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Farewell to Allen Carr

Today Allen Carr who is a best selling author of quitting smoking books, has sadly passed away.
He died of inoperable lung cancer that is said could be attributed to his long term smoking habits. He stopped smoking 23 years ago when he kicked his 100 a day habit. If he had not have stopped it [...]

Well not the best ever thing I have done in my whole life, but the best thing that I have done in a long time.
At first when I stopped I really didn’t want to and for a few weeks I was really grumpy at home and at work convinced that I had been forced into [...]

I am feeling very pleased with myself this week as I have passed the month stage of not smoking and I am heading towards 5 weeks. I generally feel so much better for not smoking and I am glad that I am no longer dependant of cigarettes. I have stopped before about 7 years ago [...]

Well I have got passed the 2 week mark on the no smoking front, and I am on Day 15.
I challenged myself last night when we went to the pub. This is probably the worst place to go if you have stopped smoking to go to your local pub where there are people drinking and [...]

Stopping Smoking

So how has the no smoking gone?
It is Day 12 today and so far so good…. sort of. I’d forgotton how hard giving up smoking can be at times. Generally I am finding it OK, but there are certain times of the day that I have the craving for a cigarette.
I must admit that I [...]





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