http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Michael+Stone Self Help Michael Stone Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=580611&ca=Self+Help Smoking cigarettes is very hard to do. Not only does the smoker go through miserable months of "learning" to smoke, but great effort has to be exerted to suppress the normal body defense mechanisms with each cigarette smoked for as long as they smoke. It never gets any easier because the body always... Pets Michael Stone Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=544696&ca=Pets Have you ever found yourself talking to your dog and got the feeling that he knew what you were saying? Well, it is very likely that your dog DID know what you were saying. The research in the field of Comparative Psychology (the study of the behavior and mental life of animals) has discovered that... Self Help Michael Stone Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=482638&ca=Self+Help When a smoker reaches for their last cigarette when they can't get more in a timely manner, it creates anxiety. Some people think this is due to nicotine withdrawal but it's not. The person is anxious, not because they need a cigarette at the moment, but because they know they won't have one for the... Self Help Michael Stone Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=469799&ca=Self+Help As I have discussed in other articles, the driving force behind smoking is not the cigarette/nicotine. The thing that keeps a person smoking is the Psychological Smoking Mechanism. The foundation for this mechanism is consciously laid by the beginning smoker at an early age. However, it is strengthe... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Michael Stone Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=451346&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet In my work on the dynamics of smoking, I have found that a smoker exerts a strong mind over matter effect on the body to allow themselves to smoke which in turn makes it difficult to simply stop smoking. Smokers have created a Psychological Smoking Mechanism to mentally suppress the normal body defe... Self Help Michael Stone Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=447581&ca=Self+Help As has been said in these articles, it is very, very hard to simply quit smoking. This is because the smoker has built a psychological smoking mechanism from an early age and reinforces it with every cigarette. You see, it takes great WILL POWER to smoke each cigarette. The WILL POWER is generated b... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Michael Stone Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=440793&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet One of the insidious things about smoking cigarettes is that it takes a long time for the serious health effects to be noticed by the smoker even though damage occurs with each cigarette smoked. By the time the smoker notices health issues, serious health damage has occurred; damage that could have... Self Help Michael Stone Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=440923&ca=Self+Help In the first three parts of this article series, we have discussed how the reasons a person started smoking at an early age helped to build the psychological smoking mechanism. This mechanism begins to operate beyond conscious control because the smoker has long since forgotten why they started smok... Self Help Michael Stone Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=435139&ca=Self+Help In part 1 of this article, we discussed real chemical addiction and how stopping cold-turkey can be life threatening. We also pointed out that although a smoker claims, "I'm dying for a cigarette," no one has actually died because they didn't get a smoke. The reason it is important to understand tha... Self Help Michael Stone Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=433100&ca=Self+Help Lately, when I've been interviewed about smoking cessation, the host will usually ask, "Isn't nicotine addiction the reason most people are not able to successfully quit smoking?" They are surprised when I tell them nicotine is not a real addictive substance because it doesn't have the characteristi...