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Original poster

Have you read Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking??

72 replies

SmileItsANewYear · 02/01/2014 18:15

Huge stretch of AIBU here but have posted elsewhere a no response...

I'm just about to start reading this, I quit while I was pregnant but quickly started back up after separating from my husband. I am now looking to kick the habit for good and wonder if anybody else has read this.

Did you rate it?

And most importantly, did it work for you?

Thanks

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TickleMyTitsTillFriday · 02/01/2014 18:16

Yes! 10/10. You will give up and not even worry about it

WaffilyVersatile · 02/01/2014 18:17

No I haven't read but whenever I hear or see anything about this I KNOW its not him but I imagine Alan Carr having written it and then chortle.

Original poster
SmileItsANewYear · 02/01/2014 18:18

Really?! I'm so glad the first response was not noooo it's a load of rubbish.

Ooooh I'm quite keen to start this now.

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Original poster
SmileItsANewYear · 02/01/2014 18:18

Alan Carr having written it and then chortle.

Me too Grin

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Finola1step · 02/01/2014 18:19

Yes. Got to page 7. It was like a switch flipped in my head. Stopped there and then, nearly 9 years ago. I was a 20 a day smoker for 13 years. Good luck. Smile

GoingToBedfordshire · 02/01/2014 18:19

Yes, used it and it helped a lot. Still found it bloody hard to give up mind. But I did. Good luck!

LexieSinclair · 02/01/2014 18:20

I used it - it was the only thing that worked for me. Good Luck!

thornrose · 02/01/2014 18:22

Yes, I used it successfully and so did my sister. It was my lightbulb moment (sorry cheesy but true!)

The book made me see that stopping wasn't a punishment and that smoking was a negative thing which I would be better off without rather than feeling sad and deprived.

Iamsparklyknickers · 02/01/2014 18:24

I tried it and just couldn't get on with preachy/brainwashy tone tbh (Im aware that's the technique) - to much of a rebel me Grin

I am thinking of trying it again and ploughing through it all and catching myself whenever I get in 'forum' mode and quash those opinions deep down inside.

Take from that what you will Smile

Original poster
SmileItsANewYear · 02/01/2014 18:24

Wow can't believe the response here. Think you can all guess my bed time reading tonight :-)

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HeartShapedBox · 02/01/2014 18:25

read it, did nothing for me.

I have since quit, but about a year/18 months after reading.

Selvedge · 02/01/2014 18:27

It worked for me. I stopped in March and have not looked back. You have to want to be a non-smoker though. It's bloody boring, but keep at it!

Leviticus · 02/01/2014 18:27

Worked for me - non smoker for 12 years now.

sandalsinthebin · 02/01/2014 18:30

Alan Carr (I always laugh too) didn't work for me I'm afraid. I was smoking at least 20 a day usually more for 16 years and very addicted. I also tried gum, patches, plastic cigs, EVERYTHING. Tried for years and nothing worked. Was recommended hypnotherapy and stopped completely after 2 sessions. Never wanted one since (15 years), even in a room full of smokers, at parties, out drinking. The hypnotherapist was attached to an NHS hospital but was a private practitioner. He told me that he was used by the NHS to help old guys on 80 a day who don't even want to quit but have to because of operations they are having. That cost me 80 pounds 15 years ago but not spent a penny on cigs since then. And I also got the session tapes to take home which made for heavenly deep sleeps

PoshPenny · 02/01/2014 18:31

Yes. it made a lot of sense. I actually gave up in the end using nicotine patches, but reading his book was a key part of me giving up. Well worth buying, will not be a waste of your money.

BadgerFace · 02/01/2014 18:37

I read it, was annoyed by the brainwashy type speak and it still worked for me so definitely worth it!

newsecretidentity · 02/01/2014 18:37

Alan Carr. That fucking fucker forced me to give up smoking. I wasn't even planning to. I loved smoking, 20 a day at least. I read it because a mate kept telling me it was wonderful, just so I could say a great load of cobblers it was. And then? I only fucking went and stopped smoking! Completely ruined it for me. 10 years, and I haven't touched a fag since.

(but the thing about having more money once you give up? I still haven't seen any evidence...)

Bastard.

EndoplasmicReticulum · 02/01/2014 18:37

Yes, shortly before I stopped smoking! Worked for me.

kimlo · 02/01/2014 18:42

It was recommended to me by a friend who used it to quit. It did nothing for me I think mine was broken.

LadyBeagleEyes · 02/01/2014 18:42

It just made me angry and I ended throwing it across the room as it irritated me so much.
I'ts just so repetitive, which is the technique I suppose, but brainwashing doesn't seem to work for me.
Everything he said, I thought yes I bloody know that.
I do know many people have sworn by it though.

thornrose · 02/01/2014 18:45

However I did swap fags for wine Grin

HOMEQCRICH · 02/01/2014 18:47

Yes it does work and in fact it worked so well that 8 weeks later I thought ooh I can just have one...
I am currently re reading and won't make THAT mistake again. Read it and if it doesn't work you haven't lost anything but I hope it does for you!

HOMEQCRICH · 02/01/2014 18:49

Yes it does work and in fact it worked so well that 8 weeks later I thought ooh I can just have one...
I am currently re reading and won't make THAT mistake again. Read it and if it doesn't work you haven't lost anything but I hope it does for you!

HOMEQCRICH · 02/01/2014 18:49

Yes it does work and in fact it worked so well that 8 weeks later I thought ooh I can just have one...
I am currently re reading and won't make THAT mistake again. Read it and if it doesn't work you haven't lost anything but I hope it does for you!

PrivateBenjamin · 02/01/2014 18:50

Yep, four weeks ago. The book cost me 6.99 on my kindle and so it's already paid for itself thirty times over. Do it OP! Flowers