Hello, I am Robin Hayley,
and I am in charge of Allen Carr's world wide clinic network.
I have personally helped thousands of smokers to quit.
I chose this profession because I was a chain smoker for years.
I really wanted to stop, but I could not.
After countless failed attempts, I tried Allen Carr's method.
It worked. It was easy. I have never missed it.
And I have been a happy non-smoker ever since.
We have here a group of people
representing a wide range of smokers.
And you will see them from time to time,
illustrating certain points, as we go through the DVD.
Stopping smoking is in fact easy.
You just have to use the right method.
You do not need willpower.
You do not have to get through any trauma.
You do not need to put on weight.
Just relax. It is going to be fun.
All you have to do is watch this DVD in one sitting with an open mind.
Concentrate, and follow the instructions.
Make sure you are not going to be disturbed,
turn off the telephone and remove any distractions.
Make yourself comfortable. Relax.
Do you feel like having a cigarette? If so, go ahead!
If you smoke roll-ups, cigars or a pipe,
or chew or suck tobacco products, or take nicotine in any form;
The same applies.
Everything I am about to tell you is true for all products which contain nicotine.
And one of the great advantages of 'Easyway',
is that you can continue to smoke—
while going through the process of stopping.
By the end, you will be happy to put out your final cigarette,
and become a non-smoker.
Imagine for a moment this scene:
«—Look, this prison is NOT good for your health,
your wife and children are VERY worried about you.
Just be sensible, and get out of this place!»
That doctor is clearly talking nonsence.
But did he not sound rather like a doctor trying to persuade a smoker to stop?
Do not worry, I will not be using shock tactics.
They do not work.
Smokers are not stupid: You know it is killing you and costing you a fortune.
You have been told that often enough.
It makes you want to stop, but it does not help you to do it.
Does dieting make food less precious?
No—more so!
Also—stress makes you want to smoke.
Tell a smoker it is killing them;
the first thing they reach for —is a cigarette!
What the prisoner needs
is not a lecture in the obvious —but the key to his prison.
Smokers are in exactly the same position.
And Allen Carr's method is the key.
You feel trapped. You know you should stop.
But that does not help you do it.
Cigarettes are controlling your life. You feel like a slave.
These are all reasons for stopping.
But you do not smoke for the reasons you should not smoke:
You smoke for the reasons you do smoke.
Once you realize that the reasons you smoke are illusions,
then stopping will be easy.
Of course, you could argue that where as the prisoner in the cell has no choice,
Smokers choose to smoke! —But do they?
When did you choose to become a smoker?
Do you choose to remain a smoker? Presumably not; since you are watching this.
In fact, the vast majority of smokers admit they would rather be non-smokers!
Which means they are not choosing to smoke!
Smoking is an addiction; which denies freedom of choice.
It enslaves the addict.
The trap works in a similar way to a pitcher plant, which feeds off flying insects.
The plant gives off a scent which the insect finds irresistible.
The inside of the plant is coated with a delicious nectar
which the insect consumes.
A combination of gravity and the line of hairs on the plant's surface,
ensures that the insect travels in one direction only: Downwards, towards a pool of juices.
Where other insects have already met their death.
This does not bother the insect;
after all, it has wings, and can fly off whenever it wants to.
However, the nectar is sticky, and clings to its legs and wings.
And by the time it has had its fill, it weighs twice as much.
The more the insect struggles, the more trapped it becomes.
The sides of the plant becomes steeper and steeper; the result is inevitable.
You could argue that it chose to eat the nectar. No-one forced it to.
But did it choose to become trapped?
Of course not!
At what stage was the insect trapped?
When it found it could not escape?
No.
That is just when it realized it was trapped.
It was trapped from the moment it smelled the nectar.
From that point on it was being controlled by the plant,
and had no choice but to respond to its instincts.
The pitcher plant is one of nature's ingenious confidence tricks.
But it is nothing like as clever, as the nicotine trap.
No matter what stage you descend to,
the nicotine trap makes you want to continue smoking,
despite the fact that you also want to stop.
No smoker chooses to smoke.
We may have chosen to smoke the first experimental cigarettes,
but nobody actually decides to become a smoker for life.
We are lured into the trap,
and do not even realize we are hooked, until we try to get free.
All smokers hope their children will not start.
Which means they wish they had not started themselves.
If you have ever made an attempt to quit,
you are continuing to smoke —not out of choice
—but because that attempt failed.
Given the choice—smokers would rather be non-smokers.
So what is stopping them?
«—I can not enjoy a drink without a cigarette.»
«—I get really up tight when I can not smoke.»
«—I can not imagine enjoying a meal without a cigarette.»
«—I panic if I am running low on cigarettes.»
«—I can not relax at a social occasion without a cigarette.»
«—I need a cigarette to help me cope with the stresses and strains of life.»
«—Whenever I have tried to stop,
I have been miserable and irritable, and I can not concentrate.»
«—I once stopped for three months, but the craving did not go.
And I know an ex-smoker,
who quit five years ago, and is still dying for a cigarette.
I am afraid I will suffer the craving for the rest of my life.»
You do want to stop, but you think it is going to be hard, and are afraid of failure.
After all, you have not succeeded yet.
Perhaps you have already tried many times, using nicotine substitutes, like patches or gum,
or accupuncture, hypnosis, or just plain willpower.
