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Allen John Carr (2 September 1934 – 29 November 2006) was a British author of books about stopping smoking and other psychological dependencies including alcohol addiction. Biography Born in Putney, London, Carr started smoking cigarettes while doing National Service aged 18. He qualified as an accountant in 1958. Carr finally stopped smoking on 15 July 1983, aged 48, after a visit to a hypnotherapist. However, it wasn't the hypnotherapy itself that enabled him to stop – "I succeeded in spite of and not because of that visit" and "I lit up the moment I left the clinic and made my way home...". There were two key pieces of information that enabled Carr to stop later that day. First, the hypnotherapist told him smoking was "just nicotine addiction", which Carr had never perceived before that moment, i.e. that he was an addict. Second, his son John lent him a medical handbook which explained that the physical withdrawal from nicotine is just like an "empty, insecure feeling". He claims that these two realisations crystallised in his mind just how easy it was to stop and so then enabled him to follow an overwhelming desire to explain his method to as many smokers as possible. Philosophy Carr teaches that smokers do not receive a boost from smoking a cigarette, and that smoking only relieves the withdrawal symptoms from the previous cigarette, which in turn creates more withdrawal symptoms once it is finished. In this way the drug addiction perpetuates itself. He asserted that the "relief" smokers feel on lighting a cigarette, the feeling of being "back to normal", is the feeling experienced by non-smokers all the time. So that smokers, when they light a cigarette are really trying to achieve a state that non-smokers enjoy their whole lives. He further asserted that withdrawal symptoms are actually created by doubt and fear in the mind of the ex-smoker, and therefore that stopping smoking is not as traumatic as is commonly assumed, if that doubt and fear can be removed. At Allen Carr Clinics during stop-smoking sessions, smokers are allowed to continue smoking while their doubts and fears are removed, with the aim of encouraging and developing the mindset of a non-smoker before the final cigarette is extinguished. A further reason for allowing smokers to smoke while undergoing counselling is Carr's belief that it is more difficult to convince a smoker to stop until they understand the mechanism of "the nicotine trap". This is because their attention is diminished while they continue to believe it is traumatic and extremely difficult to quit and continue to maintain the belief that they are dependent on nicotine. Another assertion unique to Carr's method is that willpower is not required to stop smoking. His contention was that fear of "giving up" is what causes the majority of smokers to continue smoking, thereby necessitating the smoker's perpetuation of the illusion of genuine enjoyment as a moral justification of the inherent absurdity of smoking in the face of overwhelming medical and scientific evidence of its dangers. Instead, he encourages smokers to think of the act of quitting, not as giving up, but as "escaping". Easyway Carr left his accountancy job in 1983 and set up his first Easyway clinic. He wrote ten books which appeared as bestsellers on selected book ranking charts including his first book The Easy Way to Stop Smoking (1985). The success of the original London clinic, through word-of-mouth and direct recommendation, has led to a worldwide network of 100 Easyway clinics in 35 countries plus the production of audio CDs and DVDs. Allen Carr's Easyway is clinically proven through two randomised controlled trials. In 2020 a UK randomised clinical trial found Allen Carr's Easyway as good as, if not better than, the Gold Standard NHS Programme which uses NRT & 1-1 psychological support and in 2018 an Irish trial found that Allen Carr's Easyway was almost twice as effective as other smoking cessation methods available on Health Service. Based on their full money-back guarantee (which requires two follow-up sessions without reimbursement of travel), Carr's clinics claim 90% success rate in aiding smokers to stop for three months, and 51% success rate in helping smokers stop for 12 months based on an independent study not connected with any health organisation. Celebrity endorsements include Richard Branson, Anthony Hopkins, Ashton Kutcher, Ellen DeGeneres, Nikki Glaser, Chrissie Hynde, Michael McIntyre, Pink, Jason Mraz, Charlotte Church and Hrithik Roshan which aids the organisation's efforts to expand commercially.Allen Carr's Clinics are run by facilitators who were once smokers and have used Carr's method to stop smoking. All therapists/facilitators are members of an association created by Allen Carr's Easyway organisation, Members of the Association of Allen Carr Therapists International (MAACTI), and membership indicates that the therapist/facilitator has completed the rigorous recruitment, and the comprehensive training & development process required before anyone can practise as an Allen Carr's Easyway therapist/facilitator. They can only do so under license with Allen Carr's Easyway (International) Ltd or Allen Carr's Easyway (US) Ltd. Carr also wrote a number of other how-to books on subjects such as losing weight, stopping alcohol consumption, and overcoming the fear of flying. Along with his close friends, protégés, & co-authors Robin Hayley (chairman, Allen Carr's Easyway) & John C. Dicey (Global CEO & Senior Allen Carr's Easyway Therapist), he wrote books dealing with gambling, debt/junk-spending, sugar addiction, emotional eating, mindfulness, tech/smartphone addiction, caffeine addiction, vaping/JUUL with Online Video Programmes handling smoking, vaping/JUUL, alcohol, cocaine, cannabis, sugar & carb addiction, emotional eating, gambling, caffeine addiction, fear of flying, and mindfulness. In 2020, it was estimated that Allen Carr's Easyway method had helped more than 50 million people worldwide. In 2021, Allen Carr's Easyway assisted the World Health Organisation's year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021. Personal life and death In 2006, Carr was diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 71. His spokesman stated that this may not have been linked to his historical smoking habit, as he had been around smokers, and therefore exposed to their second-hand smoke, while treating them for their addiction. The following month, Carr revealed that his lung cancer was terminal and that his life expectancy was about nine months. Carr said: "Since I smoked my final cigarette, 23 years ago, I have been the happiest man in the world. I still feel the same way today.” Carr wrote to the then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, urging the UK Government and NHS to accept his method, saying that the "powerful influence" of lobbyists working for nicotine replacement firms had turned them against him. Carr died from lung.... Discover the Allen Carr popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Allen Carr books.
