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How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped For Good

By: Gillian Riley
Narrated by: Jerome Pride
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Everyone knows how bad smoking is for them: about half of all regular cigarette smokers will be killed by their habit, but they just can't seem to give up. If you're really serious about giving up smoking then this is the book that will not only help you to stop, but to stay stopped for good.

Gillian Riley's techniques allow you to understand your addiction, take control and break your habit. There is a step-by-step giving up programme that is easy to follow and really works. Even in stressful situations, or when boredom sets in, you'll soon realise that even though the freedom and opportunity to smoke is there you have chosen not to. How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good will even help you to give up smoking without gaining weight.

©2007 Gillian Riley. (P)2007 Bolinda Publishing Addiction & Recovery Smoking & Tobacco Smoking Tobacco Habits

Critic reviews

"Brilliant ... with an incredibly high success rate." (The Daily Mail)
"It is, quite simply and literally, a technique for life." (The Sunday Times)
"It teaches you, not tricks and gimmicks, but such effective common sense and home truths that I was able to bring an entirely new attitude to my efforts to give up." (Cosmopolitan)
"Gillian Riley is an author who always makes sense." (Nigella Lawson)
"Now in a fully revised and updated edition, How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good is the complete and unabridged audiobook version of a straightforward guide to quitting the expensive and health-destroying addiction that is cigarette smoking – without gaining weight! Read by award-nominated narrator Jerome Pride, and featuring tracks every five minutes for easy bookmarking, How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good walks the listener through the facts surrounding tobacco addiction, and walks him or her through a simple, tested, effective quitting procedure. Tips and tricks for dealing with moments of stress or boredom when one is most tempted to smoke (or overseat!) distinguish this excellent guide to quite literally improving one's health." (The Midwest Book Review)
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Would you consider the audio edition of How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good to be better than the print version?

I gave up smoking May 2013 using this audiobook (over a year). I have tried everything and it hasnt worked. Now it may have been partly due to other things (youtube vids, gritted teeth etc) but I think this book was the deal clincher!

What other book might you compare How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good to, and why?

Bit like Allen Carr but i preferred Gillian everyday of the week!

What about Jerome Pride’s performance did you like?

Not bad - very listenable

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

What a drag - 20 years of smoking,,,

Any additional comments?

It is no magic cure - read it, and re-read until you feel ready to quit - good luck

Well it worked for me

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I love this book. Gillian talks about how to give up smoking but it applies to all forms of nicotine. The fact is when you quit nicotine, there will be, for some time, a desire to go back to it, that’s the nature of addiction.
At any moment the person quitting has a choice, they are free to return to the addiction for the rest of their life. Or choose to accept a momentary experience of desire. The book talks about making this choice repeatedly during the craving moments.

It changes how you view a craving from something to be feared, that will be painful and scary or a 30 second choice to make either to go back to using nicotine or choose to accept the craving.
This too shall pass.

Accept the desire

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excellent book
addressed all the implications around smoking and has suggested I will read again .

excellent book well worth the read .

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I listened to this and have not smoked for over 2 years now. Do yourself a favour and get this book for yourself if you want to get free from the addiction instantly and painlessly

Worked like magic for me

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Took me several listens before I took in the principal of the book, it's not hard just can take a while to get your head around it

Made a lot of sense, eventually

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