Hello! I am currently reading Allen Carr’s book (as another has mentioned). I am actually listening to it as an audio book which although I can’t highlight the heck out of it feels good to hear another human voice talking about this subject of quitting and gaining freedom. Some nights I listen to it as I go to sleep. It is very good. What you have very well said echos in the book. Here are some quotes from the book I felt hit home...
“I want to end this filthy disgusting addiction that’s ruining my health and wealth, depriving me of my freedom, that’s causing distress to my friends and family. Even more, I want to stop because of purely selfish reasons; I will enjoy life so much more.”
“The true reason why any smoker continues to smoke is to end the empty and insecure feeling that the previous cigarette created. You don’t become addicted to nicotine because you smoke, you smoke because you’ve become addicted to nicotine. The next cigarette relieves what the previous one does.”.
“In reality, I enjoy only 2 of the 20 I smoke…habitual and brainwashed by false promises of its benefits;
Helps me deal with stress
Smoking keeps me from gaining weight
Raises my serotonin for depression
Causes me to pause to cope with a feeling I’m overwhelmed by
Enjoy with a coffee or glass of wine or after a meal
Attracted to packaging and look of cool wind resistant lighter”
“The smoker is permanently “hungry” for a cigarette or nicotine because it will never be satisfied by just one and the manufacturers scientifically know this.”
Lastly, “Tobacco never got rid of any of these stresses anyway. Not once. Not ever. Tobacco never made the next bus come sooner.”. Ha!
I wish you much success and happiness. I will share more revelations as I continue...
