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truthfully answer: ‘Never, never, never’—just the reverse. I’ve had a marvelous life. If I had died through smoking I couldn’t have complained. I have been a very lucky man, but the most marvelous thing that has ever happened to me is being freed from that nightmare, the slavery of having to go through life systematically destroying my own body and paying through the nose for the privilege.
    Let me make it quite clear from the beginning: I am not a mystical figure. I do not believe in magic or fairies. I have a scientific, rational brain, and for quite a while after I quit, I couldn’t understand why I found it to be so easy. It seemed like magic, but it couldn’t have been. I started to read books on smoking, hypnosis and psychology. Nothing I read seemed to adequately explain what had happened. Why had it been so ridiculously easy to stop, whereas previously it had been week after agonizing week of torture and dark depression?
    It took me a long time to work it all out, basically because I was going about it back-to-front. I was trying to work outwhy it was so easy to stop, whereas the real question ought to be: ‘Why should quitting be difficult?’ Smokers talk about the terrible physical withdrawal pangs, but when I looked back and tried to remember those awful pangs, they didn’t exist for me. There was no physical pain. It was all in the mind.
    My full-time job for the last twenty-five years has been to help other people to stop smoking. I’m very, very successful. Every year 30,000–50,000 smokers attend our seminars. I have personally helped to cure many tens of thousands of smokers. Let me emphasize from the start: there is no such thing as a ‘confirmed’ smoker. I have yet to meet anybody who was as badly hooked (or, rather,
thought
he was as badly hooked) as myself. Anybody can not only stop smoking but also find it easy. That is a fact. We prove this day-in, day-out at our seminar centers, which routinely help the hardest of hardcore smokers escape from the smoking trap easily and permanently. It is basically fear that keeps us smoking: the fear that life will never be quite as enjoyable without cigarettes and the fear of feeling deprived. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Not only is life just as enjoyable without them but it is infinitely more so. Incredibly, better health and a vastly improved financial position are the least of those gains.
    All smokers can find it easy to stop smoking—even you! All you have to do is read the rest of the book with an open mind. The more you understand, the easier you will find it. Even if you do not understand every word, provided you follow the instructions you will find it easy. Most important of all, you will not go through life moping for cigarettes or feeling deprived. The only mystery will be why you didn’t stop years ago.
    At this point, let me issue a warning. There are only two reasons for failure with my method:
    1. Failure to Carry Out Instructions. Some people find it annoying that I am so dogmatic about certain recommendations. For example, I will tell you not to try cuttingdown or using substitutes, especially substitutes that contain nicotine (e.g. e-cigarettes, nicotine gum, patches etc.) The reason I am so dogmatic is because I know my subject. I do not deny that many people have succeeded in stopping using such tools, but they have succeeded in spite of, not because of them. There are people who can make love standing on a hammock, but it is not the easiest or the most enjoyable way. Everything I tell you has a purpose: to ensure your success by making it easy and enjoyable to stop.
    2. Failure to Understand. Please don’t take anything for granted. Question not only what I tell you but also your own preconceptions and attitudes and what society has led you to believe about smoking and quitting. For example, if you think smoking is ‘just a habit’, ask