1 00:00:46,070 --> 00:00:47,860 Hello, I am Robin Hayley, 2 00:00:47,861 --> 00:00:51,461 and I am in charge of Allen Carr's world wide clinic network. 3 00:00:51,470 --> 00:00:54,070 I have personally helped thousands of smokers to quit. 4 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,070 I chose this profession because I was a chain smoker for years. 5 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,870 I really wanted to stop, but I could not. 6 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,070 After countless failed attempts, I tried Allen Carr's method. 7 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,370 It worked. It was easy. I have never missed it. 8 00:01:07,380 --> 00:01:10,070 And I have been a happy non-smoker ever since. 9 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:11,970 We have here a group of people 10 00:01:11,980 --> 00:01:14,070 representing a wide range of smokers. 11 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,470 And you will see them from time to time, 12 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:19,070 illustrating certain points, as we go through the DVD. 13 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,070 Stopping smoking is in fact easy. 14 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,180 You just have to use the right method. 15 00:01:24,190 --> 00:01:25,780 You do not need willpower. 16 00:01:25,790 --> 00:01:27,580 You do not have to get through any trauma. 17 00:01:27,590 --> 00:01:28,980 You do not need to put on weight. 18 00:01:28,990 --> 00:01:31,680 Just relax. It is going to be fun. 19 00:01:31,690 --> 00:01:36,780 All you have to do is watch this DVD in one sitting with an open mind. 20 00:01:36,790 --> 00:01:39,780 Concentrate, and follow the instructions. 21 00:01:39,790 --> 00:01:41,980 Make sure you are not going to be disturbed, 22 00:01:41,990 --> 00:01:44,880 turn off the telephone and remove any distractions. 23 00:01:44,890 --> 00:01:48,880 Make yourself comfortable. Relax. 24 00:01:48,890 --> 00:01:51,980 Do you feel like having a cigarette? If so, go ahead! 25 00:01:51,990 --> 00:01:54,680 If you smoke roll-ups, cigars or a pipe, 26 00:01:54,690 --> 00:01:58,480 or chew or suck tobacco products, or take nicotine in any form; 27 00:01:58,490 --> 00:01:59,880 The same applies. 28 00:01:59,890 --> 00:02:04,090 Everything I am about to tell you is true for all products which contain nicotine. 29 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:06,290 And one of the great advantages of 'Easyway', 30 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:07,890 is that you can continue to smoke— 31 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:10,190 while going through the process of stopping. 32 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,690 By the end, you will be happy to put out your final cigarette, 33 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:15,900 and become a non-smoker. 34 00:02:22,300 --> 00:02:25,990 Imagine for a moment this scene: 35 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,990 «—Look, this prison is NOT good for your health, 36 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,890 your wife and children are VERY worried about you. 37 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:36,590 Just be sensible, and get out of this place!» 38 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,190 That doctor is clearly talking nonsence. 39 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:44,490 But did he not sound rather like a doctor trying to persuade a smoker to stop? 40 00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:47,090 Do not worry, I will not be using shock tactics. 41 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:48,490 They do not work. 42 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:51,990 Smokers are not stupid: You know it is killing you and costing you a fortune. 43 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,990 You have been told that often enough. 44 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,190 It makes you want to stop, but it does not help you to do it. 45 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,390 Does dieting make food less precious? 46 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:00,990 No—more so! 47 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,990 Also—stress makes you want to smoke. 48 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,490 Tell a smoker it is killing them; 49 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:07,990 the first thing they reach for —is a cigarette! 50 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,190 What the prisoner needs 51 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,190 is not a lecture in the obvious —but the key to his prison. 52 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,290 Smokers are in exactly the same position. 53 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:19,500 And Allen Carr's method is the key. 54 00:03:22,010 --> 00:03:25,700 You feel trapped. You know you should stop. 55 00:03:25,710 --> 00:03:27,800 But that does not help you do it. 56 00:03:27,810 --> 00:03:32,100 Cigarettes are controlling your life. You feel like a slave. 57 00:03:32,110 --> 00:03:34,200 These are all reasons for stopping. 58 00:03:34,210 --> 00:03:37,300 But you do not smoke for the reasons you should not smoke: 59 00:03:37,310 --> 00:03:40,000 You smoke for the reasons you do smoke. 60 00:03:40,010 --> 00:03:43,000 Once you realize that the reasons you smoke are illusions, 61 00:03:43,010 --> 00:03:47,000 then stopping will be easy. 62 00:03:47,010 --> 00:03:51,000 Of course, you could argue that where as the prisoner in the cell has no choice, 63 00:03:51,010 --> 00:03:55,000 Smokers choose to smoke! —But do they? 64 00:03:55,010 --> 00:03:57,200 When did you choose to become a smoker? 65 00:03:57,210 --> 00:04:01,700 Do you choose to remain a smoker? Presumably not; since you are watching this. 66 00:04:01,710 --> 00:04:05,910 In fact, the vast majority of smokers admit they would rather be non-smokers! 67 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,510 Which means they are not choosing to smoke! 68 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,210 Smoking is an addiction; which denies freedom of choice. 69 00:04:12,220 --> 00:04:14,910 It enslaves the addict. 70 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:22,000 The trap works in a similar way to a pitcher plant, which feeds off flying insects. 71 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:27,010 The plant gives off a scent which the insect finds irresistible. 72 00:04:27,020 --> 00:04:30,610 The inside of the plant is coated with a delicious nectar 73 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:33,010 which the insect consumes. 74 00:04:33,020 --> 00:04:37,610 A combination of gravity and the line of hairs on the plant's surface, 75 00:04:37,620 --> 00:04:43,510 ensures that the insect travels in one direction only: Downwards, towards a pool of juices. 76 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,720 Where other insects have already met their death. 77 00:04:46,730 --> 00:04:48,720 This does not bother the insect; 78 00:04:48,730 --> 00:04:52,520 after all, it has wings, and can fly off whenever it wants to. 79 00:04:52,530 --> 00:04:56,620 However, the nectar is sticky, and clings to its legs and wings. 80 00:04:56,630 --> 00:05:00,620 And by the time it has had its fill, it weighs twice as much. 81 00:05:00,630 --> 00:05:04,620 The more the insect struggles, the more trapped it becomes. 82 00:05:04,630 --> 00:05:12,220 The sides of the plant becomes steeper and steeper; the result is inevitable. 83 00:05:12,230 --> 00:05:17,420 You could argue that it chose to eat the nectar. No-one forced it to. 84 00:05:17,430 --> 00:05:19,820 But did it choose to become trapped? 85 00:05:19,830 --> 00:05:21,620 Of course not! 86 00:05:21,630 --> 00:05:24,220 At what stage was the insect trapped? 87 00:05:24,230 --> 00:05:26,420 When it found it could not escape? 88 00:05:26,430 --> 00:05:28,020 No. 89 00:05:28,030 --> 00:05:30,720 That is just when it realized it was trapped. 90 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:34,420 It was trapped from the moment it smelled the nectar. 91 00:05:34,430 --> 00:05:37,330 From that point on it was being controlled by the plant, 92 00:05:37,340 --> 00:05:43,630 and had no choice but to respond to its instincts. 93 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,630 The pitcher plant is one of nature's ingenious confidence tricks. 94 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,830 But it is nothing like as clever, as the nicotine trap. 95 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:57,330 No matter what stage you descend to, 96 00:05:57,340 --> 00:06:00,530 the nicotine trap makes you want to continue smoking, 97 00:06:00,540 --> 00:06:04,230 despite the fact that you also want to stop. 98 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,630 No smoker chooses to smoke. 99 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,730 We may have chosen to smoke the first experimental cigarettes, 100 00:06:09,740 --> 00:06:13,530 but nobody actually decides to become a smoker for life. 101 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:15,540 We are lured into the trap, 102 00:06:15,550 --> 00:06:19,740 and do not even realize we are hooked, until we try to get free. 103 00:06:19,750 --> 00:06:22,040 All smokers hope their children will not start. 104 00:06:22,050 --> 00:06:25,340 Which means they wish they had not started themselves. 105 00:06:25,350 --> 00:06:27,740 If you have ever made an attempt to quit, 106 00:06:27,750 --> 00:06:30,640 you are continuing to smoke —not out of choice 107 00:06:30,650 --> 00:06:32,840 —but because that attempt failed. 108 00:06:32,850 --> 00:06:36,840 Given the choice—smokers would rather be non-smokers. 109 00:06:36,850 --> 00:06:38,340 So what is stopping them? 110 00:06:38,350 --> 00:06:41,140 «—I can not enjoy a drink without a cigarette.» 111 00:06:41,150 --> 00:06:44,040 «—I get really up tight when I can not smoke.» 112 00:06:44,050 --> 00:06:48,050 «—I can not imagine enjoying a meal without a cigarette.» 113 00:06:48,060 --> 00:06:51,650 «—I panic if I am running low on cigarettes.» 114 00:06:51,660 --> 00:06:55,650 «—I can not relax at a social occasion without a cigarette.» 115 00:06:55,660 --> 00:07:00,250 «—I need a cigarette to help me cope with the stresses and strains of life.» 116 00:07:00,260 --> 00:07:01,850 «—Whenever I have tried to stop, 117 00:07:01,860 --> 00:07:06,150 I have been miserable and irritable, and I can not concentrate.» 118 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,550 «—I once stopped for three months, but the craving did not go. 119 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,550 And I know an ex-smoker, 120 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,550 who quit five years ago, and is still dying for a cigarette. 121 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:22,000 I am afraid I will suffer the craving for the rest of my life.» 122 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:29,550 You do want to stop, but you think it is going to be hard, and are afraid of failure. 