Steven Redpath > Steven's Quotes

“Why would anyone want to drink a poisonous, highly addictive drug that tastes foul; a drug that will shorten your life, debilitate your immune system and impede your concentration; a drug that will destroy your nervous system, your confidence, your courage and your ability to relax? Why would you want to take a drug that will cost you about £100,000/$160,000 in your lifetime and do absolutely nothing for you whatsoever?”
― Allen Carr, The Easy Way to Control Alcohol

“Because when you feel physically and mentally low, molehills become mountains, slight set-backs seem like disasters, and the smallest problem tends to be the final straw to break the camel’s back.”
― Allen Carr, The Easy Way to Control Alcohol

“Modern man threw a brick through his own window in order to sell himself a burglar alarm.”
― Allen Carr, The Easy Way to Control Alcohol

“What you really enjoy in an alcoholic drink is not the drink itself, but the ending of the irritation of wanting that drink. Non-drinkers enjoy that all the time.”
― Allen Carr, The Easy Way to Control Alcohol

“Alcohol is a chemical depressant and a powerful poison. It destroys us both physically and mentally. By inebriating us, it destroys every survival instinct that we possess and takes the joy of life with it. In short: it makes us feel suicidal. And that’s what it amounts to: SLOW AGONIZING SUICIDE”
― Allen Carr, The Easy Way to Control Alcohol

“You need to stop thinking “I can never ever have another drink”, and start thinking how wonderful it will be when you can stop poisoning yourself.”
― Allen Carr, The Easy Way to Control Alcohol