Easy Way to Stop Smoking
Hopefully today has been the first day of the rest of my non smoking life….
I have always been a smoker really, off and on… stop for a period of time then start again. It was the conference scene that got me heavily back on the cigarettes from all the late nights in the bar talking search. Now that the smoking ban has arrived in England, as of July 1st, I really felt it was time to do something about it… plus Becky (wife) wanted to pack in and the kids were hassling us.
For the last couple of weeks we have been trying using the normal willpower method of giving up but it is so easy to start again, blaming stress at work, the fact it helps me concentrate and relaxes me. It just wasn’t working but it was just so hard to give up… but is it really?
Ages ago (the previous time we packed in) Becky bought Allen Carr’s book “Easy Way to Stop Smoking”, but bought it after we had stopped and we never needed it. So we dug it out last night and Becky read it – I just got the important sections to read – and today I am a non smoker. I haven’t given up smoking ( as that would mean I was making a sacrifice which instantly makes it harder to stop ) but I have freed myself from cigarettes and the nicotine.
Allen Carr used to smoke 100 a day for thirty odd years, and stopped 23 years ago. He did die last year of lung cancer which had been caused by his smoking but if he hadn’t of stopped he would have died much sooner. The way he explains why it isn’t difficult to stop smoking blows away all the myths about the withdrawl symtoms and the breaking of the habit. You just have to think of yourself as being free from having to smoke cigarettes, and that really it’s all a matter of breaking the addition that you have to nicotine.
You look back and think why didn’t I do this sooner and how stupid I was to start smoking again after I had given up previously. So word of advice, don’t do patches or gum or any other costly treatment.. just get the book.
Oh one good thing is that you can smoke while you read it!
Todd Mintz 2130 days ago
http://www.toddmintz.comDave…you should try Champix to quit smoking…as a matter of fact, I have an affiliate link for it…it is… :.)
Seriously, I do know enough about the product that many people are doing quite well with it. But, congrats on quitting via the Allen Carr book.
DazzlinDonna 2130 days ago
http://www.dazzlindonna.com/blog/2007/03/29/15-cigarettes-to-go/I wish you tons of luck, Dave. I quit smoking on March 29th, of this year. (I blogged about it…url linked above if you are interested). In any case, I did it the willpower way. Just quit. On June 3rd, I smoked one…and got so sick, it was easy to not do that again. So, it’s going on 4 months for me now, and I hope you get there too. And just FYI, I smoked at least 3 packs a day for the last 30 years or so. Some days were 5-packers. So…it can be done, and any way you get it done (books, willpower, patches, whatever)…just do it.
Best of luck!
Phantombookman 2130 days ago
Dave
You have to really want to stop, that’s the key I think.
Feeling you ought to just isn’t enough and that’s why people fail.
If yo actually enjoy the act of smoking thenn oly the financial cost or fear of premature death and illness will stop you !
If you really want to stop then you can – my father did, many I know have.
I though continue to smoke, I enjoy it so much. I never feel that I ‘need’ one – just enjoy those I do have.
Good luck with it
DaveN 2130 days ago
Phantombookman .. this is a common myth that most smokers have and I did too. I used to convince myself that I did enjoy smoking but then you start to think about what it is you are doing, the taste and the smell and it starts to put you off. The EasyWay method explains how our brain / body convinces us that you like and need to smoke so that we get the next nicotine fix.
The worst preaches about stopping smoking are the ex smokers
Hawaii SEO 2130 days ago
http://hawaii-online-advertising.com/Hi Dave,
I was lucky and quit during a period of time when my life was changing anyway. I moved and changed jobs at the same time as I was dumping my girlfriend. It was also near New Years Eve 2000 and I needed a good resolution. I had tried to quit before but wasn’t able to because almost everyone I knew smoked. It was imposable to resist with everyone around me still smoking. I also LIKE smoking so it was very difficult for me to quit. I’m so glad I eventually did it though.
Go to youtube and search for “Australia quit smoking anti-smoking ads” If those don’t motivate you to quit, nothing will.
Google Tutor 2130 days ago
http://www.googletutor.comsounds like me and beer.
running or something like that can make it easier too, start running and it really highlights how bad smoking was messing you up.
good luck, it’ll be worth it.