But nothing seems to work.
You maybe convinced that it is got to be difficult, or may even be impossible?
But that is only because you have gone about it the wrong way.
If you try to stop, without understanding why you smoke,
then no matter how determined you are,
your chances of succeeding are very slim, indeed.
So, why do you smoke?
«—I need a cigarette to cope with stress.»
«—I enjoy a cigarette when I am relaxing.»
«—It helps me concentrate.»
«—It relieves boredom.»
«—I like the taste.»
«—I like the smell.»
«—It is a social prop.»
«—It is stylish and cool.»
«—I like the ritual.»
«—It is something to do with my hands.»
«—It is oral satisfaction.»
«—I like inhaling the smoke.»
«—It is a crutch.»
«—It is a pleasure.»
«—It is company; a friend.»
«—I feel miserable without cigarettes.»
«—It is just a habit.»
«—I have got an addictive personality.»
«—I am a nicotine addict.»
«—I do not know!»
If there is so many advantages to smoking,
why do smokers want to stop?
«—It is bad for my health.»
«—It is costing me a fortune.»
«—It is filthy and disgusting.»
«—It is controlling my life.»
«—Bad breath.»
«—The smell in my hair and clothes.»
«—It is anti-social.»
«—It is making me lethargic.»
«—It is a bad example to my children.»
«—Stained fingers.»
«—Stained teeth.»
«—Coughing and wheezing.»
«—Lack of self respect.»
«—Slavery.»
So there is a whole set of advantages, and a whole set of disadvantages.
Let us look at some of the advantages:
Smokers give contradictory reasons for smoking…
«I need a cigarette to cope with STRESS»
«I enjoy a cigarette when I am RELAXING»
Stress and relaxation are complete opposites.
«It helps me CONCENTRATE»
«It relieves BOREDOM»
Boredom and concentration are also complete opposites.
What miraculous product
can do for you one minute
the complete opposite of what it did for you an hour earlier?
«I like the TASTE»
Taste has nothing to do with it; you do not eat cigarettes!
Even if you love the taste of lobster,
you never reach the stage where you have to carry lobsters with you at all times?
«I like the SMELL»
«Smoke Air Freshener»
«—Why not spray your house with the delightful fragrance of cigarette smoke?»
In fact, the awful smell is one of the reasons why smokers want to quit.
«Smoke Air Freshener»
Even if you love the smell of roses, that does not make you want to smoke them.
And most smokers actually dislike the smell of other people's cigarettes.
«It is a SOCIAL prop»
«—Ashtray?»
«—Do not smoke here, it stinks!»
«—I'll go outside.»
«—Yeah, thanks.»
In fact, smoking is now a days increasingly being recognized as very anti-social.
And this is one of the reasons smokers give for stopping.
«It is STYLISH and COOL»
Do these people look less attractive without cigarettes?
Of course not; the attraction lies in them. Not in the cigarette.
In fact, it is now widely regarded as unattractive, uncool, and unfashionable to smoke.
The heros of today's films and TV-programs are increasingly non-smokers.
«I like the RITUAL»
Heroine addicts believe they enjoy the ritual of injecting themselves.
They do not, it is just a way of delivering the drug into their body.
And it is not to get a high.
It is to relieve the low caused by the withdrawal from the previous fix.
Smokers are in exactly the same position.
«It has something to do with my HANDS»
«It is ORAL satisfaction»
So why light it? You could save a fortune —without damaging your health at all!
«I like INHALING the SMOKE»
That is called suffocation.
The worst thing about smoking,
is that you have to choke yourself to death in order to do it!
So why is cigarette smoke so special?
Because it contains nicotine.
Which is a highly addictive drug.
I'll explain how nicotine addiction works, shortly.
But first, lets look at the other reasons smokers give…
«It is just a habit»
«I have got an addictive personality»
«I am a nicotine addict»
«I do not know»
In fact, these are not so much reasons for smoking,
as excuses for not having stopped.
They tend to be used by longer term smokers,
who sense they are not getting any genuine advantages, but still feel unable to quit.
«It is a crutch»
«It is a pleasure»
«It is company, a friend»
«I feel miserable without cigarettes»
You still believe that smoking provides you with some genuine pleasure or crutch.
And that by quitting, you will be loosing a friend.
And you know that on previous attempts to quit, or cut down;
you have been miserable.
You therefore quite understandably have fears about stopping.
These fears are the result of a lifetime's brain washing.
(FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real)
From birth, we are bombarded by information telling us that cigarettes relax us,
relieve stress and boredom, and help us to concentrate.
We are brain washed into believing that we need them to cope with and enjoy life.
Our subconscious is manipulated through marketing techniques,
social images, and misconseptions.
Smokers themselves; and even so called 'experts' perpetuate these illusions.
The result is: We do not even question them.
On the other hand, we are also made aware of the terrible disadvantages of smoking.
In fact, we are torn between two contradictory fears.
On the one side, it is killing me,
costing me a fortune, filthy, disgusting, and controlling my life.
You try to block that bad side from your mind.
But you never succeed; it is like a dark shadow.
And while you are smoking, it just gets darker and darker.
Looms larger and larger.
On the other side, how can I enjoy life, or cope with stress?
Without my little pleasure or crutch?
