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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking Paperback – 7 Jan. 1999
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The revolutionary international bestseller that will stop you smoking - for good.
'If you follow my instructions you will be a happy non-smoker for the rest of your life.' That's a strong claim from Allen Carr, but as the world's leading and most successful quit smoking expert, Allen is right to boast!
Reading this book is all you need to give up smoking. You can even smoke while you read. There are no scare tactics, you will not gain weight and stopping will not feel like deprivation. If you want to kick the habit then go for it. Allen Carr has helped millions of people become happy non-smokers. His unique method removes your psychological dependence on cigarettes and literally sets you free.
Accept no substitute. Five million people can't be wrong.
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date7 Jan. 1999
- Dimensions12.6 x 1.8 x 19.6 cm
- ISBN-109780140277630
- ISBN-13978-0140277630
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Product details
- ASIN : 0140277633
- Publisher : Penguin; Third Edition (7 Jan. 1999)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780140277630
- ISBN-13 : 978-0140277630
- Dimensions : 12.6 x 1.8 x 19.6 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 183,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 43 in Smoking Addiction
- 4,548 in Medicine & Nursing
- 7,561 in Medicine (Books)
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About the author
Allen Carr was a chain-smoker for over 30 years. In 1983, after countless failed attempts to quit, he went from 60–100 cigarettes a day to zero without suffering withdrawal pangs, without using willpower, and without putting on weight. He realized that he had discovered what the world had been waiting for, the easy way to stop smoking, and embarked on a mission to help cure the world’s smokers.
As a result of the phenomenal success of his method, he gained an international reputation as the world’s leading expert on stopping smoking and his network of clinics now spans the globe. His first book, Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking, has sold over 12 million copies, remains a global bestseller, and has been published in more than 40 different languages.
Allen Carr’s Easyway method has been successfully applied to a host of issues including sugar addiction, alcohol, debt, and other addictions.
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My smoking history
I am 27
Smoked for 12 years
Smoked 20 a day for 10 years
Tried so many times to quit, nothing worked!
Hypnotherapy cost me £350.00 did not even stop for a day!
Patches - Worked for a week or so, but felt jealous of other people smoking, felt depressed, felt like I had lost a long life friend, even smoked with patches on, tut tut tut! Also tried inhalators, gum and pills... nothing worked i thought it was because i must just love smoking, I am meant to smoke! If i really wanted to quit then i would be able to do it!
I was skeptical and did not think after everything i have tried before that a book costing a fiver could work for me, I wasn't even sure I wanted to quit! I have been given advise about quitting before and it went like this " You wont be able to quit unless you really want to!" However, I thought 800 + people can not all be wrong! And they were NOT wrong!
I thought I loved smoking, I enjoyed breathing in the smoke, I loved the smell, I thought I would always love it!
As soon as i started to read the book, things just started to click, I wont ruin it for you but Allen has a great way of explaining why we start smoking in the first place, and all though it seems obvious and common sense i found it very enlightening! I finished the book after one evening and one morning of reading! As soon as I finished it i felt empowered and in control, I immediately ripped up 15 cigarettes and through them in the bin! I felt great all day, even with my 2 year old in tow!
The next day and the day after, I'm not going to lie I did not feel great, its understandable because for the first time in years nicotine was not going in to my body. Even though I did not feel great I did not feel terrible and I did not want to physically smoke, I was still able to get on with my day!
Day 3! Really felt like this was the turning point, started to feel better and have felt a little better each day from then!
Day 10! I feel Fantastic! I do not miss Smoking, I feel more confident, I Feel if I could do this I can do anything!
It really is the easy way to quit smoking! I am so Happy, and I know 10 days isn't a long time but I know in my heart I will never smoke a cigarette ever ever again! I don't need to smoke to feel calm because I am always calm now!
This is the 2nd time I wrote this review, my Boyfriend accidentally closed the browser and lost it, Even after that I did not feel the urge to smoke! I do still get the odd feeling that something is missing, but i do not want to physically smoke a minute or two later I feel fine again! I'm sure 20 days in i will not feel this!
If you are not sure if you want to quit, if you love smoking, if smoking makes you feel happy or even if it makes you feel bad! You should spend a fiver and read it!
Nothing to lose and everything to gain! I have an extra £67.40 already!
I wish Allen car was still alive as I feel I owe him a very big thank you!
RIP Allen! you have helped me change my life for the better, a truly great person!
Update. 8 weeks on and still a happy non smoker :-)
I even bought this book in Korean language version for my mother who's been smoking over 40 years. She managed to quit after finishing the book.
(Old Review)
My daily routine used to evolve around cigarettes. I would smoke as soon as I got up in the morning then shower, then I would smoke another one.
On my way to work and while I am heading towards tube station I would smoke another one, and then I would smoke another one walking to my work. Once I arrive near the building I work at, I would stop and smoke another 2 in the hope of cramming in as much nicotine as possible so I can get by until my lunch break.
As soon as my lunch breaks start I would head out to smoke 2 cigarettes before getting my lunch. I would get sandwiches and smoke while I am eating. After finishing my lunch I would then smoke another 4 before going back to work. I would find any excuse to go out to smoke and every spare time I get I will smoke and all I used to think about was when I would be able to smoke my next cigarette.
I am sure this might sounds extreme for some and for some rather familiar, but cigarettes used to control my life.
It took me almost 1 month to read this book (while still smoking normally as per instruction from the book!) I am happy to say I am finally free from the poison since 27 June 2011!!! So more than 1 month now since my final cigarette.
I know you might be thinking it's too early to celebrate but over the past 18 years of smoking (more than half of my life) I have attempted to quit smoking many time and my longest attempt lasted mere 3 days and shortest 3 hours!! And all my previous attempt, every single second was constant test of my will power and it felt like pure hell.
The Big and very important difference this time is that I don't crave cigarette any more!!! I used to think I have no will power when it comes to cigarette as all my previous attempt ended miserably (short). What this book made me realise was that there is an Easy Way and that it has nothing to do with your will power.
What the book did for me was made me realise and see the cigarette does absolutely nothing for me. It does not relax me when I am stressed nor relieve boredom, and certainly does not boost my confidence! What the book does is change the way you think about cigarette not by scaring you with health risks (we all know it's bad for you) but making me see through the facts.
I've read the review of other people before buying this book, and yes it was hard to believe there could be an Easy Way to stop smoking. I bought the book because I really wanted to stop smoking and all my other method (patches, inhaler, and cold turkey) failed and someone I know quit after reading this book. And it costs less than a pack of cigarette!!!! You really have nothing to lose but everything to gain by reading this book.
Last week I was sitting at a park and someone came and asked me for a light. You can not imagine how good it felt for me to say "Sorry, I don't smoke!!!! I am a Non-smoker"
Update!! It's been almost 2 year since I stopped smoking, and I don't miss smoking at all. I am glad that I decided to read this book.
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I haven't touched a cigarette since then (I stopped in June 2020). But you have to really want to quit to understand what the book is telling you.
I believe there is a trigger in a written line that will strike a chord within you and make you quit smoking once and for all.
I have recommended this book to 5 other people. Two out of the 5 people read this book and quit. The other 3 are afraid to read this book as they fear losing their crutch (cigarettes).
I will admit that after 7 days of not smoking, I had to pick up the book again to re-read some parts of it (that's okay - they tell you to do that). I took it one day at a time after that. If I can quit, you can quit. For just a few dollars, you can also be rid of the shackles that cigarette smoking has on you. And smell better, too. Good luck!