Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking Without Willpower

by Allen Carr

You’re not going to fall and hurt yourself; nothing bad is going to happen to you at all. You simply don’t need a safety net any more than you would need a handrail to walk across an empty room.

When you rid yourself of a mortal enemy, there is no mourning. On the contrary, you can celebrate right from the start… and continue celebrating for the rest of your life, rejoicing every time the thought of that evil monster enters your mind.

The cigarette is not your friend and never has been. Nicotine in any form is not your friend and never has been. It has done absolutely nothing for you, ever, but it has harmed you constantly since the day you first started. It is your worst enemy and you are sacrificing nothing by cutting it out of your life, just making fantastic positive gains.

You could recognize the cigarette and nicotine for the evil enemy that it really is. Then you need neither crave a cigarette, nor wait for anything to happen. Instead, whenever the thought of smoking enters your head, you can rejoice: ‘Hurrah! I’m a non-smoker!’

When you quit, and realize you’re not missing anything, you appreciate the greatest gain of all: escape from the slavery.

Get this clear in your mind: nothing bad is happening here. You’ll be missing out on nothing other than a lifetime of misery.

Smokers seek comfort in the very thing that’s killing them

‘You can live without legs, but cigarettes are essential.’ I honestly regarded cigarettes as more important than my own legs! Such is the effect of addiction on the brain. If you ever question just how evil a tyrant nicotine addiction is, this case should leave you in no doubt.

If you never know how much life you have left, why spend that life burdened with unnecessary worries or even just the inconvenience of being addicted? Wouldn’t it be better to enjoy every moment, free from worrying about your health, and free from feeling like a slave?

Whenever you feel that tiny sensation, rejoice in the knowledge that you’re killing your mortal enemy and making your escape to freedom.

Do you understand, just on principle, that after you complete this programme, the thought ‘IWAC’ doesn’t mean that you actually want a cigarette?

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Now close your eyes and make a solemn vow, a commitment to yourself, that you will never smoke again and that you will never let nicotine into your body again.

That’s a wonderful moment to remind yourself how lucky you are to be free. A moment when you brush that piece of fluff off your shoulder and smile and enjoy the death throes of the little monster.

Make a written record: What was it about your life as a smoker or nicotine addict that made you want to quit? Write a page about it. Make sure you write it in the past tense. It is what you escaped from, so it must be in the past tense.

Last of all, congratulations on being free. Enjoy life, free from the nightmare of the life of a smoker; free from the nightmare of the life of a nicotine addict.