Drinking alcohol can get out of control when it’s easily accessible, seemingly part of social society and commonly used to reduce stress. Alcohol is often the favoured approach to stress reduction because for some it can quickly numb stressful feelings. However it also poisons the body, reduces confidence, and increases various health risk factors. Over time, it often not only causes physical problems but also impacts on work and relationship circumstances. What was once a coping strategy becomes a problem.

How can hypnotherapy help you reduce drinking?

Hypnotherapy is an effective way of reducing alcohol intake using various hypnosis techniques that build confidence as well as to help reduce the internal drinking drivers. Hypnotherapy can help stop habitual drinking, reduce the desire to drink alcohol and replace drinking with better coping strategies to deal with stress. It can also address the reasons why you drink and change associated thoughts and behaviours.

An Example

Bill is a typical example of someone who was struggling to contain his drinking. Bill began drinking alcohol every day to cope with work stress after a promotion three years ago. His drinking increased from a couple of glasses on the weekend to a couple of glasses or more every night. While work had settled down, his drinking habit persisted. He’d tried to return to his old ‘weekend only’ habit but he was unable to resist the temptation of driving into the bottle shop on the way home from work. Bill began asking himself “how can I stop drinking alcohol?” and “what are the ways to quitting drinking?” He’d heard about Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve step programs but felt uncomfortable participating in group therapy sessions and was worried he’d still be tempted to drink. He chose hypnotherapy because he felt it was a private, confidential and a very positive approach to reducing his alcohol consumption.

The hypnotherapist and Bill set goals to reduce his drinking. Bill’s goal was to begin with one alcohol free day in the first week and gradually to extend this to five days over a period of time. The hypnotherapist then used hypnotic suggestions to reduce Bill’s desire to drink by reinforcing it as a poison and to use more positive coping strategies. Bill also found new ways of dealing with stress. He has two nights per week to himself midweek, away from his wife and the kids, to play basketball and go to the gym on his way home from work. He was pleasantly surprised to discover that reducing the alcohol intake also resulted in him losing weight. Weight loss is often a positive and unintended outcome of this alcohol reduction program.

Number of Sessions

Sometimes hypnosis works straight away, sometimes several sessions are needed to remove the issues that are related to drinking.  Many clients say that this program is more successful than their visits to Alcoholics Anonymous. Clients say they stopped drinking because hypnotherapy boosted levels of self control and their self-esteem, whereas sitting in group therapy diminished their self-esteem and made them feel embarrassed.

Save money with hypnotherapy

Drinking is expensive. Someone with a relatively moderate drinking problem, can easily spend an average of $20 per day on alcohol. A once a week ‘binge drinker’ can spend over $140 in a single night. Whether drinking daily or binging, drinking can cost more than $7,000 annually! A person with an after tax income of $40,000 will need to spend the first two months of year at work (300 hours) just to pay for their alcohol consumption.

What if you smoke as well? An average smoker spends $6,000 per year on cigarettes. So if you drink and smoke then quit smoking and cut your drinking by 80%. After one year you’ll have an extra $10,000 to spend on something useful …………which doesn’t slowly poison or kill you.

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The clinic is located at: 77 Willsmere Road, Kew

The cost of the hypnosis session is: $135. Payment is due at the end of each consultation.

A three session alcohol reduction package can be purchased at a reduced rate of $365.  To purchase please click here or alternatively at the conclusion of the first session, but no later.

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Appointment length: 50 mins – 1 hour

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