Makes the quitting process a snap and detoxifies the mental anxiety!
598237
Written as if sitting in the same room...very personable, down to earth and an excellent inspiration. Looking forward to a healthier future.
1801445
I've had an interesting and enlightening time with this book. It's saved me from possibly losing my job twice, and it's helped me to let go of a lot of anxiety. The banishing alone is worth getting this book. It's a simple and very powerful ritual that lasts and you can carry it with you throughout the day. It's also useful when you want to get rid of undesirable emotional reactions such as anger and irritability, sadness, worry, indecisiveness, bad moods, etc. If you can identify with the reaction, emote internally, and transmute it using the banishing taught in this book, you can do wonders with minor emotional distractions. It won't cure mental illness of course. See a doctor. But it can make day to day life less stressful.
2391556
Allen Carr's The Easyway to Stop Smoking definitely helped my stop smoking.  I had already decided on my quit date before I'd bought this book, but I knew from past experience that I would need help.  I've done the gum and the patch, Wellbutrin did nothing for me, and Chantix just made me irritable and angry all the time.  This book was definitely the answer.  It works to bring the myths and stereotypes about smoking into the light, analyze them, and destroy their power over you.  Mr. Carr is very thorough in his methods and is not at all forgiving to the tobacco that's so insidiously taken over our lives.  If you're looking for a method to help you break the hold cigarettes have over you, definitely read this book.
1628265
Love it!  seems to be helping me chill out, but not to the point of feeling like I've taken anything for it!  No gitters etc! But seems to help me focus!
229421
Baseball season has started and since our children play 40 minutes away, we are always on the go! That means we are stopping to grab fast food and junk food. I have wanted to get my eating habits under control since I gained a lot of weight from a medication I took during my initial on-set of Fibromyalgia. Inflammation is my curse with this disease but now, with Lisa's plan, I can battle it head-on!

I have to be honest - detoxing is scary. When I think about detoxing, my mind wanders off to medical shows and seeing people detox off of drugs. Food is my drug. Detoxing from (junk) food is no different. There are cravings, fall backs and withdrawal symptoms. But this book lays out the entire process for you.

I know my eating habits are bad so I took the advice of getting myself set up for success by purging my kitchen of everything standing in my way. If it's not there for me to grab, I'm not going to eat it, right? Easier said that done when we're out at ball games and I'm smelling the grill, seeing cheese fries and hot dogs. The seasonal foods and lists are perfect for helping me keep on track for more than a week.

Thankfully, I have a fairly simple health history but diseases such as diabetes, runs in my family. I don't want to bring it on myself by eating habits. As a child, we are told all fruits and vegetables are healthy. They are but some contain more sugar than others. I enjoyed learning even more about how to add flavor without sacrificing some of my favorite flavors. I've always thought of clean eating being bland but the recipes and gorgeous pictures are proof thatit can be extremely delicious.

Lots of books leave you feeling empty after a cleanse. You return to old habits because you're not given a plan to guide you for the time afterwards. I am looking forward to cleansing again and being able to get my health back on track - for good - and relieving inflammation naturally! I challenge all of you to try this and making it a lifestyle rather than jumping on bandwagons, falling off, only to wait for the next 'quick-fix'. Let's make this our lifestyle!

I received this book to review through Beck Valley Books Book Tours, all the opinions above are 100% my own.
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I stuggle with health anxiety and anxiety where is hard to leave my house! After connecting with the Facebook group and the group calls and applying DARE I seriously have seen a difference. Anyone that is suffering from anxiety and it seems like nothing else is working please just give this a try! I'm a normal person that lives a normal life and I really thought nothing was going to help me, until now! Thank you so much Barry.
371439
I found that this helped me to find my peace in having to care for a relative with an addiction problem.  My relative is sober/dry but the behaviors they developed from addiction changing their brain chemistry makes life a rollercoaster emotionally.

I am getting off that rollercoaster while tending to them because of the things learned in this book.  It was worth it!
4063488
A few months ago after a very late night of drinking alone (my usual activity), I woke up feeling ashamed and tired, sick, weak and weighed down with self-loathing (also my usual activity).  I trolled around Amazon looking for something that I might read that could possibly help.  This has been going on for years, probably about ten years give or take.  Of course it started as just a little glass of wine I'd sip slowly while I "relaxed" at night, but has progressively turned into about a five-glass-a-night habit, often MORE and DEFINITELY more with friends.  I got Allen Carr's book and read it, piece by piece, not wanting to finish it because the reviews were so positive that I was frankly afraid I'd really quit for good and that sounded scary.  Even scarier than winding up finishing that big box of wine in two or three nights instead of five, or having to switch to harder stuff to do the trick.  What the book made me realize is that I have been thinking about alcohol ALL WRONG.  Everything I've ever believed about drinking, alcoholism, recovery, sobriety, has been DEAD WRONG.  I'm new to this, I've only had a day and a half of not drinking, but I'll tell you that I feel a sense of EXCITEMENT about the possibilities.  I WILL UPDATE THIS REVIEW.  I've ***NEVER*** had this feeling before.  Call it brain-washing, call it whatever you want.  But I can see much more than drinking myself into an early death right now, and I just couldn't NOT write this review.  THANK YOU ALLEN CARR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9/15  Five HAPPY days and counting.  I haven't been trying to avoid thinking about drinking.  When I see the many, many, many reminders of alcohol and drinking around me, I take Carr's advice and think to myself, "I'm so happy I've ESCAPED the trap!"

