It is a method by which instead of dealing with the chemical addiction – although nicotine is the easiest to be addicted to it is not that strong in that withdrawal is really not a big problem – it is the psychological side that is dealt with. It essentially de-programs your attitude towards smoking.
The method does not use gimmicks like nicotine replacement, it does not require any will power what-so-ever, it does not result in weight gain, no shock methods, you can carry on smoking through the course, and once you are done you are a none-smoker with no feelings of depression, no withdrawal or feeling deprived – just a happy ex-smoker. It also addresses many of the social issues, such as latest anti-smoking attitudes within society, that I found very helpful and I wish more non-smokers would read this book to better understand the problem of smoking, we'd have a lot less miserable ex-smokers and a lot less smokers if more people read these books or attended the clinics.
Easyway books have been international best sellers for over 20 years now, the clinics cost £200 on average for not just one session but any additional sessions you may like, they have a full money back guarantee – the clinics have a 90% SUCCESS RATE!
The books can be bought from Amazon for as little as £0.14 used/new, if you look through his books there are quite a few variations, the books are essentially the same as what you'd get taught during the sessions via the clinics, they are just a different way of getting the information to you.
The Allen Carr organisation is now considered to be the leading authority on stopping smoking and clinics based on the method are established across the globe. The Allen Carr organisation helps approximately 3/4 million smokers a year to discover what Allen Carr discovered in 1983, an easy way to get free! In the last 20 years we estimate that Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking has cured more than 10 million smokers worldwide.
I need to quit and wondered if anyone out there has used this method. It has been newly released.
A simple answer to your question is "yes". I’ve been smoke free for a little over a month now. I smoked about 1.5 to 2 ppd for a little over 25 years. Finally, thanks to Chantix, I am nicotine free. It feels great not to have that nagging bitch on my back.
My brother has Bipolar, Anxiety disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive disorder. I also suffer from these disorders, I thought I would mention that because I feel I understand my brother more than anyone else. He desperately wants to quit smoking. He has to be in a certain "mood" to quit. The longest he has quit is two days, then his mood changes and he still cares but he is weak. He is on a lot of medications so he is not able to take prescription quit smoking aids. To make matters worse his wife is a chain smoker so he is around it and has constant access to cigarettes. I believe it is not just a nicotine addiction but also force of habit.
I supposedly have Bipolar and am on a lot of medications. I was taking Chantix and it helped a lot. But then I decided that quitting smoking was not what I wanted to do right away, so I stopped the chantix. I believe it is possible because I quit for a year one time.
I just quit smoking (actually haven’t smoked in just over a week now) and I want to help my lungs repair quicker. I am in the stages of coughing up tons of mucus and it sucks, but I know its just a sign of healing. What can I do to speed up or aid this process?
Congrats! I have also recently quit and am now 7 days smoke free. I feel better than I have in years! You wont spend to much time coughing up junk, and alot of it can be accounted to the change of the seasons. I dont think there is anything you can do to speed up your "healing" but keep breathing in clean air!
I was a smoker for 20 years and am proud to say that I am a NON smoker for the forever future! Hang in there!!
Yes, the time has come for me to leave my best friend (my cigarette) behind, it is a habit I picked up in college and always hoped id leave it there, but it has followed me to my work. I am not proud of my habit, but o, how do I enjoy it!!! I love smoking, but it is an abusive relationship, I fear.
I have decided that I am going to decide on a date and quit, (with the help of a quit smoking aid which hopefully will curb the irritability) I do however fear weight gain since last time I tried to quit I picked up weight from a decreased metabolism (I didn’t eat more, I was very conscience of that and I exercised)
So yahoo community, do you have any tips and reasons (I would like to make a list) for me to quit this terrible habit?
Stained teeth, bad breath, smelly clothes, lung disease, premature wrinkles, cancer, death. If that doesn’t help I don’t know what will.
Good luck
i would like to know how others quit, and with any aids used
The Allen Carr method, it’s the most successful method available. It’s better than ever single other method because it makes you realize that there’s no reason to smoke and that you’re not "giving up" or sacrificing anything.
I was a pack-a-day smoker and was under the strong illusion that I loved smoking and I read this book just out of curiosity and quit. I had just finished college and I knew that I couldn’t bring the dirty habit to the real working world. After I finished the book, I just completely forgot about smoking. I had absolutely NO withdrawal symptoms or urges to smoke. It was almost as if it was too good to be true
I recommended the book to my friend’s father, a 2 1/2 pack-a-day smoker who had been smoking for 41 years. He read the book and quit as well and has been cigarette free for nearly 2 years now.
I have a link to the book on amazon. I know you quit but I think it would be good if you recommended the book to others who want to quit. Read the reviews to see just how many people quit without any issues and remain smoke-free.
Sometimes a quit smoking aid will help you get over immediate cravings and withdrawal symptoms, but in the longer term will it work?
The goal in using these tools is to help you get through the physical addiciton over the first few days and weeks. After weaning yourself off of them, you can quit whatever aid you’ve been using and live smoke free!
For health and medical reasons, some people are unable to use certain quit smoking aids. Pregnant women are advised against using many drugs, for example, such as Chantix. Skin sensitivities prevent others from using nicotine patches.
Have you had to replace one type of aid for another? What did you find to work best?
I smoke about 6 cigarettes a day and I want to quit. I know that’s not a lot, but I hate everything about it. Any thoughts? Should I try cold turkey and just suck up the side effects? I’ve tried before but unsuccessfull. Any thoughts welcome, but please no bashing. Thanks!
You can quit cold turkey, which works great for a lot of people, or you can try a quit smoking aid. You just have to be consistent. You have to keep trying if you fail, and if you keep trying you can’t help but succeed eventually. The best advice is to just set a date, plan for it, and then throw away all the smoking materials, matches, ashtrays, lighters, etc. Go on a trip if you can, for a few days, or bury yourself in work or at school. Don’t drink booze for a while, it lowers your inhibitions and resistance. Give yourself some light negative reinforcement whenever you think about smoking–like walk around the block, do 10 or 20 pushups, or pinch yourself unpleasantly on the arm. Just don’t hurt yourself. Anyway, good luck.
There’s so many different quit smoking aids on the market, some of them affordable and some pretty pricey. My neighbor recently quit with just the aid of chewing gum, and she was quitting a pack a day habit. She said she got the idea because a friend of hers swore by sugar-free suckers, so she figured maybe half of her problem was just habit, just plain old oral fixation.
And lo and behold! It worked. So don’t get discouraged – different things work for different people.