Nils 2130 days ago
http://seoblitz.deI’m smoking a cigarette at this very moment
Halfdeck 2130 days ago
http://www.seo4fun.com/blog/Buy packs of gum.
I used to smoke Camels and Marlboros every day and spent 24/7 in pool halls filled with smokers to my left and smokers to my right. But once I started chewing gum I never picked up another pack again. Withdraws or temptations while people were smoking all around me? I didn’t feel a thing. And I have tried quitting before and it was tough man. I’d get irritated during the day and I’d walk to the local gas station at 3 in the morning to buy a pack to get my fix, telling myself its my last pack, but then I’d be going through one pack in like 2 hours.
I never had to go through that crap when I picked up chewing gum. I didn’t even have to try to quit. It satisfies the same oral fixation without addictive chemicals getting in your body. Like they say, when you want to stop a bad habit, don’t go cold turkey, replace it with a less harmful habit.
Steve Browne 2130 days ago
http://nicotinegel.co.ukI gave up 4 and a bit years ago by cheating: I bought a soft-top car. Try smoking with the roofdown at speeds of -DELETED- !!
But it worked brilliantly. Still haven’t gone back to them, even though I feel like it at times.
haentz 2130 days ago
http://www.blogorator.comGo for it Dave!! I wish you all the best and I’m pretty sure you’re strong enough to stop
I have stopped smoking a few years ago and when I look back it was very easy. I had a few drawbacks when I smoked a few on parties or even started to smoke again for like a few weeks or so. But then I got over it and right now I can go out and get drunk and whatever (like really heavy
and I still don’t smoke.
I’m pretty sure you can do this too. When I stopped smoking I started to go running. This stopped me from smoking because I feared I jeopardized my development by smoking cigarettes.
Chris 2130 days ago
http://www.chrisbartow.com/I had a professor that was in the military and was told he needed to stop smoking or he would die. To quit, he ate a cigarette, which was the most disgusting thing ever, and never smoked again.
As for the gum, I know an addiction counselor that stopped smoking for months then started chewing the gum, which got him back on cigarettes.
As a non-smoker, I’m thankful for the smoking ban and not for any health related reasons. That next day after being at a bar, bowling alley or some other smoke filled area and that stale cigarette smell that comes off your hair in the shower is the worse.
grnidone 2130 days ago
http://www.GreenEyeWire.comDon’t know if you remember Laisha, an SEO from years back. She was a drug addict for nearly everything. She said quitting smoking was more difficult for her than quitting heroine. I wish you all the luck. If you need to use a patch, don’t feel like you are weak. Nicotine is a very difficult drug to quit.
Good luck.
Dio 2130 days ago
http://thenextbigwebthing.comAllen Carr is the daddy. It’s four years since I read his book, and had me last fag – not wanted one since, can go out with my mates who are all smoking drink beer and not even think about it. That book is one of the few I can say genuinely changed my life for the better. And by hardcore smoker, I mean the roughest, toughest roll your own nasty stuff. Tried everything before that, managed will power for a year, but I was always miserable. My whole mindset changed after reading Easy Way.
Once you read it, you hear all those little lies you deluded yourself with from people who are still smokers. The gum, the patches, the inhalers – all a waste a time. It’s like he says – it’s like treating addiction to heroin by taking heroin. We all know what a big con much of the pharmaceutical industry is – nicotine replacement another big waste. Just be a non-smoker. It’s that simple…
Nothing worse for going on about it than us non-smoking ex-smokers.
Mick 2130 days ago
http://www.brightblackinternet.com“Oh one good thing is that you can smoke while you read it!” – LOL
I keep putting it off, tomorrow never comes……………..
Wicked Keemo 2130 days ago
Same here. I got the book but never managed to find the time to read it. Good luck with it Dave!
KP 2130 days ago
http://kevprice.comNice work man!
welcome to the world of being able to taste stuff
JeffpOsaka 2129 days ago
http://www.myroom.co.jpGood luck Dave. I hope you live long enough for my grandkids to listen to you on Strikepoint.
rob 2129 days ago
http://www.yackyack.co.ukGood work on knocking the snout on the head.
