as

I walked away from smoking about 21 years ago and never looked back. I don't

believe there was an EFT back then, but a friend of mine at work suggested the

following and it worked.

Whenever I reached for a cigarette, I was supposed to slap my face (gently) as

if in total shock, and exclaim, " Why do I want a cigarette? I'M a NONSMOKER! "

When I was seeing clients or otherwise " in public " and could not smack my face

or exclaim my new status, I was to tap my leg or some body part and subvocalize

the message.

It was not easy. There was no magic stoppage of the desire to smoke. I

probably smacked my face so often that I developed new muscles in my left arm.

Nicotine is one of the most highly addictive substances in the world and one the

easiest to become addicted to. It is also one of the hardest to kick and women

have it harder than men do simply because of a physiology issue (smaller

lungs).

Sometimes I thought it just gave me something else to do OTHER than smoke.

But, as you may know, the physical addiction from nicotine is very short lived

(about three days), so it is the psychological addiction that is what gets us to

go back. No, it was not easy. I did not simply never think of a cigarette

again.

However, I know how to act " as if " and did so. Every day was a new celebration.

Clearing all the ashtrays out of the house. I even got rid of one my beloved

mother (who was then deceased) had given to me and that was very hard, but I

felt she would have approved. I steam cleaned the carpets, cleaned the walls

and windows (hey, spring cleaning, lung cleaning) which served the purpose of

announcing a change in my life and my body as well as keeping me too busy to

smoke. I went to a restaurant where I was known and asked for a non-smoking

seat, announcing proudly that I was a " non-smoker. " It was not long before I

was not reaching for a cigarette. I was not thinking about them. I did not

dream about them. And pretty soon the smell of tobacco smoke bothered me to the

point of aversion. I have never had another cigarette in all these years. As to

the aversive element of being a non-smoker, considering how dangerous tobacco

smoke is, I'm just as happy to be inable to

tolerate it.

If I'd had EFT I might not have had quite the white knuckle experience for a few

days or maybe I would. Hard telling. A physical addiction to a substance is

different from a psychological one, after all. I simply do know that changing

one's mindset and perception of the world and one's place in it does have an

effect. So feel free to use a similar affirmation (although it does not

dovetail with a Craig affirmation) and see if it works for you.

Good luck using EFT to stop. I use EFT for other things - destressing before

exams, defusing an asthma attack when I had no inhaler and was exposed to huge

amounts of smoke (non-tobacco) that I could not escape, etc. Mostly it is a

good way to let go of emotions and, as I mentioned, the majority of addiction is

psychological in nature. We are just so used to doing things that dovetail with

our addiction (addictive behaviors) that changing our pattern of behavior means

stopping opportunities to act out - in this case, smoke.

If you smoke at a bar, stay away from the bar. If you smoke in your car, get

clean the car and remove the ashtray. Change your life to reflect your new

status.

Best wishes for a successful end to smoking.

Marsha

Drea Garza <dgarza@...> wrote:

Has anyone used EFT to stop smoking? If so...

How long did it take to work?

Was it immediate or gradual?

Were cravings immediatly curbed?

Was there less thought or desire for the next smoke?

Was withdrawl horrible?

[Guest guest]

Marsha,

How do you know that nicotine is one of the most highly addictive substances

in the world?

I have heard that it is just barely addictive. That's why people can go all

day at work and not smoke, or not even think about it in a movie, etc. I

have had clients who only smoke once or twice a week when playing golf ,and

no other place, who thought they were addicted.

I have also heard that it was the cigarette manufacturers who started the

belief that cigarettes are more addictive than cocaine!!! It is amazing that

if people think they will have severe withdrawal symptoms, they will, and if

they think it will be a piece of cake, it will be.

There is a book called something like The Easiest Way to Quit Smoking. He

says it is an extremely weak addiction.

CAROL HENDERSON

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..

Nicotine is one of the most highly addictive substances in the world and one

the easiest to become addicted to. It is also one of the hardest to kick and

women have it harder than men do simply because of a physiology issue

(smaller lungs).

[Guest guest]

I am a hypnotherapist and use EFT in every stop

smoking session. for the typical client, 15 minutes

of EFT and they are a non-smoker. (that 15 minutes of

EFT is preceded by an hour of discussion to elicit the

issues that are causing them to smoke, so the EFT goes

very rapidly and very successfully)

charlie

--- Drea Garza <dgarza@...> wrote:

> Has anyone used EFT to stop smoking? If so...

>

> How long did it take to work?

> Was it immediate or gradual?

> Were cravings immediatly curbed?

> Was there less thought or desire for the next smoke?

> Was withdrawl horrible?

" World Peace Through Inner Peace "

Charlie Curtis, BCH

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Hi Carol,

I used to be a substance abuse counselor at a methadone clinic and have worked

in alcohol treatment facilities. I've worked in social work for about 20 years

and have worked with addicts in various stages of addiction and recovery in

various settings from child protection to addiction treatment. As a part of my

professional career I have studied aclinical materals from sources such as the

NIH regarding all forms of addiction, including nicotine - and caffeine. It

used to be that at an AA meeting you saw all the folks in recovery swilling

coffee and puffing up clouds of smoke - merely trading one addiction for

another.

I struggled to break a smoking addiction for probably 20 years. I thought I

could just walk away from it any time I wanted until I really tried. My

struggles caused me to develop a lot more compassion for my mother, who died

after a short, brutal struggle with mesothelioma.

As to the physical addiction, it was the least of the issues - only about 3

days. However, the core of virtually any addiction is psychologcial - from

crack to opiates to nicotine. I blind detoxed people all the time from " juice "

and they never knew it, then after they were weeks off they found out they were

clean and went into withdrawal - totally psychological. I also had them think

they were being withdrawn and went into withdrawal when I'd upped the dose.