123 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,860 After all, you have not succeeded yet. 124 00:07:31,870 --> 00:07:36,260 Perhaps you have already tried many times, using nicotine substitutes, like patches or gum, 125 00:07:36,270 --> 00:07:39,660 or accupuncture, hypnosis, or just plain willpower. 126 00:07:39,670 --> 00:07:42,060 But nothing seems to work. 127 00:07:42,070 --> 00:07:46,260 You maybe convinced that it is got to be difficult, or may even be impossible? 128 00:07:46,270 --> 00:07:49,460 But that is only because you have gone about it the wrong way. 129 00:07:49,470 --> 00:07:53,260 If you try to stop, without understanding why you smoke, 130 00:07:53,270 --> 00:07:54,960 then no matter how determined you are, 131 00:07:54,970 --> 00:07:58,760 your chances of succeeding are very slim, indeed. 132 00:07:58,770 --> 00:08:00,760 So, why do you smoke? 133 00:08:00,770 --> 00:08:03,370 «—I need a cigarette to cope with stress.» 134 00:08:03,380 --> 00:08:05,470 «—I enjoy a cigarette when I am relaxing.» 135 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,170 «—It helps me concentrate.» 136 00:08:08,180 --> 00:08:10,470 «—It relieves boredom.» 137 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,070 «—I like the taste.» 138 00:08:12,180 --> 00:08:13,670 «—I like the smell.» 139 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,170 «—It is a social prop.» 140 00:08:16,180 --> 00:08:18,870 «—It is stylish and cool.» 141 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,670 «—I like the ritual.» 142 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,770 «—It is something to do with my hands.» 143 00:08:22,780 --> 00:08:24,980 «—It is oral satisfaction.» 144 00:08:24,990 --> 00:08:28,080 «—I like inhaling the smoke.» 145 00:08:28,090 --> 00:08:30,180 «—It is a crutch.» 146 00:08:30,190 --> 00:08:31,880 «—It is a pleasure.» 147 00:08:31,890 --> 00:08:33,880 «—It is company; a friend.» 148 00:08:33,890 --> 00:08:37,180 «—I feel miserable without cigarettes.» 149 00:08:37,190 --> 00:08:38,780 «—It is just a habit.» 150 00:08:38,790 --> 00:08:41,380 «—I have got an addictive personality.» 151 00:08:41,390 --> 00:08:43,380 «—I am a nicotine addict.» 152 00:08:43,390 --> 00:08:45,390 «—I do not know!» 153 00:08:48,290 --> 00:08:50,580 If there is so many advantages to smoking, 154 00:08:50,590 --> 00:08:53,290 why do smokers want to stop? 155 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:55,390 «—It is bad for my health.» 156 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,090 «—It is costing me a fortune.» 157 00:08:58,100 --> 00:09:00,490 «—It is filthy and disgusting.» 158 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:03,190 «—It is controlling my life.» 159 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,190 «—Bad breath.» 160 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,190 «—The smell in my hair and clothes.» 161 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:09,790 «—It is anti-social.» 162 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,190 «—It is making me lethargic.» 163 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,790 «—It is a bad example to my children.» 164 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,400 «—Stained fingers.» 165 00:09:17,410 --> 00:09:19,900 «—Stained teeth.» 166 00:09:19,910 --> 00:09:22,700 «—Coughing and wheezing.» 167 00:09:22,710 --> 00:09:24,800 «—Lack of self respect.» 168 00:09:24,810 --> 00:09:27,410 «—Slavery.» 169 00:09:27,410 --> 00:09:32,100 So there is a whole set of advantages, and a whole set of disadvantages. 170 00:09:32,110 --> 00:09:34,100 Let us look at some of the advantages: 171 00:09:34,110 --> 00:09:37,400 Smokers give contradictory reasons for smoking… 172 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:40,800 «I need a cigarette to cope with STRESS» 173 00:09:40,810 --> 00:09:44,200 «I enjoy a cigarette when I am RELAXING» 174 00:09:44,210 --> 00:09:47,600 Stress and relaxation are complete opposites. 175 00:09:47,610 --> 00:09:50,300 «It helps me CONCENTRATE» 176 00:09:50,310 --> 00:09:52,610 «It relieves BOREDOM» 177 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,510 Boredom and concentration are also complete opposites. 178 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,110 What miraculous product 179 00:09:58,120 --> 00:09:59,310 can do for you one minute 180 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:03,110 the complete opposite of what it did for you an hour earlier? 181 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:07,200 «I like the TASTE» 182 00:10:13,820 --> 00:10:19,110 Taste has nothing to do with it; you do not eat cigarettes! 183 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,810 Even if you love the taste of lobster, 184 00:10:30,820 --> 00:10:36,820 you never reach the stage where you have to carry lobsters with you at all times? 185 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,610 «I like the SMELL» 186 00:10:42,620 --> 00:10:46,620 «Smoke Air Freshener» 187 00:10:49,820 --> 00:10:56,620 «—Why not spray your house with the delightful fragrance of cigarette smoke?» 188 00:10:59,220 --> 00:11:04,110 In fact, the awful smell is one of the reasons why smokers want to quit. 189 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,000 «Smoke Air Freshener» 190 00:11:13,220 --> 00:11:18,810 Even if you love the smell of roses, that does not make you want to smoke them. 191 00:11:18,820 --> 00:11:24,000 And most smokers actually dislike the smell of other people's cigarettes. 192 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,920 «It is a SOCIAL prop» 193 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,610 «—Ashtray?» 194 00:11:45,620 --> 00:11:50,910 «—Do not smoke here, it stinks!» 195 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:52,910 «—I'll go outside.» 196 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:54,820 «—Yeah, thanks.» 197 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:02,520 In fact, smoking is now a days increasingly being recognized as very anti-social. 198 00:12:02,530 --> 00:12:07,930 And this is one of the reasons smokers give for stopping. 199 00:12:18,330 --> 00:12:21,930 «It is STYLISH and COOL» 200 00:12:33,930 --> 00:12:37,720 Do these people look less attractive without cigarettes? 201 00:12:37,730 --> 00:12:42,320 Of course not; the attraction lies in them. Not in the cigarette. 202 00:12:42,330 --> 00:12:49,720 In fact, it is now widely regarded as unattractive, uncool, and unfashionable to smoke. 203 00:12:49,730 --> 00:12:57,220 The heros of today's films and TV-programs are increasingly non-smokers. 204 00:12:57,230 --> 00:13:01,230 «I like the RITUAL» 205 00:13:03,730 --> 00:13:08,420 Heroine addicts believe they enjoy the ritual of injecting themselves. 206 00:13:08,430 --> 00:13:12,220 They do not, it is just a way of delivering the drug into their body. 207 00:13:12,230 --> 00:13:13,630 And it is not to get a high. 208 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:18,330 It is to relieve the low caused by the withdrawal from the previous fix. 209 00:13:18,340 --> 00:13:24,130 Smokers are in exactly the same position. 210 00:13:24,140 --> 00:13:27,130 «It has something to do with my HANDS» 211 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:30,700 «It is ORAL satisfaction» 212 00:13:34,740 --> 00:13:42,040 So why light it? You could save a fortune —without damaging your health at all! 213 00:13:46,140 --> 00:13:50,040 «I like INHALING the SMOKE» 214 00:13:58,140 --> 00:14:01,430 That is called suffocation. 215 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:02,830 The worst thing about smoking, 216 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,300 is that you have to choke yourself to death in order to do it! 217 00:14:07,140 --> 00:14:10,430 So why is cigarette smoke so special? 218 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,430 Because it contains nicotine. 219 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,640 Which is a highly addictive drug. 220 00:14:14,650 --> 00:14:17,940 I'll explain how nicotine addiction works, shortly. 221 00:14:17,950 --> 00:14:20,940 But first, lets look at the other reasons smokers give… 222 00:14:20,950 --> 00:14:23,340 «It is just a habit» 223 00:14:23,350 --> 00:14:25,740 «I have got an addictive personality» 224 00:14:25,750 --> 00:14:27,840 «I am a nicotine addict» 225 00:14:27,850 --> 00:14:31,440 «I do not know» 226 00:14:31,450 --> 00:14:34,240 In fact, these are not so much reasons for smoking, 227 00:14:34,250 --> 00:14:36,440 as excuses for not having stopped. 228 00:14:36,450 --> 00:14:39,440 They tend to be used by longer term smokers, 229 00:14:39,450 --> 00:14:43,840 who sense they are not getting any genuine advantages, but still feel unable to quit. 230 00:14:43,850 --> 00:14:46,440 «It is a crutch» 231 00:14:46,450 --> 00:14:48,340 «It is a pleasure» 232 00:14:48,350 --> 00:14:50,340 «It is company, a friend» 233 00:14:50,350 --> 00:14:53,550 «I feel miserable without cigarettes» 234 00:14:54,150 --> 00:14:58,840 You still believe that smoking provides you with some genuine pleasure or crutch. 235 00:14:58,850 --> 00:15:01,440 And that by quitting, you will be loosing a friend. 236 00:15:01,450 --> 00:15:04,940 And you know that on previous attempts to quit, or cut down; 237 00:15:04,950 --> 00:15:06,440 you have been miserable. 238 00:15:06,450 --> 00:15:10,450 You therefore quite understandably have fears about stopping. 239 00:15:10,460 --> 00:15:14,460 These fears are the result of a lifetime's brain washing. 240 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:22,460 (FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real) 241 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:31,450 From birth, we are bombarded by information telling us that cigarettes relax us, 242 00:15:31,460 --> 00:15:35,350 relieve stress and boredom, and help us to concentrate. 243 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:39,750 We are brain washed into believing that we need them to cope with and enjoy life. 244 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:43,550 Our subconscious is manipulated through marketing techniques, 245 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,350 social images, and misconseptions. 246 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:51,350 Smokers themselves; and even so called 'experts' perpetuate these illusions. 247 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:56,460 The result is: We do not even question them. 248 00:16:10,460 --> 00:16:16,450 On the other hand, we are also made aware of the terrible disadvantages of smoking. 249 00:16:16,460 --> 00:16:19,850 In fact, we are torn between two contradictory fears. 250 00:16:19,860 --> 00:16:22,250 On the one side, it is killing me, 251 00:16:22,260 --> 00:16:26,860 costing me a fortune, filthy, disgusting, and controlling my life. 252 00:16:26,870 --> 00:16:29,860 You try to block that bad side from your mind. 253 00:16:29,870 --> 00:16:32,860 But you never succeed; it is like a dark shadow. 254 00:16:32,870 --> 00:16:35,660 And while you are smoking, it just gets darker and darker. 255 00:16:35,670 --> 00:16:37,460 Looms larger and larger. 256 00:16:37,470 --> 00:16:41,660 On the other side, how can I enjoy life, or cope with stress? 