Walnut Creek, California
You have stopped before. That is not the problem.
You have proved you can stop. You have done it for a week, a month, once for most of a year. Stopping was never the difficulty. Staying stopped when something goes wrong is the difficulty.
This might be you if
- You can stop and you cannot stay stopped
- It returns on the bad days, not the ordinary ones
- You know exactly what it costs you and that has not been enough
- You have decided to stop, sincerely, more times than you can count
The habit is doing a job
It is not there because you are weak. It is there because it works, quickly, at something. Take away the behavior without addressing the job it does and the job simply gets reassigned, which is why people so often swap one habit for another.
Deciding is not where habits live
You have decided many times. Deciding happens in the part of the mind that makes plans, and the habit is run by the part that keeps you comfortable and does not consult you. This is the practical case for hypnotherapy: it is a way of speaking to the department that is actually running it.
What I do and do not claim
I do not promise outcomes and I do not offer this as medical care. If your habit involves physical dependence, please work with a medical provider, and I am glad to work alongside that. What I can do is get at what the habit is protecting you from feeling.
How I would work with this
You do not need more willpower. You need the job it is doing to be done by something else.
Start with a free 15 minute call
We talk, you ask questions, and you decide if this is right for you. No pressure either way.