But I'm sure they read it!
Well, you'd at least at like to think so. :rolleyes:
But I think it served a great pupose in hearing some really useful ideas to quit smoking. 🙂
Anyone notice that the OP didn't come back?
Yep. 🙂
Sometimes these types of questions are posted by spammers, with one newbie member posting the seemingly innocent question, and another newbie member (often located in the same part of the world) posting a "helpful" reply linking to some website or other. It's quite commonly done, though many of them are just removed from the forum before they even get seen in public. I guess that's the advantage of these forums being actively moderated, rather than other forums that are less vigilant. 😉
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Hi Giles, Have said it before, say it again you guys are very good at moderating the forums. I couldn't do it.
That explains a few things...very vigilant, eyes like hawk....to keep forums a friendly and appropriate platform for all users and readers.
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I have had good experience with EFT. Though take some long time to get rid from smoking but worked great.
You can try using an e-cigarette - you can get your nicotine "fix" with it, but without the harm done to your lungs by smoke. The "smoke" of the e-cig is just water vapor, basically harmless. It has the whole "ritual" to it as well - 'lighting' up, the hand-to-mouth motion, the blowing out of the vapor... Good stuff. I used it to get off smoking, now I vape for the fun of it, using "juice" mixes that have no nicotine, just tastes.
I’m so grateful I found this thread, and this community as well, I’m having a hard time too giving up of smoking and drinking alcohol. Just like jp_misra23, I tried all the tips my friends (and some suggestions on the net) given me. But still craving to puff one. And worst, I can’t stop smoking while I’m in the climax of alcohol. So that’s make me addicted to alcohol too. It makes me depress. I’m looking some treatment right now, is there any. Hope someone can help me fight this struggle I’m having now. (I will try those suggestions from above comment thought.) Thanks Fellas.
Before you try any therapy, do yourself a favor and try reading "The easy way to stop smoking" by Allan Carr.
I personally know 10 people who quit smoking just by reading the book, without even going to seminars. So did i, after 35 years of smoking. And the great thing is - i never ever wanted a cig after i quit, it was easy, i didn't gain weight - nothing. I'm not saying it will work for sure but i recommend trying before going for the harder (than reading a book) methods.
If it's too hard for you to quit smoking, you can always try e-cigs. They are great and so much less damage.
I see that this post is still live, I would just like to say that I too read Allan Carrs book, How to stop smoking the easy way, in April/May/June 2014, I stopped smoking (5th June), I WOULD highly recommend this book, it cost me 75p from ABE books (greener books) I have posted here in August last year and still I'm a non smoker in Jan 2015..I wont smoke again, quite apart from the fact that I had a heart attack in august too, I had already been a non smoker for over a year but other factors came into play. do give it a try Brian YOU have nothing to loose, as a smoker the best bit is that you can still smoke while you read the book,, he insists on it !. good luck
Well now as this old post has popped up again, I would just like to say If I were a smoker, there would be one thing that would stop me immediately and that is the advert showing the simulation of mutations forming in your body shown on a cigarette...:eek:
Well now as this old post has popped up again, I would just like to say If I were a smoker, there would be one thing that would stop me immediately and that is the advert showing the simulation of mutations forming in your body shown on a cigarette...:eek:
And yet that would put you into a minority. There's a lot of evidence that this type of education doesn't work.
I've known people give up smoking with shamanic help, but it takes commitment, as all methods do
My cousin was addicted to smoking and he took cognitive behavior therapy to help him stop from smoking. It is a goal-directed and problem-focused form of therapy. His therapist from treatment centers rehab thought him, on how to gain his confidence to quit and, different coping techniques from stress and fight the urges to smoke. The therapy took several sessions, but worth it.
EFT works very well for addictions.
My cousin used to have this.
The only way to quit smoking easily and forever is Allan Carr. The difference between his system to others is that it makes you look totally differently on the smoking issue. It makes you really and deeply understand that you don't want or need the cigs.
When quitting, there is always a door left to start smoking againg, you crave cigarettes, you're jealous of people who're still smoking etc... But when you quit with Allan Carr, it's the opposite. You pitty the people who still smoke. And you never wanna smoke again. It's amazing.
I know many people who have tried and failed using every other remedy finally succeeded by switching to e-cigarettes. Sometimes known as vaping. Don't listen to the scare propaganda put out by tobacco companies. They don't want to lose money if people switch. You still get your nicotine fix but without the hundreds of other chemicals in tobacco. It's basically nicotine and steam with some flavoring. I am anti smoking yet don't mind anyone vaping around me because it won't harm me the way secondhand smoke does. I also won't stink! You will find yourself smoking less over time. A friend vapes only when he is really stressed as opposed to constantly throughout the day whether he was happy or not.
The key is never give up until you've found something that works for you. Good luck!