The Easy Way to Stop Smoking Book Review

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FreeAmy
Spring Hill, FL

"The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" is the easiest and most effective

I believe in honesty

JAN

2009

The Easy Way to Stop Smoking Book —

I started smoking when I was 12. I'm 38 now. I'd been trying to quit since I was about 18. I tried cold turkey; scheduling my cigarettes; buying a pack, smoking one cigarette, and tearing up the rest (I did this for years if you can believe that- sometimes everyday); hypnosis; nicotine gum; nicotine patches (sometimes I would wear 2 full-strength patches at once- and then tear them off by the end of the day and smoke); nicotine nasal spray; shots behind the ears along w/pills of some sort from a clinic I heard about on the radio; wellbutrin/zyban; making wagers for a lot of money if I smoked again... I believe I tried everything over the years to quit. The last 7 years, I sort of decided I wasn't able to quit and I wasn't going to try anymore... and that ended up with me smoking up to 3 packs a day; never less than 2 packs a day. All I wanted to do was smoke cigarettes- like a crack addict of sorts. One night, I saw Ashton Kutcher on Jay Leno and he was describing how he quit smoking so he could be optimal in that coast- guard movie he made with Kevin Costner. He said "I smoked so much, that if there was a contest for smoking, I think I could've won". I immediately identified with that. He said he quit with a book called "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr. He said it was EASY to quit. I knew I had to get this book. I had to read the book TWICE- but that was it. I quit after that and it's been over a year now and it has been completely effortless and I never even think about cigarettes and it's been that way all along. No withdrawal; no crankiness; no cravings; no additional eating or candy; no anything- I simply don't smoke anymore and it's been wonderful; absolutely wonderful. I feel very clean and very free- like that was a bad dream I had that I smoked for 26 years. Here's a really interesting part- my man had zero interest in quitting. He smoked the same brand as me. He continued to smoke after I quit and so my brand was always around somewhere and I could smell the smoke on him after he'd had one. He would smoke in the car with me at times and they would be laying right there in the console. I swear on the life of all that is dear to me- I could not care less. I was completely unfazed by his smoking and the cigarette packs were just like any other object in my field of vision. I found the smell of smoke on him to be very unpleasant. I told him often that he smelled exactly like an ashtray. I have zero reason to lie or exaggerate about the effectiveness of this method. Most recently, my man was told that he has emphysema. Before this, he had no desire to stop smoking. He wanted to quit now. He read the book and he has stopped smoking now for about 3 weeks and it's been very effortless for him too. He has not been irritable at all and he says he hasn't had any thoughts or cravings for cigarettes. He also goes to AA meetings regularly (where he used to smoke several cigattes while there- along with everyone else there) and he says the smoke has smelled unpleasant to him and he's stood by the door to escape the foul smell. He swears he hasn't been tempted to smoke at all since he quit. He's 56 and has been smoking a pack a day for more than 40 years and has never attempted to quit before. I highly recommend this method to anyone who wants to be free of these ridiculous little things. You continue to smoke the whole time you're reading the book- so don't be afraid to start reading it.