Well I first wanted to say that there were several techniques that were used to help me quit smoking. I dont give this book full credit, but I do believe it has helped alot. I had smoked for 10 years. My husband quit smoking Jan 29th, and has been doing great. He used lozenges (Commit) for 2 weeks, then stopped cold turkey. I stopped smoking March 17th, and have not smoked since then. I read this book carefully, a couple of times, listened to “Stop Smoking And Stay Stopped” by Erick Brown (which was hypnosis), and had the full support of my husband. I started the nicotine patch. (This book does not recommend nicotine supplements, but for me, changing habits was an important part of breaking the psychological addiction – aka Big Monster). Stayed on it for 2 weeks (Much shorter than recommended by the makers of the patch, however, I did not want to become addicted to using the patch either. The patch was only used to help fend off the physical addiction – aka The Little Monster while I got used to not smoking after I ate, not smoking on the phone, not smoking in the car, ect, ect, and once I believed I had accomplished that, I stopped using them, thus killing the physical addiction) like my husband did with the lozenges (Commit), and stopped cold turkey. Been cold turkey for almost 2 months now, and havent had any cravings that have been unbearable to get me to smoke again. It was more like an empty feeling, like something was missing. It was brief and not horrible like it was in the past when I attempted quitting. I do not have that feeling anymore. Every day that goes by reinforces the fact that I don’t need them. I would recommend this to at least try. Its not that expensive, just keep an open mind. It will only help if you want it to. I feel optimistic about my success, and not dreading the idea of getting through day by day suffering and wanting cigarettes. I dont want them. I dont, and its amazing. I never thought I could quit. But I have. Good luck to you guys that are ready to quit. Believe me. The mind is everything. And with the mind, all things can be possible. Dont give up.
If you are serious about quitting smoking but not sure how, try this book. Smoker for 8 years, not as long as others, but I was addicted at a pack a day. Tried multiple schemes to stop smoking, such as the patch, gum, lozenge, secret “herbal” rememdies purchased over the internet, everything except for hypnosis, [full article...]
I decided to quit smoking after seven years and several failed attempts. I was going to do whatever it took to quit for good. I purchased over $100 worth of gum, vitamins, lozenges, workbooks, and CDs in preparation for my quit date. My mother had heard about this book from a friend of a friend, [full article...]
Ok, I only got the book because my health coach from Dell said it worked for Ashton Kutcher. And if I meet all my goals, Dell puts money into my flex spending account. I didn’t actually think I’d quit. I’d been smoking for about 20+ years and I knew I should quit. I even wished [full article...]