You are frightened that if you stop smoking,
you will have to go through some terrible trauma.
And that even if you do succeed,
you may never be completely free from the desire to smoke.
It never seems to dawn on the smoker that both these sets of fears are caused by smoking.
Non-smokers suffer neither of them.
And one of the greatest gains of being free, is to end this constant battle.
Once you understand the nicotine trap,
then you will see that all reasons for smoking are illusions.
You will realize that far from being miserable as a non-smoker,
you will actually enjoy social occasions more, and handle stress better.
The whole object of this exercise, is for you to enjoy being a non-smoker,
from the moment you quit.
But first, you need to understand more about drug addiction.
Which of these drugs do you think is most addictive?
Alcohol? (Beer, Wine, Spirits, Liquor and Booze)
Cannabis? (Marihuana and Hashish)
Cocaine?
Heroine?
Crack?
No: The nicotine contained in tobacco is the most addictive drug known to mankind.
The good news is although nicotine is highly addictive, the physical withdrawal is very slight.
So slight, in fact, that most smokers do not even reckognize it as drug addiction.
There is no physical pain,
in fact, it is identical to the feeling of a hunger for food,
and to the feeling caused by normal stress.
But even heavy smokers can go for long periods without smoking,
and scarcely even be aware of it.
On planes, for example.
And it is not strong enough to wake you up at night.
What is more: It gets no worse when you stop.
Smokers think of withdrawal
as the trauma they suffer when they try to quit by using willpower.
But that is not physical.
That is mental, and 'Easyway' removes it even before you extinguish your final cigarette.
Nicotine is the colourless, oily compound contained in tobacco, that addicts smokers.
It is a deadly poison, and it is sold commercially as an insecticide.
If you were to inject the nicotine content of just one cigarette into a vein,
it would kill you.
Every puff on a cigarette delivers to the brain via the lungs
a small dose of nicotine that acts faster than a dose of heroine injected into a vein.
Nicotine is a quick acting drug
and levels in the blood stream full by about fifty percent
two hours after extinguishing a cigarette.
This is why most smokers average about 20 a day.
As nicotine leaves the body, you experience an empty,
insecure feeling. A tenseness or edgyness which I will refer to as "the itch".
Smokers believe they only suffer withdrawal symptoms when they try to quit.
On the contrary: They suffer them all their smoking lives.
Just as we only know hunger for food as "I want, or need to eat",
so we only know the itch as: "I want or need a cigarette".
Most smokers can remember their first cigarette was foul.
But by smoking that cigarette, you have now put a highly addictive drug into your body.
And a disagreeable caracter takes up residence inside you.
Let us call it "the little monster".
This is the first of several factors
that reduces smokers' level of well being through out their lives.
Here is a barometer showing your well being.
When you are having a great day, you are up here.
When it is a terrible day, you are down here.
Let us assume that when you smoke your very first cigarette,
you are having a good day.
Once you extinguish the cigarette, you start to experience the itch.
An almost imperceptible, empty, insecure feeling
which smokers only know as "I need something to do with my hands"
or—"I want or need a cigarette".
This is in fact nicotine withdrawal.
It is the little monster inside your body demanding to be fed.
And your well being drops to a lower level.
If you light another cigarette, within that withdrawal period,
the empty, insecure feeling is immediately replaced
by a feeling of satisfaction and confidence.
This is not an illusion.
You will actually feel more relaxed or less stressed than you did a moment before.
Because you have now replaced the nicotine
and fed the little monster.
Your level of well being will immediately go up.
The second cigarette tastes just as foul as the first.
And you will remain convinced that you can never get hooked.
But you have taken the bait.
What you have actually enjoyed,
is trying to get back to the level of well being you had as a non-smoker.
This simple confidence trick is what hooks all smokers.
You may have noticed
that the smoker never quite reaches the level they were at,
before they started smoking.
This is because nicotine is a powerful drug.
And a poison. Our body has built an immunity to both.
Immunity is a two edged sword:
It helps protect you from the poisonous effects.
But it also means that the nicoine withdrawal is only partially relieved.
Even when you smoke a cigarette.
And the empty, insecure feeling, is never completely removed.
So even when you are smoking a cigarette,
you actually feel more nervous, and less relaxed,
than when you were a non-smoker.
That is why— although our conscious brain
knows that you should smoke less and less,
—the tendency is to smoke more and more.
After you have finished the cigarette,
the level of nicotine in your body falls again,
and the little monster soon demands another fix.
And so it goes on, and on, and on.
This process simply repeats itself.
The only reason any smoker lights a cigarette, is to feed that little monster.
And try to relieve the aggravation caused by the previous cigarette.
It is like wearing tight shoes, just to get the pleasure of taking them off.
There are several reasons why smokers find it difficult to see it like this.
Remember: The empty feeling is indistinguishable from hunger and normal stress.
and is almost imperceptible; there is no physical pain whatsoever.
Our brain is therefore fooled into believing
that the empty feeling is caused by the stresses of life.
Where as in fact it is caused by the withdrawal from the previous cigarette.
We only know the feeling as "I want or need a cigarette".
The moment we light up, we do immediately feel more relaxed,
less stressed, and better able to concentrate.
So the cigarette gets the credit for relieving the feeling,
but not the blame for causing it in the first place.
Another major factor which lowers the smoker's well being,
is the disadvantages of smoking.
