I had a work meeting, where everyone went out for a few beers after. I really didn't want to drink, having been free from the addiction for close to 2 months now. Instead, I had a non-alcoholic (0%) bottle of beer. Im just so confused as to whether NA beers count as feeding the little monster, as I really do not want to start on the lifetime chain of alcohol addiction again, nor do I want to have to reset the process of starving the little monster again.

Cheers in advance for the insight guys!

I'll be 2 years smoke free on June 6th and I'm experiencing a horrible temptation lately, it's been like 2 months or so.

I quit point blank after reading the book and in the last months I've had what Carr would call the "social smoker" cigarettes. I've found myself longing for the next one for weeks and I'm freaking out cause right now I'm almost going to the store to get cigs.

Has anyone experience this almost 2 years itch?? Please?? 😖

Hi, I just purchased an audio book by Allen Carr for vaping (plus all other types of nicotine). I'm going to finish it of course because I do a lot of nicotine pouches because I used to vape a lot. Now I just do a lot of punches (zyn). I constantly have one in my mouth all day.

The reason for my post is that I want to quit nicotine of course but my main addiction is kratom. I've weaned down as far as I've ever been but sometimes I go right back up. I really want to quit kratom.

Will the nicotine book work for kratom as well(By using the easy way method but modify it)? Can anyone point me in the direction of you were in my shoes.

Thanks, everyone ❤️🙏

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https://medium.com/@wnielsen/anti-stoicism-how-to-ensure-a-life-of-misery-poverty-and-fragility-b32cbacbf4ff

Thank you!

Willem

Just started the audio book. The brainwashing stands out to me. Alan is speaking the truth.

I've been a 1-2 cigarette a day smoker for 10 yrs (half a pack, at most, during the occasional, inebriated peaks)

This week I've been nursing them down (bought this pack a couple weeks ago) I'll have 1 in the evening.

I chew the gum too. It's interesting to challenge the NRT, my brain was and probably still is against it...but I only have NOTHING to lose by giving it up!

I’ve read this book for like 4 times, and I still end up relapsing after under 24 hours. It seems like I understand my addiction and know that it won’t get better if I smoke, but still my cravings are so bad that I end up smoking

I cannot thank Allen Carr and his team enough for helping me remove the brainwashing surrounding my addictions - nicotine at first, then alcohol, and finally weed.

I smoked my last joint there, and I feel nothing but pure elation surrounding the fact that I no longer have to feed the Little Monster inside me, and that for the first time in many years, I am in control - not weed.

I can't wait to see how much money I save, as I was quite a heavy smoker (and drinker).

How is everyone else getting on?

Currently on the ''last ritual' chapter of rhe book. I'm wondering if I should do this ritual now or wait until I've completely finished the book.

The Easyway method has completely changed my life, I genuinely am indebted to Allen Carr and John Dicey. Their book on vaping completely changed the way I saw vaping and smoking, as a dual-user.

I went through the ritual of my final dose of nicotine about 7 hours ago and felt genuine elation when I threw away my vape, knowing they I am no longer living my life in a futile attempt of appeasing the Little Monster and avoiding the Big Monster.

I'm in having a drink now, and there's no part of me that wants to vape, and that makes me feel great.

Hopefully this positive feeling lasts!

How are you guys getting on?

It has been almost 33 hrs now. Any tips?

I’ve been vaping for about 5 years. I’ve quit a few times in recent months but the longest I went was 14 days. I’m 46 and worried about my health. I’m almost done with the book again, I’m going to give it another go when my current disposable is gone. How many attempts did it take for you confirmed quitters? I’m just kinda feeling like a failure.

It's not for smoking or a substance but if the easyway thing can apply for porn and masturbation do lmk.
I don't know how to form a lasting change in this regard.

I was alcohol-free for 8 days after finishing the book. Went go karting. Adrenaline was pumping. Everyone had beers after. I indulged.

What’s the longest you guys have heard about the little monster taking to die?

I’m so shocked how easy this has been, and how amazing my mood has been today! I finished the book last night around 7 pm and threw away my juul and all odds and ends. Today I feel so confident in myself, like I can take on anything now. I’ve tried to stop 2-3 other times and have been so upset I can’t smoke that it doesn’t last. Even while reading the book I was scared to really quit, but by then end I was just ready to throw it out and live my life. Cheers to Alen Carr!

Hi. There used to be the whole audible book on YouTube.I’m looking for somewhere to listen online for a friend with learning difficulties. He doesn’t have/is not able to do audible, but clicking on a link is just about doable. I’m happy to pay. Anyone know where I can find a link? thanks in advance

Finishing up Allen Carrs Easyway To Quit Vaping! Excited to join all you in freedom!

