Allan Carr Puns

“I’m never going to smoke again. Isn’t it marvelous?” Will be my mantra for the next month. Today marks 15 years that I broke my first quit that lasted 8 months. This one is my final quit.

A day I will not forget, ever. 15 years ago today, my eldest was born and despite my mom begging me not to, I decided to have a “celebratory cigarette” like back in the day of birth cigars men used to have. I quit for another 8 months with my second child and came right back. It is time. The madness of 25 years of smoking is done. I’m never going to smoke again, isn’t it marvelous?

I read this book from Allen Carr about quitting caffeine. This book helps change your mind on how you think about caffeine. He has been a pioneer in the stop smoking and stop drinking community for his novel approach. He really goes through all the myths and brainwashing of how we get hooked on caffeine. And how caffeine robs us of energy (doesn't provide it). I like his style. But some folks don't.

One other point, he advocates for a cold turkey approach. (I know many others do not.) His main point on this is that once you think about caffeine differently (as a poison) then you want to drop it immediately.

I was wondering other people's opinion on this book and the Allen Carr method. Thanks!

Edit: The author's name is Allen Carr (it's misspelled in this post's title).

The Easy Way to Quit Caffeine by Allen Carr.

Just finished reading the easy way, and I want to be honest, I felt very very strong and secure while reading the book, but in the past hour since I’ve finished it I almost feel insecure, as if actively reading the book was helping and now my brain feels like it’s almost trying to test itself by poking little questions and statements into it, almost trying to test whether the book changed my perspective enough. I really don’t want to drink anymore guys I just really hope I can keep my frame of mind stable in the future and not slip back into the trap.

I promised myself when I finished reading my latest book, Easy Way to Stop Smoking would be one of the next 2 I start. Problem is I started reading it late last year sometime and only got through 84 of the 204 pages before it got forgotten about.

To those that have read the book before, we all know how repetitive it is. Can I just pick up reading where I left off? Or would you suggest starting from the beginning again?

I am on day two and feeling quite free. Last time I tried to stop, before I had this book I wanted to gnaw off my hands. Power of mind set is truly incredible.

EDIT: I am a few minutes into day 3! Gotta not fuck this up!

If I can remember correctly, Allan Carr said that after 3 weeks "you will start seeing the light."

From my understanding, you can declare yourself a non-smoker after 3 weeks of quitting.

What do you think?

My cousin is quitting and I wanted her to read my copy but we’re in lockdown so I can’t get it to her . Does anyone have the PDF that was floating around this sub a while ago? Greatly appreciate any help!

Allan Carrs easy way to stop drinking. Has anyone read both of these and liked one more than the other? Haven’t read in a long time and looking for something.

You know what did? My anxiety. I don't know if it was because of this or because I smoked too much after I was done with my attempt with quoting smoking.. But I puked. I am ashamed. And I felt really sick and ashamed of myself.

I do not have cravings like before because I can't imagine myself smoking again, I still remember how sick I was.

I guess 02 December 2020 is my date. I am really grateful for this opportunity.

2 days in from escaping smoking and I am an emotional wreck from the withdrawals. What's keeping me together is I know I'm slowly killing that little monster inside me that wants that cigarette.

I started diving into this book because I'm hopelessly addicted to food and his quit smoking book worked extremely well for me. However its just not clicking this time around. One of the points the book is drilling over and over is that you feel guilty binge eating and you don't love it while you're doing it and you really don't enjoy food that much... I cant relate because I freaking love food. I want to do a cannon ball into a bowl of mac and cheese. I wanna motor boat a whole cake. I don't feel guilty at all when I'm eating but I do after.

Every resource I've pulled says that I need to have an underlying trauma but I don't feel like that in the slightest. My point is, how do I break an addiction to food when I cant even understand WHY I'm addicted outside of simply loving the taste of my favorite foods?

Hi, I just started the journey of admitting to myself I have a problem and have stopped gambling..

I want to have anything that can help so i bought the book on amazon "The Easy Way to Stop Gambling: Take Control of Your Life" by Allan Carr....

What are you guys thoughts of the book/experiences/ does it help/ thoughts?

Anything is appreciated..

