Want to give up smoking for good?

rougecrayon
rougecrayon Posts: 100
in Motivation and Support
Seriously.

"The easy way to stop smoking"
Alan Carr

Best book I've ever read. It worked for me and many many many people I know. I don't know one person who has read it and continues smoking.
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  • porkchop_13
    porkchop_13 Posts: 122
    I read it and still smoked for 5 years after. I guess i just wasn't ready. I did quit last August cold turkey so i guess that's something.
  • GravySlayer
    GravySlayer Posts: 1
    Seriously.

    "The easy way to stop smoking"
    Alan Carr

    Best book I've ever read. It worked for me and many many many people I know. I don't know one person who has read it and continues smoking.

    Obviously doesnt work for everyone. So now you do "know" someone who it hasnt worked for.
  • rougecrayon
    rougecrayon Posts: 100
    Seriously.

    "The easy way to stop smoking"
    Alan Carr

    Best book I've ever read. It worked for me and many many many people I know. I don't know one person who has read it and continues smoking.

    Obviously doesnt work for everyone. So now you do "know" someone who it hasnt worked for.

    Actually I don't "know" that person and I'm not "sure" why that was in quotes.

    Thank you for your open hostility. I'm not sure what I did to upset you, but I can't be more sorry.
  • melly28
    melly28 Posts: 26
    I agree...best book ever!! I've been a non-smoker for six weeks now and feel amazing!!!
  • heyjay31
    heyjay31 Posts: 79 Member
    Thanks for the info! I will check it out:)
  • vickilm1976
    vickilm1976 Posts: 141 Member
    I read that book too and it worked for me. I quit in October of 2011 and will never smoke again. I wish all smokers would read that book, seems so simple. My boyfriend and best friend also read it and are now ex-smokers too. The only people I know that it doesn't work for is the people that don't bother to finish it.

    I wish there was a "Easy Way to Stop Being a Fat-*kitten*" book. Way harder to lose weight than quit smoking, IMO.
  • vickilm1976
    vickilm1976 Posts: 141 Member
    Seriously.

    "The easy way to stop smoking"
    Alan Carr

    Best book I've ever read. It worked for me and many many many people I know. I don't know one person who has read it and continues smoking.

    Obviously doesnt work for everyone. So now you do "know" someone who it hasnt worked for.

    Strange that you appear to have created a profile just to dis this thread. Whatever...
  • kiraleilani
    kiraleilani Posts: 124 Member
    I wish there was a "Easy Way to Stop Being a Fat-*kitten*" book. Way harder to lose weight than quit smoking, IMO.

    WIN! Hahaha I laughed so hard when I read that! Wouldn't it be awesome though?
  • tahawairua
    tahawairua Posts: 26 Member
    I read the book but didn't quit.

    I learned a lesson from the book though. You're not going to give up smoking until you yourself are ready.

    I quit in March 2011, 2 years next month! Woop! :)
  • DonnaNCgirl
    DonnaNCgirl Posts: 372
    Nope. :smokin:

    Speaking of that. I was heading out for a smoke about 1/2 an hour ago and got distracted. Thanks!
  • tahawairua
    tahawairua Posts: 26 Member
    Nope. :smokin:

    Speaking of that. I was heading out for a smoke about 1/2 an hour ago and got distracted. Thanks!

    lol funny, you'll do it when you're ready :D
  • strawberrytoast
    strawberrytoast Posts: 711 Member
    I wish there was a "Easy Way to Stop Being a Fat-*kitten*" book. Way harder to lose weight than quit smoking, IMO.

    WIN! Hahaha I laughed so hard when I read that! Wouldn't it be awesome though?

    Me too :)

    Also a huge fan of the book and to the person being hostile- I wouldnt have read the book if people like the OP hadnt posted threads like this so rap it, they are only trying to help others.
  • GrandmaJody
    GrandmaJody Posts: 140 Member
    Thank you, I just ordered it because of your post! I was able to quit around Christmas time, but husband is struggling, maybe this will help....thanks again!
  • All4Drakes
    All4Drakes Posts: 9 Member
    Seriously.

