posted February 07, 2009 03:46 PM         

No hypnosis. Trauma and fear free. No nicotine gum or regular gum or candy. You will not need willpower. You will not gain weight. You will not feel deprived. You will need no gimmicks, shock or substitutes. You will not suffer withdrawl pangs.

Carr shatters all the illusions about smoking. I like his common sense approach and how he dispels all myths about how hard it is to quit and the brainwashing around smoking.

You will actually ENJOY quitting. And be amazed at how easy it was to do, wonder what took yourself so long. This addiction is very sneaky as he explains. And even if you only smoke occasionally or are a social smoker, you are still on the hook and can be worse off than a regular smoker.

I highly recommend his book or book on CD.

Of course the ALA, tobacco companies, government and Cancer researchers etc, do not want this info to be spread about.
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posted February 18, 2009 06:19 AM         

I've also given it to FIVE people - all heavy smokers, one who was absolutely insanely addicted to smoking, and all have quit (one still has the book at the moment).

Anyone who wants to quit should seriously read this book - it will work.

posted April 10, 2009 04:11 PM         

I would have been all over this book if I hadn't gotten pregnant. I quit for my birthday, Jan. 21st, and then found out I was carrying, so I have not even thought about smoking since then, makes me want to vomit. But of all the times I've tried to quit in the past 10 years, I know how hard it is...

posted April 10, 2009 10:16 PM         

I wish you the best of all with your will power to get rid of cigarettes. It is a heavy addiction but you are, like Ghanima81 said, a strong woman, and above all, you are being honest with yourself and others, that means a lot to your path to personal growth. You are in my thoughts and I'm sending you white light. Keep the faith and you will make it! One step at a time

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posted April 11, 2009 06:54 AM         

Today's the day!

posted April 11, 2009 08:39 AM         

I stopped smoking about 2.5yrs ago and have never had one since.

It was probably just circumstantial that I kicked it and I still plan to take it up in my old age - gonna go out with a bang, got ura/plu/sun/mer in 8th, so yeah maybe a massive coronary/cerebro-vascular/respiratory distress incident with surgery mixed up somewhere in that, I feel obliged to accommodate it, haha! Oh yeah, venus on the 8th cusp in Virgo, so I'm thinking a very nice funeral complete with neatly written invitations, heh. Oh I have jupiter in the 6th so the 'c' word might swing in as well.

Anyway, the way I gave up seemed to work, and I was smoking seriously when I gave up. I was on cigarillos and roll your own pouch tobacco. I smoked outside and would generally have 2-3 items in one sitting for convenience.

What I did was drink weak tea by the pot every 2hrs or so. I normally don't drink by the pot but what worked was for me to make up a tray with a good sized pot, and a small teacup and saucer. I would drink about 3-4 small weak teacups(one tea bag per pot in strength). And I never looked back.

Still, it just fell into place so maybe it wasn't the tea at all.

posted April 11, 2009 06:49 PM         

Drinking tea is a great idea. I should pick up some detox tea anyway. I'm going to make sure i drink more water at least.

Also, my chart shows that i must quit too. An astrologer warned me years ago and suggested I quit then. I've got a couple left and after them, i am done. Going to listen to the CD's again and get in the right head space in a minute.