{"id":2744,"date":"2012-05-12T22:04:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T02:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2019-08-12T07:03:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T11:03:33","slug":"on-a-scale-of-1-10-how-badly-do-you-want-to-quit-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/on-a-scale-of-1-10-how-badly-do-you-want-to-quit-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"On a Scale of 1-10 How Badly Do You Want to Quit Smoking?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Quizzical<\/a>

So where are you on the scale of wanting to quit?<\/p><\/div>\n

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I fear I’m going to upset a few smokers who think they’re ready to quit and after reading this may discover they’re not. The truth hurts sometimes.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had many people over the years who contacted me wanting my help to quit smoking<\/em>. While I got into hypnotherapy to help people sometimes I do refuse to take on a client. It\u2019s not the difficult cases I don\u2019t take on but those who are not really ready to make changes.<\/p>\n

When it comes to smokers who want to quit I have a question I ask that lets me determine their commitment to quitting, and it\u2019s a self-test people can make about anything they want to change about themselves.<\/p>\n

I ask them, \u201cOn a scale of 1 through 10 how badly do you want to stop smoking<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n

With one being \u201ceverybody around me wants me to quit so I suppose I should make an attempt<\/em>\u201d to 10 being \u201cI\u2019ll do anything to get cigarettes out of my life for good<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anything below a self-rating of seven (7) is a cause for concern for me to take them on as client because it tells me they\u2019re not really ready to quit. To take on people that are not ready is a waste of their money and my time.<\/p>\n

I know some hypnotists that only take on clients with a self-rating of 10, but some people rate themselves lower for personal reasons and so my range is wider.<\/p>\n

I got into hypnotherapy to help people and any hypnotist will tell you success depends as much on the client as it does on the skill of the hypnotist. My time is the scarcest resource I have \u2013 it is severely limited \u2013 and so I need to use it to help the ones that can benefit the most \u2013 those who are committed.<\/p>\n

But are people truthful when they answer the question I pose?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been my experience they are because they don\u2019t know it\u2019s coming and so don\u2019t have a prepared script but answer it honestly. People could be overly optimistic rather than dishonest \u2013 after all who are they kidding? \u2013 But I\u2019ve found people tend to be realistic when answering because they don\u2019t know my filtering range.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s one more piece of critical information their answer tells me about the person – will they keep their appointment?<\/em><\/p>\n

A Quit Smoking Hypnosis program can last for up to 21\/2 hours and so this time of my day is tied-up and gone forever \u2013 remember my time is scarce<\/em>. The lower in the range the more risk there is the person will not keep their appointment. I had a recent week where I had three no shows for their quitting appointment. No call or email \u2013 they just didn\u2019t show. Effectively one whole working day of the week gone. Now of course emergencies and unforeseen circumstances happen but in these instances people generally call and make another appointment.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, not keeping appointments is common with smokers and especially with smokers who fail my self-test of at least a 7 and one of the reasons why I don\u2019t go below that floor.<\/p>\n

So, if you\u2019re a smoker who wants to quit smoking reading this, then before you decide to quit ask yourself on a scale of 1-10 just how badly do you really want to stop smoking? If you\u2019re honest with the person in the mirror and it\u2019s less than a 7 then admit you\u2019re not really ready yet and wait until you are, and you know you\u2019ll keep your appointment \u2013 even if it\u2019s with yourself.<\/p>\n

Finally, If you feel you’re ready and interested in more information about my own online or in-office then check out my own stop smoking hypnosis programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Erika Slater CH
\nDirector
\nFree At Last Hypnosis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a technique I use to help me determine if somebody will be successful in my stop smoking program – you can use it yourself to test if you’re ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[989],"class_list":["post-2744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stop-smoking","tag-mindset"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2744"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4488,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions\/4488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoke-free-at-last.com\/lib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}