"easy way" to quit.

[Wartrace]

I am ten pages from finishing this book and am actually looking forward to tomorrow morning & having no cigarettes in the house. No dread, no fears, I want to quit killing myself. I look forward to the withdrawal pangs as the book explains it is the poison leaving my body.

I have been a two pack a day smoker for over 25 years, this is the first time I have even tried quitting in the past twenty years. Wish me luck!

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[Seekingsobriety]

Thanks!!!!!

And Good Luck!! I found his book "easy way to quit Drinking" very helpful

[SeekSobriety]

Originally Posted by Wartrace

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I am ten pages from finishing this book and am actually looking forward to tomorrow morning & having no cigarettes in the house. No dread, no fears, I want to quit killing myself. I look forward to the withdrawal pangs as the book explains it is the poison leaving my body.

I have been a two pack a day smoker for over 25 years, this is the first time I have even tried quitting in the past twenty years. Wish me luck!

You can totally do this! Congrats!

[Wartrace]

I'm at 36 hours right now, aiming for the 72 hour mark. I keep reaching over to the table where I used to keep the smokes only to grab air. I had one serious thought yesterday about getting some smokes but it only lasted about a minute. I'm lucky because 1) I live alone (no other smokers) 2) I work from home. (no other smokers around)

I am already a non-smoker in my mind. I look forward to the withdrawal symptoms ending but it is just the poison leaving my body. I went to a convenience store yesterday and as I was paying I saw all the cigarettes lined up behind the clerk. I said to myself- I need a pack of those like I need a box of tampons.

[Wartrace]

Still a non-smoker! I am no longer reaching for phantom cigarettes out of habit. I enjoy my morning coffee without a cigarette, the withdrawal pangs are mostly gone & they weren't too difficult to deal with. To be honest I expected a little more of a problem quitting than I had. All these smokers throughout my life telling me how hard it is to quit, how terrible it was to go through, how it is harder to quit than heroin.
I even had one idiot (heavy smoker) say- what are you going to do, stay home crying in a fetal position until you cave in? (Oh, he was just diagnosed with emphysema and still won't quit)

In my original post I linked to the book which is copyrighted. I was under the impression it was "free" but it is not. The book is by Allen Carr, it is called "The easy way to quit smoking". I highly recommend it- it really did make my transition from a smoker to a non-smoker pleasant & I believe permanent. The only thing is you have to WANT TO QUIT. If you go into it half hearted you will fail.

Here's a link to amazon & the book-
Amazon.com: The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Non-Smokers Using Allen Carr's Easyway Method (0749725586160): Allen Carr: Books

[Nallabelle]

do you think you would have been as successful if you hadnt read the book?

[Wartrace]

Originally Posted by Nallabelle

do you think you would have been as successful if you hadnt read the book?

I tried twice before using "sulfinal" which is supposed to block the nicotine to your receptors. (not sure if I spelled it right)

I tried once before I gave up drinking which OF COURSE had no chance of working.

I tried once after I had quit drinking, it didn't work.

I also tried "electric cigarettes" which did nothing to get rid of my nocotine addiction.

I read the book, felt committed to quitting & now I am eleven days of being free from the cigarettes.

Yes, I feel it was the book that helped.