[vcarrico]

> Most people try quitting their addiction by banning themselves from doing it.

After some failed attempts I quit smoking 7 months a go and this change in the way of thinking made the difference for me. During the failed attempts I used to repeat to myself "I can't smoke", this last time my thought was more like "I don't want to smoke", I didn't even tell to my wife that I was trying to quit so that I would fell less the pressure of being forbidden to smoke. Somehow it worked better for me and whenever I had cravings my thoughts were usually something like "I could smoke if I wanted to, I'm 5 minutes away from a pack of cigarets, but I don't want."

I'm not saying that this was the only factor that made me stop or this is the "secret to quit smoking" or that's easy, it just worked better for me.

[_dark_matter_]

This is the basics of Carr's "easy way", right? It basically convinces you that you don't want to smoke. On top of that it specifically doesn't let you stop smoking until you finish the book. So you feel horrible reading this book and smoking until the end when you're like FINALLY I'm allowed to stop!