My New Life

I had smoked since I was 15 years old, both Weed and cigarettes starting properly buying cigarettes when I was around 16 and then buying weed properly/daily when I was 17. The cigarettes were never really a problem in my humble opinion as I was smoking only around 5 a day. However, when I went out drinking this could rise to say 20/30 however in one session. My main problem was weed! For years I coped just fine (so I thought), for example I went to university attained a good degree, got a good job etc., all whilst smoking weed at any waking moment I could get away with. After some years it did start to become a burden. I started to conceal myself socially; I started to not really care about anything. Nothing excited me, Christmas, birthdays and holidays all seemed to get in the way/detract from me smoking weed. I would no longer have a smoke with mates; I would now smoke solely on my own. I was spending around £70 a week on it and would class having a smoke as good as going and out and therefore didn’t bother to socialise. It came to a point where everything evolved around weed. Watching a film, before eating, before sleeping, you get the idea.

I came across Rory and the Harley Street Stop Smoking Clinic online. I pondered over giving them a call for a while but then skinned up and it was all forgotten for another six months. Things got a little worse and the birth of my daughter really triggered me to actually make that call. Now I am a sceptical person. The thought of hypnosis I must admit made me laugh. We all have preconceived ideas of the pendulum swinging and then acting like a weirdo. This is just not the case. I made an enquiry with the reception and I was promptly called back by Rory himself. I asked him some very deep and intense questions and really tried to trip him up with how this wasn’t going to work for me and that I will never be able to get to sleep at night after this etc. He answered every question expertly. What clinched it for me was this statement “ I will not take the money off of your debit card until you are happy at the end of the treatment”. This I found strange and it filled me with confidence. Can this guy actually be serious? He was so confident in his abilities that he actually said this to me! I booked straight away.

At the appointment which is 1.5 hours, Rory simply sits you down for the first hour with a clipboard and asks you questions about your life and the habit. Even at this point I was still sceptical (as a lot of weed smokers are). Then it came to the actual hypnosis in the pod contraption. From what I can remember this was some strange lights and noises coming from various directions with Rory repeating affirmations (good thoughts) over and over. This apparently taps into yourself subconscious and rewires it change your internal values regarding smoking.
As soon as it was finished I knew it had worked. I took a walk down Oxford Street as I felt like it! Normally I would need to skin up straight away after getting out of somewhere. There was a guy smoking a cigarette outside of an office. I walked through his cloud. It disgusted me. Rory had handily also included normal cigarettes in my treatment. I almost instantly phoned my girlfriend and told her to bin my weed box with grinder and Rizlas et al. She actually couldn’t believe it, but obliged. To this day have not smoked a single puff of anything. I actually feel sorry for smokers. Inhaling smoke into your lungs is clearly not a good idea! I watch them and shake my head (classic ex-smoker hypocriticalness). Trust me this works! I am not a plant or a stooge I am real and will vouch for Rory any day of the week. It has completely transformed my life. I am now going the gym regularly and getting rather cut (I don’t eat a large Maltesers and 2 packs of Hob Nobs every night anymore. I have also started a business in addition. Something blazers only talk about and never actually implement! It really is the best thing I’ve done and I just wish I’d done it sooner. However I am not supposed to look into the past (one of Rory’s pieces of advice). I have since sent a couple of friends Rory’s way and they have also attained the same results.
If you are thinking about doing it – Just do it, you won’t regret it.

Tom – London (Age 30)