Like most reviewers, I was a skeptic but also had hope. I felt something different reading this book with a feeling that it would work. It’s hard to put into words. I read many reviews before purchasing and then impulsively order the book. When it came I didn’t read it for a few weeks. Then one night I picked it up.
I felt like I had a conversation with Allen Carr. He writes in a conversational tone and the brilliance of his writing is repeating the important points over and over. By the time you get to the end of the book the points have been all but memorized and the book walks with you.
There’s no magic here, but facts and dispelling myths. I can’t really explain it but I quit before the book was over and haven’t had a smoke since. I’ve only been tempted but 2-3 times and I always went back to the fact that I wasn’t getting anything from nicotine but addiction. It is a drug! I didn’t smoke to relax, deal with sexual frustration, when I felt hope and optimism…I smoked to feed the drug addiction of nicotine.
Yes, certain moods triggered the addiction, but it was addiction for the drug. Let me be honest…I have suffered withdrawal pains. It has been bad, but good because each time I feel pain I am closer to being free of the weed. Like a mother going through birth pain, the end result is the point of focus and going through the pain is OK…even like a badge of honor. The key for me is when I decided to stop I told my self this:
I AM NOT A SMOKER ANYMORE! I don’t associate with smokers and I am born again so to speak. I live like a non-smoker and I am one.
BUY THIS BOOK!
Tell others. It isn’t a rational argument, it is about timing and wanting to quit and then hublu asking for help. Carr knows what he is talking about and is a man who has focused on one thing and done it very well.