257 00:16:41,670 --> 00:16:43,760 Without my little pleasure or crutch? 258 00:16:43,770 --> 00:16:46,060 You are frightened that if you stop smoking, 259 00:16:46,070 --> 00:16:48,460 you will have to go through some terrible trauma. 260 00:16:48,470 --> 00:16:49,860 And that even if you do succeed, 261 00:16:49,870 --> 00:16:53,460 you may never be completely free from the desire to smoke. 262 00:16:53,470 --> 00:16:59,460 It never seems to dawn on the smoker that both these sets of fears are caused by smoking. 263 00:16:59,470 --> 00:17:01,570 Non-smokers suffer neither of them. 264 00:17:01,580 --> 00:17:05,870 And one of the greatest gains of being free, is to end this constant battle. 265 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,470 Once you understand the nicotine trap, 266 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:13,270 then you will see that all reasons for smoking are illusions. 267 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,270 You will realize that far from being miserable as a non-smoker, 268 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:21,370 you will actually enjoy social occasions more, and handle stress better. 269 00:17:21,380 --> 00:17:25,370 The whole object of this exercise, is for you to enjoy being a non-smoker, 270 00:17:25,380 --> 00:17:27,370 from the moment you quit. 271 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:30,970 But first, you need to understand more about drug addiction. 272 00:17:30,980 --> 00:17:34,170 Which of these drugs do you think is most addictive? 273 00:17:34,180 --> 00:17:37,170 Alcohol? (Beer, Wine, Spirits, Liquor and Booze) 274 00:17:37,180 --> 00:17:39,270 Cannabis? (Marihuana and Hashish) 275 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,670 Cocaine? 276 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:43,670 Heroine? 277 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,270 Crack? 278 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:53,470 No: The nicotine contained in tobacco is the most addictive drug known to mankind. 279 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:59,570 The good news is although nicotine is highly addictive, the physical withdrawal is very slight. 280 00:17:59,580 --> 00:18:04,080 So slight, in fact, that most smokers do not even reckognize it as drug addiction. 281 00:18:04,090 --> 00:18:05,780 There is no physical pain, 282 00:18:05,790 --> 00:18:08,880 in fact, it is identical to the feeling of a hunger for food, 283 00:18:08,890 --> 00:18:11,880 and to the feeling caused by normal stress. 284 00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:15,380 But even heavy smokers can go for long periods without smoking, 285 00:18:15,390 --> 00:18:16,980 and scarcely even be aware of it. 286 00:18:16,990 --> 00:18:18,380 On planes, for example. 287 00:18:18,390 --> 00:18:20,780 And it is not strong enough to wake you up at night. 288 00:18:20,790 --> 00:18:24,180 What is more: It gets no worse when you stop. 289 00:18:24,190 --> 00:18:26,380 Smokers think of withdrawal 290 00:18:26,390 --> 00:18:29,580 as the trauma they suffer when they try to quit by using willpower. 291 00:18:29,590 --> 00:18:31,490 But that is not physical. 292 00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:38,800 That is mental, and 'Easyway' removes it even before you extinguish your final cigarette. 293 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:47,390 Nicotine is the colourless, oily compound contained in tobacco, that addicts smokers. 294 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,990 It is a deadly poison, and it is sold commercially as an insecticide. 295 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,990 If you were to inject the nicotine content of just one cigarette into a vein, 296 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,490 it would kill you. 297 00:18:56,500 --> 00:19:00,590 Every puff on a cigarette delivers to the brain via the lungs 298 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:05,890 a small dose of nicotine that acts faster than a dose of heroine injected into a vein. 299 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:07,890 Nicotine is a quick acting drug 300 00:19:07,900 --> 00:19:11,090 and levels in the blood stream full by about fifty percent 301 00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:13,590 two hours after extinguishing a cigarette. 302 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,000 This is why most smokers average about 20 a day. 303 00:19:17,010 --> 00:19:21,000 As nicotine leaves the body, you experience an empty, 304 00:19:21,010 --> 00:19:27,100 insecure feeling. A tenseness or edgyness which I will refer to as "the itch". 305 00:19:27,110 --> 00:19:30,900 Smokers believe they only suffer withdrawal symptoms when they try to quit. 306 00:19:30,910 --> 00:19:35,000 On the contrary: They suffer them all their smoking lives. 307 00:19:35,010 --> 00:19:39,300 Just as we only know hunger for food as "I want, or need to eat", 308 00:19:39,310 --> 00:19:44,510 so we only know the itch as: "I want or need a cigarette". 309 00:19:47,810 --> 00:19:53,910 Most smokers can remember their first cigarette was foul. 310 00:19:58,910 --> 00:20:04,100 But by smoking that cigarette, you have now put a highly addictive drug into your body. 311 00:20:04,110 --> 00:20:08,910 And a disagreeable caracter takes up residence inside you. 312 00:20:10,410 --> 00:20:13,210 Let us call it "the little monster". 313 00:20:15,620 --> 00:20:18,210 This is the first of several factors 314 00:20:18,220 --> 00:20:22,900 that reduces smokers' level of well being through out their lives. 315 00:20:23,820 --> 00:20:27,310 Here is a barometer showing your well being. 316 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:31,710 When you are having a great day, you are up here. 317 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:37,810 When it is a terrible day, you are down here. 318 00:20:37,820 --> 00:20:41,110 Let us assume that when you smoke your very first cigarette, 319 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:44,920 you are having a good day. 320 00:20:51,220 --> 00:20:55,610 Once you extinguish the cigarette, you start to experience the itch. 321 00:20:55,620 --> 00:20:59,710 An almost imperceptible, empty, insecure feeling 322 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,220 which smokers only know as "I need something to do with my hands" 323 00:21:03,230 --> 00:21:05,630 or—"I want or need a cigarette". 324 00:21:06,630 --> 00:21:09,420 This is in fact nicotine withdrawal. 325 00:21:09,430 --> 00:21:13,230 It is the little monster inside your body demanding to be fed. 326 00:21:21,930 --> 00:21:25,230 And your well being drops to a lower level. 327 00:21:29,830 --> 00:21:33,220 If you light another cigarette, within that withdrawal period, 328 00:21:33,230 --> 00:21:36,720 the empty, insecure feeling is immediately replaced 329 00:21:36,730 --> 00:21:39,820 by a feeling of satisfaction and confidence. 330 00:21:39,830 --> 00:21:41,620 This is not an illusion. 331 00:21:41,630 --> 00:21:46,220 You will actually feel more relaxed or less stressed than you did a moment before. 332 00:21:46,230 --> 00:21:48,230 Because you have now replaced the nicotine 333 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,840 and fed the little monster. 334 00:22:01,340 --> 00:22:05,130 Your level of well being will immediately go up. 335 00:22:05,140 --> 00:22:09,230 The second cigarette tastes just as foul as the first. 336 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,930 And you will remain convinced that you can never get hooked. 337 00:22:11,940 --> 00:22:13,630 But you have taken the bait. 338 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,430 What you have actually enjoyed, 339 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:20,430 is trying to get back to the level of well being you had as a non-smoker. 340 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:26,430 This simple confidence trick is what hooks all smokers. 341 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:27,930 You may have noticed 342 00:22:27,940 --> 00:22:30,240 that the smoker never quite reaches the level they were at, 343 00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:32,040 before they started smoking. 344 00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:34,640 This is because nicotine is a powerful drug. 345 00:22:34,650 --> 00:22:38,740 And a poison. Our body has built an immunity to both. 346 00:22:38,750 --> 00:22:41,040 Immunity is a two edged sword: 347 00:22:41,050 --> 00:22:43,740 It helps protect you from the poisonous effects. 348 00:22:43,750 --> 00:22:48,640 But it also means that the nicoine withdrawal is only partially relieved. 349 00:22:48,650 --> 00:22:50,740 Even when you smoke a cigarette. 350 00:22:50,750 --> 00:22:54,940 And the empty, insecure feeling, is never completely removed. 351 00:22:54,950 --> 00:22:57,740 So even when you are smoking a cigarette, 352 00:22:57,750 --> 00:23:00,850 you actually feel more nervous, and less relaxed, 353 00:23:00,860 --> 00:23:02,950 than when you were a non-smoker. 354 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,450 That is why— although our conscious brain 355 00:23:05,460 --> 00:23:07,750 knows that you should smoke less and less, 356 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:12,400 —the tendency is to smoke more and more. 357 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,450 After you have finished the cigarette, 358 00:23:18,460 --> 00:23:21,150 the level of nicotine in your body falls again, 359 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:26,460 and the little monster soon demands another fix. 360 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:57,150 And so it goes on, and on, and on. 361 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:02,000 This process simply repeats itself. 362 00:24:07,060 --> 00:24:11,760 The only reason any smoker lights a cigarette, is to feed that little monster. 363 00:24:11,770 --> 00:24:15,560 And try to relieve the aggravation caused by the previous cigarette. 364 00:24:15,570 --> 00:24:19,260 It is like wearing tight shoes, just to get the pleasure of taking them off. 365 00:24:19,270 --> 00:24:23,260 There are several reasons why smokers find it difficult to see it like this. 366 00:24:23,270 --> 00:24:29,060 Remember: The empty feeling is indistinguishable from hunger and normal stress. 367 00:24:29,070 --> 00:24:32,960 and is almost imperceptible; there is no physical pain whatsoever. 368 00:24:32,970 --> 00:24:35,460 Our brain is therefore fooled into believing 369 00:24:35,470 --> 00:24:39,360 that the empty feeling is caused by the stresses of life. 370 00:24:39,370 --> 00:24:43,860 Where as in fact it is caused by the withdrawal from the previous cigarette. 371 00:24:43,870 --> 00:24:47,660 We only know the feeling as "I want or need a cigarette". 372 00:24:47,670 --> 00:24:51,470 The moment we light up, we do immediately feel more relaxed, 373 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,570 less stressed, and better able to concentrate. 374 00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:57,870 So the cigarette gets the credit for relieving the feeling, 375 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,270 but not the blame for causing it in the first place. 