Withdrawing from any sort of drug is largely a mind-game unless one jumps off a

very high dose and experiences a physiological withdrawal, as one does from high

doses of nicotine. I smoked 2.5 packs a day when I quit and jumping off that

was not pretty for the first three days, all my beliefs to the contrary.

At any rate, nicotine, in addition to being a poison (great way to kill insects

infecting your plants) is a brain stimulant and one of the reasons that people

really get hooked from it and get that initial buzz from smoking. If it were

not so addictive we would not see people struggling so hard to get off and dying

from the addiction (like my mother did).

You might want to consult

http://www.nida.nih.gov/researchreports/nicotine/nicotine2.html#addictive

for further information on nicotine and addiction.

That being said, not all people get addicted to nicotine anymore than all people

become addicted to cocaine. In fact, probably fewer people get addicted to

cocaine than nicotine because it is a lot more expensive and you can go to jail

for using coke but not for lighting up a smoke. However, most people who smoke

consistently are addicted to the nicotine and do experience some biological

withdrawal - followed by the psychological mind game that runs them back to

smoking. I'm a prime example, having quit for a year and running back to the

old drug (certainly not from a physical addiction) and then doing it again

before using the method shared by a friend which changed my psychological status

so I could walk away.

As I said in my post, I don't believe EFT existed then. If it had, I might have

had a much easier time of it, but the biology of addiction is what it is. EFT

might well help someone walk away much more easily than happened to me. My DH

and I have all of Craig's recorded material. DH does much more work with

it than I do as I've got limited time right now, but I do find EFT very

effective for dealing with many things.

For me it was difficult. For most people I know it was extremely difficult. If

you have the ability to cure people with EFT so that they can walk away from a

severe addiction and never look back then more power to you (and them).

Okay, enough for now.

Be well!

Marsha

[Guest guest]

Marsha,

Many hypnosis scripts that I used to use, especially one from Cal Banyan who

is a leader in the field, state that nicotine is not really addictive. I

have started telling my clients that when they are hypnotized when they

can't argue with me! I figure, if you convince the subconscious mind that

it is not addictive, there will be no withdrawal symptoms at all. Many times

people walk out of my office (and any hypnotist's office) and never have

another craving. But, I start the session with EFT. I EFT every fear and

worry about how hard they think it will be the day after they quit. I think

most of them are over the cravings and fear of living life without

cigarettes before I hypnotize them.

I know what you mean though, I quit smoking several times with severe

withdrawal symptoms, before EFT was invented.

CAROL HENDERSON

Hi Carol,

I used to be a substance abuse counselor at a methadone clinic and have

worked in alcohol treatment facilities. I've worked in social work for about

20 years and have worked with addicts in various stages of addiction and

recovery in various settings from child protection to addiction treatment.

As a part of my professional career I have studied aclinical materals from

sources such as the NIH regarding all forms of addiction, including nicotine

- and caffeine. It used to be that at an AA meeting you saw all the folks in

recovery swilling coffee and puffing up clouds of smoke - merely trading one

addiction for another.

[Guest guest]

Hi Charlie,

I am also a Hypnotherapist, but not yet doing EFT, My friend is a smoker and

he doesn't want to do hypnosis, but he is willing to do EFT, What should he say

when he tap on him self, do you mind sharing it with us, step by step in regards

to smoking.

Thanks, Dee

Charlie Curtis <charlieach@...> wrote:

I am a hypnotherapist and use EFT in every stop

smoking session. for the typical client, 15 minutes

of EFT and they are a non-smoker. (that 15 minutes of

EFT is preceded by an hour of discussion to elicit the

issues that are causing them to smoke, so the EFT goes

very rapidly and very successfully)

charlie

--- Drea Garza <dgarza@...> wrote:

> Has anyone used EFT to stop smoking? If so...

>

> How long did it take to work?

> Was it immediate or gradual?

> Were cravings immediatly curbed?

> Was there less thought or desire for the next smoke?

> Was withdrawl horrible?

" World Peace Through Inner Peace "

Charlie Curtis, BCH

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

the key to success with working with addiction, as

marsha so clearly describes in her excellent post, is

handling the psychological component.

when we work with smokers, for example, virtually all

of the things we tap on are the psychological reasons.

the only time we tap on the craving is if the person

mentions that they are experiencing the craving during

the session. do EFT on the psychological stuff and

the habit drops away easily. do EFT only on the

immediate craving, and the person will be smoking

again shortly as soon as the unmet psychological need

rears its ugly head once again.

in our practice, most of the people we see use smoking

to reduce stress, so we including training in stress

management as part of the session, so they leave the

session with an alternate way to handle stress other

than lighting up.

we also tap on all the unresolved fears, anger,

low-selfesteem and other unresolved feelings that came

up in discussion during the intake portion of the

session.

and then before I tap on that, I ask the person, " tell

me your top-ten negative feelings about smoking " and

that's what we start with, all of that " I feel

helpless " , " I'm really hooked " , " this isn't going to

work for me " , etc.

we don't do any SUDS testing, but just have the person

tap one round per issue until we've gone through the

entire list. at that point, typically 15-20 minutes

of straight tapping without stopping to test, the

addiction is gone. just to make sure I'll ask at the

end, " does anything still seem like an obstacle to

being a non-smoker " and if anything comes up we tap on

that.

that seems to do the trick for most people. I do some

hypnosis after that to embed the details of what it's

like to be a nonsmoker who makes the healthy choice,

and make a CD of that so they can reinforce that as

often as they like, but basically it's that 15 minutes

of EFT that turns the person into a non-smoker.

occasionally we get someone who doesn't fit the

pattern, who's subconscious is a tangled up mess and

who needs several sessions of intensive work to unhook

all the smoking triggers, but that is definitely the

rare exception.

charlie

--- Marsha Graham <mcg907@...> wrote:

> Hi Carol,

>

> I used to be a substance abuse counselor at a

> methadone clinic and have worked in alcohol

> treatment facilities.