I packed them up 9 yrs or (3 stone ) ago.
Teach yourself to hate the buggers – just makes its easy.
See them as something you miss and you’ll begin to yearn for them. See them as what they are ” a dirty smelly anti scoial life destroying off putting money wasting testament to being dumb” and it just makes it all a little easier.
Good luck with it.
Matt 2129 days ago
http://www.creativesuit.co.ukI have found the smoking ban has made it worse, I quit about 6 months ago, but I am now back smoking again. Mainly due to the fact there all my mates were constantly either going for a fag or coming back from having a fag. And the couple of non smokers were just left sat at a table whilst the smoking relay was going on.
I’m going to try again in a couple of weeks.
Dave Child 2129 days ago
http://www.ilovejackdaniels.comI stopped smoking last year, in October. I’d tried lots of times before that, but the last time … well, it was trivial. Not an effort. No problem. And I’ve not had a single puff since. What was my secret? Exactly the same book.
Dave, sounds like you’re going to do fine. From this point onwards it’s all cake. I actually wrote about my experience on my own blog (my fitness one, not my web dev one): http://www.geek-fitness.com/2007/07/03/stopping-smoking/
Joe Camel 2129 days ago
Dave, given the fact that tobacco is the best antidepressant known to man, either your own depression has lifted or you’re taking a handful of prescription antidepressants at ten prices.
But now that you’ve quit smoking, let’s hope you’ll find something else to be obsessed about.
Anonymous 2128 days ago
Anonymousthe worst thing about stopping is the amount of time you’re going to have to fill and after the initial couple of weeks of feeling well pleased with yourself it gets incredibly boring – and that is the danger time. I stopped 15 years ago with the help of patches and gum and it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done BUT the best thing is I don’t have that horrile smokers mouth – the one with all the tiny little wrinkles round the lips and the horrible yellow skin and fingers and I’ve still got both legs – not my best feature but I’m quite attached to them – but the absolute best thing is my husband – who stopped 18 years ago – didn’t die a couple of years ago when he had a terrible bout of pneumonia ‘cos if he still smoked I would have been coming home from our holiday in Florida a not so merry widow and spending all my time taking our 12 year old fishing – which I hate
so if the vanity angle doesn’t work and the possible health implications don’t swing it try thinking of what life would really be like without your partner or your legs!
Everett 2128 days ago
http://www.firstpagefitness.com/Dave I smoked a pack a day for over a decade and tried to quit dozens of times over those ten years. Sometimes I lasted only a day, and other times I lasted several months – but I ALWAYS started again because I ALWAYS felt like I was depriving myself a “treat”.
This book you are talking about “How to Quit Smoking The Easy Way” was the last book I ever read about quitting. That’s be cause by the time I finished it I had smoked my last cigarette.
That book was one of the best things that ever happened to me because it helped me reframe the way I think about smoking. Smoking wasn’t “relaxing” me in times of stress. Smoking was the CAUSE of my stress, and a cancer stick merely brought me back to normal for a few minutes before the withdraw symptoms started coming back and stressing me out again. When you QUIT smoking you feel “normal” all the time so it’s always like you just had a smoke.
Hard to explain the way Mr. Carr does so just read the book if you want to stop and hopefully you’ll get the same result as me.
Everett
Jane Barrett 2125 days ago
http://www.cheap-parking.netSorry to mention it…but how’s the no smoking going Dave? I was a long time smoker, and gave up. I found after about day 4 withdrawal much easier. After 6 months of non smoking I can understand why people say “once a smoker always a smoker”… not easy.
DaveN 2125 days ago
Just to update you … it’s Day 6 of being a non-smoker and it’s going well. I get a little crazy in the evenings but apart from that it’s working for me. The Allan Carr method of thinking has been the best way I have found so far to kick the habit. Still got a long way to go but I think I’ll manage it.
