Friday, August 22, 2003

Allen Carr Is The Daddy

I got an email from Hollyto say she has been without nicotine happily for 2 weeks after reading "Allan Carr's Easyway To Give Up Smoking". It's fitting to mention it as it's now a year since I gave up, or rather stopped, (there was nothing to actually give-up.) I know I gave a big spiel at the time, but a year down the line how am I doing? How easy has it been? Was it really painless?

The one time I went this length of time as a "non-smoker" before Easyway it was miserable. I was constantly thinking of smoking and looking for excuses to start again (trip to the pub, visit home to smoking family and friends.) Although supposedly a non-smoker (which I was to a certain extent) it was miserable for me. And every time after I'd had an exceptional fag, I would be even more miserable and have to go through the whole cold turkey thing again.

Easyway has been exactly that, the easy way. I have occasionally slipped into the odd reminiscence of times with fags, but it passes. Days go by without me even thinking about cigarettes, which is remarkable in itself (it used to be a constant thought almost) as I was a professional smoker. When I do think about them now (rare, at times like this) I am quickly able to put it out of my mind and get on with my day.

What's more I know I will never smoke again. That's the best thing. That's something I never had before. I can go to the pub with my smoking friends and family and it absolutely doesn't bother me. The compulsion to put one in my gob and spark up just doesn't occur any more. My health has improved, I haven't had a cold since I gave up (that's down to eating a bit healthier as well) and I won't wake up every morning wondering how my throat didn't implode and kill me in the night.

The actual giving up was 98% painless, but there was some weirdness with dizziness, mainly due to the fact my Brain was suddenly getting more oxygen than it had been used to - and I enjoyed the whole thing.

Thanks Mr. Carr for your amazing book - it has truly changed my life for the better. If you are continuing to delude yourself that you enjoy smoking (as I deluded myself) then this is the book for you.

Posted by Dio Bach at 09:54

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