Easy Way to Stop Smoking
by Allen Carr
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Book Reviews of Easy Way to Stop Smoking
Book Review: Worked for me!
Summary: 5 Stars
It has been 30 days since I finished the book. And 31 days since my last smoke. While reading the book, my way of thinking about smoking changed. By the time I finished the book, I was already a non-smoker. I really didn't have a lot of faith when I bought the book, but thought what the heck, it costs about the same as 2 packs of cigarettes. If it works, it will be worth it.
And it was so worth it! I went through a big crisis 2 weeks ago. My first reaction was to think, "I need a smoke." And then I started thinking of what I had read and learned...that it won't make my problem any better, it won't make me feel any better, when I am done with the smoke, I will still have this crisis in my life etc etc. And I didn't even think about smoking again.
I am a non-smoker! YAY!
Book Review: Best Self-Help Book Ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the late Allen Carr's book just a little over a year ago. I read it, put out my last cigarette, and haven't touched one since. I just wish I could thank Mr. Carr personally for helping me drag myself out of my own personal hell. I had smoked 2-3 packs a day since high school and was afraid I would never be able to put them down - I was even telling myself I didn't WANT to quit.
How I found this book is a little strange - I was looking at Sir Anthony Hopkins' bio on the Internet Movie Database and read a little snippet of trivia that said he "Quit smoking using the Allen Carr method." After a little bit of research, I found the book on Amazon.com and ordered it. I read it in about two weeks, and put out my last cigarette when I read the final page and closed the book. In 12 months and two weeks, I have not picked up another cigarette.
I would recommend this book to *ANY* smoker who wants to get out of the deadly prison into which they've entrapped themselves and either doesn't know how to quit, or doesn't believe they have the power or ability to do so. Allen Carr did it, and so did I... with his help. Great Book!
Book Review: Not for everyone
Summary: 4 Stars
Of course this is not going to work for everyone, but it will work for a few people. I don't mind the repetition in the book, it serves to reinforce what he's saying. Also there's a bit of a pompous attitude that I feel with his style of writing, but it doesn't bother me at all. This is the first time I have gone without a smoke in 24 hours (after 28 years) and I feel great.
If one life is saved from this book then it's worth it.
Book Review: Worked when all else failed
Summary: 5 Stars
I had been a smoker for over 20 years. I had even successfully quit before for up to 2.5 years using "willpower". But for some reason, as I got older, "willpower" no longer worked for me. I tried cold turkey, "weaning off", you name it.
But this book worked. Mr. Carr explains why tapering off never works, why willpower definitely doesn't work and he really helped me to understand why I was smoking in the first place.
It's been about 4 months now. And I don't smoke!!!! What freedom!
I no longer look at friends who smoke longing for a cigarette, rather, I look at them with empathy. I know they are only smoking because they are addicted!
Book Review: Don't think this is just another gimmick!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book really puts smoking in a new perspective, one that I believe to be the most reasonable one. I read this book with an open mind and it worked in a pinch. It has many revolutionary points, which are drilled into your head through repitition and real life examples. After the book, with no hesitaion, my Marlboro Lights pack went on a one-way trip to the trash can. I then just stopped, and for a long time reflected on the cigarette that started it all, how smoking has interfered with my life each day, and most of all, what a waste it was! Bought 3 more copies for co-workers and family.