Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking - Allen Carr [0]
EASY WAY
TO
STOP SMOKING
US EDITION
This first US edition published for Allen Carr (USA) by:
Clarity Marketing
c/o Suite #706, 1133 W Broadway, NY, NY 10010
Copyright © Allen Carr 2011
All rights reserved
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electrical, mechanical, photocopying, digital, recording or otherwise, without written permission.
This book is not intended to take the place of medical advice from a trained medical professional.
Printed and bound in the USA
Library of Congress Control Number: 2011933692
ISBN: 978-0-6154-8215-6
Dedication
To all the smokers I have failed to cure personally,
I hope it will help them to get free.
To Damian O’Hara, in recognition of his fantastic
work in helping spread Allen Carr’s Easyway
throughout the USA.
Also to Sid Sutton.
But most of all, to Joyce.
CONTENTS
Foreword to the US Edition
Preface
Warning
Introduction
1. The Worst Nicotine Addict I Ever Met
2. The Easyway
3. Why Is It Difficult to Stop?
4. The Sinister Trap
5. Why We Smoke
6. Nicotine Addiction
7. Brainwashing and the Sleeping Partner
8. Relieving Withdrawal Pangs
9. Stress
10. Boredom
11. Concentration
12. Relaxation
13. Combination Cigarettes
14. What Am I Giving Up?
15. Self-Imposed Slavery
16. I’ll Save $x Every Week
17. Health
18. Energy
19. It Relaxes Me and Gives Me Confidence
20. Those Sinister Black Shadows
21. The Advantages of Being a Smoker
22. The Willpower Method of Stopping
23. Beware of Cutting Down
24. Just One Cigarette
25. Casual Smokers, Teenagers, Non-Smokers
26. The Secret Smoker
27. A Social Habit?
28. Timing
29. Will I Miss the Cigarette?
30. Will I Put on Weight?
31. Avoid False Incentives
32. The Easy Way to Stop Smoking
33. The Withdrawal Period
34. Just One Drag
35. Will It Be Harder for Me?
36. The Main Reasons for Failure
37. Substitutes
38. Should I Avoid Temptation?
39. The Moment of Revelation
40. The Final Cigarette
41. A Final Warning
42. Over Twenty Years of Feedback
43. Help the Smoker Left on the Sinking Ship
44. Advice to Non-Smokers
45. Finale: Help End This Scandal
Final Instructions
Tell Allen Carr’s Easyway You Stopped Smoking
About the Author
Testimonials
Allen Carr’s Easyway Centers
FOREWORD TO THE US EDITION
Allen Carr saved my life.
I was the smoker everyone said could never quit. I had my first cigarette as a nine-year-old, behind the proverbial bike sheds, to try to impress one of my older brother’s friends. That first cigarette was truly disgusting, but it didn’t stop me from becoming a heavy smoker for twenty-six years. I rarely smoked less than a pack-and-a-half a day, and if I was in an especially stressful situation at work or out drinking, I would literally chain smoke.
Over the years, almost imperceptibly, smoking came to control my life: it controlled where I went, what I did, who I saw, who I avoided trying to see, where I ate, drank and worked. Of course, I didn’t see it that way at all. In fact, like many smokers, I came to see the cigarette as my best friend, my ‘me’ time, my island of peace and tranquility in a crazy world, my ever-present companion.
At the same time, like all smokers, I knew it was killing me. For years I watched smoking decimate my family—grandparents, uncles and aunts. The tragedy was incredibly sad and stressful, and while it definitely made me want to quit, it also made me want to smoke more.
I tried to quit dozens of times. I was what we call a ‘serial quitter’. But most of my attempts lasted just a couple of minutes before I had a ‘nic fit’ and found myself rummaging around in the garbage, looking for my smokes. I promised my wife that when she got pregnant I would quit. I didn’t. I told her when the baby was born I’d quit. The first thing I did after the birth was to light a big, fat cigar. In fact, things became so bad that I almost