Is hypnosis for you? Bethlehem man quits smoking with help of
hypnotist     • Hypnosis has been proven successful to help ease
anxiety and to help people quit smoking. Hypnosis has been
proven successful to help ease anxiety and to help people…
(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO ) November 12, 2012|By Milton D. Carrero, Of
The Morning Call  Jim Coffarelli lit up a cigarette minutes
before he visited the hypnotist. He was seeking help to quit
smoking.  That was one year ago. He hasn't smoked since, and he
doesn't even remember what he did with that last pack.  "Smoking
is the most ridiculous, absurd thing that society still allows,"
Coffarelli says.  Coffarelli had struggled with smoking most of
his life. The Bethlehem man had his first cigarette at age 9, a
Newport Menthol that he lifted from his mom. He had quit once
before, also using therapeutic hypnosis.  "If you really want to
stop it," he says, "whatever it is. I think that hypnosis is a
viable and legitimate option to explore."  The Mayo Clinic
recommends therapeutic