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(More customer reviews)Cassius Cheong's The Positively Quit Manual is a guide to quitting smoking for people who need a fresh, new perspective. I found the advice to be extremely relevant to beginning the behavior modification that it requires to finally quit.
As a current smoker, I have tried the following methods over the past 35 years:
1.Cold Turkey - Failed 5 or 6 times. I still have ex-friends that don't speak.
2.Hypnosis - I paid $100 for a short nap and a cassette tape that I listened to one time and fell asleep again.
3.Zyban - Or as my kids called it, "Dad the smoking zombie".
4.Nicotine Patch - Didn't faze my addiction one bit. It did give me a rash that I enjoyed.
5.Nicotine Gum - Smoking and chewing gum became my new addiction. I had to wean myself off the gum with more cigarettes.
6.Chantix - 3 rounds of complete and utter failure. I will admit it lessened the urge and I did cut down but in the end, it didn't work. I could have bought a good used car for what I spent on this.
7.Copenhagen Snuff - I felt sure this would work. Similar to the gum, I became addicted to both snuff and cigarettes. Finally gave up the snuff after I had to have a golf ball size tumor surgically removed from under my jaw.
So you see, this is not my first rodeo.
I believe the strongest part of this book is the way the author took the reasons we cite for not being able to give up smoking and/or the pleasant attributes and completely destroyed them with logic and reasoning. I am the worlds worst at trying to rationalize my weakness. This book gave an authoritive and compelling new perceptive on these so-called rationalizations. As the book states, the cigarettes are causing the problems that we pretend they are fixing. Almost makes you mad at yourself for not looking at it from this angle.
This book is just full of great advice. I am going to read it again and then set my quit date (while not telling anyone - again, great advice).
I hope you find this review helpful
Michael L. Gooch
Author of Wingtips with Spurs: Cowboy Wisdom for Today's Business Leaders
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Cassius Cheong's Positively Quit Manual: The Thinking Person's Guide to Stop SmokingCassius Cheong's Positively Quit Manual is the thinking person's guideto stop smoking. The Manual works best for smokers who are rational,open-minded and determined to quit for good. If this description fitsyou, you'll likely find it a useful tool to help you stop smoking forgood. Visit positivelyquit.com for more details."Cassius Cheong has done a marvelous job of (1) identifying essential cognitive, behavioral, social/situational, and biological elements of the smoking habit, (2) distilling these down to very manageable proportions, then (3) turning it into a smoking cessation plan." - Dr. Carl G. Hindy, Clinical Psychologist, Nashua, NH"Positively Quit Manual by Cassius Cheong is like a big gift in a small package.The little book has many nuggets of wisdom. I recommend the book for smokerswho want to quit positively."- Neharika Vohra, Ph.D, Social Psychology, Professor, Indian Institute of Management
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