RE: Alan Carr - Easy Way to Give Up Smoking
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RE: Alan Carr - Easy Way to Give Up Smoking
for me the book is and was not about keeping you in my resolution or giving me more willpower, but about actually showing that I DO NOT NEED A CIGARETTE. Which obviously leads to the fact that I don't need to use food to comfort myself (why should I comfort myself after I lost a heavy burden ?), I never had a case of worse mood (worse than without cigarettes, of course - it obviously happens), irritability (as above)...I actually noticed the change of taste of the foods and lovely smells in the air andmy own better smell....and even that I notice the techniques used to make me feel like that, I am quite happy that they work 🙂
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PS. and it's not 'give up' smoking...it's 'quit', which doesn't imply that there is something to miss here 🙂 just a little thought:)
i started reading the allen carr book when id been given up for about 3 weeks i thought it was absolutely brill and id sit in bed reading bits to my hubby "OOOH listen to this bit ...... isnt it sooo true!!!!" yes it was great UNTIL.... i reached the chapter on replacements.
i was on patches i have tried to quit several times in my life and have tried cold turkey and decided that if i didnt want a divorce and for my children to run screaming from me then i was better off with nrt. i was getting on brilliantly and was sooo pleased with myself not a single craving in 3 weeks no depression nothing!! then i read that chapter and everything changed.
i felt guilty and a failure for "feeding the monster" with the patches not just that but for the chewing gum and the aniseed balls i was eating!!
so i went into a bit of a turmoil do i carry on scratching the itch (which had been going so well)or do i turn into b**ch from hell for a while. i started trying to leave my patches off to try without them but got so miserable both from withdrawal and the feeling of failure.
i turned from the odd chewing gum/ aniseed ballto compulsive eating through guilt!!in the end i stuck to the patches for the course and came off them by accident when i was going to an eft course and forgot to put one on.(subconcious decision????)
i gave up smoking on june 1st this year and havent touched one since. im still eating way too much and have put on a stone in the last 8 weeks.this does botherme but i figure Ican always diet but i cant grow another lung!!
i will eventually finish the allen carr book. like i said i thought it was great until that chapter, everything you already knew as a smoker but brushed under the rug!my advice is to definately read it and take what you want out of it but leave what you dont and if youre on nrt my opinion is that if it stops you putting those cancer sticks in your mouth and slowly poisoning yourself for the rest of your life and harming others around you [:'(]then whats the worry?
however you are giving up well done and stick at it its the hardest thing ive ever had to do and i can honestley say if theres one reason why i will never smoke again its so i will never have to give up again!!!!:D:D:D
Iwant to give up! Is there anyone to hear me!!!!
Hi ladies & centilmens
I am new. Now I am think about to give up it. HOW
IS THERE ANY REAL WAY TO G?VE UP SMOKING? If It is true my friend will give up too. And also he needs so much.
Would I be wrong to think that this is a different Alan Carr than the one with the glasses who presents The Friday Night Project??
You wouldn't be wrong. It is a different Alan Carr.
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IS THERE ANY REAL WAY TO G?VE UP SMOKING? If It is true my friend will give up too. And also he needs so much.
Yes there is a real tried and tested scientifically proven way if you want to give up smoking try hypnotherapy.You can stop in one session. You don't need to pay the earth, ask around for prices. Usually you recoup the cost in one month being smoking free, depends on how much you smoke.
If I recall Alan Carr still thought about smoking, with hypnosis you should feel as though you never smoked.
Good luck
If I recall Alan Carr still thought about smoking, with hypnosis you should feel as though you never smoked.
Good luck
I have had hypnotherapy and I still have some cravings and sometimes find myself thinking about smoking. I have never felt like I have never smoked either. I am sure that your statement is true for some people but by no means all!
At the end of the day the means to stop comes from within - everything else is merely a prop to support ones determination. I have spoken to a lot of ex-smokers and the vast majority would say that willpower alone is not enough but without it one will never give up.
Yes there is a real tried and tested scientifically proven way if you want to give up smoking try hypnotherapy.You can stop in one session. You don't need to pay the earth, ask around for prices. Usually you recoup the cost in one month being smoking free, depends on how much you smoke.
If I recall Alan Carr still thought about smoking, with hypnosis you should feel as though you never smoked.
Good luck
I know many that have tried hypnotherapy and it did not work.
IMHO with any method you chose, you need will power/intention to stop.
okay it is true that not everybody will stop what ever method you use. Yes you need to want to stop but will power or using the conscious mind(about 7% effective - patches about 10%) will not work in the long term, that is why hypnosis is so effective it does not rely on the thinking bit of your mind.
Before hypnosis takes place it should be explained why you have had trouble in the past and why you will succeed. Hypnosis is a tool not a miracle cure. and if you don't want to stop then no poewer on earth will stop you. Plus if you have had or suffer from depression or anxiety your chances are much reduced, as smoking is an oral satisfaction like eating drinking and smoking. That is why people put on weight they replace smoking with another usually eating.