Elaine 2125 days ago
http://www.allkids.co.ukforgot to mention in my previous post – don’t know why I’m ‘anonymous’, can’t get used to this new fangled medium – an added benefit of stopping smoking is the superior smug ‘yeah I used to smoke xx fags a day, gave up xx years/months/days ago, hardest thing I’ve ever done, but ya know it’s worth it’
to the poor souls who are still struggling with the evil weed (while quietly and sneakily trying to get a lungful of the yellow nicotine)
Anonymous 2124 days ago
stopped smoking last friday and its driving me up the wall..argh! feel so sorry for my poor kids as im bitting there heads off at the slightest thing.
I’ve been thinking shall i just have a cig and chill out?
When does the cravings ease?
Tony Bennett 2124 days ago
http://www.stopsmokingconsultants.co.ukHi Dave Elaine and Anonymous et Al,
Picked this up on Google Alert, have you found that – sooooo useful!.
Congratulations on giving up smoking.
There is no doubt that the Alan Carr method is effective however many people stuggle with cravings having given up this way.
Strangely Alan Carr himself gave up using hypnosis however he never recognised that hypnosis is the only way which, when used together with NLP, takes away that struggle and therefore the risk of slipping back.
We are currently producing a CD/MP3 download which will help those who have given up successfully by whatever method but still experience cravings or the desire to smoke – it really doesn’t have to be that way.
If you would be interested in receiving details of this new track based on the work we do here at the Bridgend Private Clinic and produced by Hypnotic Voice of the Year 2007 – Bee Milbourn, please drop me an e mail and I will send details when production is complete.
Then Elaine you will have no need to say “Once a smoker always a smoker”!
Best Regards
Anthony Bennett
Smoking Cessation Consultant
Bridgend Private Clinic
PS As for Champix Todd Mintz – Do you know how long that takes? How much it costs? and have you seen the side effects? Our methods are one two hour session, drug free and have twice the success rate. For a risk free solution why not try a solution that doesn’t have the potential for harm.
JimH 2124 days ago
http://www.hyperlinkguerrilla.comThanks Dave. Just ordered the book. I need it. Good luck!
Alvin 2123 days ago
I quit by using the cold laser which is a form of acupuncture. Although there is no scientific evidence that it works I know lots of people who quit by using this procedure. Best of all there are no drugs, no side effects and you leave the treatment feeling relaxed and not having a crave to smoke. The pharmaceutical industry does not want the laser to get approved nor get any positive publicity. because it will effect their business if the public finds out about this hidden benefit to smokers who want to quit.
Sherry 2121 days ago
Good luck Dave! Allen Carr’s EasyWay was the only one that worked for me after 20+ years of smoking. I figured it was either me or the nicotine monster,(addiction)- that simple. Don’t believe all the hype in the TV ads about how hard it is and that you need nicotine replacement to quit. That’s just another nicotine trap. You just have to kill the nicotine monster, by cutting of its supply. The benefits are well worth the cravings which lessen after a few days and aren’t that bad anyway.
Anonymous, three days and you’re on the home straight. Hang in there, it’s worth it.
To anyone who has given up and failed, each time you fail you know your enemy a little better and your chances of succeeding next time increases. Don’t give up giving up!
john 2119 days ago
Hi just to say I have been given up 3months today it wasnt too bad the 1st month but now it is getting a lot more difficult tried some nicotene chewing gum 2 weeks ago but it made me think about cigs more I think the gum /patches etc is just another company cashing in us unfortunate people
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Steven Fisher 2112 days ago
I had been a smoker for 16 years and not just cigarettes. I was a habitual marijuana smoker, I would smoke at least 8 joints a day as well up to 10 cigarettes. Since reading Allen Carrs book I have stopped instantly with next to no withdrawal symptons or cravings/pangs. It has only been a few weeks since I stopped but those are the hardest, or so I thought. I have more energy and loads more money in my pocket. I have convinced several of my friends to quit also and my example is leading the way. I owe it all to Allen and I am absolutely gutted he is no longer with us so that I may thank him personally. If his wife ever reads this I would like her to know that he has changed my life for the better and every day I am a non-smoker is down to Allens brilliantly inciteful breakdown of nicotine addiction and how to overcome it. I will be forever in his debt. If you are strong of mind there is nothing you can’t achieve.
jamie 761 days ago
Hi Steven,
I read this book 6 or so years ago and I gave up my pack a day habbit immediately. Unfortunately I ended up replacing cigaretes with more and more tabacco/skunk joints, so in reality I never gave up nicotine. I have now admitted that I am an addict once again, but this time I am addicted to cannabis too. I am thinking of re reading the book to rid me of my 6 – 8 a day joint habbit. Did you give up both cigareets and joints after reading the book? I hope to hear back from you.