" World Peace Through Inner Peace "

Charlie Curtis, BCH

[Guest guest]

A guy I know quit smoking, seamingly effortlessly. I asked him how he did

it, and he said he wans't addicted to nicotine. He just liked smoking. He he

reached a point where he got tired of it, how it made him feel and it wasn't

worth the cost to buy the cigs. So he believed he wasn't addicted, therefore

the quitting was easy or at least easier. .Hmmm... Why would anyone think

nicotine is not addictive, though? I wonder if I could convince myself of

that! <G>

Unfortunatly, hypnisis didn't work for me.

Drea

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Marsha,

Many hypnosis scripts that I used to use, especially one from Cal Banyan who

is a leader in the field, state that nicotine is not really addictive. I

have started telling my clients that when they are hypnotized when they

can't argue with me!

I know what you mean though, I quit smoking several times with severe

withdrawal symptoms, before EFT was invented.

CAROL HENDERSON

[Guest guest]

A guy I know quit smoking, seamingly effortlessly. I asked him how he did

it, and he said he wans't addicted to nicotine. He just liked smoking. He he

reached a point where he got tired of it, how it made him feel and it wasn't

worth the cost to buy the cigs. So he believed he wasn't addicted, therefore

the quitting was easy or at least easier. .Hmmm... Why would anyone think

nicotine is not addictive, though? I wonder if I could convince myself of

that! <G>

Unfortunatly, hypnisis didn't work for me.

Drea

_____

Marsha,

Many hypnosis scripts that I used to use, especially one from Cal Banyan who

is a leader in the field, state that nicotine is not really addictive. I

have started telling my clients that when they are hypnotized when they

can't argue with me!

I know what you mean though, I quit smoking several times with severe

withdrawal symptoms, before EFT was invented.

CAROL HENDERSON

[Guest guest]

hi dee

What should

> he say when he tap on him self, do you mind sharing

> it with us, step by step in regards to smoking.

here is my entire step-by-step method for a

stop-smoking session, from start to finish (I gave a

presentation on it last year at a hypnosis conference,

so I had it in a word document)

this process covers everything from the initial client

assessment through the end of session direct

suggestion. you'll find a great deal of specific

information on how I use EFT in the middle of this

process, including specific wordings.

this process can actually be used for any habit, I

used smoking as the example

DETAILED HABIT CHANGE METHOD

1) DESCRIPTION OF PRESENTING PROBLEM: Smoking.

2) CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY: How many cigarettes a day,

for how long, any prior attempts to quit, were they

successful, for how long, why did they start smoking

again, why did they decide to quit now, recent medical

exams.

3) CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: Other people in the family or

close friends or co-workers who smoke, smoking related

illness or deaths in the family, health problems

caused or exacerbated by smoking (coughing, shortness

of breath, low energy, feeling slightly sick a lot).

4) BASIC ASSESSMENT: What physiological and

psychological factors are operating in client’s

smoking behavior.

5) BASIC ASSESSMENT: BEHAVIOR: “How do you know when

it’s time to smoke? Do you decide to smoke or do you

find a lit cigarette in your hand?”

6) BASIC ASSESSMENT: AFFECT: “How do you feel

emotionally about smoking? How do you feel just

before you smoke? How do you feel while you’re

smoking? How do you feel after you smoke? When you

try to quit?”

7) BASIC ASSESSMENT: SENSATION: “What sensations do

you feel in your body when it’s time to smoke? When

you’re lighting up? While you’re smoking? After

smoking? In between cigarettes?”

8) BASIC ASSESSMENT: IMAGERY: “How do you see

yourself? When you visualize or imagine your future,

what do you see? What is your self-image?”

9) BASIC ASSESSMENT: COGNITION: “What do you think

about while you’re smoking? What do you say to

yourself about smoking? Do you have a conflict about

smoking? What do others say to you about smoking?”

10) SHIFT YOUR EMOTIONS TO A MORE POSITIVE PLACE

(Optional, use if client is depressed or otherwise

very negative to help make them less resistant to

change. Not necessary if client is already in a

positive place, like somebody referred by a successful

non-smoker you helped). Identify where they are on

the emotional scale, then see if you can shift them to

a more positive place, which will make quitting

easier. For example, if the client says “I feel

powerless. I’ve tried to quit so many times, and it

never works”, use your intuition to jump up a few

notches (but not too far or they won’t be able to jump

with you) to another emotion that they likely have

experienced and ask in a casual way, “Does it make you

angry that cigarettes have had such power over you?”,

and they’ll usually shift to anger and say, “Yes, I

absolutely hate that, the cigarette companies are

committing a crime”, and you jump up another couple of

notches and say, “I can see how it has been so

disappointing when you were not able to quit before”,

“Yes, I really wanted it to work” “That sounds pretty

frustrating to me?” “Yes, I wonder if I’ll ever be

able to do it.” “Well, we’ve helped a lot of people

quit, so hopefully this will work for you as well.”

“Yes, I hope so too.” And in just a few minutes, you

have moved them from a feeling of powerlessness to

hopefulness, which is a much more positive place from

which to continue the therapy.

11) GOAL-SETTING WORKSHEET: Since what the client

thinks about with feeling they get, and what they

focus on expands, help the client set up a structured

behavioral environment biased towards success. This

gets the client thinking about success, which shifts

them away from focusing on the failure they have been.

12) GOAL: To become a non-smoker, usually immediately

(A few clients with deeply held belief systems may

want to set a future date to stop and work towards

that, if so, go with that).

13) BENEFITS OF HAVING GOAL: “I will smell cleaner,

save a lot of money, have better health, and live a

longer life, etc.”

14) HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE GOAL: This is

different for everyone, and it is important to know

what this client wants so that you can include this

specific criteria in your direct suggestion (DS). “I

will no longer have the urge to smoke” or “It’s a

whole month and I haven’t smoked” or “I will walk out

of this office and I WON’T light up” or “I can talk to

my ex-wife on the phone and not need a cigarette.”

15) HOW WILL GOAL AFFECT OTHERS: “My wife will be so

happy. My kids will get off my back. I’ll be happy

because I’m setting a good example for them. My dog

will be happy as I will be able to take longer walks.”

16) SELECT A GOAL IMAGE Get them to select a scene

some time in the future (we select 30 days unless they

have a specific time period in mind). Have them

select a scene where they are a non-smoker and this is

causing some tangible good result in their life: “I am

a non-smoker when I have my medical procedure next

week.” “I am at the top of the hill walking my dog

and I feel energetic instead of tired.” “I am playing

with my child and having fun instead of wheezing.”

17) DETAILED IMAGE OF GOAL: Some clients are

predominantly visual, others auditory, others

kinesthetic, others all three. It is important to get

the goal imagery in as many senses as possible. Even

if they are not visual, get them talking so you get

some visual details: “What are you seeing on this

walk?” “I am walking the dog up the hill on Elm St.

We always turn around at the top. There’s a big house

on the corner. I used to have a cigarette, but now

I’m feeling fit and healthy and enjoying the fresh air

and how good I feel to be a nonsmoker.” Write down

the visual details for the DS later: “Elm St, walking

up the hill, turning around, big house.”

18) SOUNDS OF GOAL: “What are you hearing?” “I can

hear my dog making noises, the sound of the traffic,

the birds in the trees.”

19) SENSATIONS OF GOAL: “How is your body feeling?”

“I feel good. My body feels energized. My breathing

is easy.”

20) EMOTIONS OF GOAL: “What emotions do you feel being

on this walk as a non-smoker?” “Wow, it’s fantastic.

I’m so happy. I finally did it!”

21) ACTIONS OF GOAL: “What are you doing?” Well, I’m

walking, and relaxing, and feeling good.”

22) NEW POSITIVE SELF-TALK: “And what are you saying

to yourself now that you’re a non-smoker?” “Wow, I

finally did it. This is terrific. Wait until I tell

my friends how good I feel.”

23) ECOLOGY: Do an “ecology check” to see if there is

any personality part(s) of the client that isn’t

buying into this change, and if all parts of the

client are happy with the goal that was just set.

24) ECOLOGY: IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CHANGE:

“Uh, why don’t you have me taking deep breaths at the

top of the hill, and noticing how good it feels to be

able to breathe freely again.”

25) ECOLOGY: ARE ALL PARTS OF YOURSELF COMFORTABLE

WITH THIS: Most clients will say, “Yes.” If a client

says “No”, that’s a sign that there is some part that

still wants to smoke, and this will cause the therapy

to fail. Use parts-negotiation, visual squash, or

some other form of parts therapy to resolve this

conflict before continuing further.

26) ECOLOGY: ARE YOU WILLING FOR THE PROBLEM TO BE

GONE TODAY? Again, most clients will say, “Yes”. If

the client says, “No” find out why. It may be that

the client wants to set a goal for quitting at some

point in the future, in which case you should go with

that. Or there may be a conflict that was uncovered,

in which case, use parts negotiation, visual squash,

or some other form of parts therapy to resolve this

conflict before continuing further.

27) BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION WORKSHEET: For anybody

with a chronic habit they have had trouble breaking,

this is one of the most important worksheets in the

packet, and the one they will have the most trouble

with.

28) BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION WORKSHEET: ASKED WAKEUP

ETC At the top of the page is a checklist of times

when a person is most likely to smoke. If you ask

clients when they smoke, they will only tell you a few

of these or say something vague like “I smoke all the

time.” But if you go through this list, you will get

much more specific answers from them: “Yes, that’s

true, I do smoke after eating. That’s going to be a

really hard one to give up.”

29) BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION: OLD NEG PATTERN: On a

different line, write down each time they smoke, such

as “First thing in the morning”, “Walking the dog”,

“When I’m on the phone.”

30) BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION: NEW POS PATTERN: This is

the most difficult part of the whole process, getting

them to select a new positive behavior which they feel

will be a satisfactory substitute for that particular

cigarette. They will find this very hard and will

resist doing this, but coach them through it anyway,

telling them “It’s much easier to substitute a new

behavior than to try to cut off the old behavior

without substituting a new behavior in its place.

This is one of the reasons you’ve had trouble quitting

before. I know this is hard, but stay with me on

this. The payoff will be the thrill of becoming a

non-smoker in an easy effortless way.”

31) BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION: NEW POS PATTERN: STANDARD

ANSWERS: If they have trouble coming up with answers,

suggest some from a list of standard answers. The

following work really well: Drinking water (really

good, an oral activity that flushes the body of

toxins), deep breathing (really good, simulates the

inhalation of smoking in a healthy way). Eating

carrot or celery sticks (really good, oral activity,

low calories, prevents weight gain). Other popular

ones are “taking a walk, going outside and enjoying

the fresh air, doing something to relax.”

32) BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION: NEW POS PATTERN: IF THEY

HAVE TROUBLE: Ask them a question that connects it to

their immediate future, “What are you going to do

(today/tomorrow) instead of (this), now that you are a

non-smoker.” For example, “What are you doing to do

first thing in the morning tomorrow, now that you are

a non-smoker?” They will screw their face up, hem and

haw for a minute, say, “I don’t know, this is really

hard” and then come up with an answer, “I’ll go right

downstairs and flip on the morning news and begin my

breakfast right away.”

33) BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION: NEW POS PATTERN: ECOLOGY:

For each answer, ask them, “If you go right downstairs

and flip on the morning news and begin breakfast right

away, will this be enough?” If they say “yes”, you’re

done. If they say, “No” or “I don’t know”, ask them

“What else would you have to do that would make this

so satisfying that it would be enough?” “I would

really focus in on how good my coffee and orange juice

taste while watching the news.” “Will that be

enough?” “Yes!”

34) BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION: NEW POS PATTERN: ECOLOGY:

If you think they’re making a bad choice: “I’ll keep a

bag of chocolate-covered pretzels with me to eat

instead of smoking”, remind them, “Whatever you

choose, you’re going to be doing a lot of. If you eat

a lot of chocolate covered pretzels will that cause a

problem for you.” “Well, yes, I’m afraid of gaining

weight.” “Ok, what could you pick that you would

enjoy that would be ok?” “Well, I like cut up fruit

pieces.” “Ok, if you eat a lot of cut up fruit

pieces, will that cause a problem for you?” “Well,

not if I also drink a lot of water.” “Ok, if you eat

cut up fruit pieces and drink a lot of water, will

that cause a problem for you?” “No.” “Ok, we’ll go

with that.”

35) EFT WORKSHEET: They’re finished with the tough

part. It gets a lot easier from this point forward.

Now is the time to get rid of all the mental noise

around smoking. EFT is a fantastic tool for this and

works wonderfully for just about everyone. Most

people only have a few predominant negative thoughts

that keep repeating as constant negative

reinforcement. EFT rapidly eliminates the resistance

caused by these thoughts. Since EFT chops down the

forest one tree at a time, the exception is the case

when a person has such a pathologically complex

situation, that they have so many different negative

thoughts about the problem, that you could chop down

thoughts all day and while you can see a difference,

they can’t because they’re busy coming up with a

hundred more. For this rare type of client, where the

top ten EFT procedure below doesn’t make a difference,

proceed right to hypnosis.

36) EFT WORKSHEET: MAKING TOP TEN LIST: The fastest

way to do EFT is to have them list their top ten

negative thoughts and then tap through them without

doing a SUDS. This lowers their energy charge

extremely rapidly and by the time you’re done with the

list the energy charge is ready to collapse. Start by

asking, “Tell me your top ten negative thoughts about

quitting smoking.” They’ll reel off a whole string of

similar thoughts like “I can’t do it.” “It’s

impossible, I tried before.” “This will kill me if I

don’t stop.” “I’m afraid I’ll have a heart attack

like my father.” “I hate the smelly things.” “I hate

myself every time I pick one up.” “Cigarettes are in

charge of me.” Record each one, even if they seem

similar. If they can only come up with five or less,

see if you can coach them to come up with more, as

they usually have more, and this works better the more

thoughts you can dig up.

37) EFT WORKSHEET: ASPECTS: In “EFT-speak”, each

thought is an “aspect” of the problem and needs to be

tapped on. It is quite common for other “aspects” to

emerge while you have them tapping their way through

the process. So tell them in advance, “While we’re

doing this, if any other negative thoughts come to

mind, stop and tell me right away.” When they do, add

them to the bottom of the list, and tap on them also

when you get to them.

38) EFT WORKSHEET: PSYCHOLOGICAL REVERSAL: “If I were

to ask you to summarize all of your thoughts about

smoking in one sentence, what would it be” “I HATE

having a habit be in charge of me!”. Have them rub

the sore spot or tap on the karate chop point while

saying three times with feeling, “Even though I (have

this problem), I deeply and completely accept myself”,

so in this case, “Even though I HATE having a habit be

in charge of me, I deeply and completely accept

myself.”

39) EFT WORKSHEET: FIRST TIME THROUGH: Have them tap

all the points, in order, while repeating the first

half of the psychological reversal statement several

times (eyebrow point “I HATE having a habit being in

charge of me”) (side of eye point “I HATE having a

habit being in charge of me”) etc. for all the points.

40) EFT WORKSHEET: FIRST STATEMENT: Have them tap all

the points, in order, while repeating the first

statement (eyebrow point “I can’t do it”) (side of eye

point “I can’t do it”) etc for all the points.

41) EFT WORKSHEET: REST OF THE STATEMENTS: Have them

tap all the points, in order, for the next statement

in the list (eyebrow point “It’s impossible, I tried

before) (side of eye point “It’s impossible, I tried

before”). Then tap all the points, in order, for the

next statement “This will kill me if I don’t stop.”

Do this for all the statements on the list, even if

they seem similar (unless the client says, “we’ve

handled that one”, in which case, skip it).

42) EFT WORKSHEET: SWITCHING POLARITY: Usually part

way down the list, you’ll see their energy beginning

to noticeably lighten up. They’ll begin to laugh a

little, and begin to find all their negative thoughts

ridiculous. Many times the negative energy will

collapse completely and they’ll unconsciously switch

to the positive form of the statement “I’m going to

stop, this will work.” If they do this, go with that

for the rest of the tapping on that statement. And

for the rest of the statements on the list, now that

they’ve switched polarity, tell them the negative

statement, and have them make up and utilize a

positive form (eyebrow point “I’m going to stop, this

will work”) (side of eye point (“I’m going to stop,

this will work”).

43) EFT WORKSHEET: IF THEY HAVEN”T SWITCHED POLARITY:

If you’ve reached the end of the list and they haven’t

switched to positive statements, ask them, “How do you

feel now?” They’ll almost always have noticed some

change and say something like, “I really feel better,

that was amazing.”

44) EFT WORKSHEET: DOES ANYTHING STILL SEEM LIKE AN

OBSTACLE: No matter what they say, ask them “Does

anything still seem like an obstacle?” A lot of

times, they’ll say, “No, I’m ready to quit. I don’t

know how you did it, but I don’t want to smoke

anymore.” If they say this, you’re ready for the

hypnosis.

