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[Mama_Haze]

It does make some sense. It's an addiction, so if you don't get your fix you'll get withdrawal symptoms. When you smoke again after a while the symptoms will be relieved and you'll feel better. And that could be interpreted as a relieve of stress.

Lol, this is the Allen Carr school of thought; that it only relieves a stress you created by starting to smoke in the first place It's a chicken and egg thing.

His philosophy makes perfect sense to me. I didn't even want to quit, but felt stupid still smoking after I read what he had to say. I no longer consider myself an addictive person anyway, but I never had a shred of trouble quitting the fags.

My father, on the other hand, read the entire thing, nodding thoughtfully... whilst puffing on a roll up or 60 (no prizes for guessing what he died of)!

[Moody's Mood]

Carr's right of course haha but it still makes people feel better.. unfortunately.

Haha! My dad read his book as well, but don't think he quit. He later went on some sort of survival trip and did some crazy stuff. He quit after that, because it just seemed like a joke to him haha.

[Mama_Haze]

That's pretty inspirng; good for him!