how can i stop smoking without any medication?!
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This method works for me and is the only money back guaranteed.
I quite smoking 2 years ago
Get the Facts
Easyway, founded by Allen Carr in 1983, has the highest independently verified 12-month success rate (75.8% for a smoker completing the program) of any quit smoking technique and a 90% satisfaction rating.
Compare Easyway to other methods and see for yourself why Easyway is called “The Cadillac of quit smoking methods.”
The Allen Carr Method
HOW THE METHOD WORKS
Using psychotherapy, the method works in the opposite way to the “willpower” method. It does not concentrate on the reasons the smoker should not smoke : the money, the slavery, the health risks and the stigma. Smokers know all that already. Instead it focuses on why smokers continue to smoke in spite of the obvious disadvantages.
It is fear that keeps smokers hooked!
Fear the smoker will have to give up their pleasure or crutch. Fear the smoker will be unable to enjoy life or handle stress. Fear the smoker will have to go through an awful trauma to get free. Fear the smoker will never get completely free from the craving.
The Method removes these fears
Smokers quit with the Allen Carr Method as happy non-smokers, not feeling deprived but with a huge sense of relief and elation that they have finally achieved what they always wanted….
TO BE FREE!
What about the terrible withdrawal pangs from nicotine?
The physical withdrawal from nicotine is so slight that most smokers don’t realise that they are addicts. What smokers suffer when they try and quit using other methods is the misery and depression caused by the belief that they are being deprived of a pleasure or a crutch.
The Allen Carr Method removes this feeling of deprivation.
It removes the need and desire to smoke. Once the smoker is in the right frame of mind and they follow the simple instructions, the physical withdrawal from nicotine is hardly noticeable.
No Gimmicks!
The Method does not use any gimmicks, useless aids or substitutes. No nicotine gum, patches, lozenges, tabs, inhilators or nasal sprays! No needles! No lasers! No drugs! No herbs! No shock treatment!
The Allen Carr Method is successful because:
It removes the smokers’ conflict of will.
There are no bad withdrawal pangs.
It is instantaneous and easy.
It is equally effective for long-term heavy smokers and light smokers.
You need not gain weight.
You will not miss smoking.
Medical Endorsements
A personal view from Professor Judith Mackay MBE, JP, FRCO (Edin), FRCP (Lon), World Health Organisation Advisory Panel on Tobacco and Health
“I have no hesitation in supporting Allen Carr’s work. Many clinics use some of his techniques but it would appear that few do it in quite such a successful package.”
Carole Johnson, Coronary Heart Disease Prevention Unit, Tyne Tees
“his success rate was such that, when budgets allow, we continue to use Easyway for work with specific groups and individuals.”
Dr Anil Visa BSc, MBBch., FRCA, Consultant – Royal Hospitals NHS Trust – Royal London Hospital
“I have observed the Allen Carr method at first hand and have found it to be very successful and I wholeheartedly support it as an effective way to quit smoking.”
Dr William Green, Head of Psychiatric Dept, Matilda Hospital, Hong Kong
“It is a remarkable fact that Allen Carr, on his own admission a non-professional in behaviour modification, should have succeeded where countless psychologists and psychiatrists holding postgraduate qualifications have failed, in formulating a simple and effective way to stop smoking.”
Dr Martin Jarvis, Principle Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research
Fund and Reader in Health Psychology, University College London
”.I am more than happy to testify to Allen Carr’s enduring involvement and to recognise the value of the kind of behavioural and cognitive support he provides.”
Dr PM Bray MB CH.b., MRCGP
“I was really impressed by the method. In spite of the Allen Carr organisation’s success and fame, there were no gimmicks and the professional approach was something a GP could readily respect. I would be happy to give a medical endorsement of the method to anyone.”
Celebrity Endorsements
"His method is absolutely unique, removing the dependence on cigarettes, while you are actually smoking. I’m pleased to say it has worked for many of my friends and staff.”
Sir Richard Branson
“Some friends of mine who had stopped using Allen Carr’s method suggested I tried it. I did. It was such a revelation that instantly I was freed from my addiction. Like those friends of mine, I found it not only easy but unbelievably enjoyable to stay stopped.”
Sir Anthony Hopkins
GOOD LUCK!
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Give yourself a good reason to.the only person that can quit is yourself. If you need help I suggest going to a group session that maybe held locally.