45) EFT WORKSHEET: REMAINING OBSTACLES: If they have

an obstacle, like “I’m afraid I’ll walk out of here

and want a cigarette” have them tap all of the points

on that (eyebrow point “I’m afraid I’ll walk out of

here and want a cigarette) (side of eye point “I’m

afraid I’ll walk…) etc.

46) EFT WORKSHEET: NO MORE OBSTACLES: If somebody has

an obstacle, there are usually only one or two. So

even if they’ve answered “Yes” a couple of times when

you ask, “Does anything still seem like an obstacle?”

after that they’ll say with amazement, “No, I’m

ready!”

47) EFT WORKSHEET: REVERSED: If you’re going through

this EFT process and they keep telling you “No change,

I don’t feel any different”, that means they’re still

psychologically reversed. You can dig for the thought

they haven’t told you that’s holding them back “I’m

afraid of lighting up when we’re done here” and do a

sore spot/karate chop PR and then tap all the points

on that, or if you know advanced EFT, you can try an

advanced PR pattern.

48) EFT WORKSHEET: TOO MANY TREES: The vast majority

of people respond very well to EFT. However, if the

person seems to have multiple problems so interrelated

that chopping down ten trees is still leaving a huge

forest, there may be strong secondary gain, a large

unresolved trauma driving this pattern, or some other

unconscious mechanism sabotaging the works. Such

people often have very little self-awareness, are

typically very unconscious about their patterns, and

believe every bit of self-talk their mind generates.

They are an emotionally driven, moody mess and have a

strong predominant negative emotion such as fear,

distrust, or anger, that isn’t going away despite all

their tapping. You’ll know this is happening when

they keep telling you “nothing’s changing” every time

you ask them how they feel. If you feel like they

genuinely want to quit, you can still get a result by

moving to the fall-back position for unconscious

patterns and people, which is hypnoanalysis such as

NLP to resolve conflict, plus very strong DS with

compounding and ksonian or NLP-like dissociative

language to distance them from the habit. (e.g. put

them in trance, do regression or NLP to resolve the

conflict if you think they can handle it, and in any

case, do the DS procedure that follows where you tell

them they’ve become a non-smoker, and are making the

healthy choice, and if the remaining stop-smoking

trees want to fall down today, they will).

49) EFT WORKSHEET: NOT READY TO QUIT: No matter how

good you are, if they’re not ready to quit, they’ll

use you as an excuse to show the world that “hypnosis

doesn’t work”, so they have an excuse for continuing.

You don’t want to be in that position. So if the

person seems clueless, is unable or unwilling to

follow your instructions, isn’t getting the normal

results at the normal time, and seems to be resisting

everything, don’t persist with the EFT and hypnosis,

or you’ll aggravate them and make matters worse. It’s

time to have a heart-to-heart talk about whether

they’re really ready to quit today. If they’re not

ready to quit, better to cut your losses and send them

home and tell them to return when they’re ready, than

to send them out the door, have them light up five

minutes later, and spend the next few days telling

everyone they know what a lousy hypnotist you are.

50) HYPNOANALYSIS WORKSHEET: (Optional) As mentioned

above, in those rare cases where they genuinely want

to quit, and the above procedure hasn’t moved them to

the point of quitting, if you think they’re a

candidate for regression, you can regress them to

“first cigarette” and find out what psychological need

is being met that hasn’t been handled by what you’ve

done so far. If they’re in conflict, NLP parts

negotiation, or visual squash are in order to resolve

it. This worksheet is where you can check off the

process you use and write your clinical notes about

what came up.

51) SUGGESTION WORKSHEET: THEIR REQUESTS: Now it’s

time to ask them if they want anything else included

in their suggestions. Include everything they ask

for, such as “I work out at the gym five times a week”

or “I have a healthy diet.” You’ll have to turn their

ideas around as they’ll say “I want to stop eating

junk food” and you have to turn that into “I make

healthy dietary choices.” Ecology applies. Always

ask, “Do you think it’s realistic to work out at the

gym five times a week?” “Well, maybe I should say “I

work out at the gym as often as I can, three times a

week if possible.”

52) SUGGESTION WORKSHEET: STANDARD SUGGESTIONS: Always

include the suggestions “It feels good to make the

healthy choice in every moment, and I do, make the

healthy choice in every moment.”, “I do what’s best

for me”, “I do everything I need to do to achieve my

goals” and “I get all the ideas I need to achieve my

goals.” And of course, the big one “I am a non-smoker

for the rest of my life.”

53) DO THE HYPNOSIS: Use the induction and deepener of

your choice.

54) OUR METHOD: We have had good luck with the process

we teach in this seminar, with two parts, relaxing the

physical body and relaxing the mind. This is a very

effective process with a good track record at

attaining somnambulism. Since we record their

session, this stretching and relaxing process which

many clients find helpful for stress reduction is

available to them any time they play the CD. The

ksonian induction utilizes one of their relaxing

memories. Each time they play the CD they get to

remember their vacation in Hawaii or whatever, and so

as soon as they start the CD they are feeling better

already because they are remembering a happy time, and

soon they are deep in trance remembering their

vacation.

55) EXTERNALLY ORIENTED INTRAPERSONAL TRANCE: This is

an ksonian technique. Allow yourself to go into

the trance with the client. You will have a deeper

emotional connection with them and your results will

be better as a result. Pace your induction with the

client’s breathing. Any time you see them going

deeper, or making any change in their body, ratify

this by saying “That’s right, doing whatever you need

to go even deeper now.”

