Hooked but Not Helpless: Kicking Nicotine Addiction
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0962368377 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 191 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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J. Foster said Hooked but Not Helpless - Kicking Nicotine Addiiction. I smoked for over Hooked but Not Helpless - Kicking Nicotine Addiiction J. Foster I smoked for over 40 years. I tried 10 times over a five year period to quit smoking. I checked this book out of the public library in February of 1996. After reading it, I told my husband on Valentines Day of 1996 that I was giving him the gift of quitting smoking. That's been over 6 years now. This book is priceless. I've told numerous people to get the book. It saved me.. 0 years. I tried 10 times over a five year period to quit smoking. I checked this book out of the public library in February of 1996. After reading it, I told my husband on Valentines Day of 1996 that I was giving him the gift of quitting smoking. That's been over 6 years now. This book is priceless. I've told numerous people to get the book. It saved me.. "Amazing approach to nicotine addiction treatment" according to Brian C. Setzler. I was a pack a day smoker for over 20 years when I found a class offered by Patricia Allison back in 1991. I've been an ex-smoker since then and with her approach and techniques, learned to let go of the addiction and find real relief almost as soon as I stopped.A year after stopping smoking with this program I became CEO of what later became ASPIRE, nicotine addiction treatment services. We had tremendous success helping hardcore smokers in the Portland are between the early '80s and late 90's. We closed when the patch and gum became available OTC and the pharmaceutical companies convinced smokers you could treat addi. It Works My sister sent me this book after doing one of the authors programs. I was a smoker for 25 years and quit 2 years ago after reading this book. No slip ups either. In the past I had tried patches, gum, acupuncture, hypnosis - nothing worked. After reading this book I finally understood I had an addiction, not a bad habit. Finally understanding that I was an addict and following the steps in this book led me to the success of being smoke free. I am so glad my sister sent me this book. I can't thank her and the author of this book enough. They had the easy part though - I had to live through the temporary discomfort :)
It teaches smokers who want to quit how to work through their drug dependency step by step and equips them with an arsenal of self-defense skills to disarm their most intense cravings and begin to retrain their minds. This book treats smoking as a real addiction and not just a bad habit. Inspiring stories from nine ex-smokers tell how they struggled through withdrawal, learned to face new challenges, and coped with ordinary stress without smoking again.