Regards
Jamie
Monica 2110 days ago
Well you should watch this video about a smoking experiment, maybe it helps you http://www.smoking-video.com
Amanda M 2099 days ago
Hi Dave. I smoked for over 10 years. I had tried everything to stop – the patch, the lozenges, the “willpower” method – nothing worked. I inadvertently came across Allen Carr’s book online one day and saw that it had rave reviews at Amazon so I ordered a copy. I haven’t smoked a cigarette since the day I finished the book. I highly recommend “The Easy Way To Stop Smoking” to anyone who wants to quit for good.
Dave Child 2098 days ago
http://www.ilovejackdaniels.comHow are you getting on, Dave?
Rasmus 2047 days ago
http://www.babybusiness.dkOk, I too quit a month ago and keeping in mind that it’s actually a discusting habbit, helps me a lot. However, the cravings are bad, really bad. Cudos to everyone that manages to stop smoking
Chris Boswell 2044 days ago
I’m starting to feel like the only smoker left. Except that is when I get together with the family. Four generations of us the other month crammed like sardines into a smoking shelter built for 10 people.
I have tried to give up, but last time my GP prescribed ZyBan and it sent me spiralling into a depression that nearly killed me. This has pretty much made me reluctant to let me GP even mention the word ‘smoking’ again. The side effects of this stop smoking wonder drug are horrendous. In fact,when on holiday in Malaysia a few years later I met a guy who’s father had worked on the clinical trials of it in Australia – he had one word to say about Zyban – ‘Evil’.
Abolsute respect for anyone who gives up – but it’s not for me.
Howard Bowling 2040 days ago
http://buytherightdomain.blogspot.com/Congrats. Funny thing, i also quit after 20 yars of smoking, in 1979. I didnt have a book, but basicly the same way. I just had to convince myself I wanted to be a non smoker more than a smoker. Used mental images of stiking my toung in a dirty ashtray any time the urge hit. Have not had a smoke since. Thank god.
Dave 2014 days ago
http://www.assisted-living-directory.comHey Dave,
You misspelled “addiction” above. In your 3rd to last paragraph you say “addition that you have to nicotine.”
Anyways, nitpicky, I know. I smoked for years, and even coupled that with chewing tobacco at the same time (a dip and a smoke going at once) so you can imagine me trying to quit. Of course, going out with friends who smoked didn’t help matters either. Finally, I just chose a week, way in advance that I would officially quit forever. I whittled down my smoking in the month prior to this week to only 3 a day. When the week came, I locked myself in my house, didn’t talk to anyone, and just white-knuckled it. I didn’t work or do anything stressful, and pretty much just watched movies and ate sunflower seeds.
17 years later..still free! I have never felt better! I am in agreement that gums and patches don’t work for most people.
Thanks for the great blog subject!
Dave
Dave Child 1962 days ago
http://www.ilovejackdaniels.comHow are you getting on, Dave?
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Chris Pearson 1957 days ago
http://www.yourslice.co.ukThe best way I have seen to stop smoking was when my wife stopped. My dad took her out on what he calls a trust me night.
So we get to the first pub and she starts drinking and smoking 3 pubs 5hr later he has got her to smoke 40+ fags and 3-4 bottles of wine she was ill for the next 3-4 days and lost the craving and never smoked again
So if any of you are in Rugby or Coventry will get my dad to help you to if you want.
Karen 1957 days ago
http://www.smokersangel.com worked for me as I suffered from a lot of stress and anxiety and I used their recommended hypnotherapist to help me with this. I think may smokers have deep rooted causes which makes them light up and this site was et up to help people by giving them alternative treatment choices instead of doing it alone or using patches which merely juest feeds your nicotine addictions. Smokers angel also list acupuncturists, EFT, Bioresoance and gives discounts in using their recommended therapists! Good luck to all! K x
Karen 1957 days ago
sorry excuse some typo errors above!!!