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Don't buy them.
Chop youf fingers off
Throw out the ones you still have and do not buy, beg for or borrow anymore.
Wear a rubberband around your wrist. Everytime you get that urge to smoke one, pop yourself with that rubberband. It's called aversion therapy. It's supposed to work. (Never tried it myself.)
Effective ways include a course of hypnosis, although this can be expensive. Also, consider attending group therapy sessions. These can be really useful, often you will be paired up with a 'buddy' so you can support each other through the quitting process. A lot of willpower is needed, and you really have to want to quit to be successful.
Nicotine replacement therapy (patches, gum etc) is a safe form of medication that helps combat withdrawal symptoms.
If none of the above work, drugs such as Zyban can be prescribed but can lead to side effects, so definitely stick with the medication-free approach if you can.
Good luck, quitting isn't easy!
Change your environment, go to different bars, mix with different people. If the people you are with don't know you smoke, and if you are not used to smoking in the place you are in, it is much easier.
Other than that FIGHT IT!
LOL, I wish I was ready to do this. My wife quit smoking 3 months ago. She did it pretty much cold turkey. What got her through it was telling herself that if she didn't smoke all week she could smoke on the weekends. She did the first week, the second week she only could stand to smoke about half the cigarette. By the third week she was pretty much done with the cravings all together. Find someone to help you stay strong, remind you that you have good reasons for quitting, in the middle of a bad craving. The mood swings are the hardest, I don't know if it was harder on her or on me though:) But now she's done and it's amazing. I've had a cold for the last three weeks, she caught it but got rid of it by the third day. Also, check out a book on self hypnotism. It sounds crazy, but not if you look at it like a soothing meditation. You create a tape of your own voice, use the techniques described to bring you to that meditative level and play it while your sleeping. Just stay committed and keep a journal. As time goes on, you can read back and see how the cravings and insanity have diminished.
The solution is both very simple and extremely difficult at the same time:) You just stop.
I also have been a smoker for several years. Than I realized that I was out of breath from simply climbing the stairs. I was mostly in a bad mood all day long and I was constantly feeling tired. It just wasn't worth it. So, I suggest you make a list (pro's and con's of smoking), look at some pictures of smokers's lungs (to scare you away for good), do not hang around people who do smoke. It is really difficult at first, but it does get easier. You just have to take the first step. Good luck:)
Every time you get the urge to smoke , think of John , the good , kind , god-fearing , boy , who died years before he was supposed to , just because he smoked .
I have stopped several times in my life, often for a year or more and somehow I would foolishly fall back into it. I have finally quit for good.
For me there were a few ideas that I finally came to realise that were highly beneficial in my finally quiting.
I am single and I was embarrassed by the smell of my clothes, breath and the appearance that it gave of me. Smoking seemed to indicate, or I perceived it to indicate that I have a low self worth since i couldn't or wouldn't stop doing this activity that was hurting my health. How attractive!
I know as a matter of anecdotal evidence that many smokers die from lung problems. When I was younger that was hard for me to imagine, but as I am ageing, I can clearly visualise what it must be like to have to pull a little cart around with me to carry my little green oxygen tank and how it would feel to get out of breath just from standing up. Not to mention how it would affect my family to watch me in that state.
Then there was the whole concept of being controlled by something. I though about how I couldn't do anything, no matter how fun,exciting or pleasurable it was without eventually having the thoughts of wanting to smoke break my concentration. Then the desire to smoke would grow and become more distracting until it would outweigh the imprtance of the activity I was engaged in. The thoughts would cross my mind durring sex!
To answer your question, I finaly quit while I was reading the New Testiment of the Bible. Dont get me wrong, I am not religious and I dont really goto church. I just wanted to readf it to see if it was actually for me, as I had denied it my whole life. Anyway the book has a unique quality about it that made me feel strong and inspired. I didnt do it for any other reason than it seemed like something I could and should do for my self. My neighbor hated the smell. I asked myself oneday, "If Jesus smoked cigarettes and it made his neighbor unhappy, what would he do? Would he continue to enjoy a selfish habbit that is making others unhappy, or would he shoulder the suffering of quiting for the sake of his neighbor and for the overall good of all involved?" Having asked that question, I realized what was the right thing for me to do.
Hope this helps, Kennio
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