If you want to stop smoking, Peking Acupuncture's smoking cessation program with Dr. Ling is the only way to go. Although I made attempts to quit smoking from time to time over the last 30 years, those efforts were undermined by the intense urge to smoke and the inability to muster the willpower to overcome those urges during times of stress and anxiety - a daily occurrence for most. However, Peking Acupuncture's smoking cessation treatment worked for me and I knew I kicked the habit forever within just 5 days. Here's my story.
I first visited Dr. Ling at Peking Acupuncture for pain on the recommendation of a friend. I saw the literature in the front office about their smoking cessation program and, when I made inquiry, Dr. Ling was all too happy to share his knowledge, experience and success stories. Although I had personal knowledge that acupuncture is highly effective and works for many things, I had doubts about the smoking cessation program. Dr. Ling stood firm in his conviction that Peking Acupuncture's smoking cessation program would work and, although the first treatment would be effective, I could come back as many times as I wanted over a 30 day period of time for one flat rate price. I knew I wanted to quit smoking and was trying to find a 'good time' in my schedule. As a trial lawyer, my world is a series of varying stress levels and there is never an 'ideal' time. So, I bit the bullet and scheduled an appointment on a Saturday.
The Saturday appointment took about an hour, was painless and I found myself feeling quite serene as I left the office. Over the next few days, I did not experience any nicotine cravings or withdrawals, although I did seem to have an abundance of time on my hands. I did not realize how much time was wasted in the consumption of cigarettes or how many daily decisions and activities were tailored around the consumption of cigarettes. I knew I would need to avoid triggers like coffee and alcohol before I began. So, I planned to drink tea to take a break from coffee for while. Alcohol was another story - many lawyers drink too much to quench the strain of stress and I was no exception. Quite to my amazement, I had no desire to drink alcohol and had even more free time. Not only did I not have the desire to smoke or drink, but the idea of doing either seemed undesirable. Lack of appetite was also a happy accident of the acupuncture treatment.
The real test for the smoking cessation program with Dr. Ling at Peking Acupuncture happened Thursday, 5 days after the initial treatment. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest, my stress level started out fairly low and quickly ramped up and over 10 before noon and remained at that level until about 7 p.m. Under normal circumstances, I would have gone downstairs to smoke and, at some point later in the afternoon, there would have been some alcohol consumption. To be sure, I was very consciously aware of what I would do under normal circumstances and the idea of smoking and drinking tinkled in my thoughts. Throughout the day, I soldiered on - taking a few deep breaths from time to time. At the end of the day, I found myself so immensely thankful and grateful that I did not succumb to old habits that I was almost reduced to tears. That day - 5 days in - I knew "I got this."
Although Dr. Ling insists that one treatment will do, you may want to think of it as a 30 day treatment plan. I wanted to make double sure the noose of nicotine was forever eradicated from my life. So, I followed up the first Saturday (04/22) appointment with another treatment on Tuesday (04/25) and Friday (04/28) the first week, then Wednesday (05/03) the next week and a final appointment on Friday, May 12th. The smoking cessation treatment with Dr. Ling at Peking Acupuncture made it easy for me to kick the habit - no nicotine withdrawals or urges to overcome. I highly recommend Peking Acupuncture's smoking cessation treatment and hand out their card to any smoker mentioning the desire to quit smoking. read more