Al 1955 days ago
http://albert.llanesgmail.comI know it sounds silly, but what worked for me was learning to forgive myself. In the old days I’d break down and have a cigarette and feel guilty for going back. Then I learned to stop, truly enjoy the smoke, not feel guilty at all, and then promise myself I’d try to do better next time not hating myself if I didn’t. Guess what? I don’t want to say I stopped since I still have an urge (like a recovered alcoholic who who always a recovering alcoholic) but I don’t smoke anymore. For me not succeeding was all about guilt.
rosie 1938 days ago
I quit smoking 4 months ago and I still feel like I lost my best friend. I am eating my way through it but I hope that soon all of this will pass. It is the hardest thing I have every done but it will be worth it. Good luck to everyone and may we all stay smoke free.
Anonymous 1934 days ago
im 17 years old im quitin smoking im using nuffin i believe will power is the best way to do sumfin .. its ur mind .. remember use ur mind not any1 elses. every1 who wants to give up smoking .. go for it! every1 can do it ur family have faith in you im sure best of lucky
Toni 1922 days ago
I am on day 4 of not havinga cigarette and the craving of the nicotine monster is raging. does it get easier and when?
Ian Expat 1874 days ago
Just finished the book and a packet only cost 33 Pence here, smoked 80 a day and just stopped, no problems, no stress, non of the flipping out. Will buy many copies as presents in Russian for my local workforce GREAT Book
steve 1862 days ago
Well i recomend hypnotherapy, i went when i was dithering between smoking and not smoking. I decided to give it a go and 4 years still not smoking, i still get cravings for about 2 seconds but i aint stupid enough to have one.
I wonder if she can help me with SEO???
Nico Teen 1831 days ago
I am 20 years old and I have been smoking since I was in my 3rd year of highschool (13-14 yrs i think)… Now Im at university my habit has shot up from 10 a day to 20! Its disgusting and I will deffo be buying Alan Carrs book… yesterday I read his little book about his life! I give up smoking everyday and then cave in again… I hate the fact that I am addicted! I think its revolting.
Good luck to all new non-smokers! stay strong!
Reduce Nicotine Cravings 1744 days ago
http://herbs4cures.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=1470591After smoking for a long time its really hard to stop. I think I’ve tried just about everything to stop my nicotine cravings.
rahul 1710 days ago
i m 22 yrs old n i wanted to quite smoking cuz i m feeling chest pain. pls tel me how to quit it
Paul 1628 days ago
Hi there, I have just quit using patches. I really bagan to hate smoking so much, the smell in my house, not being able to smoke anywhere unless it was outside, dirty ashtays, the cost and what it was doing to my lungs. I have been smoking 40 a day since I was 15. If I can do it anyone can, just remind yourself just how vile it really is
Dharamveer 1601 days ago
Hi,
My name is Dharamveer Saxena. I have been smoking for last 5-6 years. I want to leave it too and tried a lot but nothing stop me from smoking.
Now, I feel that it is almost impossible to leave.. I have left it for 2 months but I started it all again…don’t know why. Actually it is very hard to quit smoking when all your friends doo.
Every time I went out with my friend, I make my mind to not smoke but when all are doing … I started it too.
Even sometime when I am doing nothing and getting bored I do smoke and while smoking many times I promise myself to not smoke again..
I have to leave it … but whenever I have nothing to do or if I am with my friends I do it.
Some times I wish these company should be banned as this could be the only thing which can make me stop….but it could not be happen.
If anyone has tried some medicine or something else which is not harfull but can help in quit smoking,,then please let me know.
Thanks.
nath 1599 days ago
Hi, i have been a heavy smoker for the last 20 years. I have read the book up to the chapter your last cigarette. I stopped there as i was all jittery about the stopping. I see the sense in eveything Mr Carre has said, but still feel reluctant to take the plunge. I feel shamed and am preparing to take the leap soon. Previous attempts have been horrendous, so i still don’t understand why Alan’s method will be more gentle. Hey nothing ventured, nothing gained
danielle 1438 days ago
stop smoking now or you will suffeR IN SILENCE
Electronic Cigarettes 1425 days ago
http://www.buy-electronic-cigarettes.orgI think it is a great idea to first off quit smoking to be healthier but also just writing a blog post about it is just important. You are putting it out there and now you can be held accountable to stick with that decision.