376 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,570 Another major factor which lowers the smoker's well being, 377 00:25:04,580 --> 00:25:06,670 is the disadvantages of smoking. 378 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,570 Of course, smokers try to block these from their minds. 379 00:25:10,580 --> 00:25:13,870 «—I could be hit by a bus tomorrow.» 380 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,870 But would you deliberately step into its path? 381 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,870 «—I think exhaust fumes cause more damage than smoking.» 382 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:25,180 But would you put your mouth over an exhaust pipe and deliberately inhale the fumes? 383 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:29,280 As a smoker, you are not only suffer the harmful effects of pollution, 384 00:25:29,290 --> 00:25:32,080 but also the much more harmful effects of smoking. 385 00:25:32,090 --> 00:25:33,880 «—I could afford to smoke.» 386 00:25:33,890 --> 00:25:39,180 Oh, good for you! But is it not a bit stupid to set light to fifty thousand pounds? 387 00:25:39,190 --> 00:25:44,080 After all—that is what the average British smoker spends on cigarettes in their lifetime. 388 00:25:44,090 --> 00:25:48,180 Possibly the worst aspect on the health side 389 00:25:48,190 --> 00:25:51,680 is not the risk of killer diseases like lung cancer. 390 00:25:51,690 --> 00:25:56,180 Now, do not misunderstand me: I am not belittleing those diseases, 391 00:25:56,190 --> 00:25:59,280 but all our smoking lives we block them from our mind, 392 00:25:59,290 --> 00:26:01,790 promising ourselves we will quit tomorrow. 393 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,090 It is like a time bomb ticking away. 394 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:05,890 We hope that it will never happen, 395 00:26:05,900 --> 00:26:09,790 or that by some miracle we will have quit before it does. 396 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,790 But the moment we start smoking, 397 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,290 we are not only congesting our lungs with tars and other poisons, 398 00:26:17,300 --> 00:26:21,490 we are also systematically and progressively gunging up our blood vessels. 399 00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:25,490 We are starving every muscle and organ in our body of oxygene, 400 00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:29,490 and the vital minerals which we need to enjoy our lives to the full. 401 00:26:30,500 --> 00:26:34,790 Because this deterioration happens gradually, we are not even aware of it. 402 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,400 It is like growing old. 403 00:26:36,410 --> 00:26:39,100 It is not until we see a photograph taken ten years earlier, 404 00:26:39,110 --> 00:26:40,700 that we notice the difference. 405 00:26:40,710 --> 00:26:43,400 Provided you keep fit and healthy, 406 00:26:43,410 --> 00:26:47,800 this aging process need not adversely affect the quality of your life, 407 00:26:47,810 --> 00:26:51,400 but regularly poisoning your body, does affect it. 408 00:26:51,410 --> 00:26:55,000 You become breathless, permanently lethargic, 409 00:26:55,010 --> 00:26:58,200 and wake up feeling tired, even after a full night's sleep. 410 00:26:58,210 --> 00:27:02,900 And the vital parts of your body, which are most affected by this poisoning and starvation, 411 00:27:02,910 --> 00:27:06,800 are your heart, your brain, and your immune system. 412 00:27:06,810 --> 00:27:09,010 How can your brain concentrate properly? 413 00:27:09,020 --> 00:27:11,810 It is not only being distracted by withdrawal, 414 00:27:11,820 --> 00:27:13,810 but also starved of oxygene. 415 00:27:13,820 --> 00:27:16,710 Did you know that smoking coagulates your blood? 416 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,910 How can you expect your heart to continue 417 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:26,120 to pumping increasingly coagulated blood through increasingly ristricted blood vessels? 418 00:27:27,420 --> 00:27:32,510 The miracle is not that smokers have heart attacks and multiple bypass operations, 419 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,310 but that our bodies can survive the poisoning at all. 420 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,510 It says much for the incredible strength of the human body. 421 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:43,010 If we treated our cars like our bodies, they had be scrapped within a year. 422 00:27:43,020 --> 00:27:45,620 Yet amazingly, once you stop smoking, 423 00:27:45,630 --> 00:27:51,730 the body purges the vast bulk of accumulated filth and poison within just a few weeks. 424 00:27:52,930 --> 00:27:55,320 In addition to this physical deterioration, 425 00:27:55,330 --> 00:27:58,420 smoking destroys your self conficence and self respect. 426 00:27:58,430 --> 00:28:00,820 You realize that you are not in control. 427 00:28:00,830 --> 00:28:02,820 Cigarettes are controlling you. 428 00:28:02,830 --> 00:28:05,220 You are not just smoking when you choose to. 429 00:28:05,230 --> 00:28:07,020 You have got to have them. 430 00:28:07,030 --> 00:28:10,420 And even the thought of not having them sends you into a panic. 431 00:28:10,430 --> 00:28:13,920 As you are wheezing, coughing, and lethurgy increase, 432 00:28:13,930 --> 00:28:18,530 the cancer scares become dark shadows, looming at the back of your mind. 433 00:28:18,540 --> 00:28:21,130 And you realize that you are a slave to the cigarette. 434 00:28:21,140 --> 00:28:25,630 This gradual physical and mental deterioration 435 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,630 combine to recuce your level of well being as you go through life. 436 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:33,130 The low therefore gets lower, and lower. 437 00:28:33,140 --> 00:28:36,830 And the high that you come back to, every time you light a cigarette, 438 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,930 goes down in proportion. 439 00:28:38,940 --> 00:28:46,230 It is an endless cycle that causes the victim to go in one direction only: 440 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,240 Downwards. 441 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,830 If only smokers could remember how they felt before they fell into the trap. 442 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,440 And realize how great they will feel when they escape. 443 00:29:00,450 --> 00:29:04,140 A smoker will always feel less happy on a good day, 444 00:29:04,150 --> 00:29:07,940 and more stressed on a bad day than a non-smoker. 445 00:29:07,950 --> 00:29:13,540 You smoke purely and simply to feed the little monster. 446 00:29:13,550 --> 00:29:16,940 Because if you do not, you start feeling up tight. 447 00:29:16,950 --> 00:29:21,140 The good news is that this little monster is easy to kill. 448 00:29:21,150 --> 00:29:25,740 All you have to do is stop smoking and stop taking nicotine in any form. 449 00:29:25,750 --> 00:29:27,800 And it dies very quickly. 450 00:29:30,850 --> 00:29:33,840 What is more; the physical withdrawal is so slight, 451 00:29:33,850 --> 00:29:37,440 that—providing you use this method, —it will scarcely bother you at all. 452 00:29:37,450 --> 00:29:42,750 Once you have understood and accepted that you are making no sacrifice whatsoever, 453 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,450 and that therefore you have not being deprived of anything, 454 00:29:45,460 --> 00:29:47,750 because cigarettes do nothing for you, 455 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:52,450 then you will be able to return to the state you were in before you started smoking. 456 00:29:52,460 --> 00:29:54,950 and you will become a happy non-smoker! 457 00:29:54,960 --> 00:30:01,150 But perhaps you are still not convinced that smoking does nothing for you whatsoever? 458 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,950 So lets remove the remaining illusions… 459 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,350 «—It relaxes you.» 460 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,650 «—It relieves boredom.» 461 00:30:08,660 --> 00:30:11,450 «—It helps you concentrate.» 462 00:30:11,460 --> 00:30:14,260 «—It helps your self-confidence.» 463 00:30:14,270 --> 00:30:18,060 Let us look at these arguments, one by one. 464 00:30:18,070 --> 00:30:21,070 «It relaxes you» 465 00:30:23,070 --> 00:30:26,670 «—Was not that a great massage?» 466 00:30:27,370 --> 00:30:34,560 «—Yeah, but I could really do with a cigarette—right now!» 467 00:30:34,570 --> 00:30:36,660 In fact, it is the complete opposite: 468 00:30:36,670 --> 00:30:40,460 It makes you feel uptight, irritable, and nervous. 469 00:30:40,470 --> 00:30:42,360 When you should feel relaxed, 470 00:30:42,370 --> 00:30:45,560 you experience withdrawal symptoms if you can not smoke. 471 00:30:45,570 --> 00:30:49,460 So you smoke, in order to try to get rid of that withdrawal. 472 00:30:49,470 --> 00:30:54,270 In fact, you smoke in order to feel as relaxed as a non-smoker, 473 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,670 who of course, never suffers the withdrawal in the first place. 474 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,470 Get it clearly into your mind: 475 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:04,480 The cigarette does not relieve the panic feeling.—It causes it. 476 00:31:05,380 --> 00:31:08,580 «It relieves boredom» 477 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,370 In a bored state, 478 00:31:16,380 --> 00:31:21,370 you have nothing to take your mind off the itch of the little monster in your body, craving nicotine. 479 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:27,170 So you feel the need to scratch it. But scratching the itch, does not relieve the boredom. 480 00:31:27,180 --> 00:31:31,970 When you are smoking, you are hardly thinking: "This is fascinating!" Are you? 481 00:31:31,980 --> 00:31:36,170 We are so obsessed with smoking, and it takes up so much of our time, 482 00:31:36,180 --> 00:31:39,770 that we often neglect activities which are genuinely stimulating. 483 00:31:39,780 --> 00:31:47,480 In fact, the lethurgy and apathy which result of smoking, are primary causes of boredom. 484 00:31:48,590 --> 00:31:51,690 «It helps you concentrate» 485 00:31:53,290 --> 00:31:57,780 «—Well, you are ideally qualified for this job in every way. 486 00:31:57,790 --> 00:32:02,680 However, it requires a high level of concentration. 487 00:32:02,690 --> 00:32:06,280 As you know, cigarettes help with concentration, 488 00:32:06,290 --> 00:32:09,480 And I notice you are a non-smoker. 489 00:32:09,490 --> 00:32:13,380 So, unless you are prepared to start smoking, 490 00:32:13,390 --> 00:32:17,880 I am afraid I can not offer you the job.» 491 00:32:17,890 --> 00:32:20,680 That situation is clearly absurd! 492 00:32:20,690 --> 00:32:24,780 But it would not be—if smoking genuinely improved concentration. 493 00:32:24,790 --> 00:32:28,790 If you were being distracted by noise, hunger, or anything else, 494 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,290 you would need to remove that distraction in order to concentrate. 