Of course, smokers try to block these from their minds.
«—I could be hit by a bus tomorrow.»
But would you deliberately step into its path?
«—I think exhaust fumes cause more damage than smoking.»
But would you put your mouth over an exhaust pipe and deliberately inhale the fumes?
As a smoker, you are not only suffer the harmful effects of pollution,
but also the much more harmful effects of smoking.
«—I could afford to smoke.»
Oh, good for you! But is it not a bit stupid to set light to fifty thousand pounds?
After all—that is what the average British smoker spends on cigarettes in their lifetime.
Possibly the worst aspect on the health side
is not the risk of killer diseases like lung cancer.
Now, do not misunderstand me: I am not belittleing those diseases,
but all our smoking lives we block them from our mind,
promising ourselves we will quit tomorrow.
It is like a time bomb ticking away.
We hope that it will never happen,
or that by some miracle we will have quit before it does.
But the moment we start smoking,
we are not only congesting our lungs with tars and other poisons,
we are also systematically and progressively gunging up our blood vessels.
We are starving every muscle and organ in our body of oxygene,
and the vital minerals which we need to enjoy our lives to the full.
Because this deterioration happens gradually, we are not even aware of it.
It is like growing old.
It is not until we see a photograph taken ten years earlier,
that we notice the difference.
Provided you keep fit and healthy,
this aging process need not adversely affect the quality of your life,
but regularly poisoning your body, does affect it.
You become breathless, permanently lethargic,
and wake up feeling tired, even after a full night's sleep.
And the vital parts of your body, which are most affected by this poisoning and starvation,
are your heart, your brain, and your immune system.
How can your brain concentrate properly?
It is not only being distracted by withdrawal,
but also starved of oxygene.
Did you know that smoking coagulates your blood?
How can you expect your heart to continue
to pumping increasingly coagulated blood through increasingly ristricted blood vessels?
The miracle is not that smokers have heart attacks and multiple bypass operations,
but that our bodies can survive the poisoning at all.
It says much for the incredible strength of the human body.
If we treated our cars like our bodies, they had be scrapped within a year.
Yet amazingly, once you stop smoking,
the body purges the vast bulk of accumulated filth and poison within just a few weeks.
In addition to this physical deterioration,
smoking destroys your self conficence and self respect.
You realize that you are not in control.
Cigarettes are controlling you.
You are not just smoking when you choose to.
You have got to have them.
And even the thought of not having them sends you into a panic.
As you are wheezing, coughing, and lethurgy increase,
the cancer scares become dark shadows, looming at the back of your mind.
And you realize that you are a slave to the cigarette.
This gradual physical and mental deterioration
combine to recuce your level of well being as you go through life.
The low therefore gets lower, and lower.
And the high that you come back to, every time you light a cigarette,
goes down in proportion.
It is an endless cycle that causes the victim to go in one direction only:
Downwards.
If only smokers could remember how they felt before they fell into the trap.
And realize how great they will feel when they escape.
A smoker will always feel less happy on a good day,
and more stressed on a bad day than a non-smoker.
You smoke purely and simply to feed the little monster.
Because if you do not, you start feeling up tight.
The good news is that this little monster is easy to kill.
All you have to do is stop smoking and stop taking nicotine in any form.
And it dies very quickly.
What is more; the physical withdrawal is so slight,
that—providing you use this method, —it will scarcely bother you at all.
Once you have understood and accepted that you are making no sacrifice whatsoever,
and that therefore you have not being deprived of anything,
because cigarettes do nothing for you,
then you will be able to return to the state you were in before you started smoking.
and you will become a happy non-smoker!
But perhaps you are still not convinced that smoking does nothing for you whatsoever?
So lets remove the remaining illusions…
«—It relaxes you.»
«—It relieves boredom.»
«—It helps you concentrate.»
«—It helps your self-confidence.»
Let us look at these arguments, one by one.
«It relaxes you»
«—Was not that a great massage?»
«—Yeah, but I could really do with a cigarette—right now!»
In fact, it is the complete opposite:
It makes you feel uptight, irritable, and nervous.
When you should feel relaxed,
you experience withdrawal symptoms if you can not smoke.
So you smoke, in order to try to get rid of that withdrawal.
In fact, you smoke in order to feel as relaxed as a non-smoker,
who of course, never suffers the withdrawal in the first place.
Get it clearly into your mind:
The cigarette does not relieve the panic feeling.—It causes it.
«It relieves boredom»
In a bored state,
you have nothing to take your mind off the itch of the little monster in your body, craving nicotine.
So you feel the need to scratch it. But scratching the itch, does not relieve the boredom.
When you are smoking, you are hardly thinking: "This is fascinating!" Are you?
We are so obsessed with smoking, and it takes up so much of our time,
that we often neglect activities which are genuinely stimulating.
In fact, the lethurgy and apathy which result of smoking, are primary causes of boredom.
«It helps you concentrate»
«—Well, you are ideally qualified for this job in every way.
However, it requires a high level of concentration.
As you know, cigarettes help with concentration,
And I notice you are a non-smoker.
So, unless you are prepared to start smoking,
I am afraid I can not offer you the job.»
That situation is clearly absurd!
But it would not be—if smoking genuinely improved concentration.
