| If you think smokeless tobacco is "up to | | | | |
| snuff" and not dangerous, think again. | | | | The Physical Addiction to Nicotine, But ... : |
| Whatever you call it - chewing, dipping or | | | | In spite of the powerful addiction, medical |
| spitting - it is every bit as hazardous as | | | | professionals maintain that the physical |
| smoking. The majority of doctors think more | | | | component of nicotine addiction is quelled |
| so because people are less aware of the | | | | after people quit using tobacco for a week. |
| threats. Cancers of the lips, tongue, mouth | | | | It's my firm belief that nicotine addiction |
| and throat can rapidly develop in people who | | | | comprises a mere 10 percent of smokeless |
| use smokeless tobacco and leave ugly - even | | | | tobacco dependency. As such, 90 percent of |
| deadly - results. | | | | the fight to quit dipping is overcoming the |
| | | | mental and emotional components. So what |
| Regardless of the dangerous and painful | | | | does this mean for people like you who wish |
| effects of smokeless tobacco, quitting with | | | | to quit? |
| traditional practices remains very difficult. | | | | |
| Many people think the reason lies in | | | | Quitting becomes much easier if you can: |
| nicotine, a natural, super toxic chemical | | | | |
| found in tobacco that is the plant's guard to | | | | A. Address and eliminate the anxiety and |
| prevent being eaten by insects. Analyzing | | | | tension that compels you to use smokeless |
| equal quantities, nicotine is more deadly | | | | tobacco |
| than strychnine or snake venom, and three | | | | |
| times deadlier than arsenic. | | | | B. Cancel the conditioned responses to chew |
| | | | in specific situations |
| When dipping, the nicotine makes its way to | | | | |
| the brain in under 10 seconds, where it | | | | But how does a person triumph over those |
| generates a flood of dopamine, resulting in a | | | | issues? |
| soothing feeling. Nicotine also increases | | | | |
| adrenaline production, so it both calms and | | | | Self-hypnosis offers a way to tackle the |
| energizes. However, the emotional part of | | | | emotional and psychological elements of the |
| smokeless tobacco addiction is much stronger | | | | addiction while eliminating struggles, which |
| and creates far more obstacles to quitting | | | | will eliminate the withdrawal symptoms. When |
| smokeless tobacco than nicotine. | | | | we recognize how self-hypnosis works, it |
| | | | makes the decision to quit dipping much |
| Many users had their first chew as young as | | | | easier to assume. |
| nine years old. In just a few months, using | | | | |
| smokeless tobacco becomes a fixed habit that | | | | When people dip for relaxation and pleasure, |
| yields reliable stress relief. In addition to | | | | it is to quiet anxious feelings. People often |
| the psychological conditioning, a social | | | | play the same images over in their heads, |
| conditioning transpires, as images of many | | | | like a bad movie, which leaves them feeling |
| sports celebrities dipping also attract young | | | | very stressed. With self hypnosis and |
| users. | | | | various Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) |
| | | | techniques, you retrain your brain to |
| Understanding that there are individual | | | | instantaneously and naturally stop |
| emotional and physical factors that play a | | | | stress-inducing images and replace them with |
| role in a chewing habit makes it easier to | | | | soothing images and mental movies. This |
| create a plan to overcome smokeless tobacco | | | | produces satisfaction and relaxation while |
| addiction. Let's look at each element | | | | eliminating cravings and oral compulsions. |
| separately and look at effective methods to | | | | You shake the craving to put the chew in your |
| curb them. | | | | mouth, and you do not get any urge to |
| | | | substitute food in its place. This quells |
| Dipping for Relaxation and Pleasure: Just | | | | weight gain. |
| like using a pacifier to appease a restless | | | | |
| toddler, over the course of time, people who | | | | In order to battle the conditioned response |
| use tobacco products begin to associate | | | | of dipping smokeless tobacco, the NLP Flash |
| putting something in their mouths with | | | | technique removes the associations of dipping |
| satisfaction and relaxation. Curbing the | | | | during certain activities or situations. This |
| effects of tobacco usage means addressing all | | | | means your subconscious won't trigger the |
| aspects of the addiction. | | | | craving. Further, the Flash can even be used |
| | | | to create a compulsion to reject smokeless |
| Dipping Tobacco is a Conditioned Response: | | | | tobacco. |
| The classic case in point of a conditioned | | | | |
| response relates to Pavlov and his dogs, | | | | Employing specific and strategic NLP |
| which were trained to anticipate food - and | | | | techniques makes the decision to quit chewing |
| thus began salivating - when a bell was rung. | | | | very easy and painless by avoiding withdrawal |
| In accordance, if, for example, you always | | | | symptoms, cravings and weight gain. The |
| use chewing tobacco after each meal, you will | | | | method involves training the unconscious mind |
| consequently develop a desire to chew when | | | | to abide by the same thought patterns that |
| you finish eating. | | | | create your mental addiction to smokeless |
| | | | tobacco in the first place, to eliminate the |
| In your mind, the images of folding the | | | | addiction. |
| napkin and pushing the play away may be tied | | | | |
| to using snuff, even if you are not conscious | | | | Your brain is a powerful instrument-far more |
| of it. Developing awareness of the trigger | | | | powerful than an addiction. With commitment |
| images or situations can help you conquer | | | | and the aid of self-hypnosis and NLP, you can |
| cravings. | | | | quit smokeless tobacco forever. |