And again thank you guys for this page
Looking at stories and comments from other people have been huge for me.

Hey guys, 15 days no alcohol and feeling great. However, the last few nights I’ve found myself thinking about drinking.

I’ve heard excellent feedback from others on this sub regarding Allan Carr’s stop drinking books. When I went to order on Amazon, I found there are sooooo many versions to choose from. There’s the easy way to stop drinking, control your drinking, for women, etc etc

Which one do you all read/recommend?

IWNDWYT

Hey wise non smokers out there! I looked up this book to buy on amazon and apparently there are like 5 versions!? Which one should I get? Stop smoking for women? Illustrates? No willpower? Any suggestions? Thank you!

So I'm on my 14th day now and I'm really not looking back!

Just wanted to hear some success stories from any of you guys who quit this way, how long has it been since you read the book and how did you find it?

I'm further along this book and I read something that makes perfect sense to me 'the only reason you smoke this one is because of the one before' how logical that is! I just read a post on here by someone a year in, who sounded just like me and their post strengthen my belief that smoking really doesn't help me cope it's alls illusion.

"The gambling addict suffers from a constant tug-of-war. You know something is causing you harm and misery and threatening to destroy your life, yet you feel compelled to go on doing it. Every day the misery gets worse, yet the compulsion to go on gambling gets stronger. You know that the only sensible thing to do is quit, yet you suspect that quitting will be worse than carrying on because you still believe that your addiction gives you some kind of pleasure or crutch."

I know I game to feel happy yet all it does is cause me misery on a much larger scale. It's a complete net negative in my life yet I continue to treat it like a positive when rationalizing if I should continue playing or even go back to playing when I've quit for a while.

I read the book and enjoyed it. Quit immediately, didn't even want to finish the final cigarette. I was overly motivated and i quit for 4 days. Then I was out with friends, had some beer, didnt smoke a single cigarette, despite all my friends being avid smokers. I bought a pack on my way to the train station, smoked on, and threw every single smoke out. I then did the same again some days later. Then my scariest exam in my university career was coming, and I had to study. This was my last attempt at the exam, if I didn't pass I would get kicked out after only missing two courses to get my masters degree. I smoked throughout the exam period while reading, as I was overly stressed.

I reread the book multiple times, even bought the soundbook to hear the same lines from a different voice then my own.

I am currently at home at my parents house and staying here for a couple of days. I didn't want to smoke, and set this as my new quit date. Safe to say i could handle one day, and now I just smoked a cigarette i got from my little brother (18 years, not a minor).

I am just scared. I am scared to fail. I am scared that when i hit a stressful period that everything is so easy to start again, which has been my track record. I have only been smoking for 2 years, but I started just after my ex girlfriend at the time broke my heart to pieces. I have somehow linked cigarettes to mental security.

Allan Carr suggests not using NRT, which I guess includes E-cigs. I am always considering trying one of the things, because the idea of going out for a smoke when everything hits a rough patch, is really something that speaks to me. But I am scared I am going to get hooked to that for years as well.

Any tips to pull through the first couple of days. It's way too easy to get cigarettes in this world, when you need them.

Should I read the book again, and give it another shot? I view myself as strong minded, but I guess everyone says that.

TLDR: Confused, read Easy way to stop smoking multiple times, still fall in the trap.

Just saying that I have had a good experience reading/listening to the audiobook of "Allan Carr's Easy Way To Control Alcohol". I can't compare it to other techniques (apart from just trying to stop / will power) but I can say I had a good experience with it and it's made my current efforts feel very strong and stress-free. I am only on day 12 but feel good about everything. I also did his "stop smoking" one and found it very effective - and easy. It lets you reframe the whole problem in a way that makes it feel damn obvious you'd never drink again. It also gives you a bunch of mental tools to deal with likely scenarios in the future and ways to argue against the drinking idiot inside.

It's not a magic bullet, but it's pretty close for me (so far). Also this Sub is amazing. Thanks

So, I'm Interested if anyone else has tried it and if not, suggest anyone look it up and give it a go.

edit: it's called "Allan Carr's Easy Way To Control Alcohol"

The CEO of Allan Carr's company is doing an AMA, go check it out if it interests you.