If you were being distracted by noise, hunger, or anything else,
you would need to remove that distraction in order to concentrate.
When the little monster is demanding to being fed, you are actually being distracted.
«It helps your self-confidence»
You are permanently more anxious as a smoker
because you have the little monster, demanding its fix.
Cigarettes destroy your nervous system, and make you feel insecure.
They undermine your self-respect. And self-confidence.
Once your body has stopped withdrawing from nicotine,
and the brain washing has been removed,
you will be more relaxed, less bored, better able to concentrate,
and have more self-confidence.
However, it is absolutely essential for you first to understand,
that cigarettes do not give you any genuine crutch.
Imagine it is the morning of a visit to the dentist.
This is a common stressful event for many people.
If you do not find this stressful, just imagine another event that you do find stressful:
Such as a job interview, or an important meeting.
We are going to analyze the stress levels of a smoker, Jack, and a non-smoker, Ian,
under these circumstances.
For convenience,
we will assume that they both feel equally stressed about the visit to the dentist.
And we will ignore all other stresses in their lives.
We will assume that their lives are identical in all ways.
Apart from the fact that one smokes, and the other does not.
Jack and Ian are suffering equal stress from the impending visit to the dentist.
This stress is represented by the blue bar.
But Jack has not smoked all night, and the little monster is demanding its fix.
So he is suffering an additional layer of stress.
Represented by the red bar.
Jack does not realize he has this extra stress, caused by smoking.
On the contrary, he believes that smoking relieves stress.
When he lights up, he partially relieves the stress of the nicotine withdrawal.
They are not allowed to smoke at the dentist.
This does not bother Ian, but it does bother Jack;
as he can no longer feed the little monster.
The check up goes fine for both Jack and Ian,
and the stress they were suffering because of it, has gone.
But Jack's little monster is demanding its fix, so he is still up tight.
Even when Jack lights up, he is less relaxed than Ian.
Because the cigarette only partially relieves the feeling.
Be clear that the stress meter is merely meant to illustrate
that the little monster will cause smokers to be more stressed
and less relaxed at all times, than if they were non-smokers.
But remember that the true position is far worse.
The real stress that smokers suffer
is not the physical withdrawal itself,
fortunately, that is almost imperceptible,
which is why it is easy to quit.
But a far greater stress
is caused by the frustration of wanting a cigarette
and not being allowed to have one.
Just like not being allowed to scratch an itch.
And at some of the most stressful periods in smokers' lives,
like visits to hospitals and flying on planes.
Not to mention when they are at work,
smokers are not allowed to smoke.
Also bear in mind that the general level of stress
is increasingly being raised by the other disadvantages of smoking,
such as the effects on your physical and mental well being.
In fact, smoking does not help you to cope with the stresses and strains of life.
On the contrary;
it causes the very stress that smokers believe it relieves.
You are a slave to the little monster who is constantly demanding its nicotine fix.
And making you feel insecure.
Many smokers reach the stage
where they can not perform simple mental or physical acts,
without first lighting up.
The physical addiction has confirmed the illusions of the brain washing.
We believe we can not cope with life or enjoy life,
without cigarettes.
The truth is: That the only pleasure you get when you light up,
is to feel as relaxed as a non-smoker!
Because you do feel better when you light up,
you are fooled into believing that you get a genuine pleasure or or crutch.
Think of that panic feeling when you are getting low on cigarettes.
Non-smokers do not suffer that feeling.
It is the drug leaving the body that causes it.
See it as it really is.
The cigarette does not relieve the empty feeling.
The first cigarette started it,
and each subsequent cigarette has simply perpetuated it.
So you have fallen into the trap of nicotine addiction.
When do you think you fell into it?
Let us go back to that first cigarette.
As long as you were not enjoying it,
you thought: "I will not get hooked!"
But you were hooked long before you realized.
You should now realize
that in fact cigarettes provide you with no genuine pleasure or crutch, whatsoever.
Smoking does not relax you or relieve stress or boredom.
Nor does it help you to concentrate.
The advantages of smoking are all illusions.
These illusions are being removed, and the brain washing is disappearing.
Once we have been removing one side of the tug of war in your mind,
then you do not need willpower to quit.
Because all your will is directed against the cigarette.
Instead of this constant conflict of will.
Here is a new drug which you might like to try?
I must warn you that it is highly addictive.
You will become addicted straight away.
And you may remain so for the rest of your life.
I will give you the first fix for nothing.
But then I will start to charge you.
I warn you that whatever the cost,
you will find the money.
It is a powerful poison.
And you will have a 50 % chance of dying
as a direct result of your addiction.
In any case, you will become more lethargic,
short of breath,
and less resistant to all sorts of diseases.
There is bad breath, stained teeth,
wheezing, coughing, and social stigma.
It will not only destroy you physically,
but also tax your nervous system.
Undermining your confidence and self-respect.
And you—an otherwise strong,
intelligent, healthy, and attractive human being—
will end up dispising yourself
for being a slave to something you yourself detest.
Ironically; the more the drug destroys you,
the more you will be fooled into believing it is your last little pleasure or crutch.
And the more dependent you will feel on it.
Oh, and by the way, it will taste awful.
Now, the advantages: What will this drug do for you?
Nothing. Not one single thing.
It will not even give you a high.
So, can I persuade you to try some?
Now you can see the cigarette for what it really is.
