This revolutionary approach to smoking cessation is based on the premise that a smoker is more likely to kick the habit if he feels good about himself. When a smoker understands why he commenced smoking, and why smoking no longer delivers the same sense of pleasure and satisfaction it used to, the process of quitting begins. A state of mind called “pleasurable forgetfulness” makes the smoker less interested in smoking while absorbed in other activities. This proven but unorthodox method does not foster the shame and guilt so prevalent in other programs and succeeds where more traditional approaches have failed, producing smoke-free success for thousands of former smokers.
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Bear Jack Gebhardt is a stop-smoking coach who currently works with a northern Colorado health district to help smokers quit and train health professionals in the finer points of working with clients who smoke. An award-winning journalist, he has contributed to Christian Science Monitor, Columbia Journalism Review, The Fitness, and Reader’s Digest. He is the author of Help Your Smoker Quit and the coauthor of Now Hiring! Finding & Keeping Good Help for Your Entry-Wage Jobs. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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FINALLY NO GUILT,
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This review is from: The Enlightened Smoker's Guide to Quitting (Paperback)
Jack has a lot of credentials to his name. He has his own school for those trying to quit smoking as well as years of studying under the government and private agencies. I had a wonderful time learning how to "Forget to smoke. Jack teaches you how to stop the cycle of guilt in the quitting process and how to stop trying to quit and simply forget! His 7 step program worked for me better than all of the programs from the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association because they use slight scare tactics to accomplish quitting. Well worth the money!
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A new way of life!,
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This review is from: The Enlightened Smoker's Guide to Quitting (Paperback)
I have searched for a long, long, long, long, long (need I go on?) time for a way to stop smoking and have finally found it! Gebhardt's book focuses on ways to change your thinking - not only about smoking but about the zillion other things we all have in our life. He recognises that all smokers berate themselves day after day about their smoking and asks the question: Has this negativity ever helped you to quit? Step by step, he helps his readers bring more joy into their thoughts and this, seamlessly, brings more joy into their smoking. Paradoxically, by feeling joy when smoking, we are able to "forget" how to smoke. Suddenly quitting seems like a fun and graceful next move. I would recommend this book to anyone who is able to open their heart to feeling joy. If you're steeped in logic and cynicism then even you might like to give it a try. However, if you're already on the way to letting spirituality into your life then get this book and watch a controlling addiction slip away gently.
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The Only Way to Quit,
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This review is from: The Enlightened Smoker's Guide to Quitting: Learn to Forget to Smoke (Paperback)
Full of fun facts and exercises and no pressure! Today is my 4th anniversary and NOPE - Not One Puff Ever in that time.
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