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