    "The easy way to stop smoking"
    Alan Carr

    Best book I've ever read. It worked for me and many many many people I know. I don't know one person who has read it and continues smoking.

    I actually didn't even realize I quit smoking cigarettes while reading this book. Yes, I had an e-cigarette, but by the end of the book, I had quit it all!!! That book is amazing!!! This man knows his stuff!!!
  • DonnaNCgirl
    DonnaNCgirl Posts: 372
    Nope. :smokin:

    Speaking of that. I was heading out for a smoke about 1/2 an hour ago and got distracted. Thanks!

    lol funny, you'll do it when you're ready :D

    Yes, I will. I quit cold turkey when I was 30 and didn't smoke again for over 18 years. Now I'm just a rebel. :smokin: :smokin: :smokin:
  • cici1028
    cici1028 Posts: 799 Member
    I read it and quit for 41 days. Then failed. But I'm reading it again.
  • kirstyg1980
    kirstyg1980 Posts: 302
    Champix tablets (3rd go, I think) still off them 636 days later, saved myself £3056.00 so far, not smoked 9550 cigarettes and wouldn't go back if you paid me

    *I have an app on my phone that tells me all those statistics and health benefits ;-)
  • Sabresgal63
    Sabresgal63 Posts: 641 Member
    EcigPros.com - My mom has COPD and would smoke anything and everything she could get her hands on. I live in Florida, so I was able to find this Electric Cigarette for her. It has refillable cartridges. She has been using it now for 8 months (she will never quit smoking as she has the beginning of dementia) and this delivers a full puff of "smoke" - water vapor. I have tried it and its quite delightful........the thing is, you can buy the liquid to put in the cartridges at anywhere from 36mg of nicotine all the way down to zero........it has helped alot of people.......Just my two cents:)

    ** oh, and the turn around delivery for the mail order is only a couple of days.......if you email them questions, they get back to you in the same day......good luck honey......I know how hard it is to quit.......former 2 pack a dayer.......quit almost 20 years now.
  • dan_IRL
    dan_IRL Posts: 204 Member
    Great book! I read it a couple of times. I wasn't successful quitting directly after reading it. But it did help in my process.

    What actually helped me finally quit was group therapy and Chantix. Through a wellness center associated with a hospital here in Chicago, they had an 8 week group therapy session coupled with a prescription for Chantix.

    I originally had major problems with hellish lucid terror nightmares on Chantix. But then I cut the dosage in half. I still had some pretty weird vivid dreams but they weren't scary like before. I figured whats worse, a couple months of funky dreams and being smoke free for the rest of my life or NOT having weird dreams and slowly killing myself by continuing to smoke.

    The skills, concepts and mindset I learned from the Alan Carr book really really helped though!
  • zumbarock
    zumbarock Posts: 86 Member
    Champix tablets (3rd go, I think) still off them 636 days later, saved myself £3056.00 so far, not smoked 9550 cigarettes and wouldn't go back if you paid me

    *I have an app on my phone that tells me all those statistics and health benefits ;-)

    Please do share the name of the app. Would love to calculate as well :) Thanks!
  • DrewsAnna
    DrewsAnna Posts: 474 Member
    Thank you for this post:flowerforyou:
  • ittybittybadonkadonk
    ittybittybadonkadonk Posts: 11,634 Member
    I am on day 2 no cigs ......I am doing this cold turkey ......I have no cravings so I am doing good :bigsmile:
  • elliott82
    elliott82 Posts: 156 Member
    EcigPros.com - My mom has COPD and would smoke anything and everything she could get her hands on. I live in Florida, so I was able to find this Electric Cigarette for her. It has refillable cartridges. She has been using it now for 8 months (she will never quit smoking as she has the beginning of dementia) and this delivers a full puff of "smoke" - water vapor. I have tried it and its quite delightful........the thing is, you can buy the liquid to put in the cartridges at anywhere from 36mg of nicotine all the way down to zero........it has helped alot of people.......Just my two cents:)

