Once Allen Carr was a 49-year-old accountant and an avid smoker who repeatedly tried to give up smoking and discovered an easy way to quit smoking, his life changed dramatically.After ensuring the effectiveness of the method he found, Allen Carr began to help others who wanted to quit smoking, giving up cigarettes.Finally, he wrote a book about his method, which is still different in a huge circulation.As Carl himself reported, his method was 95% effective, i.e. the vast majority of people who mastered him no longer smoked.What is the secret of the Allen Carra method?Why is it so effective?
The method is based on the fact that a person is open to himself, why and why he smokes.Allen Carr gradually brings readers this understanding in his book "Easy Ways to Quit Smoking".What is smoking?Allen Carr is sure - it's not a bad habit, as it is generally believed.Smoking is a real drug addiction.Moreover, this dependence is not as psychologically.It is based on fear.Smokers worry that by giving up smoking, they will lose the joy of their lives and they will need incredible effort and willpower to stop smoking.
Movies, TV, and media have formed a belief that smoking, cooling, cigarettes relaxing and self-confidence.However, the most important force in this brainwashing is the smoker himself.
The essence of brainwashing is that the phrase is to quit smoking.This wording involves a certain sacrifice, namely, rejecting something pleasant.Therefore, most people think that refusing to smoke is to fight yourself, depriving yourself of joy and happiness.Not surprisingly, so many attempts to quit smoking won't end anything - one's idea is to deprive oneself of the pleasure they deserve.
Allen Carr is convinced that most methods of refusing to smoke will not only not benefit, but rather, are harmful.
Many people associate the refusal of smoking with willpower.But she has nothing to do with it.And, when they talk about willpower, a person will automatically think that he must sacrifice a lot.Unfortunately people secretly inhale cigarette cigarettes and see dreams about cigarettes confirm this.But all of this is the result of brainwashing.The way of willpower makes a person deeply dissatisfied because he thinks he is forced to refuse to give him happiness.They think cigarettes are the source of happiness and giving up on them will make you feel unhappy.That's why the willpower method is ineffective - it supports this stereotype.
Allen Carr explicitly opposes the use of smoking alternatives - gum and plaster.Why?Everyone is subconsciously telling you - smoking is pleasant, you make sacrifices and give up on it.They convince you that without cigarettes you have a blank that you try to fill with the help of chewing gum and patches.
The decrease in the amount of smoking leads to the same trap.The less cigarettes a smoker smokes, the more he thinks about them.Literally, this approach leads us to believe that the most valuable thing in the world is the next cigarette.
Many avid smokers envy those who sometimes only smoke.But, as Allen Carr points out, those who smoke very little are much more dependent on nicotine – they don’t seek to quit and have a pleasant confidence in cigarettes.
So what is the method of Allen Carra and why is it easy?
Quitting smoking is simple.You only need to do two things:
- Decide that you will never smoke again.
- Don't fall into depression this time.rejoice!
Understand the enemy and find out his tactics: Then you can win easily.
Allen Carr tried many ineffective ways to quit smoking.When he stopped smoking, he immediately changed from 100 cigarettes to total absence per day.He was sincerely surprised to find it so easy.He could only ask himself one question, why didn't he do this before?
In fact, you won't throw anything, and you won't sacrifice any victims.Instead, refusing to smoke can gain an advantage in improving self-esteem, health, and control over your life.
Think of smoking as a negative habit, but a true anesthesia dependence.
Whether you like it or not, you are sick.If you just hide your head on the beach, the disease won't pass away.Remember: Like all serious illnesses, your illness is not only chronic (lasting for a lifetime), but also progressive.Now the right time to treat the disease is now.
After you finally decide that you have already smoked the last cigarette, you will immediately become a non-smoker.Smokers are one of the unfortunates who are forced to survive their lives and destroy their health nicotine.Non-Magazine - A person who doesn't need it so much.Once you make your final decision, you will achieve your goals immediately.I am happy about this.Don't sit and wait for chemical dependence.Smoke and start enjoying your life immediately.