56) RELEASING THE OLD, ACCEPTING THE NEW: Once they

are trance, we take them through a quick 10-step

process to prepare for change: “I am now going to

count from 10-1, and by the time I reach the count of

1, you will be ready to be a non-smoker for the rest

of your life, ready to find out how good it feels to

make the healthy choice in every moment. Number 10,

giving up any thoughts that have been keeping you in

bondage (pause). Number 9, releasing any old feelings

that you no longer want to feel (pause). Number 8,

giving up any old behaviors that are no longer how you

want to behave (pause). Number 7, releasing any old

situations that you no longer need (pause). Number 6,

releasing anything else, at any level of your body and

mind, that you no longer want to be part of your

experience (longer pause). Number 5, opening yourself

to new thoughts that bring success (pause). Number 4,

opening yourself to new feelings that support the

person you have decided to be (pause). Number 3,

opening yourself to new behaviors consistent with the

person you have become (pause). Number 2, opening

yourself to new situations that support your success

(pause). And Number 1, opening yourself to any other

change you need, at any level of your body and mind,

to make the healthy choice in every moment (longer

pause).”

57) GIVE THE SUGGESTIONS ON THE SUGGESTION WORKSHEET:

“Start with the most important one: “From now on, it

feels good to make the healthy choice in every moment,

and you do, MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE IN EVERY MOMENT.”

3 times. Then each of the others, 3 times.

58) GIVE THE SUGGESTIONS OF THE EFT NEGATIVE THOUGHTS

REVERSED: “I HATE having a habit be in charge of me”

becomes “You are in charge of your life”, etc for all

of the thoughts on the list, three times each.

59) GIVE THE SUGGESTIONS FOR BEHAVIOR MODIFICATIONS:

“When you wake up in the morning, you find yourself

going down right away and putting on the news and

starting breakfast. You concentrate on how good your

coffee and juice taste.” (and add to every phrase),

“and notice how IT FEELS GOOD TO MAKE THE HEALTHY

CHOICE IN EVERY MOMENT.” Repeat three times, then go

on to the next behavior modification until you’ve done

them all.

60) GIVE THE SUGGESTIONS ON THE GOAL SETTING

WORKSHEET: Include all the details: “At the end of 30

days, you are a non-smoker, feeling better. You have

good health, you breathe better. You find you have no

desire to smoke at all, it is completely gone, you are

free. You wife is so glad you are a non-smoker. You

find yourself walking your dog up the street. At the

top of the hill, at that house, you stretch, take a

deep breath, and notice how good it feels to be a

non-smoker. You hear your dog and the traffic and the

sounds of the birds. Your body feels wonderful. You

are so happy you are a non-smoker now. You are

enjoying this walk more than ever before. You say to

yourself, “I’ve done it. I’m free. This is

terrific”.

61) GIVE THE HEALTHY CHOICE SUGGESTION TO END IT:

“Notice how good you feel, how relaxed you are, and

how good it feels to make the healthy choice in every

moment (pause).” Make this one over and over, 10

times.

62) EMERGE THEM: Since we’re taping the process we

say, “If it’s a natural time of sleep, at the count of

5, you’ll find yourself falling into a deep relaxing

sleep, sleeping the right amount of time, and

awakening refreshed and relaxed, feeling fine and in

perfect health, feeling better than before. If it’s

time to be awake and alert and about your business, at

the count of 5 you’ll find yourself coming back to a

normal state of mind, all of your physical body

sensations returning to a normal healthy state,

noticing how good you feel, how relaxed you are.

Number 1, coming back to now, back to today, back to

this room. Number 2, hearing not just the sound of my

voice, but all the sounds around you, clearly and

distinctly, Number 3, All of your senses coming alive,

feeling wonderful, Number 4, noticing what it’s like

to feel alive in your physical body, and in a moment

when I reach the number 5, taking all the time you

need, come all the way back and open your eyes,

noticing how good you feel, how relaxed you are, and

how good it feels to make the healthy choice in every

moment. Number 5, all the way back now, all the way

back, notice how good you feel, how relaxed you are,

and NOTICE HOW GOOD IT FEELS, TO MAKE THE HEALTHY

CHOICE, RIGHT NOW.”

63) POST-SESSION WORKSHEET: The client is usually

pretty blown away at this point in the process because

of the monumental shift in consciousness they just

went through. After giving them a minute to begin to

move towards normal waking consciousness, ask the

client, “What was it like for you as you went through

this procedure?” Point out to them the hypnotic

phenomena they experienced. Our process emphasizes

catalepsy, so they typically report, “My arms felt

really heavy” and we use that as the convincer and

say, “That shows you are were in hypnosis.”

64) TEST THEIR PROGRAMMING: “What are you going to do

first thing in the morning?” They will almost always

immediately give the right answer, verbatim, as you

spoke it to them, “I’ll immediately go put the news on

and make my breakfast.” “What’s going to be going on

in 30 days?” “I’ll be walking the dog on that hill

and notice how good I feel” That’s a good sign, and

helps you know you got the idea into their minds. If

they don’t know an answer right away, their

subconscious mind didn’t get it, briefly put them back

in trance and reinforce that missing suggestion.

65) RECORDING THE PROCESS: We have found that our

clients appreciate having a reinforcement CD, and some

of them play it every day long after the session,

because it is so relaxing for them. As one of our

goals is to teach them self-hypnosis, we have the

relaxation of the physical body pre-recorded on their

CD as track 1, and then custom-record the rest of

their DS live as track 2. That way, they can relax by

playing track 1. Then, if they wish, they can go into

hypnosis and reinforce their programming by continuing

on with track 2. Or, if at bedtime, because they’re

already sleepy, they can skip the physical relaxation

and go right to Track 2.

66) THEIR CONTRACT TO MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE: We

have them sign a contract that they are becoming a

non-smoker. They can fill in five new behaviors they

will do from now on.

67) LOGGING THEIR REINFORCEMENT: The other side of

this sheet is a log where they can log playing their

CDs and the healthy choices they have made. If they

come back for a followup session, we ask them to bring

this log sheet. Not everyone is organized enough to

follow through with this, but for those who can, you

can learn a significant amount from reading their log

entries.

68) POST-TRANCE CHECKLIST: A list of pointers for

smokers, for example, eating oranges and taking B

vitamins.

