Posted by Dragon Black on October 18, 2007, at 22:46:40
OK. So several weeks ago my brother told me about this friend he had that smoked 3 packs a day, read some book, and immediately quit smoking and averred that he didn't even want them anymore. WTF? Right. So, intrigued, I looked into it, read the reviews on Amazon (which are glowing - book has an average 5 star rating), and then bought and read "The Easy Way to Quit Smoking" by Allen Carr. I must confess, in spite of some flawed logic and incorrect facts, the book is absolutely profound. Statistically, with the possible exception of hypnosis, the system has the highest success rate of any smoking cessation method. the clinics claim 90%, though I don't know that this has been independently verified. according to wiki, an independent group put the success rate for the book following 1 year at 53%. compare this to 2-5% for cold turkey, 10% for NRT (nicotine replacement therapy), 16% for Zyban, and 22% for Chantix. So, I read the book and quit as soon as I finished; it's pretty soon yet, only been a week, but so far (and I've been trying to quit for 6 years) this is the easiest quit ever. completely changed the way I view smoking and basically severed my psychological attachment to cigarrettes.
So, not to lengthen the post, but I went out and bought his quit drinking book, thinking him a guru on quitting and having read the amazon reviews (couldn't find the "control alcohol" version he also wrote. paging dr. freud!). I'm only like 2/3 through it, but I must say, it may be the worst and most inane book I've ever read. And I had such high hopes just having quit smoking due to Allen Carr! Anyone else read this tripe? I can't believe how awful it is. I was hoping that this would reorient how I view alcohol, just like what happened with nicotine. So far this just makes me appreciate alcohol more because his arguments are so ridiculous. Ok. The end.
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