If Only I Could Quit: Recovering From Nicotine Addiction [Paperback]

Karen Casey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1987

This complete resource brings together personal stories of recovery, Twelve Step guidance, and 90 daily meditations to help us become nicotine-free. If Only I Could Quit is written by one of Hazelden's most popular meditation authors and a recovering nicotine addict.

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About the Author

Karen Casey is the best-selling author of Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course, Keepers of the Wisdom, and numerous other books. She has also written two books for girls: Girls Only! and Girl to Girl. Her signature book, Each Day a New Beginning, has sold three million copies. Karen enjoys golfing and riding her Harley with her husband. She lives in Minneapolis, and Naples, Florida.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Hazelden; 1 edition (May 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894864386
• ISBN-13: 978-0894864384
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #864,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in Lafayette, IN and moved to Minneapolis, MN in 1964. I taught elementary school for a few years and then pursued a graduate degree at the University of MN. I graduated with a Ph.D. in 1979. I published my first book, EACH DAY A NEW BEGINNING: DAILY MEDITATIONS FOR WOMEN with Hazelden Publishing in 1982. It has been followed by the publication of 21 other books, the most recent of which is CULTIVATING HOPE. In early summer of this year (2010), Conari will be publishing the 23rd book: LET GO NOW: EMBRACING DETACHMENT. See www.womens-spirituality.com for a complete listing and description and for a link to my blog. My focus as a writer is on the development of spiritual growth and strengthening one's twelve step recovery, and my personal experience is what I rely on, coupled with the wisdom I glean from the many people I walk among in the rooms of AA and Al-Anon. When I am not in front of the computer writing, I am likely giving a lecture or doing a workshop some where. I have spoken to tens of thousands world-wide over my thirty-five year tenure in recovery rooms. From each experience my gratitude grows. And from each experience, my commitment grows to continue doing what brings my life such joy.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Motivational Material, October 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: If Only I Could Quit: Recovering From Nicotine Addiction (Paperback)

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!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I AM NOW A NON-SMOKER, May 3, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: If Only I Could Quit: Recovering From Nicotine Addiction (Paperback)

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!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Am Not Smoking....., January 4, 2007

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Chamisa "Jane" (Las Cruces, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If Only I Could Quit: Recovering From Nicotine Addiction (Paperback)

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.