495 00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:37,900 When the little monster is demanding to being fed, you are actually being distracted. 496 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:42,200 «It helps your self-confidence» 497 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,790 You are permanently more anxious as a smoker 498 00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:01,700 because you have the little monster, demanding its fix. 499 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:21,390 Cigarettes destroy your nervous system, and make you feel insecure. 500 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:27,400 They undermine your self-respect. And self-confidence. 501 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,990 Once your body has stopped withdrawing from nicotine, 502 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,890 and the brain washing has been removed, 503 00:33:49,900 --> 00:33:54,400 you will be more relaxed, less bored, better able to concentrate, 504 00:33:54,410 --> 00:33:56,400 and have more self-confidence. 505 00:33:56,410 --> 00:34:00,600 However, it is absolutely essential for you first to understand, 506 00:34:00,610 --> 00:34:05,500 that cigarettes do not give you any genuine crutch. 507 00:34:05,510 --> 00:34:08,200 Imagine it is the morning of a visit to the dentist. 508 00:34:08,210 --> 00:34:10,800 This is a common stressful event for many people. 509 00:34:10,810 --> 00:34:15,600 If you do not find this stressful, just imagine another event that you do find stressful: 510 00:34:15,610 --> 00:34:18,500 Such as a job interview, or an important meeting. 511 00:34:18,510 --> 00:34:24,700 We are going to analyze the stress levels of a smoker, Jack, and a non-smoker, Ian, 512 00:34:24,710 --> 00:34:26,900 under these circumstances. 513 00:34:26,910 --> 00:34:28,500 For convenience, 514 00:34:28,510 --> 00:34:32,700 we will assume that they both feel equally stressed about the visit to the dentist. 515 00:34:32,710 --> 00:34:35,800 And we will ignore all other stresses in their lives. 516 00:34:35,810 --> 00:34:38,700 We will assume that their lives are identical in all ways. 517 00:34:38,710 --> 00:34:44,810 Apart from the fact that one smokes, and the other does not. 518 00:34:48,210 --> 00:34:53,910 Jack and Ian are suffering equal stress from the impending visit to the dentist. 519 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,910 This stress is represented by the blue bar. 520 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:02,410 But Jack has not smoked all night, and the little monster is demanding its fix. 521 00:35:02,420 --> 00:35:05,710 So he is suffering an additional layer of stress. 522 00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:07,910 Represented by the red bar. 523 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,610 Jack does not realize he has this extra stress, caused by smoking. 524 00:35:11,620 --> 00:35:15,710 On the contrary, he believes that smoking relieves stress. 525 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:20,710 When he lights up, he partially relieves the stress of the nicotine withdrawal. 526 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,510 They are not allowed to smoke at the dentist. 527 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,710 This does not bother Ian, but it does bother Jack; 528 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:31,520 as he can no longer feed the little monster. 529 00:35:33,530 --> 00:35:37,220 The check up goes fine for both Jack and Ian, 530 00:35:37,230 --> 00:35:40,720 and the stress they were suffering because of it, has gone. 531 00:35:40,730 --> 00:35:46,000 But Jack's little monster is demanding its fix, so he is still up tight. 532 00:35:51,730 --> 00:35:55,120 Even when Jack lights up, he is less relaxed than Ian. 533 00:35:55,130 --> 00:35:58,330 Because the cigarette only partially relieves the feeling. 534 00:36:01,130 --> 00:36:05,320 Be clear that the stress meter is merely meant to illustrate 535 00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:08,620 that the little monster will cause smokers to be more stressed 536 00:36:08,630 --> 00:36:12,820 and less relaxed at all times, than if they were non-smokers. 537 00:36:12,830 --> 00:36:16,020 But remember that the true position is far worse. 538 00:36:16,030 --> 00:36:18,630 The real stress that smokers suffer 539 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,030 is not the physical withdrawal itself, 540 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,930 fortunately, that is almost imperceptible, 541 00:36:23,940 --> 00:36:25,930 which is why it is easy to quit. 542 00:36:25,940 --> 00:36:27,630 But a far greater stress 543 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:31,130 is caused by the frustration of wanting a cigarette 544 00:36:31,140 --> 00:36:32,930 and not being allowed to have one. 545 00:36:32,940 --> 00:36:36,230 Just like not being allowed to scratch an itch. 546 00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:39,230 And at some of the most stressful periods in smokers' lives, 547 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:42,530 like visits to hospitals and flying on planes. 548 00:36:42,540 --> 00:36:44,640 Not to mention when they are at work, 549 00:36:44,650 --> 00:36:48,840 smokers are not allowed to smoke. 550 00:36:49,850 --> 00:36:53,440 Also bear in mind that the general level of stress 551 00:36:53,450 --> 00:36:57,340 is increasingly being raised by the other disadvantages of smoking, 552 00:36:57,350 --> 00:37:00,340 such as the effects on your physical and mental well being. 553 00:37:00,350 --> 00:37:04,740 In fact, smoking does not help you to cope with the stresses and strains of life. 554 00:37:04,750 --> 00:37:05,540 On the contrary; 555 00:37:05,550 --> 00:37:11,840 it causes the very stress that smokers believe it relieves. 556 00:37:11,850 --> 00:37:16,440 You are a slave to the little monster who is constantly demanding its nicotine fix. 557 00:37:16,450 --> 00:37:18,440 And making you feel insecure. 558 00:37:18,450 --> 00:37:20,650 Many smokers reach the stage 559 00:37:20,660 --> 00:37:23,850 where they can not perform simple mental or physical acts, 560 00:37:23,860 --> 00:37:27,860 without first lighting up. 561 00:37:30,860 --> 00:37:35,150 The physical addiction has confirmed the illusions of the brain washing. 562 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,850 We believe we can not cope with life or enjoy life, 563 00:37:37,860 --> 00:37:39,250 without cigarettes. 564 00:37:39,260 --> 00:37:42,950 The truth is: That the only pleasure you get when you light up, 565 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,650 is to feel as relaxed as a non-smoker! 566 00:37:45,660 --> 00:37:48,250 Because you do feel better when you light up, 567 00:37:48,260 --> 00:37:52,450 you are fooled into believing that you get a genuine pleasure or or crutch. 568 00:37:52,460 --> 00:37:55,760 Think of that panic feeling when you are getting low on cigarettes. 569 00:37:55,770 --> 00:37:57,760 Non-smokers do not suffer that feeling. 570 00:37:57,770 --> 00:38:00,560 It is the drug leaving the body that causes it. 571 00:38:00,570 --> 00:38:02,660 See it as it really is. 572 00:38:02,670 --> 00:38:05,360 The cigarette does not relieve the empty feeling. 573 00:38:05,370 --> 00:38:07,260 The first cigarette started it, 574 00:38:07,270 --> 00:38:11,360 and each subsequent cigarette has simply perpetuated it. 575 00:38:11,370 --> 00:38:14,360 So you have fallen into the trap of nicotine addiction. 576 00:38:14,370 --> 00:38:17,260 When do you think you fell into it? 577 00:38:17,270 --> 00:38:22,560 Let us go back to that first cigarette. 578 00:38:26,570 --> 00:38:30,370 As long as you were not enjoying it, 579 00:38:30,380 --> 00:38:32,670 you thought: "I will not get hooked!" 580 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:38,570 But you were hooked long before you realized. 581 00:38:44,580 --> 00:38:47,270 You should now realize 582 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:52,170 that in fact cigarettes provide you with no genuine pleasure or crutch, whatsoever. 583 00:38:52,180 --> 00:38:56,270 Smoking does not relax you or relieve stress or boredom. 584 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:58,070 Nor does it help you to concentrate. 585 00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:01,770 The advantages of smoking are all illusions. 586 00:39:01,780 --> 00:39:06,170 These illusions are being removed, and the brain washing is disappearing. 587 00:39:06,180 --> 00:39:09,970 Once we have been removing one side of the tug of war in your mind, 588 00:39:09,980 --> 00:39:11,880 then you do not need willpower to quit. 589 00:39:11,890 --> 00:39:14,880 Because all your will is directed against the cigarette. 590 00:39:14,890 --> 00:39:18,790 Instead of this constant conflict of will. 591 00:39:19,590 --> 00:39:22,880 Here is a new drug which you might like to try? 592 00:39:22,890 --> 00:39:25,480 I must warn you that it is highly addictive. 593 00:39:25,490 --> 00:39:27,480 You will become addicted straight away. 594 00:39:27,490 --> 00:39:30,180 And you may remain so for the rest of your life. 595 00:39:30,190 --> 00:39:32,580 I will give you the first fix for nothing. 596 00:39:32,590 --> 00:39:34,480 But then I will start to charge you. 597 00:39:34,490 --> 00:39:36,680 I warn you that whatever the cost, 598 00:39:36,690 --> 00:39:38,290 you will find the money. 599 00:39:38,300 --> 00:39:40,090 It is a powerful poison. 600 00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:42,090 And you will have a 50 % chance of dying 601 00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:44,190 as a direct result of your addiction. 602 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,990 In any case, you will become more lethargic, 603 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,190 short of breath, 604 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,790 and less resistant to all sorts of diseases. 605 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,390 There is bad breath, stained teeth, 606 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,790 wheezing, coughing, and social stigma. 607 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,390 It will not only destroy you physically, 608 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,600 but also tax your nervous system. 609 00:40:01,610 --> 00:40:04,500 Undermining your confidence and self-respect. 610 00:40:04,510 --> 00:40:06,800 And you—an otherwise strong, 611 00:40:06,810 --> 00:40:10,000 intelligent, healthy, and attractive human being— 612 00:40:10,010 --> 00:40:12,200 will end up dispising yourself 613 00:40:12,210 --> 00:40:15,300 for being a slave to something you yourself detest. 614 00:40:15,310 --> 00:40:19,300 Ironically; the more the drug destroys you, 615 00:40:19,310 --> 00:40:23,400 the more you will be fooled into believing it is your last little pleasure or crutch. 616 00:40:23,410 --> 00:40:25,700 And the more dependent you will feel on it. 617 00:40:25,710 --> 00:40:30,800 Oh, and by the way, it will taste awful. 