Carr - The Easy Way to Stop Gambling: Take control of your life

ALLEN CARR

THE EASY WAY

TO

STOP

GAMBLING

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE

To Paul and the other gamblers of the world... at last there is real help at hand.

This book is based on the principles discovered by Allen Carr through his Easyway method, and developed by him in close collaboration with Robin Hayley, Chairman of Allen Carrs Easyway organisation and the most senior Allen Carrs Easyway therapist in the world. Having worked closely together across three decades, Allen entrusted Robin with the future development of the Easyway method to ensure that his legacy would achieve its full potential.

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ISBN: 978-1-78212-920-2

ALLEN CARR

Allen Carr was a chain-smoker for over 30 years. In 1983, after countless failed attempts to quit, he went from 100 cigarettes a day to zero without suffering withdrawal pangs, without using willpower and without putting on weight. He realised that he had discovered what the world had been waiting for the Easy Way to Stop Smoking, and embarked on a mission to help cure the worlds smokers.

As a result of the phenomenal success of his method, he gained an international reputation as the worlds leading expert on stopping smoking and his network of clinics now spans the globe. His first book, Allen Carrs Easy Way to Stop Smoking, has sold over 12 million copies, remains a global bestseller and has been published in over forty different languages. Hundreds of thousands of smokers have successfully quit at Allen Carrs Easyway Clinics where, with a success rate of over 90%, he guarantees youll find it easy to stop or your money back.

Allen Carrs Easyway method has been successfully applied to a host of issues including weight control, alcohol and other addictions and fears. A list of Allen Carr clinics appears at the back of this book. Should you require any assistance or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your nearest clinic.

For more information about Allen Carrs Easyway, please visit

www.allencarr.com

What the media say about Allen Carrs Easyway

I was exhilarated by a new sense of freedom.

The Independent

A different approach. A stunning success.

The Sun

His skill is in removing the psychological dependence.

Sunday Times

Allow Allen Carr to help you escape today.

The Observer

An intelligent and original method!

London Evening Standard

For the first time in my adult life I am free.

Womans Journal

I reckon this method is as close to foolproof as it gets.

Time Out

The Allen Carr method is totally unique in its approach.

GQ magazine

Allen CarrS Easyway

The key that will set you free

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Gambling is the fastest-growing addiction of the 21st century. The spread of the internet has driven a boom in the gambling industry, while governments have relaxed laws to allow more freedom to advertise and betting firms have developed ever-increasing ways for us to gamble. With this boom has come an exponential growth in the number of people who find themselves trapped in the misery of gambling addiction.

The compulsion to gamble can be devastating. It can disrupt your work life, your social life, put intolerable strain on relationships, destroy your finances, lead to ill health, mental breakdown and, in some cases, even suicide. But even when we know its ruining our life and would love to be free of it, escape can seem impossible.

Why? Because we think theres only one way out: the hard way. The common understanding is that addictions such as gambling, smoking and alcoholism cant be conquered without tremendous willpower, suffering and deprivation. But I have good news for you, there is another way.

I discovered this for myself in 1989, when I went to Allen Carrs clinic in the hope that he could help me stop smoking. To my amazement I succeeded easily, painlessly and permanently. What I experienced with Allen was completely different to my previous attempts to quit by using willpower and nicotine gum. By the time we finished I knew I no longer had any desire to smoke and so I didnt need willpower.

From day one as a non-smoker I started enjoying social occasions more and handling stress better. There was no feeling of deprivation; on the contrary, I felt hugely relieved and elated that I was finally free.

I was so impressed with Allen Carrs method that I wrote to him asking if I could join his mission to cure the world of smoking. I was lucky enough to be accepted, and even luckier later to be appointed Managing Director of the company formed to spread the method all over the world.

Today more than 400,000 people have visited our clinics in over 50 countries around the world, and Allen Carrs books have sold more than 14 million copies, been translated into 42 languages and read by an estimated 3040 million people in 57 different countries. This phenomenal success has been achieved entirely by word of mouth, through the personal recommendations of the millions of people who, like me, have succeeded with the method. Allen Carrs Easyway has spread all over the world for one reason alone: BECAUSE IT WORKS.

And it doesnt just work for smokers. Prior to becoming hooked on nicotine, I fought a continuous battle with my weight. I thought my tendency to binge, followed by crash diets, was down to a fault in my personality and I despaired at the thought of never being able to become free from the problem and happy about my weight.

That all changed when Allen showed me his first draft of Allen Carrs Easyweigh to Lose Weight and I realised he had found the solution to the problem that had plagued my whole life. As I read through the text, I found the powerful logic irrefutable. By the end, I knew that my weight problem was solved.

I was convinced there and then that Allens method wasnt only effective for the obvious substance addictions: smoking, alcoholism and drug abuse; it could be applied successfully to any form of compulsive behaviour.

The Easy Way to Stop Gambling applies Allen Carrs Easyway method to one of the most devastating compulsions of all. In the last ten years alone, millions of people around the world have fallen into the clutches of gambling addiction, yet it is a condition that leaves you feeling completely alone.

Unlike any other addiction, it can wipe you out in a single day. Online gambling has made it possible to sit at home, in private, and literally gamble your life away. Sadly, more and more people are doing just that.