It is time to stop letting yourself be conned.
Intelligent people fall for an ingenious confidence trick.
But only a fool continues to fall for it after they can see through it.
However, as smokers
we think of certain cigarettes as particularly special.
And the thought of being deprived of these,
can be very worrying.
So, let us look at these so called «Special cigarettes»:
«First cigarette in the morning»
The only reason the first cigarette in the morning seems special,
is because you have gone all night without one.
So the relief from nicotine withdrawal seems that much more precious.
But non-smokers do not have this problem when they wake up.
«During a break»
This cigarette during a break is special.
Because it is time out to relax from your usual activities.
But you can not relax without the cigarette.
Because you feel the need to relieve your nicotine withdrawal.
Non-smokers do not have this problem.
They are relaxed at these times without a cigarette.
Smokers believe a cigarette gives them an excuse for a break,
and fear that when they quit, they will not be able to take breaks.
The fact is: Smokers need breaks in order to feed their nicotine addiction.
Otherwise they get up tight.
As a non-smoker,
you can enjoy as many breaks as a smoker,
without poisoning yourself,
or being forced out into the rain or freezing cold to get your fix.
«Answering the telephone»
It is often more difficult to relax and concentrate while on the phone.
As a smoker, you are less relaxed
and less able to concentrate when you are withdrawing from nicotine.
And because you are being distracted by your craving.
So you feel the need to smoke.
But non-smokers do not have this problem when they answer the phone.
Nor did you, before you started smoking.
And nor will you when you are free.
«—Listen, I get to meet you into the shops!» «—When do you want to meet up?»
«After exercise»
You should be particularly relaxed after exercise.
But you will not be completely relaxed
because of the need to feed the little nicotine monster.
Non-smokers do not have this problem.
And you too can look forward to enjoying those moments of relaxation
after exercise, without needing to choke yourself to death.
«With a drink or after a meal»
The favourite cigarette for most smokers
is the one with a drink, or after a meal.
It is simply that at these times, you should be completely relaxed.
Work is over, you are sitting down.
You have relieved your hunger for food. Quenched your thirst.
You often have pleasant company,
and nothing to do except enjoy yourself.
Look again at our barometer of well being.
On an occasion like this, non-smokers will be on a high.
If you are a smoker and can smoke,
you will also feel on a high.
though in reality; you are below a non-smoker.
But if you can not smoke; you will be utterly miserable.
So in this situation,
the difference between having a cigarette or not,
is the difference between feeling on a high, or feeling miserable.
This is the real reason the nicotine monster is so powerful.
And why smokers go to extraordinary lengths to get their nicotine fix.
Non-smokers do not have this problem.
And you will enjoy these occasions far more, once you are free.
These particular cigarettes also feel special,
because in each case you have not had one for some time.
And so the relief from withdrawal, seems more precious.
In fact, it is never the cigarettes themselves that are special,
they are always identical.
It is the situations you are in, that change your perception.
When you feed the monster,
you associate the relief with a particular cigarette,
and the situation you are in; which intensifies the brain washing.
That you can not enjoy these situations without smoking.
In reality you will enjoy them far more, once you are free.
If you still believe that you do enjoy smoking,
light one up now, take six deep puffs on it,
analyze the feeling, and ask yourself what you are enjoying about it?
Once you have understood
that smoking gives you no genuine pleasure or crutch whatsoever,
you will suffer no feeling of deprivation when you stop.
So why do smokers find it such a trauma trying to stop on the willpower method?
They know the disadvantages of smoking outweigh the advantages,
and that they will be better off as non-smokers.
But because they do not understand the nicotine trap,
They still believe that smoking provides them with a genuine pleasure or crutch.
And that they are making a sacrifice.
They force themselves into a self imposed tantrum,
like a child being deprived of its sweets.
They hope that if they can endure the misery of the tantrum for long enough,
time will heal the wound, the craving will go. And they will be free.
However, in the vast majority of cases, this approach fails.
As the ex-smoker feels deprived, miserable, and irritable.
To the point were life as a non-smoker seems intolerable.
Because the empty, insecure feeling caused by the little monster—
is indistinguishable from hunger and normal stress,
and because ex-smokers continue to experience hunger
and normal stress after they have quit,
they often interpret those feelings in their mind as: "I want a cigarette".
Even after the little monster has disappeared.
And so they are never sure whether they have kicked it.
And even if they do manage to stop permanently,
they are often left moping for a cigarette.
At certain times, for the rest of their lives.
Allen Carr's method uses the opposite approach.
Changing your perception of cigarettes, even before you stop.
So that afterwards you do not miss them.
Smokers often try to cut down
because they can not face stopping completely.
But it does not work.
You do not allow yourself to light up whenever you want to.
So you are suffering the craving most of the time, and waiting to smoke.
Now, your whole life is dominated by the next cigarette;
which seems the most precious thing on Earth.
And usually end up smoking more than you did before.
All so called special cigarettes seem to be after a period of abstinence.
The first in the morning, after a meal,
after work, after exercise, after sex, et cetera.
This is because the only actual pleasure or crutch smokers receive when they light up,
is not the cigarette itself.
But the ending of the aggravation of craving it.
Just like a hunger for food.
The longer you suffer it, the greater the pleasure when you finally relieve it.
