GAIN YOUR FREEDOM FROM SMOKING! MEAN IT AND YOU WILL MASTER IT!

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Karen Casy has combined the experiences found in 24 personal stories and the strength of Twelve Step philosophy to create a three-month, one-day-at-a-time program to begin recovery from nicotine addiction.

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1 Star If only I could not have bought this book.
I recieved this book in the mail yesterday, and today it is ripped up and sitting my kitchen garbage can where it belongs. I didn’t even want to take it to the used book store and get a couple of bucks for it because I did not want someone else to waste thier money on it. The index is very decieving. It appears that the author is going to cover all of these topics, but all she did was compile a bunch of peoples stories about their struggles with cigarettes and put them all togother and call it a book. The stories are pretty lame too,at least the ones I read. Admittedly, I did not read the entire book-my urge to put this trash where it belonged was too strong. If I had as much distaste for cigarettes as I have for this book I would never smoke again. This review is my last bit of closure and now I can get on with my life.

5 Stars Great Motivational Material
I read this book when I quit smoking and it helped me so much. It is written by someone with an AA background and is written in that kind of a format. Each day for the first few months is a story about someone’s struggle with smoking. Then there is a short devotional. I would read a chapter each night before I went to sleep. Somehow that really reinforced my resolve not to smoke for one more day.

I give this book a 5 star for helping you keep the resolve to not smoke!!

5 Stars It really really helped
I quit a couple of years ago and this book was essential in helping. These are some great stories. I laughed at recognizing my behavior in some of the stories. There were so many different stories of different times, ages, situations, and places. Well, I relapsed recently and needed to quit all over again (because you seriously can never have “just one” as I found out the hard way at a high school reunion). I remembered this book, which I had since lost, and was thrilled Amazon had it. Once again, it really helped. I’d read it anyways for the interesting stories. The devotionals/inspirationals didn’t do anything for me, but it was worth it for the stories alone.

5 Stars I Am Not Smoking…..
This book has helped me day by day to not smoke… one day at a time…. This is a huge accomplishment after smoking for almost 50 years.

5 Stars I AM NOW A NON-SMOKER
I bought this book 16 years ago, after being in A.A. for one year. I stopped smoking the day I started reading it. It is great motivational reading. That book, along with a subliminal tape to quit smoking helped me finally kick the habit. I am forever grateful for the courage and strength to quit. This book is AWESOME!!! Keep an open mind and take it One Day at a Time! I lended this book to someone a year after I quit and it was never returned to me because, sadly, that person died shortly after with cancer. I am buying it again to give to someone who is ready. Good Luck…this book will help!

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This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by International Medical News Group on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 611 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Doctors do a poor job of urging smokers to quit. (Time is Limiting Factor).
Author: Michele G. Sullivan
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 31 Issue: 1 Page: 39(1)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

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Abridged version of the Stephen King short Story “Quitters Inc.”

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This digital document is a journal article from Addictive Behaviors, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The relationship between smoking expectancies and readiness to quit as well as gender differences in expectancies and readiness to quit was examined among 484 urban African American smokers. Univariate analyses revealed that higher positive expectancies were generally associated with less readiness to quit and higher negative expectancies were associated with greater readiness to quit. A multivariable model indicated that stimulation/state enhancement, taste/sensorimotor manipulation, and weight control were most strongly related to intention to quit. Although men and women did not differ on readiness to quit, women reported higher scores on the negative affect reduction subscale than did men.

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If you’ve tried to quit before and you’re still smoking, you need to buy and read this book!

Transition will give you the confidence you need to succeed. You have everything to gain, and absolutely nothing to lose.

Buy Transition now and become a nonsmoker once and for all.

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This guide to nicotine recovery offers an effective long-term program to quit by showing readers how smoking has subtly shaped their values, attitudes, and lives. Through an increased awareness and understanding, smokers increase their changes of becoming nonsmokers.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Highly recommend!
I was one of those people who would quit smoking for a few months and then start back. A friend recommended “Quit & Stay Quit” so I purchased it. The day it arrived, I put it in the top of my closet where it sat for over a year. Once I decided I wanted to quit smoking, I retreived the book and began reading. I was so glad I had purchased the book. It was filled with so many great suggestions I used to stop smoking! I have been a succesful quitter for almost a year, and I know I’ll never go back. I have recommend this book to several friends and they too have been successful in their quit! Thanks Dr. Rustin for helping me see the best way to “Kick Nic’s Ash”!

5 Stars From an ex-smoker
I used this book to quit smoking and it really worked for me. I got me thinking about why I smoked and had a great program on how to quit. I’m always recommending the book to others.

2 Stars Confusing
I am a relapsed ex-smoker, but now have beginning health issues due to smoking, so I headed to my local bookstore for renewed motivation. I had read a great little book that spurred my initial quit two years ago, but couldn’t remember the name. That book wasn’t on the shelves, so I decided on “Quit & Stay Quit” based on the back cover info, primarily:

“Before you try to quit — before you even decide if quitting is for you — invest some time in ‘Quit & Stay Quit’.”

By page 44, I knew this was the not the book I needed. On page 7, there is a note:

“In a journal, (page 21) add a reason yourself — one of the reasons you want to keep smoking.”

There was no mention to begin a journal in the introductory pages, but no big deal. However, Page 21 gives no information whatsoever about a journal. It’s a totally different chapter entitled “Smoking Is An Addiction.”

Up to page 44, there were a couple sentences that stated “Now that you have quit (unless you are still smoking), …”, but the statement on page 44 ended my reading:

“Right now, you are a smoker who is not smoking. (If you are smoking while reading this, you must be highly [italicized] addicted.)”

HUH? What happened to: “Before you try to quit — before you even decide if quitting is for you …” There are still 230 pages to read!!

The author dedicates the book to a fellow doc that died from smoking, but it’s clear the author never smoked in his life. I know I’m only speaking from review of the first 44 pages, but he is simply reusing the same tips & tricks: write down why you want to smoke, write down why you want to quit, record each cigarette of the day, etc.

Nothing new here, in addition to confusing and a little deceptive. Save your money.

5 Stars 13 plus years and haven’t wanted a cigarette EVER!
I smoked 2 packs a day when I was using. I had tried all kinds of ways to quit. Then I found this little book. Read it on my lunch break.

It’s simple, so easy, you take your time, your own pace, learn as you read, change your mind and stop when you’re ready.

I actually quit 2 weeks before my scheduled cut-off date. I just didn’t want to smoke anymore. Never went back, never wanted to and there’s been plenty of stress since then. But I just dealt with it.

You can do it, if I could. Read a Book!

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