STOP SMOKING SCRIPT

Stop Smoking Script: This style of Stop Smoking script use Direct Suggestion, or Authoritative Hypnosis, a style of therapy that sounds as if you are firing instructions at the listener. Each suggestion is a single direct command, telling the smoker how to behave, what to do, what to be. However, Direct Suggestion is actually quite subtle and very effective for stopping smoking.

This Stop Smoking Hypnosis Script is used after finding out why, when and where the client smokes. The therapist notes these and selects the matching section of the script. If weight gain is a worry then the section on not snacking is used, otherwise not.

Most smokers need convincing that they can stop, that there will be no cravings, that they can deal with stress without a cigarette. The script deals with all of those, and most other common issues.

Other psychological issues should be dealt with by weaving in one or more metaphor scripts such as Bridge to Freedom as required.

• Detailed Explanation of Primary and Context Targets.

 

Coloured text does not imply emphasis: it indicates what work the words are doing, or helps to structure the script. The colours show which of the therapy aspects are being addressed. See the separate table of therapy aiming points.

Embedded commands are bold: use analogical marking with these phrases.

You do not need to use every part of this script. Find out what issues the client has and address only those.

 

 

INDUCTION SECTION

	Lead the client into trance....
	Use your normal induction and confirm level of trance, then start the therapy section.... [See BASIC INDUCTION SCRIPTS]

 

DIRECT SUGGESTION SCRIPT

Target	Dialogue	L	Vector
IDENTITY	BOOST THE SELF IMAGE
	CAPABILITY: YOU CAN CHANGE
Capability	as you are there now... eyes closed.... breathing gently... you are changing ...	D	non sequitur
Capability	you are becoming more resourceful... more sure of yourself.... more aware of your own ability to change....	D
Identity	You think about yourself differently now....	D
Capability	You know that you can change... you can feel yourself changing....	D
Capability	and this means you can change your habits... easily and quickly.... you know you can do this... with a bit of help.... and this is exactly the help you need....	>
Rule	the way you think affects your behaviour.... what you do... what you can do... what you find easy to do....		Truism
Behaviour	And there is one thing you are going to do.... You are going to end that habit...	D
Identity	You are going to end that habit today. As of this moment you are a non smoker....	D
	YOU ARE IN CONTROL
Capability	Because you are getting more and more control in every part of your life now...	>	Non sequitur
behaviour	You are becoming aware now of how much control you have... and having that control means you have less and less anxiety in stressful situations...	>
Capability	You can deal with anxiety... and with any problems that come up in your day...	> D
Behaviour	And because of that you you are more determined... more convinced... more certain that you have had your last cigarette....
	YOU WILL NEVER SMOKE, EVER
Behaviour	You are finished for good... You will never smoke again.... you will never hold a cigarette again.... If y0u ever find a cigarette in your fingers... you will break it.... snap it... crush it out totally.... you will grind it into the floor and enjoy doing it... It's over for you for ever.		PHS
RULE	There are no safe cigarettes... every puff is a danger.... every drag is poison.... there is no 'just one'...
Behaviour	If you ever get too close to smoking you will feel an irresistible compulsion to get up and leave... you will start walking away... find yourself somewhere safe... away from it.... and you mind will be filled with alarm bells .... You will take deep breaths until the danger is over and you are flooded with relief and calm again....
Behaviour	you don't need cigarettes.... you no longer smoke....

 

 

BEHAVIOUR	CHANGE THE BEHAVIOUR
	YOU DON'T NEED TO SMOKE TO RELAX
	You find that you don't think about smoking any more
Rule	You are becoming less and less attached to smoking with each word you are hearing... because smoking was what was causing your anxiety.... giving up smoking means giving up anxiety, nervousness		more>more
Identity	and not smoking gives you the sense of calm you used to have....	D
Capability	Because you know you can handle stress.... you used to ... and other people can do it .... and so can you.... the cigarettes were causing it... and not they are gone... you can forget about the stress they caused...
Capability	And you will experience a strange feeling of calm in those situations now.
	YOU DON'T NEED TO SMOKE TO SOCIALISE
Identity	Smoking is not something you enjoy.... You never enjoyed smoking.... what you enjoyed was the company... the people around you.. the feeling of belonging... being accepted.....	D	Reframing
Behaviour	And from now on.. you know that you can feel part of the group... you can fit in with any people... be accepted... without using the cigarette as an excuse....
Rule	Because that's all cigarettes are... an excuse... an excuse to mix with other smokers.... to share something.... to fit in....		Reframing
Identity	and you don't need that excuse any more.... You are strong and you know who you are... what you are... you are good enough for any company....
Behaviour	From now on... when you are in a bar... or drinking... or sharing with other people.... you feel part of the group... you know you fit in... you know it's OK to be there with them... and you don't need a cigarette as a prop... you don't need to pretend to need a cigarette...
Identity	You don't enjoy cigarettes.... you never really enjoyed them...
Behaviour	Cigarette make you ill and you reject them now.
	YOU DON'T NEED TO SMOKE TO TAKE A BREAK
Identity	You can enjoy a drink without smoking... you can enjoy a meal without smoking... you can enjoy spending time with friends without smoking.... In all those situations... you no longer smoke.
Identity	Take a moment now and think through your day... all the times when you take a break and used to smoke... and now imagine how it will look, how it will feel... how it will be to enjoy those breaks without a cigarette... take that feeling of enjoyment you get and multiply it.... because you are a non smoker now... and you will enjoy those breaks even more.... and get more from them... imagine each one in bright colours.... and maybe there's a piece of music you associate with triumph and success... maybe you can play that music while you think about how it will be at breaktime and you don't smoke....
Behaviour	and at work.... you can take a break... go for a walk... enjoy that few minutes away from the task... and you enjoy it more... now you know that break is healthy and refreshing.... because now you don't smoke...
	CHANGE THE PART THAT SMOKES
Identity	There is a part of you that wanted to smoke... a familiar part... You may not know that part but it is there... and it is ready to change.... now.... at a deep level you know it is time to change.... to let go.... that part had a good reason to smoke... but things have changed now....
Capability	Tell that part that it is now to change... thank that part for what it was trying to do... but it is time to change now... every part of you is valuable.... so you can convert that part to do something else.... that part of you that used to want to smoke is now being converted to a useful healthy purpose...
Identity	And that part of you will be glad... and it is changing now because you asked it to... and you can be surprised at how effective it can be.... and how you are different now...		ambiguity