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3wy9za/iama_allen_carrs_easyway_to_stop_smoking/

Been smoking for 15 years and just finally want it to end. Biggest goal is getting back to my marathon running days (yep big life change). Nearly half way through the book and finding myself more anxious and stressed out than I usually am. Anybody else experience this while reading it?

Does anybody have a copy of this (that has worked for them and is therefore full of all of the good karma hah) I could buy off of them? Amazon is saying out of stock until middle of March. This past week has been hell, I had pneumonia, bronchitis AND a chest wall infection all at once and I’ve had enough. After several failed attempts, and my dad passing (they said point blank if he didn’t smoke he’d still be alive) I AM DETERMINED but after 15 years of smoking this habit has gotta go. Everyone is saying this book is the way to go so here I am. Congrats to everyone who has successfully kicked the habit!

Was it the Cocoanut Grove-inspired set? Or the awkward performance of Rob Lowe? Or was it that Disney hadn't permitted them to use Snow White imagery?

I have read numerous articles about it and even seen the video, but I still can't fathom the reason behind the open letter that was signed and addressed to the Academy by stars like Julie Andrews and Paul Newman etc., calling it "an embarrassment to both the Academy and the entire motion picture industry. " People make really bad movies, music videos and monologues but I have never seen such a huge backlash to something as ordinary as a goofy, silly opening musical number. They didn't insult anyone, nor did they have any wardrobe malfunctions or suggestive lyrics or dance moves.

I am asking this out of genuine curiosity. Was it all blown out of proportion or did it really do THAT MUCH damage to the industry to be considered an embarrassment?

Just subscribed to this thread today. Hi.

I have smoked for 20 years. I have vaped for 4 years. Yep! I do both. Brilliant, right?

I "tried" to quit with patches once, maybe 10 years ago, but it was admittedly half assed.

I am half way through Allan Carr's The Easy Way to Quit Smoking. I watched the youtube video today. I am feeling like a non-smoker exactly ZERO%. Is this bullshit? Or am I expecting too much?

How did you do it?!

I finally found the youtube video of Allan Carr's Easy Way book. It's really hard to find as it's posted in another language, but they are speaking english on the actual video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltQpRhFIFZE&list=PLttMngxuURXyREqh9b1v2yw9UR6x4T9ec

I hope link works. If not the title of the video is: Ο εύκολος τρόπος να κόψεις το κάπνισμα which is why it's so hard to find. lol The person who posted it is: htan3gourounakia

I searched Stop Smoking Cigarettes Easy Way Allan Carr.

You're probably thinking to yourself, Shark this guy (this is a particularly offensive expletive where I am from) , there's no way reading a book will help me quit smoking. And like myself, and all those who come before me, you are dead wrong. You dumby. You dumb dumby.

Four years ago a friend of my sister told me about a book titled: Alan Carr's easyway to quit smoking. This was during a party at my sister's house, and I just so happened to be smoking during this conversation. I told him I'd check it out, but inside I knew how ridiculous this was. How could a book possibly allow me to quit smoking? My sister's friend apparently knew what I was thinking though and told me he had thought the same thing. So I read the book, which interestingly encourages you to continue smoking while you read it. I tore my pack of cigarettes in half the day I finished reading. I have never looked back.

Every person I have recommended this book to since has quit smoking, even people who have smoked for 40-50 years and have tried dozens of times to quit. Just read it. It's short. Do it. Seriously, Do it.

Love,

Mikiepizza

P.S. Here's the link. buy it. I'll find you if you don't and read it to you at night like a lullaby. I'm so broke I have eaten beans for dinner the last ten nights but I will still buy this for you if you request it. You deserve it.

https://www.amazon.com/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/0615482155

So I got to chapter 40 when I was on the bus, and decided I would read it and do the associated last cigarette when I had some alone time. I went out that night, continued smoking, and came home and just fell asleep. That was the night before last.

I didnt smoke at all yesterday, and didn't want to do the 'last cigarette' in case it threw off my whole day.