618 00:40:30,810 --> 00:40:34,710 Now, the advantages: What will this drug do for you? 619 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:39,310 Nothing. Not one single thing. 620 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:43,010 It will not even give you a high. 621 00:40:43,020 --> 00:40:47,810 So, can I persuade you to try some? 622 00:40:47,820 --> 00:40:50,710 Now you can see the cigarette for what it really is. 623 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:54,010 It is time to stop letting yourself be conned. 624 00:40:54,020 --> 00:40:57,510 Intelligent people fall for an ingenious confidence trick. 625 00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:03,210 But only a fool continues to fall for it after they can see through it. 626 00:41:03,220 --> 00:41:05,010 However, as smokers 627 00:41:05,020 --> 00:41:08,110 we think of certain cigarettes as particularly special. 628 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,120 And the thought of being deprived of these, 629 00:41:10,130 --> 00:41:11,820 can be very worrying. 630 00:41:11,830 --> 00:41:16,720 So, let us look at these so called «Special cigarettes»: 631 00:41:16,730 --> 00:41:21,400 «First cigarette in the morning» 632 00:41:29,030 --> 00:41:34,320 The only reason the first cigarette in the morning seems special, 633 00:41:34,330 --> 00:41:37,420 is because you have gone all night without one. 634 00:41:37,430 --> 00:41:43,520 So the relief from nicotine withdrawal seems that much more precious. 635 00:41:43,530 --> 00:41:49,920 But non-smokers do not have this problem when they wake up. 636 00:41:49,930 --> 00:41:54,420 «During a break» 637 00:41:54,430 --> 00:41:57,020 This cigarette during a break is special. 638 00:41:57,030 --> 00:42:00,130 Because it is time out to relax from your usual activities. 639 00:42:00,140 --> 00:42:02,730 But you can not relax without the cigarette. 640 00:42:02,740 --> 00:42:05,930 Because you feel the need to relieve your nicotine withdrawal. 641 00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:08,230 Non-smokers do not have this problem. 642 00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:11,230 They are relaxed at these times without a cigarette. 643 00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:15,330 Smokers believe a cigarette gives them an excuse for a break, 644 00:42:15,340 --> 00:42:19,130 and fear that when they quit, they will not be able to take breaks. 645 00:42:19,140 --> 00:42:24,030 The fact is: Smokers need breaks in order to feed their nicotine addiction. 646 00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:25,730 Otherwise they get up tight. 647 00:42:25,740 --> 00:42:27,430 As a non-smoker, 648 00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,040 you can enjoy as many breaks as a smoker, 649 00:42:30,050 --> 00:42:31,840 without poisoning yourself, 650 00:42:31,850 --> 00:42:38,040 or being forced out into the rain or freezing cold to get your fix. 651 00:42:38,050 --> 00:42:42,150 «Answering the telephone» 652 00:42:44,550 --> 00:42:48,340 It is often more difficult to relax and concentrate while on the phone. 653 00:42:48,350 --> 00:42:50,240 As a smoker, you are less relaxed 654 00:42:50,250 --> 00:42:53,540 and less able to concentrate when you are withdrawing from nicotine. 655 00:42:53,550 --> 00:42:56,240 And because you are being distracted by your craving. 656 00:42:56,250 --> 00:42:58,440 So you feel the need to smoke. 657 00:42:58,450 --> 00:43:01,840 But non-smokers do not have this problem when they answer the phone. 658 00:43:01,850 --> 00:43:04,340 Nor did you, before you started smoking. 659 00:43:04,350 --> 00:43:06,640 And nor will you when you are free. 660 00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:11,050 «—Listen, I get to meet you into the shops!» «—When do you want to meet up?» 661 00:43:11,250 --> 00:43:15,750 «After exercise» 662 00:43:26,550 --> 00:43:29,740 You should be particularly relaxed after exercise. 663 00:43:29,750 --> 00:43:32,440 But you will not be completely relaxed 664 00:43:32,450 --> 00:43:35,450 because of the need to feed the little nicotine monster. 665 00:43:35,460 --> 00:43:37,650 Non-smokers do not have this problem. 666 00:43:37,660 --> 00:43:41,250 And you too can look forward to enjoying those moments of relaxation 667 00:43:41,260 --> 00:43:47,050 after exercise, without needing to choke yourself to death. 668 00:43:49,060 --> 00:43:53,000 «With a drink or after a meal» 669 00:43:56,060 --> 00:44:00,650 The favourite cigarette for most smokers 670 00:44:00,660 --> 00:44:03,350 is the one with a drink, or after a meal. 671 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:07,650 It is simply that at these times, you should be completely relaxed. 672 00:44:07,660 --> 00:44:09,950 Work is over, you are sitting down. 673 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:13,350 You have relieved your hunger for food. Quenched your thirst. 674 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,360 You often have pleasant company, 675 00:44:15,370 --> 00:44:19,960 and nothing to do except enjoy yourself. 676 00:44:19,970 --> 00:44:22,660 Look again at our barometer of well being. 677 00:44:22,670 --> 00:44:26,860 On an occasion like this, non-smokers will be on a high. 678 00:44:26,870 --> 00:44:29,360 If you are a smoker and can smoke, 679 00:44:29,370 --> 00:44:31,160 you will also feel on a high. 680 00:44:31,170 --> 00:44:33,870 though in reality; you are below a non-smoker. 681 00:44:36,270 --> 00:44:40,370 But if you can not smoke; you will be utterly miserable. 682 00:45:03,570 --> 00:45:06,360 So in this situation, 683 00:45:06,370 --> 00:45:08,960 the difference between having a cigarette or not, 684 00:45:08,970 --> 00:45:12,970 is the difference between feeling on a high, or feeling miserable. 685 00:45:12,980 --> 00:45:16,670 This is the real reason the nicotine monster is so powerful. 686 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:20,670 And why smokers go to extraordinary lengths to get their nicotine fix. 687 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:23,370 Non-smokers do not have this problem. 688 00:45:23,380 --> 00:45:29,100 And you will enjoy these occasions far more, once you are free. 689 00:45:40,780 --> 00:45:44,570 These particular cigarettes also feel special, 690 00:45:44,580 --> 00:45:47,070 because in each case you have not had one for some time. 691 00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:49,670 And so the relief from withdrawal, seems more precious. 692 00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:52,770 In fact, it is never the cigarettes themselves that are special, 693 00:45:52,780 --> 00:45:54,070 they are always identical. 694 00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:57,480 It is the situations you are in, that change your perception. 695 00:45:57,490 --> 00:45:59,080 When you feed the monster, 696 00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:01,780 you associate the relief with a particular cigarette, 697 00:46:01,790 --> 00:46:05,180 and the situation you are in; which intensifies the brain washing. 698 00:46:05,190 --> 00:46:07,780 That you can not enjoy these situations without smoking. 699 00:46:07,790 --> 00:46:11,680 In reality you will enjoy them far more, once you are free. 700 00:46:11,690 --> 00:46:15,180 If you still believe that you do enjoy smoking, 701 00:46:15,190 --> 00:46:19,080 light one up now, take six deep puffs on it, 702 00:46:19,090 --> 00:46:26,780 analyze the feeling, and ask yourself what you are enjoying about it? 703 00:46:26,790 --> 00:46:28,880 Once you have understood 704 00:46:28,890 --> 00:46:32,490 that smoking gives you no genuine pleasure or crutch whatsoever, 705 00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:35,890 you will suffer no feeling of deprivation when you stop. 706 00:46:35,900 --> 00:46:43,290 So why do smokers find it such a trauma trying to stop on the willpower method? 707 00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:46,790 They know the disadvantages of smoking outweigh the advantages, 708 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:48,890 and that they will be better off as non-smokers. 709 00:46:48,900 --> 00:46:51,690 But because they do not understand the nicotine trap, 710 00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:55,990 They still believe that smoking provides them with a genuine pleasure or crutch. 711 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,990 And that they are making a sacrifice. 712 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:01,390 They force themselves into a self imposed tantrum, 713 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:03,790 like a child being deprived of its sweets. 714 00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:08,300 They hope that if they can endure the misery of the tantrum for long enough, 715 00:47:08,310 --> 00:47:12,500 time will heal the wound, the craving will go. And they will be free. 716 00:47:12,510 --> 00:47:17,300 However, in the vast majority of cases, this approach fails. 717 00:47:17,310 --> 00:47:21,600 As the ex-smoker feels deprived, miserable, and irritable. 718 00:47:21,610 --> 00:47:25,200 To the point were life as a non-smoker seems intolerable. 719 00:47:25,210 --> 00:47:29,200 Because the empty, insecure feeling caused by the little monster— 720 00:47:29,210 --> 00:47:32,900 is indistinguishable from hunger and normal stress, 721 00:47:32,910 --> 00:47:36,300 and because ex-smokers continue to experience hunger 722 00:47:36,310 --> 00:47:38,800 and normal stress after they have quit, 723 00:47:38,810 --> 00:47:43,500 they often interpret those feelings in their mind as: "I want a cigarette". 724 00:47:43,510 --> 00:47:46,310 Even after the little monster has disappeared. 725 00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:49,810 And so they are never sure whether they have kicked it. 726 00:47:49,820 --> 00:47:52,510 And even if they do manage to stop permanently, 727 00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:54,510 they are often left moping for a cigarette. 728 00:47:54,520 --> 00:47:59,310 At certain times, for the rest of their lives. 729 00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:03,210 Allen Carr's method uses the opposite approach. 730 00:48:03,220 --> 00:48:07,510 Changing your perception of cigarettes, even before you stop. 731 00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:11,110 So that afterwards you do not miss them. 732 00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:13,010 Smokers often try to cut down 733 00:48:13,020 --> 00:48:15,410 because they can not face stopping completely. 734 00:48:15,420 --> 00:48:16,620 But it does not work. 735 00:48:16,630 --> 00:48:19,820 You do not allow yourself to light up whenever you want to. 736 00:48:19,830 --> 00:48:23,920 So you are suffering the craving most of the time, and waiting to smoke. 737 00:48:23,930 --> 00:48:27,720 Now, your whole life is dominated by the next cigarette; 738 00:48:27,730 --> 00:48:30,020 which seems the most precious thing on Earth. 739 00:48:30,030 --> 00:48:34,520 And usually end up smoking more than you did before. 740 00:48:34,530 --> 00:48:40,220 All so called special cigarettes seem to be after a period of abstinence. 