Books like Stop Smoking with Allen Carr

This book was given to me by a chronic smoker. I started smoking when I was 16 with the reason that I wanted to learn what addiction was. It was a stupid reason. I had smoked off and on from then, quitting at 17, starting again at 19, quitting at 22, and always feeling like I was missing out on something.This book is written so well, and in such a way that it really revealed what the fallacy of smoking is, and the grip that it has on those of us who started. Every time I lit a cigarette, I felt guilty and loathed myself for smoking one, when the idea was to help alleviate whatever it was I was feeling that motivated me to light one in the first place. I felt gross, hated the smell and the taste it left in my mouth. I felt like I would skulk around looking for a place to smoke where I wouldn't be seen and judged by others. I washed my hands, kept a stockpile of mints and chewing gum to hide the smoker's breath, and lied to friends and family about whether or not I was still smoking. This was my crutch, my need, when really all it was, was drug addiction. Like Gollum and the one ring, it was my precious. I tried will-power, cold-turkey, even explored nicotine replacement therapy. While they worked for a while, I never felt free of the cravings and the deprivation. I used terms like, "Social smoker" or that I could justify it during times of social fun while drinking - because you have to have a smoke when you're drinking, right? Fact is, there is a world of non-smokers who don't need a cigarette to enjoy those things, and when those things aren't happening, they still don't need a cigarette, whereas I knew I was going to need one later. Reading this book really helped remove the veil of cigarettes. It is not romantic, it is not youthful or creates a feeling of power. It is powerful, in that nicotine has the strongest grip of any drug available in the whole world. It is isolating, and fear-inducing and causes it's own bubble of stress when the fallacy is that it is there to relieve it. I am thrilled to be a non-smoker. This book has changed my life and every day from now on I will rejoice, that I am no longer under the spell of nicotine, and the little monster will die its rightful death.If you are struggling with nicotine addiction, and want to be free of the tar-filled liar that is cigarettes, pick up this book. The only thing you are missing out on is being free of the slave-driver that is tobacco.