Now, today is day 2 and my skin is crawling. I know it's just physical, and that cigarettes make me feel disgusting and smoking one will be awful and just set back my cravings, but I worry that by not doing that last exercise of smoking the last cigarette, that I've thrown off the whole process.

Any input?

Honestly, I want to believe all of this content and take it to the heart and say, "great! I'm a non-smoker now! I've made this decision and I'm happy about it."

The truth is though, I don't feel that great about it. I already feel miserable thinking that I'm going to have to go to work tomorrow and put in a full 13 hour shift and not smoke a single cigarette. I know, because I've done tried this a million times this year.

I don't know what I want. I want to quit smoking, but I seriously think I still enjoy smoking. I hate that that makes sense to me. I want to lie to myself or make myself believe that I hate smoking so that I could just put it down and say to hell with these things and that'd be the end of it.

That's what Allan Carr says throughout the whole book, and then immediately says "don't wait for the moment of revelation! You have to have it yourself!" ...okay.....?

I'm afraid that I'm just going to be a smoker that tortures himself by pretending to be a nonsmoker. I don't want to have these doubts, but I can't help it!! That's just how I feel!!!

I don't know what to do. I want to quit but I've already tried several times. I always get about 5-6 days in and then I look around and I just wonder why the fuck I'm torturing myself with this. I pretend like it gets better with time, but it just doesn't. I may start to feel a little better and the cravings aren't exactly as 'intense,' but I still want to smoke.

And then I just smoke a cigarette and it's the best fucking thing in the world. I try to act like it's not, but to me it is. Allan Carr would probably say something like, "well, the smoker is miserable and he's just making himself more miserable by smoking that one cigarette." And in the grand scheme of things, he's probably right. But.. I don't know. I literally like smoking. I'm sorry to myself for this, but I fucking enjoy smoking at work and taking a break. I enjoy smoking a square during my favorite song. I like smoking a cigarette after I finish a beer.

Allan Carr says "The smoker wishes he never had that first cigarette!" And I just don't know how I feel about that. I used to have crippling anxiety and smoking cigarettes used to really pull me through some of the more terrible panic attacks. I don't care if it was a crutch or not; it would help me. I liked being associated with smoking. Some of my best friends I met while smoking in a circle outside of class.

How is there any hope of quitting for someone like me? I don't r

I just read Allen Carr's book "Easy Way to Stop Smoking" in one sitting (halfway through the book i wanted to quit, but didn't because he says: quit after the book, so i stayed up the whole night reading on ...). I had my last cigarette 40 minutes ago. I've been smoking for 10 years, around 20 per day. This is it! I'm free! I just ordered two physical copies of the book and will give one to a friend.

So I read Allan Carr's book about <drum roll> 90 days ago, and I'd like to share my thoughts on it.

First the good:

Carr basically restated what I already knew -- alcohol does more harm than good and essentially plays mind games with you to trick you into continuing to imbibe. I would describe the book as cognitive behavioral therapy, meticulously debunking all the reasons that we choose drink.

This was certainly not the first time I tried to stop drinking, and though I was feeling more confident about this attempt even before I read the book, the book helped to "cement" my resolve. It's obvious that he's writing from experience, and I could relate to almost every point in the book.

Now the bad:

• This book is written too basically. To be fair, he apologizes in the beginning explaining that he has to communicate with the lowest common denominator of reader, but the simplified writing style is pretty dumbed-down. Honestly, I think it should be re-written.
• I found that Carr is too much of an absolutist. His claim is that there is never any logical reason to ever drink, ever. Never ever. Most of his examples jibe with my understanding, but I disagree with his absolutism. I think there are in fact some benefits of alcohol (a social lubricant, a simple pleasure, etc), it's just that for me the negative consequences make them impractical and irrational.
• He claims (more or less) that all drinkers, even non-problem drinkers, are on the same slippery slope towards destruction. It's just that some people travel faster than others. He doesn't present convincing evidence for this, and I felt that this view was posited only because it corroborates his "alcohol is never useful. Never ever" philosophy.

Summary:

With all its flaws, I still like and would recommend this book. If anything it's a interesting contrast to the AA philosophy (e.g. we have lost control and need outside help).

Lastly, I greatly appreciate the support this group has given me and wish you all the best.