Aaron 1389 days ago
Well this may sound stupid but Micheal Jackson – Man in the mirror inspired me to quit weed and cigarettes. you should give it a try, it worked for me! R.I.P mj truely a great man
mikey 1355 days ago
well i know for a fact all it’s down to is will power and having something to do with your hands and mouth while your given up..
forget mj and all these things on the market like patchies e.c.t. the thing that is going to work for is yourself.
1) take a look in your home, have a look at your kids, pets and partner!!
2) have a good sniff of your fornt room!! smell it?? now sniff an old ashtray see what you smell like.
3) smell yourself, then go have a bath or shower and see how you smell after that.
4) see what you are couthing up in the mornings, is this normal? i think not!!
5) and the fisrt thing to look at is YOUR NOT ONLY KILLING YOUR FAMILY YOUR KILLING YOURSELF.
i know as i was a smoker!!! i use to bring up this crapy brown greenish flemy stuff every morning and it tasted like what i was smoking, i use to be on 50g’s of tobacoo a week so i said enough is enough, and i’m glad i done it, my pets are better my partner now sits with me and cuddles up with me. that why i gave up smoking..
Name 1352 days ago
http://saysmokingno.comLook at smoking from all sides. All smokers are aware that smoking is injurious to health. Yet, many continue to smoke even when they know that this habit actually kills. Stop this habit before it stops your life and modern quit smoking products-right decision.
Access Hypnotherapy 1301 days ago
http://www.accesshypnotherapy.comI used to smoke 50 a day myself and gave up eight and a half years ago using hypnosis. I was so blown away with how easy it was to finally give up after many unsuccessful attempts using just willpower alone, that I trained as a hypnotherapist myself.
I have helped many people to quit smoking and was always aware of the Allan Carr method but I only recently picked up a copy of the book in my local library. I was gobsmacked to find out that it was through hypnosis he had stopped himself. For some reason, I’d always had the impression it was some system he had come up with himself. Kind of funny really.
Sally 1276 days ago
I finished the book last night– I’m feeling pretty positive about not smoking- and am finding it relatively fine– just keep reminding myself that I dont smoke anymore– hey- got nothing to lose–
Kev 1264 days ago
Book definately a waste of money, its in your head
mo 1174 days ago
Rot, followed by Cancer, followed by Death. The three unforgettable words that reach your head when the topic of smoking is brought up or the sign of even a little cigarette, or as I like to call it, the stick of death. Even if you are a smoker yourself you can’t help to think about the horrible consequences you will soon face. The worst possible thing to do is to just ignore your conscience. The voice in your head that is trying to stop you from smoking tells you that the death that will soon come to you will not be a quick and peaceful one.
If you are a smoker or are going to become one, you might decide you are going to instantly forget about what I said and am going to say and will smoke regardless. Try not to do that, and remember smoking kills. The Human body can only take so much pain and agony until it has had enough and finally collapses. Let’s not suddenly forget about what smoking can do to a person’s appearance and body. The rotting black and yellow teeth, the growing wrinkles on your face and the inhumane croaky robotic voice. All these, if you haven’t already noticed, crumble down your reputation and socialising won’t be as easy as before. About half of all smokers die due to smoking related diseases, make sure you’re not in that half. Remember smoking kills.
