giving up smoking

Does anyone out there have contacts for a hypnotherapist or acupuncturist in Jakarta that can help me to give up smoking???

Have you found anyone yet? Perhaps a psychologist could help, or even research sources on the web and then try self hypnosis if can't find someone to help you. Three cheers for the effort!

Self hypnosis! Now that's a thought. No, I haven't found anyone yet. Have you ever tried self hynosis?

I was taught self hypnosis for relaxation as part of a stress management class one time. I used it for many years and also used to use the similar techniques to help my children settle down to sleep when they were younger. (I experience it as a mental state very similar to prayer or meditation but just more focused on making mental changes to get everything in line with what you want your body and mind to be doing. And then you set up mental triggers that when you think of x things it is supposed to condition your mind to return to that state.) But cigarette addiction is probably more challenging than a stiff neck! I've heard that one thing that makes the physical nicotine addiction even more challenging to overcome is all the daily habits associated with smoking -- you have to change all of your daily routine and minute to minute items such as for example what you do when your hands are idle or what you do in place of a "cigarette break," and if you have friends who smoke it's hard to be around them too. You almost need to quit cold turkey and start a new life! But after watching a few family members die of emphysema and smoking related illnesses, I think cigs are one of the worst killers and worth almost any effort to quit even though you may ALWAYS "enjoy" them! (My dad told me he smokes b/c he enjoys it and I replied, "duh, what do you think an addiction is?!!" Again, good luck!