Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking, Anyone Read It?

[H20nly]

@ martin808 good luck.

[3dot...]

another problem is they mostly sell Hashish 'round these parts...

I fail to see how this is a problem?

<--- here's my serious face again.

it's only a problem if you're trying to avoid Tobacco..

[H20nly]

^ but if you smoke hashish or cannabis you're not smoking tobacco...

unless you're doing that grimy European mix it with tobacco nastiness. there's no good excuse for that except... no never mind. None.

[AceLuby]

I quit a bunch of times. Once in college, but started again at the end of my senior year. Quit again almost 3 years ago, but started smoking when I was drunk about a year ago which turned into daily smoking, but not buying. Quit again about 6 months ago and had a drag when I was drunk a month later and was completely disgusted by it. Haven't touched them since, but my gf hasn't jumped on board yet.

[Tone Deft]

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php? ... sonal+life

[evon]

I consider myself a heavy smoker. I smoke a tobacco pipe continuously (or almost) after work on week days, and most of the day on weekends.

I believe that anybody that wants to stop should just stop. It is that simple. When there is enough reason to stop it should be so easy. My problem is that I dont want to stop and currently there is no reason to want to. In fact I feel worse not smoking than when I do. I am also more helth conscious when I smoke.

[H20nly]

^ you should smoke. NOW damn it.

[ethios4]

My problem is that I dont want to stop

Bingo! The #1 reason why people don't stop, even when they 'try'.
There is no 'try' only 'do'!

[H20nly]

"to know and yet not to do, is in fact not to know" - some guy

[beats me]

"to know and yet not to do, is in fact not to know" - some guy

You're right. Rape is now back on the table.

[jeff_u]

I agree with dysanfel on the jedi mind trick. It's a bitch to quit so it's best to quit as few times as possible.

Smoke free here for 4 years.

I quit through mild nicotine poisoning. After getting checked out as physically fit by my doctor, I went on the nicoderm nicotine patch. Instead of using just one a day, I'd often go through as many as three. My objective was to stay right at the edge of a nicotine overdose. I'd be lightheaded and nauseous throughout the day but by staying right at that "I've smoked too much" edge, I never craved a cigarette.

I also stayed on the patch for about 14 months. Being on the patch was a helluva lot healthier than smoking.

Finally after 14 months I got tired of paying for patches. I'd been smoke free long enough to not want to go back and I cut back on the patches in a span of about 4 weeks and I was done with it.

Probably not a conventional way of doing things but it sure as hell worked. Throughout the process I never craved a cigarette cuz I always felt like I'd smoked too much.

You're going to quit at some point. Either through determination or through death. It's inevitable.

[ethios4]

I started to get pissed that I was being controlled by cravings. WTF is that?! I have to keep smoking because of some bullshit addiction? Fuck that, I quit!

[robfoster]

^ but if you smoke hashish or cannabis you're not smoking tobacco...

unless you're doing that grimy European mix it with tobacco nastiness. there's no good excuse for that except... no never mind. None.

Don't do what i did, i smoked only the bong for 18 months, no tobacco at all, bad move, thats when the anxiety attacks started.

[phil909]

I've battled with smoking for years. tried nrt and all sorts. I read "easyway" about 9 months ago and stopped completely for about 6 months with no problems whatsoever. Gradually over the last 3 months i've been having smokes here and there and i'm now a full blown secret smoker.

I bought the other book (the only way to stop smoking) but i've found it much harder to read. Its about 3 times the size of easyway and it has tiny print that really annoys me. I'm in the middle of reading easyway again and i'm going to stop smoking for good.

Smoking is shite!

yes it is shite mate but it's a bitch to stop cold turkey.
i used nicotine patches. zero cravings and before i knew it i'd stopped. first 2 or 3 days were a bit weird -it felt like i'd forgotten something. then it was pretty easy from there on in.
good luck.