So the less we smoke, the greater the illusion of pleasure.
Far from helping you escape from the trap,
cutting down keeps you a slave for life.
And smokers make the mistake of thinking "it is just a habit".
They think: "If I can get into the habit of just smoking a few a day,
after a while, I will get used to that".
You need to get it clearly into your mind:
Smoking is NOT a habit. It is a drug addiction.
If it were simply a habit, you would already have broken it.
Perhaps you think habits are hard to break?
They are not!
In Britain we are in the habit of driving on the left.
But have no problem switching to the right when abroad.
Furthermore, the nature of drug addiction,
is to want more and more; not less and less.
Fortunately, the addiction is also easy to break,
providing you understand the nature of the trap.
You now have all the information you need
to stop smoking easily, painlessly, and permanently.
Providing you have understood the nicotine trap,
and realize that cigarettes do absolutely nothing for you at all.
And let me make this clear:
I do not simply mean the disadvantages of smoking outweigh the advantages.
That is obvious.
I mean that you have realized that there are NO advantages.
No genuine pleasure or crutch whatsoever.
Then you are ready to follow the instructions
that will make it easy for you to quit.
The brain washing has been reversed.
Your perceptions have changed.
The illusions you had about smoking have gone.
And you now see cigarettes for what they really are.
You thought they were your friend, but in fact: They are your worst enemy.
Get it clearly into your mind: There is nothing to give up.
The pleasure, crutch, relaxation, stress relief, prop,
reward or friend you thought smoking gave you were illusions.
Smoking is simply: Drug addiction.
You are not making any sacrifice, whatsoever.
So there is no reason to feel deprived.
You did not enjoy being a smoker; that is why you have decided to stop.
You are achieving what every smoker would love to achieve.
Freedom:
You are making marvellous; positive gains in health,
energy, money, self- respect, confidence,
and most importantly of all: In the length and quality of your future life.
And you are losing nothing at all.
This is one of those rare situations
where there is absolutely no down side whatsoever, and a huge up side.
So approach the process of stopping —not with doom or gloom
—but with a marvellous feeling of excitement;
a sense of relief that the whole filthy nightmare is finally over,
and a feeling of elation: That you are now finally free.
Enjoy being a non-smoker right from the start.
I would like you now to smoke your very last, and final cigarette.
THE INSTRUCTIONS
Make your decision
You need to make a solemn vow
that you will never smoke another cigarette, cigar, pipe,
or take tobacco, or nicotine in any form ever again.
This is one of the most important decisions you will ever make.
The length and quality of your future life critically depend on it.
And there can not be anything more important to you than that.
Unlike other vital decisions we make,
such as what we do for a living,
we can never be certain that they are correct.
Because we could never know what would have happened
if we had done something else.
The beauty of the decision you are making now,
is that you know that it is correct, even as you make it.
Having made what you know to be the correct decision,
Never ever even begin to question or doubt it.
Because it is only the questioning or doubting of that decision,
that can possibly make it difficult for you to stop.
Do not envy smokers— Pity them—They will envy you
Do not avoid smoking situations.
Go out, handle stress, and enjoy meals, drinks,
and social occasions right from the start.
Remember: You are not being deprived. You have not given up living.
In fact: You have not given up anything.
Smokers are being deprived of their health, energy, money,
peace of mind, self-respect, confidence, and freedom.
They are drug addicts.
Observe them: Particularly at social occasions.
Notice how they are only comfortable while they are smoking subconsciously.
When they become aware of their smoking,
they are uncomfortable, self-conscious, and defencive.
Notice how quickly they extinguish each cigarette.
And automatically light up the next one.
'Casual smokers' will smoke five in front of you.
You say: "I thought you only smoked five a day!"
They say: "Well, parties are different."
It is always different!
Smokers lie, not only to other people; but also to themselves.
Just remember: That when a smoker leaves your company,
they have got to continue smoking.
The next day, when their chest feels like a cesspit,
the next cancer scare, the next budget day,
the next time they are in the company of non-smokers;
the next time they are not allowed to smoke,
the next time their family gives them that haunted look,
the next time they feel completely stupid;
they have got to spend the rest of their lives
paying a fortune to risk horrendous diseases.
To suffer a lifetime of mental and physical slavery:
The bad breath, the stained teeth, the wheezing, the coughing,
the lethurgy, the social stigma, being despised by the rest of the population.
But worst of all:
Otherwise intelligent, attractive, healthy, rational human beings,
despising themselves
because they are the slaves to something they themselves detest.
And all for what?
What do they actually get in return for this life of misery?
Nothing: Not one single thing.
They are just trying to get back to that
set of peace and tranquility they had before they lit the first cigarette.
The state that non-smokers enjoy their entire lives.
And the one thing that is preventing them from actually reaching that state,
is the next cigarette itself.
Don not envy them: Pity them!
They will be envying you.
Because they will be wishing they could be like you.
A non-smoker, free from the whole filthy nightmare.
Remember: Your body will continue to withdraw from nicotine over the next few days.
But this does not mean you have to be miserable.
On the contrary: Enjoy the process. Right from the start!
Starve the Little Monster to death.
You have been the slave of this little monster for years.
Now it is your turn to be the master, as you enjoy starving it to death.
The little monster is searching for a fix.
And you are simply going to let it die.
