Growing up, my mother was always a heavy smoker, and her addiction to tobacco had a big impact on my health and environment. The whole house smelled of smoke. I was forever coming down with respiratory infections. On Saturdays, she’d throw me in the car for a drive to New Hampshire, where cigarettes were cheaper. Once, the coffee table caught fire from a faulty lighter! We didn’t have a lot of money back then, but cartons upon cartons of cigarettes were a TOP priority. I watched as her chain smoking drained her bank account and prematurely aged her skin. Today, she has COPD and 2 ground glass tumors in her lungs.
For a while in my career as an acupuncturist, I stopped taking on smoking cessation clients. I found it frustrating that seemingly every last one of them would come in for their appointments smelling of smoke, having had that One. Last. Cigarette. In the car on the way over. I had better luck with people coming off methadone than I did with smokers. I knew these people needed something more. Enter HYPNOSIS. Acupuncture provides a tremendous benefit on the physical level for smoking cessation and all sorts of addictive behaviors. It helps regulate the nervous system and calm cravings and irritability. What it can’t do, though, is change the subconscious mind. There is a physical element to tobacco / nicotine addiction, but there is a major psychological component to it as well. People have many triggers around emotional states and social situations that they use smoking to cope with. Hypnosis helps to completely reprogram the subconscious mind for success, and helps neutralize these triggers. Over the last couple of months, I have created a smoking cessation program like no other. Combining acupuncture, hypnosis, herbal and nutritional supplements, and MP3s for daily reinforcement and homework. You simply can’t find anything else like it, anywhere. Not local to Northern Worcester County? Can't travel? No worries! We can craft a customized virtual program to your individual needs. So, what would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? Would you take immediate action and set yourself on a path of freedom from cigarette smoking? Book a consult today and find out if you're a candidate for our program.
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Alison
1/8/2020 03:50:19 pm
I NEED to quit. Very interested. I’ve tried everything else
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Allison Blaisdell, Lic.Ac.
1/8/2020 05:46:45 pm
Give us a call, we'll be here when you're ready!
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AuthorAllison Blaisdell, MSTOM, Lic.Ac. is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in private practice at Fitchburg Acupuncture, and also at Massachusetts General Hospital. She offers Acupuncture, Hypnosis, Nutritional Response Testing, and Frequency Specific Microcurrent, as well as online holistic health coaching and consultation. Her mission is to educate and empower her patients to achieve their best possible health. Archives
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