Not a serious enough start for you? Well then let’s move onto the facts. If you become a long term smoker, on average, your life expectancy is about ten years less than a non-smoker! But you’re now probably saying in your head “I’ve still got lots of life before that to do what I want.” In my opinion that is most definitely 100% untrue. Quite a few years of your life when you start smoking will be fine and you will think that I have wasted your time. But before you know it your non stop long term smoking takes effect. Diseases start to kick in which can all lead to disabilities like the one I mentioned earlier about speaking with a croaky voice or even having to use a machine to breath for you. Lung cancer, heart disease, blood circulation problems, gum disease and tooth loss are only the few side effects of long term smoking. Over 30,000 people in the UK die from lung cancer each year and considering the UK isn’t that big that number is outrageous. About 120,000 people in the UK die each year from heart disease
marc, The NYC Hypnotist 1071 days ago
http://stopsmokingnowny.com/blogAll this mention of Allen Carr. Did any of you actually read his book? He tells everyone who read his book that he quit by seeing a hypnotist. But he doesn’t recommend that method to anyone else because he believes you are all too stupid to be able to choose the right hypnotist.
What an egomaniac. That’s probably why it took him so long to quit.
mael 1063 days ago
hey guys..i really need some help here..i am a student whose studying abroad away from my family and friends…living here alone is really depressing which leads me to smoke more and more everyday..but iv been thinking on stopping because me buying packs of cigarettes everyday tends to a lot of waste in money..stopping smoking for me would save about $250 a month here..i know its going to be difficult but ill try my best with the willpower method..pls guys give me some advice..i really need some help
DaveS 1020 days ago
@marc the nyc hypnotist.
obviously you have never read allen carr’s book either or you’d know he quit despite the hypnotist not because of him.
no-one could ever do anything *because* of a hypnotist because hypnotism is a load of bollocks – scumbags like you are worse than those religious fuckers who prey on the poor and take their money in the name of a fairy. go fuck yourself marc – i hope people wise up to wasters like you.
michael 986 days ago
http://www.overcomenow.co.ukthank you for your post, i have been clean from smoking for 4 months, it has really worked for me and I don’t think it is mind control at all.
toni admas 942 days ago
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pauline 931 days ago
hi we are also going to give up
i have allan carrs book will read it,i did not realise he died
last year …….very sad to hear …..
pauline
Gia 868 days ago
I’ve enjoyed reading your post. I gave up 6 months ago with Champix for the physical symptoms and Allan Carr’s book for the mental symptoms. I went from a heavy smoker to nothing. I just want to warn people to NOT do what I have (stupidly) done… Someone told me that when they tried a cigarette after giving up they spun out and felt really sick, confirming they had finally kicked the habit. So just before Christmas (at a weak moment) I had a cigarette. I devoured it – loved it – and have stupidly started smoking again. I’m devastated. Kicking the habit resulted in a 10kg weight gain, so (GREAT!!!) now I’m a smoker.AND fat!! My advice to others is to never take that next puff.
laura 841 days ago
i really need help to stop smoking and im only 17. ive been smoking for just over 2 years and already i find it difficult to quit, iv tried many times. i suppose it doesnt really help where a lot of my friends and some of my family smoke. plus i feel stressed when trying to cope with all my college work. just wondering if any of you have any tips?
leighanne 571 days ago
Im finding that just by reading these comments alone its helping so much to keep my cravings away. Im going it alone no NRT or tablets just plain will power but its so hard!! Im grumpy, snappy just jarred right off. Thank you Dave for starting this, peoples comments about smelling and having a lighter purse are really helping me put into perspective WHY im stopping and therefore making it much easier to get into the right frame of mind. Other websites, doctors and professionals constantly stress why we shouldnt smoke but actually being able to put someone in a certain frame of mind is a different story. Reading all these comments is helping me a lot.
Paul 278 days ago
After reading some of the comments it sounds like this Allen Carr book is the way to go.
Ive given up smoking am now on day 4 without a cig, it was a big challenge for me today as it was my first day walking around town, as this was when I mainly smoked.
I have attempted to give upon numerous occasions but my temper got worse and I got road rage while I was driving, hence why i started smoking again. However after a few weeks stay in hospital, I was admitted to a ward where they specialised in ENT (ear, nose & throat). I was shocked to see how many people had a tracheostomy (tube into the throat) it scared me loads thinking that that could be me if I don’t pack in the cigs, I spoke to the nurse who got the smoking cessation nurses to come speak to me. They measured my carbon monoxide in my lungs by a breath test and this was incredibly high. I am now on the patches and don’t feel any advantage from them. However the inhaler is kinda working. It’s great to see so many of u have given up permanently I hope to be another one soon