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Originally Posted by Adam  Unfortunately, I don't have the budget to buy Allen Carr's book, not even the $10 that it was listed for on Amazon. |
All right, so read this carefully. This is a summary of Allen Carrs' book (from the top of my head, there may be mistakes):
Why do you smoke today?
Today you smoke because you are addicted to nicotine.
You tell yourself that there are other reasons, but that is just social conditioning, or whatever beliefs you have to help you not feel as bad about your addiction. Bottom line is: each cigarette creates a need in your body for another cigarette later.
Whatever your reason was to light your first cigarette (mine was that at the time, I was really shy and I couldn't get a girl), it created a need for nicotine in you. Today, you smoke, because... well... you just smoked a few hours before (or a few minutes).
This is an addiction chain. You smoke, you want another one later. So at some point, you are going to have to break the nicotine chain. That means, stop smoking and no patches. Erredicate nicotine.
What you tell yourself
In order to feel good about your addiction, you told yourself many lies (usually, lies you've heard from others, no need to be creative)... those lies, repeated over and over, create beliefs. These beliefs need to be erradicated if you want to successfully quit. Here they are:
- I smoke because I am bored
- I smoke because I need to focus
- I smoke because I enjoy it
- I smoke because I am tired
- I smoke because I need to calm down
- I smoke because I envy watching the others smoke
I smoke because I am bored
It won't make you less bored. The boredom will remain after the cigarette.
I smoke because I need to focus
Nicotine creates a rush in the brain that makes it harder for you to focus.
I smoke because I enjoy it
Please get real. Can you really say: "I am proud because I only had 10 cigarettes today" and claim you enjoy it? I thought people couldn't get enough of things they enjoy doing.
I smoke because I am tired
After the head rush, the nicotine will put you in a drowsy state.
I smoke because I need to calm down
The nicotine accelerates your heart beat and makes you more stressed. Moreover, it creates a stressful need for another cigarette later.
I smoke because I envy watching the others smoke
Actually, smokers envy non-smokers for not smoking. Not the opposite.
This is just a brief summary, I probably forgot a lot of ideas. Save 10$ and buy the book.