Best Seller Allen Carr Books of 2024
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
Catherine GrayTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Not remotely preachy' The Times 'Jaunty, shrewd and convincing' Sunday Telegraph 'Admirably honest, light, bubbly and remarkably rarely annoying.'...
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Battered, Broken, Healed
Maggie HartleyA new challenge faces foster carer Maggie Hartley: this time it's not a child that's at risk, it's her mother. Can Maggie help Hailey to escape her abusive husband, and reunite her...
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The Easy Way to Quit Cannabis
Allen CarrDo you feel trapped by your addiction to cannabis? Is your motivation and lust for life being sapped by an obsession with your next joint? If so, then this book is for you. Allen C...
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Allen Carr Get Out of Debt Now
Allen CarrAllen Carr's Get Out of Debt Now applies Allen Carr's Easyway method to the problem of debt and the addiction to spending. It starts by addressing the various psychological attitud...
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Restless Bible Study Guide
Jennie AllenDo you feel like you're just waiting to find your purpose? Do you want to live like you were made for more?Many of us feel restless, and that might not be a bad thing. . . When our...
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Sold To Be A Wife
Maggie HartleyFourteenyearold Shazia has been taken into care after a conversation at school leads her teacher to suspect that the teenager's family are planning to send her to Pakistan for an a...
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Get Out of Your Head
Jennie AllenNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! You can choose hope in the midst of chaos. The visionary behind the millionstrong IF:Gathering challenges you to exercise y...
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A Desperate Cry for Help
Maggie HartleyTwelveyearold Meg arrives at Maggie's after a fire destroys the children's home she's been living in. Terrified and having lost most of her possessions, Maggie must work hard to ma...
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The Easy Way to Control Alcohol
Allen CarrREAD ALLEN CARR'S EASY WAY TO CONTROL ALCOHOL AND BECOME A HAPPY NONDRINKER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Allen Carr established himself as the world's greatest authority on...
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Denied a Mummy
Maggie Hartley & Penny McDonaldWhen Maggie's latest placement arrives on her doorstep, it is clear that Sean, Dougie and their big sister Mary have been through unspeakable traumas in their short lives. Violent ...
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Too Young to be a Mum
Maggie HartleyWhen sixteenyearold Jess arrives on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep with her newborn son Jimmy, she has nowhere else to go. Arriving straight from the hospital having just g...
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The Sober Girl Society Handbook
Millie GoochUPDATED WITH A BRAND NEW CHAPTER ON SOBER CURIOSITYVoted an Independent best selfcare book for 2021Voted one of Heat's best selfhelp books to help you reach your full potentialIf y...
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The Easy Way to Quit Sugar
Allen CarrREAD THE EASY WAY TO QUIT SUGAR AND BE THE WEIGHT YOU WANT TO BE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.People are now so hooked on sugar that it's become the number one threat to hea...
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Quit Smoking Boot Camp
Allen CarrShort of time? Or have you stopped smoking and found it difficult or even impossible to stay stopped? If your answer to these questions is yes, then this is the book for you (even ...
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Sunshine Warm Sober
Catherine GrayThe longawaited sequel to THE UNEXPECTED JOY OF BEING SOBER the Sunday Times bestseller 'Exquisite' Fearne Cotton, Happy Place'A paean to the longerterm pleasures of staying boo...
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A Family For Christmas
Maggie HartleyWhen foster carer Maggie Hartley meets Sean and Sheila, they're facing every parent's worst nightmare. A splitsecond decision to leave toddler Edward alone for a few short minutes ...
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Flying with Confidence
Steve Allright & Patricia Furness-SmithDoes the thought of flying fill you with dread? Do panic attacks leave you feeling scared and vulnerable?If so, this book could change your life. Written by top flying experts fro...
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Exploited
Maggie Hartley'He said he loved me.'Fourteenyearold Hannah comes to live with foster carer Maggie Hartley after her mum pleads with Social Services to take her into care, unable to cope with her...
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Stop Smoking With Allen Carr
Allen CarrAllen Carr (19342006) was a chainsmoker for over 30 years. In 1983, after countless failed attempts to quit, he went from 100 cigarettes a day to zero without suffering withdrawal ...
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The Little Ghost Girl
Maggie HartleyRuth was a ghost of a girl when she arrived into foster mother Maggie Hartley's care. Pale, frail and withdrawn, it was clear to Maggie that Ruth had seen and experienced things ...
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Good Sugar Bad Sugar
Allen CarrREAD GOOD SUGAR BAD SUGAR AND BE THE WEIGHT YOU WANT TO BE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Good Sugar Bad Sugar tackles the biggest dietary threat to the modern world: Th...
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The Easy Way to Stop Smoking
Allen Carr'If you follow my instructions you will be a happy nonsmoker for the rest of your life.' That's a strong claim from Allen Carr, but as the world's leading quit smoking expert, All...
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The Easy Way to Enjoy Flying
Allen CarrRead this book and flying will become a happy, stressfree experience for life. Packed with tips to help you on your next flight, Allen Carr, author of the world’s bestselling guide...