Allen Carr - The Little Book of Quitting

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ISBN: 978-1-84858-656-7

INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

IMPORTANT WARNING!

WHEN DID YOU DECIDE TO BE A SMOKER?

WILL YOU ALWAYS BE A SMOKER?

WHY DO YOU SMOKE?

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE CIGARETTES?

DO YOU WISH YOUR CHILDREN SMOKED?

SO WHY DO SMOKERS CONTINUE TO SMOKE?

THE MOST POWERFUL DRUG IN THE WORLD!

A POWERFUL POISON!

THE NATURE OF THE TRAP

TIGHT SHOES!

THE LIFETIMES CHAIN

THE LITTLE MONSTER

WHY ISNT ALL THIS OBVIOUS?

YOU NEVER GET THERE, UNLESS YOU QUIT!

DRUG ADDICTION OR GENUINE PLEASURE?

PICTURE A HEROIN ADDICT

THE INCREDIBLE IRONY OF IT ALL

CHECK IT OUT

BUT DRUGS ARE DIFFICULT TO KICK!

WHAT ABOUT THE WITHDRAWAL PANGS?

IDENTICAL TO FOOD

THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF HUNGER

I ENJOY THE TASTE

INTRODUCING THE BIG MONSTER

THE BRAIN-WASHING

THE VOID

THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE

LIKE CLAUSTROPHOBIA

THE ITCH

THE FIRST OF THE DAY

FOOD OR NICOTINE

THE TUG OF WAR

THE REALITY

I WISH I WAS A HAPPY CASUAL SMOKER

SMOKE LESS HOOKED MORE!

I CAN GO A WEEK WITHOUT SMOKING

ALL SMOKERS LIE TO THEMSELVES

I ONLY ENJOY TWO A DAY

WHY DO SMOKERS FIND IT HARD TO QUIT?

THE EFFECTS OF BRAIN-WASHING

THE WILLPOWER METHOD

WHY HE NEVER ACHIEVES IT

THE CONFUSION

EVENTUALLY YOUR WILLPOWER RUNS OUT

ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER

ITS CONFLICT NOT LACK OF WILLPOWER

I KNEW THAT I WAS STRONG-WILLED

NATIONAL NO SMOKING DAY

CHECK OUT YOUR SMOKING FRIENDS

HOW DOES EASYWAY WORK?

THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING A SMOKER

ITS FEAR THAT KEEPS US SMOKING

SNUFF-TAKING

I ENJOY THE RITUAL

A MOMENT TO REFLECT

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ACHIEVE?

WHEN DO YOU BECOME A NON-SMOKER?

WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE!

A FRAME OF MIND

HOW WILL YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE FREE?

THOSE MARVELLOUS, POSITIVE GAINS

THE LETHARGY

THE FEAR

THE SLAVERY

IS SMOKING A SOCIABLE PASTIME?

THE SINISTER BLACK SHADOW

THE FIRST POWERFUL INFLUENCE

THE SECOND POWERFUL INFLUENCE

THE CORRECT DECISION

IF YOU HESITATE

THE INGENUITY OF THE TRAP

WHY THE TIME WILL NEVER BE RIGHT

SOME SMOKERS JUST DRIFT OUT OF IT

IT TAKES COURAGE

A FEELING OF DOOM AND GLOOM

HOW DO I COPE WITH THE WITHDRAWAL?

SO WHY DO SMOKERS GET SO IRRITABLE?

THAT FEELING OF PANIC

ADDICTION IS MENTAL NOT PHYSICAL

BE AWARE OF THE LITTLE MONSTER

BE PREPARED FOR THAT FEELING

ESCAPED OR TRYING TO ESCAPE?

BUT HOW CAN YOU EVER BE CERTAIN?

OH, ID LOVE A CIGARETTE!

HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET?

IN REALITY ITS EVEN MORE STUPID!

REMEMBER THOSE STRESSFUL SITUATIONS

I CANT ANSWER THE PHONE WITHOUT ONE

BUT IT DEFINITELY RELIEVES BOREDOM

NEVER DOUBT YOUR DECISION

THE GREATEST MISTAKE

THE MOMENT OF REVELATION

DONT WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN

DONT CHANGE YOUR LIFESTYLE

IT ALL HAPPENS SO SLOWLY

IT TAKES SEVEN YEARS TO CLEAR THE GUNGE

USE YOUR IMAGINATION

TIME IS ON YOUR SIDE

EXPECT SOME DISORIENTATION

I KEEP FORGETTING IVE QUIT

I CANT GET UP WITHOUT A CIGARETTE

IT HAPPENS ON SOCIAL OCCASIONS

YOU HOLD THE ACES

ATTEND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS IMMEDIATELY

WHEN WILL THE CRAVING GO?

WHEN A FRIEND OR RELATIVE DIES

WHEN AN ENEMY DIES

I NEED A SUBSTITUTE

DO NOT USE SUBSTITUTES

WILL I PUT ON WEIGHT?

WILL NICOTINE GUM OR PATCHES HELP?

ENJOY HAVING A NON-SMOKE

ILL HAVE TO GIVE UP GOLF

OBSERVE CASUAL SMOKERS AT PARTIES

OBSERVE SMOKERS GENERALLY

TIMING

A DEGENERATING DISEASE

THE FINAL PREPARATION

THE FINAL CIGARETTE

NEVER ENVY SMOKERS

ALLEN CARRS EASYWAY CLINICS

Imagine a drug that causes the premature death of one in two users, costs the average addict 50,000 in a lifetime, makes you feel insecure, bored and tense, tastes foul, ruins your confidence, impedes your concentration and has no advantages whatsoever.

Can you believe that at one time over 90% of the adult population of western society was addicted to this drug?

Can you imagine yourself becoming addicted to such a drug? If you are a smoker, casual or otherwise, you already are an addict. The drug is nicotine.

Supposing I could convince you that the facts about smoking are exactly as I have described above and, furthermore, that any smoker can find it easy to quit

IMMEDIATELY AND PERMANENTLY

WITHOUT USING WILLPOWER, GIMMICKS OR SUBSTITUTES

WITHOUT PUTTING ON WEIGHT

If I could further convince you that you wont miss smoking, that youll enjoy social occasions more and be better able to cope with stressful situations, would you quit? Then read on. I have nothing but good news for you.

Unless you have already quit, do not attempt to do so, or even to cut down, before you have read and understood the whole book.

No. I dont mean what was the occasion of your first cigarette, but when did you decide to smoke every day?

Or did you just drift into it like every other smoker on the planet?

So when will you quit?

After youve spent the 50,000?

When youve crippled your health?

When the time is right?

How many years have you smoked?

Do you ever wonder why it never seems the right time to quit?

Because it tastes good?

Do you eat it?

For something to do with your hands?

Try a biro.

For oral satisfaction?

Use a dummy.

To relieve boredom and stress and aid relaxation and concentration?

Surely boredom and concentration are opposites, and so are stress and relaxation.

First in the morning? Isnt that the one that tastes the worst?

After a meal or with a drink, when answering the phone or during moments of stress? How can an identical cigarette out of the same packet taste different to, or have completely the opposite effect from, the one smoked an hour earlier?

If the answer is no, it means that you wish you were a non-smoker! So why arent you? Because smoking is a habit and habits are difficult to break? Are they?

In the UK we are in the habit of driving on the left. If we drive on the continent, we break the habit immediately without difficulty.