If you are aware of the feeling at all,
you will only know it as a little empty, insecure feeling.
A feeling of not knowing what to do with your hands.
Or simply the feeling of: "I want a cigarette."
It is essential that you stop thinking of it as: "I want a cigarette."
And reckognize it for what it is:
Your body withdrawing from nicotine.
And if or when it comes, instead of saying to yourself:
"I want a cigarette, but I can not have one!"
Simply say to yourself: "This is the little monster wanting its fix.
This is nicotine withdrawal.
This is what smokers suffer, their entire smoking lives.
This is what keeps them smoking.
Fortunately, non-smokers do not suffer this little empty,
insecure feeling of the body withdrawing from nicotine.
Is it not marvellous: I am a non-smoker!
And so I will soon be free of it! Never to suffer it again!"
That way the withdrawal pangs cease to be withdrawal pangs,
And become positive moments of pleasure.
That way it can be like when you leave the dentist.
Your jaw may have a slight dull ache in it,
but that does not bother you in the slightest, because you know it will soon go.
That part of your life is over,
you are ready to get on with enjoying the rest of your life.
There is no such thing as 'Just one cigarette'
Do not fall for the trap of thinking: "Just one cigarette!"
One cigarette would revive the little monster.
And create the need for another, and another, and another.
No substitutes
Nicotine is an addictive drug.
Whether in tobacco, or in the form of nicotine products,
such as chewing gums, patches, nasal sprays, inhalators, or anything else.
These substitutes simply prolong the addiction.
It is like telling a heroine addict,
who is smoking heroine on foil to start injecting it instead.
Nicotine addicts used to sniff powdered tobacco up their noses;
it was called snuff.
And in Scandinavia, they suck on small pouches of tobacco, called 'snus', to get their fix.
Taking the drug in a different way, just keeps you addicted.
And do not use any other substitutes, either.
Such as normal chewing gum, chocolates, sweets, or biscuits.
The empty, insecure feeling of the body withdrawing from nicotine,
is identical to the feeling of a hunger for food, but one does not satisfy the other.
All substitutes make it more difficult to stop,
because they perpetuate the illusion that you are making a sacrifice.
Do you need a substitute when you get over flue?
Do you look around for another disease to take its place?
Of course, not!
Do not worry if you find yourself eating a little more at main meals over the next few days.
As a result of a better appetite.
Even if you do put on a few pounds,
you will find that once you have kicked smoking with this method,
you will be able to lose that weight, if you want to.
But you must not start picking between meals.
If you do—not only will you get miserable—
but you will not be certain whether or not you have kicked the cigarette.
You will have moved the problem, rather than have removed it.
It is another form of substitution.
The reason many smokers do put on weight with other methods,
is that they feel deprived.
And search for something to fill the void.
With this method, you will not feel deprived.
So you will have no need to substitute.
Do not keep cigarettes on you or anywhere else, in case of an emergency.
If you do, it means you are doubting your decision.
You are a non-smoker! Non- smokers do not need cigarettes!
And that is one of the great joys of being free.
Do not try to block your mind from smoking.
It does not work.
Just make sure, that when you do think about it,
You are not thinking: "I want one, but I can not have one."
Make sure you are thinking: "Great! I am a non-smoker!"
If you follow those simple instructions,
there will be a moment over the next few days,
which you thought you could not handle or could not enjoy without a cigarette.
And it will suddenly dawn on you, that it never even occured to you to smoke.
That is the marvellous moment when you realize that you are free.
But do not wait for it to happen, or try to force it.
Because if you do, you will create a phobia in your mind.
All you really have to do,
is accept there is nothing to give up.
Make your decision: "Never ever again!"
And get on with enjoying the rest of your life as a non-smoker.
Life will soon go back to normal, and you will accept that you are a non-smoker.
But be on your guard!
«—Oh, have not had a cigarette in six months, now!
I guess one will not hurt?»
FINAL WARNING—Avoid the trap of 'Just one cigarette on a special occasion'
The tobacco companies want to get you hooked again.
And other smokers are always trying to justify
what they know is their own stupidity and inadequacy.
If your brain ever starts playing tricks on you,
by thinking: "Just one cigarette!"
Remember: There is no such thing.
Just one cigarette, cigar, or anything containing tobacco or nicotine,
and you will fall back into the nicotine trap.
There is only one essential to remaining a non-smoker,
and that is not to smoke.
The moment you light a cigarette,
you become a smoker again.
So the question you need to ask,
is not: "Shall I have a cigarette?"
It is: "Do I want to become a smoker again?"
The answer is clearly: "No!"
Because you did not enjoy being a smoker.
And you do enjoy being a non-smoker.
That way, those moments can become pleasurable,
as you congratulate yourself that you are free.
And that way, you can remain a happy non-smoker
for the rest of your life!
You are now free: Congratulations!
Remember: Every smoker would love to be in your position.
Never doubt your decision; you know it is the right one.
If you have any problems or questions, please contact your nearest Allen Carr clinic.
Details of which you will find on the menu.
You can now enjoy the rest of your life as a happy non-smoker!
Goodbye!
CONGRATULATIONS! You are now a non-smoker!
You should not experience any difficulties—but if you do have any questions or queries,
You may, however, make as many copies you want of this DVD, and give them for free to people
you love and grant a life free of nicotine.