 

 

	EMPHASISE HEALTH
Rule	Smoking is always a mistake. Smoking makes y0u ill. Every puff is a danger.
Rule	You are not really giving up anything.... What you are giving up is coughing, breathless, tired, and what you are getting now is health and vitality and vigour...		Reframing
Rule	From now on you are getting clear skin... white teeth... bright eyes... glossy hair.... because that is what you get for giving up smoking.... you are getting fresh breath... clean clothes....
Memory	hair that smells of soap the way it used to... remember when you were first dating and how good that smell was... and you want all those things, don't you? Because you have given up smoking now you are getting all those things... and that's good isn't it?
Memory	The moment you stopped... you lungs started healing.... getting younger... just like when you were growing up...
	OTHER ADVANTAGES
Memory	Imagine now .... getting into your car... the clean smell... just like that new car smell... and you open the windows and taste that fresh air....		Metaphor
Identity	and you have more money... and you can start to get fitter... you will enjoy exercise... when you don't smoke.... because you get stronger faster.... you are more confident... you can really taste your food... you don't have to embarrass y0urself by asking to leave company.... because you don't smoke you no longer have people looking at you when you are standing outside.... you don't have to be out in the cold any longer...		Metaphor
Identity	and you can be proud.... quiet confident pride in your own achievement.... And now... bring to mind all the people who will be proud of you... the people who will be surprised... and delighted... and impressed.... because you no longer smoke...		Visualisation
Capability	You will have more time... to do what you want... when you want... think of what you are now able to do... now that you don't smoke....
	YOU WILL NOT PUT ON WEIGHT
Capability	And you trust your mind... to protect you... to keep you healthy....	D
Memory	Now that you have given up... you will just forget about smoking.... it just will not be part of your day.... you can forget about it now.... and you will find your day fills with other things to do...		Presupposition
Memory	And you can remember a time before you smoked... and how you don't need to snack... You will not put on weight... giving it up means you are getting healthier and fitter... giving up means you deserve to look the way you want to look....

 

 

	SMOKING DISGUSTS YOU
Behaviour	Every time smoking crosses your mind you feel a sensation of disgust.		Sensory
Memory	The idea of smoking is revolting. When you think of smoking the most disgusting pictures come to mind... you feel repelled by smoking... by cigarettes.... by tobacco....
Memory	Every time you think of smokes you get a horrible taste in your mouth until you repeat to yourself... over and over... I don't smoke... I will never smoke...		PHS
Identity	And you take a deep breath and feel that healthy air cleansing your body... and deep inside y0u know you don't smoke now... it's over for ever....
	THERE WILL BE NO CRAVINGS
Memory	And you will feel nothing... nothing at all... it is as if you never smoked.... if you feel anything at all... it will feel like a distant memory... smoking does not interest you at all... you can forget about it now...
	Giving up smoking is easy... it actually is easy... and simple... as if you never smoked at all...
	You don't need cigarettes... you don't want cigarettes... you never liked smoking... you are giving it up.... you have stopped.... you have had your last cigarette.... You have nothing to do with smoking now... that is all in the past.... You can see your future now and it's bright and clean and healthy....
	you have more money... better health.... more fun... more energy...
	And you deserve to have a long and healthy life, don't you... and you want to be fit and toned, don't you?.... and you want to have more money and more friends don't you?... and deep down inside... you know you have changed forever, ... you know you have given it up now... don't you?		Yes set
	And every moment that passes you feel that satisfaction growing... and that confidence and pride...
	And when you open your eyes you realise you are seeing things differently, that things have changed... that you have changed... you are a non-smoker now.
	I wonder what part you will enjoy the most?

 

 

REORIENTATION SECTION

	Back to the present....
	Use your normal reorientation method....