10/8  Almost a month and I'm a very happy NON-DRINKER.  The problems I had were caused by drinking, I didn't drink because I had problems.  Whenever I even think about drinking I remind myself how much better I feel, how much clearer my thinking is, how much more I respect myself, and how much happier I am.  It's not that I "can't" drink, it's that I "don't" drink.  I've been around drinking a few times since I quit, with no desire to join in. Thank GOD for Allen Carr!

11/18/15  Still SO HAPPY I'm not drinking.  My self-respect is BACK.  I have no desire to go back to my old ways.  I finally like myself again.  I can't express how profoundly this book changed my life.  SO HAPPY!  :-D  It's not that I don't "get" to drink anymore, "I DON'T HAVE TO DRINK ANYMORE."  Amen.

9/22/16:  It's been just over a year and I'm still alcohol free. On the rare occasions when I think "I'd just like to forget this whole day by getting wasted" I'm reminded of how everything I used to believe about alcohol was a lie. That it never did anything for me, and I was on a very slippery slope to serious addiction, risking my life, my marriage, and my precious children. I also came to realize how many social activities I was participating in JUST SO I COULD DRINK. I didn't enjoy the activities themselves, just the drinking. Now I have the friends in my life who respect my choices and are more than happy to have coffee with me instead of multiple bottles of red wine.

Allen Carr should be sainted!
4225644
Best 13$ I've ever spent, wish I would have read it long ago. I've been a smoker for 17 years and haven't smoked a cigarette in 2 weeks. Feels amazing, no mood swings or anxiety attacks. Im enjoying learning life as a non-smoker...you can too!!
1921965
Very relaxing and a great way to cut the stress!  Where has this been all my life?
4457046
This book helped me to quit smoking.  It has now been one month for me.  I would highly recommend reading this book if you are very serious about quitting smoking.  This book gives you the mental motivation to get through the cravings without using nicotine patches, lozengers, or gum.
1508739
I read this book, and it worked. I didn't think it would. I was skeptical and thought I'd be a smoker for life. I am now at 18 months no smoking, and I am SO happy not to be a smoker, and I will NEVER put a cigarette to my lips ever again. I don't even miss it! In fact, I have too much fun looking at all the miserable smokers I see and what slaves they are to such a dumb habit.

So after talking about me quitting and some of my friends disbelief, I volunteered to buy it and mail it to a friend which cost me $10 (which is nothing compared to the cost of my friends health) and he read it and can you believe it, he stopped smoking too. I actually didn't think he would be able to quit, but he did, and he loves being a non-smoker too.

I am now on my 3rd friend that wants to stop and can't believe something as basic as a book can get him to stop smoking. Bought the book and had it shipped to his door for $12, and we'll see how it goes.

No lie, this book worked for me! I was miserable being a smoker, I couldn't stop and smoked a pack a day. I hate what it did to my health, my breath, my endurance. This book totally changes your perspective and beliefs on smoking in a way you never thought before, and now I can run and workout without dying. I feel healthy again.

If you want to stop, don't try to discount his advice, don't blow it off or skip parts. Even if some of it sounds like bologna, who cares if it helps you stop smoking? Read it all, read it through, and believe what he says because you want to stop, and it will do its job. You are NOT giving up a friend, you are GAINING health and freedom! Celebrate it!
4204051
I love this book.  Actually I thought it was a  lot of self help crap when I read it.  I quit a few months later- a spur of the moment decision brought on by my husband's decision to quit.  I wasn't happy about his last minute announcement, but decided to try, since we always wreck each other's attempts.  I found I just couldn't BS myslf anymore.  I didn't need gum or patches.  I didn't even need carrot sticks or cookies.  I was pretty cranky for about 3 days.  That's it.  I have never wanted to smoked again.
In 3 years, I have dreamed of smoking only once.  I have lost a job, brinked bankruptcy, have had sick, dying family members- lots of stress, but I have never felt the compulsion to smoke my way through these crisis.  So hokey though it may seem- read it cover to cover and see.  What do you have to loose save a few bucks you were going to burn anyway!
1791494
Our 70lb boxer suffered from extreme separation anxiety.  Any time we would leave him alone, he would scratch and chew up anything in sight into shreds, including a wooden doorway.  We tried everything: melatonin, scent diffusers, leaving the radio on, giving him raw beef bones.  Nothing worked.

Finally, on a lark, I saw this on the shelf at the local health food store and figured, what the heck.  We gave him two capsules before leaving him alone.  Amazingly, it worked!!  After just a couple of weeks, we weaned him off to see whether he would go back to the anxiety.  He hasn't!  Somehow this supplement must have flipped the switch in his brain that was making him go bonkers.  And for that reason, it has been worth its weight in gold to us.
3503160
If I had known that it was this easy to quit I would have read this book years ago. I really can't believe that I struggled with patches, gum etc for so many years when this simple, effective cure was available the whole time. Health Canada should distribute this title free of charge to every smoker in Canada.
Every smoker I know who has read this book is now a happy non-smoker. It really is that powerful and that easy.
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I am a high anxiety individual and have a lot of nervous energy.  Sometimes I will tap my fingers or pick at my fingernails and cuticles when I am anxious - all annoying habits.  When I play with the putty, or even just hold it, it drastically reduces these actions.  I bought these to keep in my laptop bag and will take half of one into a meeting or keep a blob stuck to my computer so any time I start to feel anxious, I grab it and have fun!  My one and only complaint is that it does "melt" quickly.  Sometimes it is pretty difficult to get the tin open because it has sealed itself around the inside, which makes it difficult to pry open the container.  But that's a tiny complain for the hours of entertainment it brings!
4775667
at first I was skeptical but am extremely happy with my purchase and use it daily. there is a lot to fill out but it helps with my anxiety and keeps me focused on my life