Bangkok Smoking Kid

Re:Bangkok Smoking Kid by chrisandchips on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @01:54PM (#22937443)

You really should read allen carr's easy way to quit smoking. I was a smoker for a long time and would say exactly what you've said here. The main pull for me was always the social smoking as well.

The tl;dr is that, for a lot of different reasons that aren't your fault, you've become convinced that quitting smoking is a lot harder than it actually is. If you have any feeling like you would like to quit (or that you think its gross) then go grab the PDF and give it a shot.

I dropped the habit two years ago and have never had a slight urge to try again. The text is a little cringeworthy, but if you can look past it you will see the benefits

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Re:Bangkok Smoking Kid by exhilaration on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @02:11PM (#22937648)

I see the PDF is posted here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/QuittingJUUL/comments/d10l69/full_p...

In a subreddit called "QuittingJUUL", none the less! An entirely new generation is getting to learn about Carr's book.

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Re:Bangkok Smoking Kid by zomglings on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @03:36PM (#22938550)

I also quit directly because of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking. This is a fantastic book, and I gladly gift it to anyone I know who wants to stop smoking.

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Re:Bangkok Smoking Kid by chickenfries on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @03:02PM (#22938199)

Listening to the audiobook while smoking is how I quit. Took me two attempts but it really wasn’t some grueling, terrible ordeal the whole time. Smokers and non smokers alike romanticize smoking excessively. Listening to Carr helped me realize that smoking is actually a huge pain in the ass that makes your life worse instead of something so pleasurable that living life without it seems like asceticism.

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Re:Bangkok Smoking Kid by darkerside on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @02:27PM (#22937830)

I strongly agree. This book is the way. Your might not quit right away, but if you let it, it will infect your mind with a new virus that outcompetes the cigarette meme over time.

Quitting smoking is both easier and harder than you think it is, but having done it, I learned a lot about my mind and the way humans think in general. Another step on the path to enlightenment.

Good luck.

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Re:Bangkok Smoking Kid by fabiandesimone on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @01:59PM (#22937522)

That book is magical. Made me quit cold turkey after 10 years smoking one pack a day.

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Re:Bangkok Smoking Kid by eyelidlessness on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @05:21PM (#22939458)

Thank you for the suggestion (and I see all the other praise for this in the sub-comments). I will definitely give this a read as soon as I have time available.

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Re:Bangkok Smoking Kid by Vibrelli on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @09:18PM (#22941069)

Great book worked for me!

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