741 00:48:40,230 --> 00:48:42,620 The first in the morning, after a meal, 742 00:48:42,630 --> 00:48:46,620 after work, after exercise, after sex, et cetera. 743 00:48:46,630 --> 00:48:51,720 This is because the only actual pleasure or crutch smokers receive when they light up, 744 00:48:51,730 --> 00:48:53,730 is not the cigarette itself. 745 00:48:53,740 --> 00:48:56,830 But the ending of the aggravation of craving it. 746 00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:58,730 Just like a hunger for food. 747 00:48:58,740 --> 00:49:02,930 The longer you suffer it, the greater the pleasure when you finally relieve it. 748 00:49:02,940 --> 00:49:06,830 So the less we smoke, the greater the illusion of pleasure. 749 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:09,730 Far from helping you escape from the trap, 750 00:49:09,740 --> 00:49:14,830 cutting down keeps you a slave for life. 751 00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:18,230 And smokers make the mistake of thinking "it is just a habit". 752 00:49:18,240 --> 00:49:22,230 They think: "If I can get into the habit of just smoking a few a day, 753 00:49:22,240 --> 00:49:24,230 after a while, I will get used to that". 754 00:49:24,240 --> 00:49:27,140 You need to get it clearly into your mind: 755 00:49:27,150 --> 00:49:30,040 Smoking is NOT a habit. It is a drug addiction. 756 00:49:30,050 --> 00:49:33,240 If it were simply a habit, you would already have broken it. 757 00:49:33,250 --> 00:49:35,940 Perhaps you think habits are hard to break? 758 00:49:35,950 --> 00:49:37,140 They are not! 759 00:49:37,150 --> 00:49:39,340 In Britain we are in the habit of driving on the left. 760 00:49:39,350 --> 00:49:41,940 But have no problem switching to the right when abroad. 761 00:49:41,950 --> 00:49:44,340 Furthermore, the nature of drug addiction, 762 00:49:44,350 --> 00:49:47,540 is to want more and more; not less and less. 763 00:49:47,550 --> 00:49:51,540 Fortunately, the addiction is also easy to break, 764 00:49:51,550 --> 00:49:56,250 providing you understand the nature of the trap. 765 00:49:56,260 --> 00:49:58,150 You now have all the information you need 766 00:49:58,160 --> 00:50:02,450 to stop smoking easily, painlessly, and permanently. 767 00:50:02,460 --> 00:50:05,250 Providing you have understood the nicotine trap, 768 00:50:05,260 --> 00:50:09,650 and realize that cigarettes do absolutely nothing for you at all. 769 00:50:09,660 --> 00:50:11,050 And let me make this clear: 770 00:50:11,060 --> 00:50:15,050 I do not simply mean the disadvantages of smoking outweigh the advantages. 771 00:50:15,060 --> 00:50:16,250 That is obvious. 772 00:50:16,260 --> 00:50:19,350 I mean that you have realized that there are NO advantages. 773 00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,050 No genuine pleasure or crutch whatsoever. 774 00:50:22,060 --> 00:50:25,060 Then you are ready to follow the instructions 775 00:50:25,070 --> 00:50:29,270 that will make it easy for you to quit. 776 00:50:31,970 --> 00:50:34,360 The brain washing has been reversed. 777 00:50:34,370 --> 00:50:36,560 Your perceptions have changed. 778 00:50:36,570 --> 00:50:39,860 The illusions you had about smoking have gone. 779 00:50:39,870 --> 00:50:42,660 And you now see cigarettes for what they really are. 780 00:50:42,670 --> 00:50:46,960 You thought they were your friend, but in fact: They are your worst enemy. 781 00:50:46,970 --> 00:50:50,460 Get it clearly into your mind: There is nothing to give up. 782 00:50:50,470 --> 00:50:55,460 The pleasure, crutch, relaxation, stress relief, prop, 783 00:50:55,470 --> 00:50:59,860 reward or friend you thought smoking gave you were illusions. 784 00:50:59,870 --> 00:51:03,070 Smoking is simply: Drug addiction. 785 00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:05,970 You are not making any sacrifice, whatsoever. 786 00:51:05,980 --> 00:51:07,970 So there is no reason to feel deprived. 787 00:51:07,980 --> 00:51:11,670 You did not enjoy being a smoker; that is why you have decided to stop. 788 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:14,270 You are achieving what every smoker would love to achieve. 789 00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:15,370 Freedom: 790 00:51:15,380 --> 00:51:18,170 You are making marvellous; positive gains in health, 791 00:51:18,180 --> 00:51:21,570 energy, money, self- respect, confidence, 792 00:51:21,580 --> 00:51:26,270 and most importantly of all: In the length and quality of your future life. 793 00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:28,270 And you are losing nothing at all. 794 00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:31,080 This is one of those rare situations 795 00:51:31,090 --> 00:51:35,780 where there is absolutely no down side whatsoever, and a huge up side. 796 00:51:35,790 --> 00:51:39,580 So approach the process of stopping —not with doom or gloom 797 00:51:39,590 --> 00:51:42,080 —but with a marvellous feeling of excitement; 798 00:51:42,090 --> 00:51:46,280 a sense of relief that the whole filthy nightmare is finally over, 799 00:51:46,290 --> 00:51:49,880 and a feeling of elation: That you are now finally free. 800 00:51:49,890 --> 00:51:53,480 Enjoy being a non-smoker right from the start. 801 00:51:53,490 --> 00:52:00,690 I would like you now to smoke your very last, and final cigarette. 802 00:52:27,290 --> 00:52:31,590 THE INSTRUCTIONS 803 00:52:33,590 --> 00:52:36,580 Make your decision 804 00:52:36,590 --> 00:52:38,390 You need to make a solemn vow 805 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:42,290 that you will never smoke another cigarette, cigar, pipe, 806 00:52:42,300 --> 00:52:45,890 or take tobacco, or nicotine in any form ever again. 807 00:52:45,900 --> 00:52:49,590 This is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. 808 00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:53,590 The length and quality of your future life critically depend on it. 809 00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:56,090 And there can not be anything more important to you than that. 810 00:52:56,100 --> 00:52:58,890 Unlike other vital decisions we make, 811 00:52:58,900 --> 00:53:00,190 such as what we do for a living, 812 00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:02,690 we can never be certain that they are correct. 813 00:53:02,700 --> 00:53:04,990 Because we could never know what would have happened 814 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:06,100 if we had done something else. 815 00:53:06,110 --> 00:53:09,100 The beauty of the decision you are making now, 816 00:53:09,110 --> 00:53:12,600 is that you know that it is correct, even as you make it. 817 00:53:12,610 --> 00:53:16,100 Having made what you know to be the correct decision, 818 00:53:16,110 --> 00:53:19,900 Never ever even begin to question or doubt it. 819 00:53:19,910 --> 00:53:23,300 Because it is only the questioning or doubting of that decision, 820 00:53:23,310 --> 00:53:28,000 that can possibly make it difficult for you to stop. 821 00:53:28,010 --> 00:53:35,600 Do not envy smokers— Pity them—They will envy you 822 00:53:36,710 --> 00:53:39,100 Do not avoid smoking situations. 823 00:53:39,110 --> 00:53:43,100 Go out, handle stress, and enjoy meals, drinks, 824 00:53:43,110 --> 00:53:45,510 and social occasions right from the start. 825 00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:50,010 Remember: You are not being deprived. You have not given up living. 826 00:53:50,020 --> 00:53:52,110 In fact: You have not given up anything. 827 00:53:52,120 --> 00:53:56,010 Smokers are being deprived of their health, energy, money, 828 00:53:56,020 --> 00:53:59,910 peace of mind, self-respect, confidence, and freedom. 829 00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:01,710 They are drug addicts. 830 00:54:01,720 --> 00:54:05,010 Observe them: Particularly at social occasions. 831 00:54:05,020 --> 00:54:09,010 Notice how they are only comfortable while they are smoking subconsciously. 832 00:54:09,020 --> 00:54:11,310 When they become aware of their smoking, 833 00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:14,410 they are uncomfortable, self-conscious, and defencive. 834 00:54:14,420 --> 00:54:17,320 Notice how quickly they extinguish each cigarette. 835 00:54:17,330 --> 00:54:19,620 And automatically light up the next one. 836 00:54:19,630 --> 00:54:22,820 'Casual smokers' will smoke five in front of you. 837 00:54:22,830 --> 00:54:25,720 You say: "I thought you only smoked five a day!" 838 00:54:25,730 --> 00:54:28,620 They say: "Well, parties are different." 839 00:54:28,630 --> 00:54:30,320 It is always different! 840 00:54:30,330 --> 00:54:34,420 Smokers lie, not only to other people; but also to themselves. 841 00:54:34,430 --> 00:54:38,020 Just remember: That when a smoker leaves your company, 842 00:54:38,030 --> 00:54:40,220 they have got to continue smoking. 843 00:54:40,230 --> 00:54:43,120 The next day, when their chest feels like a cesspit, 844 00:54:43,130 --> 00:54:45,730 the next cancer scare, the next budget day, 845 00:54:45,740 --> 00:54:48,330 the next time they are in the company of non-smokers; 846 00:54:48,340 --> 00:54:50,130 the next time they are not allowed to smoke, 847 00:54:50,140 --> 00:54:53,130 the next time their family gives them that haunted look, 848 00:54:53,140 --> 00:54:55,530 the next time they feel completely stupid; 849 00:54:55,540 --> 00:54:58,630 they have got to spend the rest of their lives 850 00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:01,530 paying a fortune to risk horrendous diseases. 851 00:55:01,540 --> 00:55:05,130 To suffer a lifetime of mental and physical slavery: 852 00:55:05,140 --> 00:55:08,930 The bad breath, the stained teeth, the wheezing, the coughing, 853 00:55:08,940 --> 00:55:14,030 the lethurgy, the social stigma, being despised by the rest of the population. 854 00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:15,440 But worst of all: 855 00:55:15,450 --> 00:55:20,440 Otherwise intelligent, attractive, healthy, rational human beings, 856 00:55:20,450 --> 00:55:22,340 despising themselves 857 00:55:22,350 --> 00:55:26,340 because they are the slaves to something they themselves detest. 858 00:55:31,350 --> 00:55:33,040 And all for what? 859 00:55:33,050 --> 00:55:36,940 What do they actually get in return for this life of misery? 860 00:55:36,950 --> 00:55:40,340 Nothing: Not one single thing. 861 00:55:40,350 --> 00:55:42,140 They are just trying to get back to that 862 00:55:42,150 --> 00:55:46,840 set of peace and tranquility they had before they lit the first cigarette. 863 00:55:46,850 --> 00:55:50,740 The state that non-smokers enjoy their entire lives. 864 00:55:50,750 --> 00:55:54,650 And the one thing that is preventing them from actually reaching that state, 865 00:55:54,660 --> 00:55:56,450 is the next cigarette itself. 866 00:55:56,460 --> 00:55:58,850 Don not envy them: Pity them! 867 00:55:58,860 --> 00:56:00,650 They will be envying you. 868 00:56:00,660 --> 00:56:02,950 Because they will be wishing they could be like you. 869 00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:06,650 A non-smoker, free from the whole filthy nightmare. 870 00:56:06,660 --> 00:56:13,450 Remember: Your body will continue to withdraw from nicotine over the next few days. 871 00:56:13,460 --> 00:56:15,750 But this does not mean you have to be miserable. 