Hi guys! I’m three days into my first attempt at quitting using easy way. First day was a breeze, but yesterday and today I’ve felt like my brain was in a fog, and have been unable to think of anything else. It feels like I’m using the Willpower method.

Am I missing something? Should I reread the book and try again? Or should I keep going since I’m already three days in, and hopefully it will get better?

Just wanted to gauge how other people go in their first week. I listened to the audiobook and it really did change my perspective on my addiction. He spoke about how when you have your car park changed your brain will still go through the motions as if it was still in the same spot for a little while. I think that’s what I’m experiencing as I go through situations where I would have taken a hit and I have a weird urge or that insecure feeling for a moment. I just tell myself when I have these that “nicotine does nothing for you and it only satisfies the hole left behind by it being in your system”. Admittedly the urge goes away pretty quick after that but I was just wondering if other people get this or is does this mean I still harbour a little bit of the big monster which believes that I in someway benefit at all from smoking. Thanks.

I've been cigarette free for close to a year (with the occasional one at a bar) and haven't bought a pack in months. Recently I started a new job and my boss smokes and offered me one and I took it. It was a stressful day on line (I work in a kitchen) and ngl it hit the spot. Today I said I was gonna head out back for a vape and he offered me a cigarette and without thinking I took it. I'm worried I'm going to start smoking again and I'm not sure how to navigate this. My partner hates the smell of cigarettes, but doesn't mind my vape, he's the main reason I quit in the first place. Any help, advice, or support is appreciated

About to finish the book and start enjoying my new life without the shackles of cigarettes!!

Does anyone know of a quick reference card or pdf that simply lays out the little/big monster concepts and bullet points of reasoning /WHY based on the book ? I think it’d be helpful to have one laminated to keep in my wallet and pull out when I get the pangs? Tried googling didn’t find much

If there’s nadda out there, I’ll create one and post here ! I’m thinking of funny cartoon monsters and some bullet points - something visual / text to help reinforce the new and true meanings of cigarettes in my mind

Have already started a new awareness as I smoked through reading the book and this easyway cognitive behavioral therapy- like method has worked for me in other areas of my life really well - I just find it helps to have a little ‘touchstone’ to refer to

Anyways- hope all are either now enjoying your new awesome crutch free lives or truly looking forward to it like I am

As I’m trying to quit nicotine for good I got on cigars brainwashed into them. Trust me cigars are not better they put u in the same trap

I did the "Easy way to stop eating junk food" and like the cigarette book, it ends with a final feast. Have one last junk food and then vow to never again. During the reading of the book though, I quit. I didn't mean to, I just didn't want to eat it. So now the book is requesting me to have one final one, is it necessary or can I just skip that last instruction?

lots of people smoke cigars and say its not the same as smoking and its something you should do.

but they all in the same trap at the end of the day.

I read the easyway 1 year ago i manage to quit for 5 months straight (for the first time in my life). Than something bad happened and i fall back into the trap and after that i became a occasional smoker. 1 year forward and im back to being a chain smoker. Now i realise that i missed something the first time because although i quit i didnt fully felt as a non smoker. It would mean the world if someone could help me. Thank you

I decided yesterday that I was smoking my last cigarette ever. I have been a smoker for 11 years and I have quit cold turkey 4 times throughout the years. Longest quit time was a year and 2 months, second longest 10 months. I smoked a cigarette about 10 minutes ago for the first time in 20 hours and I’m beating myself up pretty bad over it. I also have pre cancerous cells growing in my cervix and my gyno suggested Chantix but I declined because at the time I wasn’t ready… has anyone tried Chantix or is the community more “mind over body”? If you have used Chantix, what were the benefits? Did it actually help? I’ll take any and all advice.

Oh, also to add; my significant other is also a smoker and refuses to quit. Currently stuck in the car with him smoking a cigarette. If you had the same situation with a smoking SO during your journey, how did you do it??? TIA

i read the book and fucked up almost a year in i tried to read it again did not work im gonna try the audiobook anybody else try it?

I just passed next to a store which sells cigars. I really really wanted to smoke. My legs went in front of the store. But I turned back. I did not buy that pack. I thought some philosophical things to behave virtuous something like that which I read from Aristo's books. I thought that a virtuous and a rational person never smoke. I will tell you my body wanted to smoke badly but this thought prevented me to buy a pack. I think I behaved morally. I am proud to myself and I thank to these philosophers.

Hi! I have a friend that want to stop smoking but can't manage to do it... he would like to try listening to the audiobook (He is almost never at home and has no time for reading it, but he drives a lot, so that would be the ideal solution), but we are both short on money... I've tried to look for a free audiobook but the only one I've found is here https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13630992 but it needs a working library card, which is not an option for me being european... can someone help me find one? I know this is basically piracy, so if I'm violating community guidelines let me know and I'll delete this post