    ** oh, and the turn around delivery for the mail order is only a couple of days.......if you email them questions, they get back to you in the same day......good luck honey......I know how hard it is to quit.......former 2 pack a dayer.......quit almost 20 years now.

    good for both of you! i will say though, my grandma was a smoker for 50 years and just about gave it up when she got dementia. we never knew if it was because she couldn't always remember she smoked or if she just didn't care anymore. i think the ecigs are a good alternative (from what i know of them) if you have to have that feeling.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    I don't want to quit smoking yet, but will give this book a read when I feel I am ready. I hear a lot about it. I sincerely doubt it will force an aversion to smoking, but every little bit helps when you're ready.
  • LeviLeDoux
    LeviLeDoux Posts: 151 Member
    I haven't read the book but switched from cigarettes to a vaporizer 5 months ago. I started with 18mg of nicotine and have steadily decreased my intake. This past week I have been using 3mg strength, next week will be 1.5, then FINALLY down to zero!! I've quit cold turkey in the past, but it never had any real longevity for me. I'm looking forward to finally being a nonsmoker after over 15 years of poisoning my body. Good luck to everyone trying to quit!!! :flowerforyou:
  • wikitbikit
    wikitbikit Posts: 518 Member
    Actually I don't "know" that person and I'm not "sure" why that was in quotes.

    Thank you for your open hostility. I'm not sure what I did to upset you, but I can't be more sorry.
    I don't know why he chose to act like that, but he put know in quotes because you don't KNOW-know that person, but you know them in the sense that you have now interacted with them somewhat. It's what quotes do! :)

    I quit smoking years ago because I simply couldn't afford it, never heard of this book. What does it contain? Does it teach something like self-hypnosis? It would be neat if it could be applied to other bad habits, like nail biting, maybe.

    edit: When I quit, I was given some Nicorette-type product, I should add. It wasn't cold turkey. I disliked the Nicorette stuff so much that I only used in emergency though.
  • tahawairua
    tahawairua Posts: 26 Member
    I don't want to quit smoking yet, but will give this book a read when I feel I am ready. I hear a lot about it. I sincerely doubt it will force an aversion to smoking, but every little bit helps when you're ready.

    It doesn't actually "force an aversion", it gets you to look at the reasons as to why you smoke, then asks you to do a self analysis on what you would be doing if you weren't.
  • GODfidence
    GODfidence Posts: 249 Member
    Who's going to smoke my honey glazed ham and deli slice it for me then?
  • FitToBeKim
    FitToBeKim Posts: 85 Member
    Thanks for posting this. I have never been able to quit and although I do enjoy smoking I know I need to quit.
    I will be looking for this book !
  • pearson114
    pearson114 Posts: 66 Member
    I've tried countless number of times and always failed to quit.

    I read the book last year, but unfortunately it didn't spur me on to give up the cigarettes altogether, I slowly started smoking more and more until I was back on 20-25 a day.

    I think my main issue is, I feel as though I enjoy it, I know the book blatantly spells out that it isn't enjoyable, which I understand, but I can't quite set my mind to believe that. I'm also near smoke wherever I go, my girlfriend smokes, my brothers smoke, all of my friends smoke and non have shown any interest in quitting. So when I do try and give up, temptation is never far away.

    This week I have changed from buying cigarettes to buying rolling tobacco and making my own 'roll-ups'. I'm moving house at the end of September and simply cannot justify over £50 a week on packets. This has always been the main motivation for me though, financial savings. The health issue has never been at the forefront of my mind.

    I still have a copy of the book, and when I'm sat in my nice new garden in little over 5 weeks time, I may just open it up and give it another try.

    I'm not trying to put anyone off reading the book, I can totally see why it has worked for so many people, I guess I just tried it at the wrong time and wasn't committed to wanting to quit.

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