872 00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:20,000 On the contrary: Enjoy the process. Right from the start! 873 00:56:24,060 --> 00:56:27,950 Starve the Little Monster to death. 874 00:56:27,960 --> 00:56:30,860 You have been the slave of this little monster for years. 875 00:56:30,870 --> 00:56:35,160 Now it is your turn to be the master, as you enjoy starving it to death. 876 00:56:35,170 --> 00:56:38,260 The little monster is searching for a fix. 877 00:56:38,270 --> 00:56:42,860 And you are simply going to let it die. 878 00:56:45,870 --> 00:56:48,960 If you are aware of the feeling at all, 879 00:56:48,970 --> 00:56:52,360 you will only know it as a little empty, insecure feeling. 880 00:56:52,370 --> 00:56:54,460 A feeling of not knowing what to do with your hands. 881 00:56:54,470 --> 00:56:57,460 Or simply the feeling of: "I want a cigarette." 882 00:56:57,470 --> 00:57:02,860 It is essential that you stop thinking of it as: "I want a cigarette." 883 00:57:02,870 --> 00:57:05,060 And reckognize it for what it is: 884 00:57:05,070 --> 00:57:09,570 Your body withdrawing from nicotine. 885 00:57:09,580 --> 00:57:13,070 And if or when it comes, instead of saying to yourself: 886 00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:15,270 "I want a cigarette, but I can not have one!" 887 00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:19,470 Simply say to yourself: "This is the little monster wanting its fix. 888 00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:20,970 This is nicotine withdrawal. 889 00:57:20,980 --> 00:57:24,870 This is what smokers suffer, their entire smoking lives. 890 00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:26,970 This is what keeps them smoking. 891 00:57:26,980 --> 00:57:30,970 Fortunately, non-smokers do not suffer this little empty, 892 00:57:30,980 --> 00:57:33,770 insecure feeling of the body withdrawing from nicotine. 893 00:57:33,780 --> 00:57:36,770 Is it not marvellous: I am a non-smoker! 894 00:57:36,780 --> 00:57:39,880 And so I will soon be free of it! Never to suffer it again!" 895 00:57:39,890 --> 00:57:44,480 That way the withdrawal pangs cease to be withdrawal pangs, 896 00:57:44,490 --> 00:57:46,780 And become positive moments of pleasure. 897 00:57:46,790 --> 00:57:49,580 That way it can be like when you leave the dentist. 898 00:57:49,590 --> 00:57:51,880 Your jaw may have a slight dull ache in it, 899 00:57:51,890 --> 00:57:55,680 but that does not bother you in the slightest, because you know it will soon go. 900 00:57:55,690 --> 00:57:57,280 That part of your life is over, 901 00:57:57,290 --> 00:58:02,000 you are ready to get on with enjoying the rest of your life. 902 00:58:03,290 --> 00:58:08,080 There is no such thing as 'Just one cigarette' 903 00:58:08,090 --> 00:58:13,680 Do not fall for the trap of thinking: "Just one cigarette!" 904 00:58:13,690 --> 00:58:17,290 One cigarette would revive the little monster. 905 00:58:17,300 --> 00:58:21,790 And create the need for another, and another, and another. 906 00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:29,890 No substitutes 907 00:58:29,900 --> 00:58:31,890 Nicotine is an addictive drug. 908 00:58:31,900 --> 00:58:35,390 Whether in tobacco, or in the form of nicotine products, 909 00:58:35,400 --> 00:58:40,190 such as chewing gums, patches, nasal sprays, inhalators, or anything else. 910 00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:44,100 These substitutes simply prolong the addiction. 911 00:58:45,900 --> 00:58:47,390 It is like telling a heroine addict, 912 00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:51,090 who is smoking heroine on foil to start injecting it instead. 913 00:58:51,100 --> 00:58:55,290 Nicotine addicts used to sniff powdered tobacco up their noses; 914 00:58:55,300 --> 00:58:56,490 it was called snuff. 915 00:58:56,500 --> 00:59:02,090 And in Scandinavia, they suck on small pouches of tobacco, called 'snus', to get their fix. 916 00:59:02,100 --> 00:59:06,090 Taking the drug in a different way, just keeps you addicted. 917 00:59:06,100 --> 00:59:09,590 And do not use any other substitutes, either. 918 00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:13,490 Such as normal chewing gum, chocolates, sweets, or biscuits. 919 00:59:13,500 --> 00:59:17,500 The empty, insecure feeling of the body withdrawing from nicotine, 920 00:59:17,510 --> 00:59:22,800 is identical to the feeling of a hunger for food, but one does not satisfy the other. 921 00:59:22,810 --> 00:59:26,700 All substitutes make it more difficult to stop, 922 00:59:26,710 --> 00:59:30,000 because they perpetuate the illusion that you are making a sacrifice. 923 00:59:30,010 --> 00:59:33,000 Do you need a substitute when you get over flue? 924 00:59:33,010 --> 00:59:35,700 Do you look around for another disease to take its place? 925 00:59:35,710 --> 00:59:36,800 Of course, not! 926 00:59:36,810 --> 00:59:42,900 Do not worry if you find yourself eating a little more at main meals over the next few days. 927 00:59:42,910 --> 00:59:44,500 As a result of a better appetite. 928 00:59:44,510 --> 00:59:47,000 Even if you do put on a few pounds, 929 00:59:47,010 --> 00:59:49,510 you will find that once you have kicked smoking with this method, 930 00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:51,810 you will be able to lose that weight, if you want to. 931 00:59:51,820 --> 00:59:55,610 But you must not start picking between meals. 932 00:59:55,620 --> 00:59:58,410 If you do—not only will you get miserable— 933 00:59:58,420 --> 01:00:01,610 but you will not be certain whether or not you have kicked the cigarette. 934 01:00:01,620 --> 01:00:05,210 You will have moved the problem, rather than have removed it. 935 01:00:05,220 --> 01:00:07,710 It is another form of substitution. 936 01:00:07,720 --> 01:00:11,310 The reason many smokers do put on weight with other methods, 937 01:00:11,320 --> 01:00:13,410 is that they feel deprived. 938 01:00:13,420 --> 01:00:15,810 And search for something to fill the void. 939 01:00:15,820 --> 01:00:18,810 With this method, you will not feel deprived. 940 01:00:18,820 --> 01:00:22,810 So you will have no need to substitute. 941 01:00:22,820 --> 01:00:31,910 Do not keep cigarettes on you or anywhere else, in case of an emergency. 942 01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:34,910 If you do, it means you are doubting your decision. 943 01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:38,620 You are a non-smoker! Non- smokers do not need cigarettes! 944 01:00:38,630 --> 01:00:42,820 And that is one of the great joys of being free. 945 01:00:42,830 --> 01:00:45,220 Do not try to block your mind from smoking. 946 01:00:45,230 --> 01:00:46,420 It does not work. 947 01:00:46,430 --> 01:00:49,120 Just make sure, that when you do think about it, 948 01:00:49,130 --> 01:00:52,020 You are not thinking: "I want one, but I can not have one." 949 01:00:52,030 --> 01:00:55,720 Make sure you are thinking: "Great! I am a non-smoker!" 950 01:00:55,730 --> 01:00:59,020 If you follow those simple instructions, 951 01:00:59,030 --> 01:01:01,020 there will be a moment over the next few days, 952 01:01:01,030 --> 01:01:05,020 which you thought you could not handle or could not enjoy without a cigarette. 953 01:01:05,030 --> 01:01:08,830 And it will suddenly dawn on you, that it never even occured to you to smoke. 954 01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:12,730 That is the marvellous moment when you realize that you are free. 955 01:01:12,740 --> 01:01:16,530 But do not wait for it to happen, or try to force it. 956 01:01:16,540 --> 01:01:19,630 Because if you do, you will create a phobia in your mind. 957 01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:22,030 All you really have to do, 958 01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:24,030 is accept there is nothing to give up. 959 01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:27,430 Make your decision: "Never ever again!" 960 01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:35,530 And get on with enjoying the rest of your life as a non-smoker. 961 01:01:35,540 --> 01:01:40,230 Life will soon go back to normal, and you will accept that you are a non-smoker. 962 01:01:40,240 --> 01:01:44,340 But be on your guard! 963 01:01:46,050 --> 01:01:49,340 «—Oh, have not had a cigarette in six months, now! 964 01:01:49,350 --> 01:01:54,150 I guess one will not hurt?» 965 01:01:55,550 --> 01:02:00,140 FINAL WARNING—Avoid the trap of 'Just one cigarette on a special occasion' 966 01:02:00,150 --> 01:02:03,740 The tobacco companies want to get you hooked again. 967 01:02:03,750 --> 01:02:06,140 And other smokers are always trying to justify 968 01:02:06,150 --> 01:02:08,840 what they know is their own stupidity and inadequacy. 969 01:02:08,850 --> 01:02:12,040 If your brain ever starts playing tricks on you, 970 01:02:12,050 --> 01:02:14,440 by thinking: "Just one cigarette!" 971 01:02:14,450 --> 01:02:16,740 Remember: There is no such thing. 972 01:02:16,750 --> 01:02:22,150 Just one cigarette, cigar, or anything containing tobacco or nicotine, 973 01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:26,960 and you will fall back into the nicotine trap. 974 01:02:28,560 --> 01:02:32,250 There is only one essential to remaining a non-smoker, 975 01:02:32,260 --> 01:02:33,650 and that is not to smoke. 976 01:02:33,660 --> 01:02:35,850 The moment you light a cigarette, 977 01:02:35,860 --> 01:02:37,350 you become a smoker again. 978 01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:39,450 So the question you need to ask, 979 01:02:39,460 --> 01:02:42,050 is not: "Shall I have a cigarette?" 980 01:02:42,060 --> 01:02:45,150 It is: "Do I want to become a smoker again?" 981 01:02:45,160 --> 01:02:48,150 The answer is clearly: "No!" 982 01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:50,160 Because you did not enjoy being a smoker. 983 01:02:50,170 --> 01:02:52,460 And you do enjoy being a non-smoker. 984 01:02:52,470 --> 01:02:55,660 That way, those moments can become pleasurable, 985 01:02:55,670 --> 01:02:58,160 as you congratulate yourself that you are free. 986 01:02:58,170 --> 01:03:00,960 And that way, you can remain a happy non-smoker 987 01:03:00,970 --> 01:03:04,560 for the rest of your life! 988 01:03:35,570 --> 01:03:38,660 You are now free: Congratulations! 989 01:03:38,670 --> 01:03:42,660 Remember: Every smoker would love to be in your position. 990 01:03:42,670 --> 01:03:46,160 Never doubt your decision; you know it is the right one. 991 01:03:46,170 --> 01:03:51,660 If you have any problems or questions, please contact your nearest Allen Carr clinic. 992 01:03:51,670 --> 01:03:53,870 Details of which you will find on the menu. 993 01:03:53,880 --> 01:03:58,270 You can now enjoy the rest of your life as a happy non-smoker! 994 01:03:58,280 --> 01:03:59,780 Goodbye! 995 01:04:00,780 --> 01:04:03,770 CONGRATULATIONS! You are now a non-smoker! 996 01:04:03,780 --> 01:04:07,170 You should not experience any difficulties—but if you do have any questions or queries, 997 01:05:50,600 --> 01:05:55,600 You may, however, make as many copies you want of this DVD, and give them for free to people 998 01:05:55,601 --> 01:06:00,601 you love and grant a life free of nicotine.