Good luck :)! I'm reading that book right now too, and it makes a lot of sense. Not preachy at all.

Hi: I quit using Allen Carr's "The Easy Way To Stop Smoking". I agree with the concepts in that book like you stated. I have tried on several sites to let people know about the book if they are having a difficult time of it. I have found that there is a lot of resistance from people. I understand this too. I had tried to quit several times (look at the date that I registered here), agonized and failed each of those times. When you go through something like that you think "yeah..right...a book will really help this". I can't say it enough it really works and it is not hard to quit when you use his mehtod. Stay strong and stay quit! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/1/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 49 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,483 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $264.6 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 45 [B]Seconds:[/B] 13

I have noticed a few new quitters wondering whether all the hell is worth it when there are people with 200+ days questioning their quit etc. As I was one of those accomplished quitters wanting to smoke again a couple of weeks ago, I thought it fair to share my whole story with you. When I signed up with SCC last year in April, I attempted to quit every several days for a month and reset my quit meter about 8 times. Then I went back to smoking full-time. Then I came across Allen Carr's book, "The only way to stop smoking permanently". It puts you in a state of mind where you do still want to smoke but you realise that it is the addiction talking not your rational mind, so a bigger part of you does not want to smoke. I came to understand that my dream of smoking occaisionally was never going to happen. Even if you have enormous willpower and only smoke a few times a month you will be thinking about smoking the whole time. He believes that cutting down before a quit is not helpful because it only makes every cigarette seem more precious. You come to realise that quitting is a positive thing to be celebrated, rather than grieving a lost friend. For this reason he does not recommed support groups, as they can be very negative, with everyone feeling sorry for each other. I don't think the SCC is all negative at all, but it did NOT help me personally to quit smoking. Please understand, I know that lots of people have quit without the book, but this advice is for those who are not coping. I have not smoked at all since I read the book. I came on site a few days after to reset my meter but I did not feel the need to post a message. A few weeks ago my boyfriend started smoking again and it entirely upset my rational views on smoking. May I make it clear, I was NOT "craving" the same way as some-one in need of the drug - in the first few days of a quit, it was an entirely mental "need". My boyfriend was telling me how much he enjoyed smoking etc. and this upset my balance - my inner knowledge that all smokers who have ever failed at quitting secretly despise themselves for smoking... Why did it cause such an emotional upheaval? Because the person I love and trust most in the world had lied to me. Why? Because nicotine addiction is so powerful. He has since admitted