Allen carr easy way to stop smoking pdf download
Try to bear with me,' Most attempts are doomed before they start I will probably be irritable during the next few weeks. Many smokers even start the attempt by apologizing to their friends and relatives: 'Look. Instead of starting with the feeling 'Great! Have you heard the news? I haven't got to smoke any more,' he starts with a feeling of doom and gloom, as if he were trying to climb Everest, and he 62 firmly believes that once the little monster has got his hooks into you, you are hooked for life. The fact is, you just don’t need to do this anymore. You’re not sacrificing anything by quitting. If you smoke the next cigarette, it will lead to the next one and the next. When you smoked that very first cigarette, did you really decide then that you would continue to smoke the rest of your life, all day, every day, without ever being able to stop? OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T! Are you going to continue the rest of your life all day, every day, without ever being able to stop? OF COURSE YOU AREN'T! So when will you stop? Tomorrow? Next year? The year after? What does the (smoker) gain for his considerable sacrifices (of health, energy, peace of mind, and wealth)? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING - except the illusion of trying to get back to the state of peace, tranquility and confidence that the non-smoker enjoys all the time. You can experience this feeling every second of your life. Non-smokers experience the same calm that smokers feel when they light up. If you stop now, your body will recover within a matter of a few weeks, almost as if you had never been a smoker. However, these bodies of ours are incredible machines and have enormous powers of recovery, providing you haven't already triggered off one of the irreversible diseases. Our bodies are fantastically capable of repairing themselves. But the good news it, it’s a psychological problem, not a biological one.īecause it is a quick-acting drug it takes only three weeks for 99 per cent of the nicotine to leave your body, and the actual withdrawal pangs are so mild that most smokers have lived and died without ever realizing that they have suffered them. Mentally, yes, you might feel like you are experiencing a craving. Remember, (that smoker) is not enjoying it it's just that he cannot enjoy himself without it. It was caused by the first cigarette and each subsequent one, far from relieving the feeling, was causing it. I could see so clearly that that panic feeling of wanting a cigarette wasn't some sort of weakness in me, or some magic quality in the cigarette. It was as if a great mist had suddenly lifted from my mind. I hope they are useful for people who don't have time to read this amazing book.Ĭigarettes do not fill a void. I'm putting down some important quotes for my own reference here. Would love to hear about key lessons you took away from it. It's a one-sitting read so it won't be a time drain. I've just read it again, and I'd love it if everyone could give it a go if it's something you're interested in. I skim-read it a while ago and it helped me tremendously. It's supposed to be the stop smoking bible. This is based on /u/joshg_yz250's recommendation.