69) POST-SESSION NOTES: Any notes you wish to jot down

after they leave.

70) SESSION WORKSHEET: Check off the techniques you

used, and your clinical notes are done!

THIS METHOD CAN BE ADAPTED TO DEAL WITH ANY HABIT.

Just substitute the name of the desired change, such

as healthy eating habits, healthy and attractive nails

and hands, a fit trim and healthy body, etc, anytime

you see the work smoking above, and this method will

work for that habit.

TIME TO DO THIS: We do the above steps in a single

fast-paced 2-hour session. If you prefer shorter

sessions or for any other reason prefer a

multi-session format, this method will work if broken

down into several segments.

FOR BEST RESULTS: Adapt these concepts to your own

natural style. Feel free to either use this model as

specified, or to modify any parts of this model as

desired, incorporating those concepts that are helpful

into your current stop-smoking method.

PERMISSION TO COPY: As a participant in this workshop,

you are granted permission to make unlimited copies of

any forms received today for use in your hypnotherapy

practice, and to also modify any of these forms as

needed to meet the requirements for your clinical

records.

" World Peace Through Inner Peace "

Charlie Curtis, BCH

[Guest guest]

> I am inquiring for my brother--who says he wants to

> stop smoking. Do you work by telephone?

> If so, what are your rates for the stop-smoking

> session? What if the person is not familiar with

> EFT?

>

Like many other EFT practitioners I do EFT over the

phone if the client is at a distance. Whether the

person has done EFT or not before is not a factor, as

EFT is easily teachable over the phone.

As a list moderator myself, I'm thinking the

moderators here would probably prefer that inquiries

for information not necessarily of interest to all

members, like discussion of rates for private

sessions, be handled in personal emails, so if you

have further questions, please email me privately at

charliach@...)

charlie

" World Peace Through Inner Peace "

Charlie Curtis, BCH

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sign in and go inti the chat room they call the lobby theses people will be of

great help to you hey are to me Alice

Charlie Curtis <charlieach@...> wrote: > I am inquiring for my brother--

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nicotine is the most powerfully addictive drug physically and mentally there is.

I have smoked for 32 years and called the tobacco quit line. They set me up with

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Drea Garza <dgarza@...> wrote: A guy I know quit smoking, seamingly

effortlessly.

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Hello, Drea...

Cal Banyan is correct (in my humble opinion) about nicotine...think

about it: if nicotine IS addictive, then why aren't we seeing 12

step groups for nicotine gum and nicotine patch addicts!?

Also, nicotine does leave the body within couple of days.

With smoking, it's NOT the nicotine that keeps you going back for

more. EFT is a fantastic tool for working through each piece of the

journey to RECOVERING the NONSMOKER you NATURALLY ARE!

Like EFT, hypnosis always works...we just may not always know how to

work IT! I take the view that EFT is essentially a form of waking

hypnosis/self hypnosis. Years ago I tried hypnosis for smoking

cessation and " it didn't work " ....of course, I never did do the

homework or go back for more sessions.......!

Meanwhile, I believe that if part of you truly wishes to stop the

habit of smoking, EFT will be a valuable support tool for you.

Maybe it would help to begin with tapping away the belief

that " quitting smoking is hard " and tapping in " I choose to let it

be easy and fun! "

Good luck!

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Drea,

I just read Charlie's earlier post on this. His method is

excellent. And he's terrific on the phone.

Debbie

-- In One_EmotionalFreedomTechniques , " Drea Garza "

<dgarza@...> wrote:

>

> A guy I know quit smoking, seamingly effortlessly. I asked him how

he did

> it, and he said he wans't addicted to nicotine. He just liked

smoking. He he

> reached a point where he got tired of it, how it made him feel and

it wasn't

> worth the cost to buy the cigs. So he believed he wasn't addicted,

therefore

> the quitting was easy or at least easier. .Hmmm... Why would

anyone think

> nicotine is not addictive, though? I wonder if I could convince

myself of

> that! <G>

>

> Unfortunatly, hypnisis didn't work for me.

>

> Drea

>

> _____

>

>

>

>

>

> Marsha,

>

> Many hypnosis scripts that I used to use, especially one from Cal

Banyan who

> is a leader in the field, state that nicotine is not really

addictive. I

> have started telling my clients that when they are hypnotized when

they

> can't argue with me!

>

> I know what you mean though, I quit smoking several times with

severe

> withdrawal symptoms, before EFT was invented.

>

> CAROL HENDERSON

>

>

>

>

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carol

> I don't think it has been proved to be that

> addictive.

>

I agree with you

I've done this many times with clients who have smoked

several packs a day for many years, that is, have them

tap a single round of EFT while they're in the middle

of having an actual craving for a cigarette, and the

craving will instantly disappear.

the craving will come back after awhile (within hours

or days) if you haven't handled the driving emotion,

but if it was some sort of hardwired chemical

addiction, I don't think tapping on a few points of

the body over the space of about a minute would be

able to get that craving to disappear.

everybody who comes to me takes great pains to try to

convince me how addicted they are, and I just ignore

it, because I've seen EFT " slay the dragon " of their

so-called addiction with such regularity hundreds of

times.

so I know that even though they have themselves

totally convinced that they're addicted beyond

possibility of relief, that they're just " blowing

smoke " , and that, in a little while, they'll be a

non-smoker, just like all the other ones who thought

they couldn't quit.

charlie

" World Peace Through Inner Peace "

Charlie Curtis, BCH

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[Guest guest]

Charlie,

I have heard that the tobacco companies are the ones who say it is more and

more addictive. This works to their advantage.

CAROL HENDERSON

I agree with you

I've done this many times with clients who have smoked

several packs a day for many years, that is, have them

tap a single round of EFT while they're in the middle

of having an actual craving for a cigarette, and the

craving will instantly disappear.