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The Tao Of Quitting Smoking

Joseph P. Weaver

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great Book! 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I read this book after trying to quit smoking several times. I have tried hypnosis, other quit smoking books, the patch, the pill and even seminars. I have finished reading the book one week ago. I can truly say that I will never smoke again. Why? Especially because it has been only a week. Well, I just know I will NEVER go back to smoking. The book helped me go inward and build the strenght I needed, so I can say. Smoking is a dead subject for me.

After reading this book, I woke up. The book have me the self control to say NO. The book has a lot of assignment and it takes about 10 days to read this book. You can't read the book in a couple of days. The worse part was when the book instructed the reader to switch brands of cigarettes. The book really helped me go inward and realize that I have the power. It also helped me to HATE tobacco. I highly recommend this book for any smoker, who is still smoking and thinking about quitting.

Editorial Review:

In this book, I will give you all the tools necessary for you to become a nonsmoker for the rest of your life. Not only will this book help you end your addiction to nicotine without gaining weight, but it will also help you discover how to regain control of your life.

Most fail when attempting to quit smoking because they forget about dealing with the whole. Addiction is not only physical but also psychological. The book is structured unlike any other on the market. The Tao of Quitting Smoking is a spiritual approach to overcoming addiction that is accessible to people of all backgrounds.

This is not just another "quit smoking" book--it is about self-discovery, the key element to freeing yourself of the fear of failing one more time. With self-awareness and the knowledge presented in this book, you will have all the elements you need to take control of your actions and say goodbye to tobacco products forever.

Substance Abuse Prevention Activities for Secondary Students: Ready-To-Use Lessons, Fact Sheets and Resources for Grades 7-12

Patricia J. Gerne, Timothy A. Gerne

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Twenty One Days To Stop Smoking

Dee Burton

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Excellent! 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful.

This book is motivating, inspiring, and supportive. After smoking heavily for over twenty years, I managed to quit simply with this one book. It has been four years now without cigarettes, and I occasionally refer back to it for its uplifting thoughts and ideas and am able to apply them to other problem areas. I recommend it highly to anyone who is serious about wanting to quit smoking.

Perfect Companion for the Fight to Quit 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

This book was given to me by a friend of mine when I decided to quit smoking. It helped me to get through the first 21 days informed, and better yet, prepared. Quitting smoking was one of the most difficult things I've done, but I credit this book with getting me over the hurdle. It's been 7 years now and I recommend this book to anyone I hear is trying to quit (and can get their hands on it)!

This Book Really Works 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

15 years ago I read this book and I haven't smoked since.

The very interesting thing about this book, for me, was that I only bought it because I was looking for something to read while I ate lunch one day, and the only place close to the restaurant was a grocery store. It was this book or a romance novel, and I chose this book.

I had quit smoking before for a year or less. I didn't quit for good before reading this book. I had been smoking for at least 3 years continually, since my prior quit phase. I was completely unrepentent, and had no intention of quitting.

I smoked cigarettes while I was reading the book. Then, when I finished it, I quit smoking, for 15 years now! I don't ever want to start again, and can't believe I ever did smoke.

After I quit for the initial three days, then the initial three weeks, I made note of having quit for 3 months, and then 3 years. I'm looking forward to the 3 decade mark, now!

Editorial Review:

This revolutionary new anti-smoking program will show smokers how to conquer smoking addiction in a proven day-by-day technique that gets them through that critical period--the first three weeks. Reissue.

Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change - The Provider's Guide

Kenneth W. Wanberg, Harvey B. Milkman

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During the past decade the most significant advances in treating both individuals with criminal involvement and drug abuse problems as separate populations have been in the field of cognitive behavioral psychology. Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment presents effective cognitive-behavioral treatment approaches for changing the behaviors of individuals who have both problems of substance abuse and criminal behavior. The book unveils a state-of-the-art approach for effectively preventing criminal recidivism and substance abuse relapse within community based and correctional settings. Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment provides operational guidelines for a 9 to 12 month curriculum, specifically designed for substance abusing offenders. Rationale, objectives, content, and presentation sequence have been developed for three phases of treatment delivery: challenge to change, commitment to change, and ownership of change. Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment is ideal for substance abuse counselors, probation officers, parole and corrections counselors, psychologists, social workers, judges, district attorneys, mental health professionals, treatment center staff, corrections staff, domestic violence and sexual assault treatment specialists, and health care professionals.

Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine

Stephen R. Braun

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Entertaining and informative (and a fast read) 4 out of 5 stars.
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Science journalist Stephen Braun explores the science and lore of alcohol and caffeine in this slim but informative little volume. Recent progress in understanding brain chemistry has given scientists a different perspective on the workings of these two of mankind's oldest chemical friends.
Alcohol is a small molecule which is soluble in both fat and water and consequently its physiological effects are manifold. Rather than the simple depressant it was once presumed to be, it is in fact a "pharmacy in a bottle" which can mimic cocaine, amphetamines, opium and valium. Given that the brain contains 40 or so neurotransmitters, it is fair to say that the full effects of alcohol are still far from being understood; broadly, however, it can reduce anxiety and stimulate the reward centres of the brain. Its effects on sexual desire and sleep are contradictory. It raises desire, yet in large quantities impedes performance. The stimulating effect is in part psychological: research volunteers who believed they had consumed alcohol but hadn't, became more aroused than those who had but thought they hadn't. It promotes sleepiness, yet worsens the quality of sleep and interferes with the sleep cycle. The effects vary with gender. In one survey 68% of women, but only 45% of men, replied that alcohol enhances sex. The oft-observed fact of women becoming intoxicated faster then men on a given dose is apparently due not to differences in blood volume (otherwise why would small men not also become drunk faster?) but rather to a difference in the effectiveness of alcohol dehydrogenase (an enzyme which can exist in 17 different varieties in the same person), a difference which fades with age. The other major effect of alcohol is that in moderate quantities it appears to reduce the risk of heart disease, a benefit which is lost, but accompanied by many detriments to health, with increasing consumption.
The genetics of sensitivity to alcohol are also fascinating. Alcoholism in humans appears to be environmental in origin, although it does have a weak genetic component. In mice, the story really gets interesting. Certain physiological responses to alcohol can be bred into or out of mice. Members of one strain sleep for a long time after consuming alcohol, but others sleep only briefly. Or the metabolism of one strain speeds up following a drink, but that of another slows down. Such differences also exist in people: some actually become drowsy on small doses, but more alert on larger ones, the opposite of the majority response. The key point is that the effects of alcohol are complicated and occasion a great diversity of responses. For an individual the only way to fully gauge the effects is by (hopefully judicious) experimentation.
Caffeine, metabolically speaking, is another kettle of fish. Although it also has a wide range of effects it specifically targets receptors of the neurotransmitter adenosine (also, incidentally, affected by alcohol). Thus the average dose is much smaller: a regular cup of coffee contains about 100 milligrams, versus 14,200 of alcohol in a standard drink. Like most psychoactive substances, caffeine is a plant product (found in over 100 plant species), and may well have evolved as a natural pesticide designed to disrupt the neurological function of its predators. Of special interest to smokers is that smoking causes caffeine to be metabolized faster than normal, an effect which stops when smoking does. Thus, without having changed his caffeine consumption, the newly resolved non-smoker will find himself with about twice as much caffeine in the bloodstream as usual. Adding being wired to nicotine withdrawal is probably unpleasant for most, so the implication is that smokers should cut coffee consumption before kicking the weed. The effects of coffee as a stimulant are indirect and due to interference with a natural feedback system whereby the more neurons fire the more adenosine they produce, which inhibits firing. Caffeine binds to adenosine receptors, thereby blocking adenosine, but without producing this inhibition. The effect is like putting a block of wood under the brake pedal of a car. The effects on mental acuity are unclear. Caffeine users may feel sharper and smarter, but their measurable performance is not greatly improved. On the other hand caffeine may affect more complex mental processes than those tested, or perhaps it is simply the sensation of intellectual enthusiasm which makes the difference to the work of creative masters, such as Bach and Balzac, who were mighty coffee drinkers and swore by its powers.
By regulating the amount of neurochemical receptors available the body can acquire tolerance to drugs. In the case of heroin, habituated users may consume 10,000 times as much as novices, far beyond the range of tolerance shown by consumers of coffee or booze. Yet caffeine users also develop a tolerance; to the point that caffeine may actually produce little noticeable effect in those used to it. This suggests that people keep drinking primarily to avoid withdrawal. It also offers a possible explanation of why many postoperative surgical patients suffer from headaches: it's not the anaesthetic, but simply that they've been without a cup of coffee for a full day before recovery.
Americans are drinking perhaps a little less coffee than they used to. But caffeine intake is propped up by soft drinks, about 80% of which are caffeinated, with caffeine which, naturally enough, is extracted and sold by the purveyors of decaf coffee. There is also a lot of caffeine in both prescription and over-the-counter medications, which are also consumed in large quantities.
"Buzz" is well-written in an easy and pleasing style. Given the imposing scope of its subject matter, however, it is necessarily somewhat limited. It would certainly be interesting to read more in greater depth, especially with regard to the neurobiochemistry. A discussion of the negative social consequences of alcohol, which is deeply implicated in suicide, homicide and other violence might also have merited a few pages. Overall, however, this is an enjoyable and informative read.

Editorial Review:

In an endlessly entertaining and informative collection of coffee and booze trivia, history and anecdotes, award-winning scientist Stephen Braun traces how these substances move through our bodies--and why so many people can't get through the day without one or both.

How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good

Gillian Riley

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

A new edition of the bestselling programme to stop smoking and stay stopped for good, published to tie-in with the complete smoking ban planned for 2007 Everyone knows how bad smoking is for them: about half of all regular cigarette smokers will be killed by their habit, but they just can't seem to give up. If you're really serious about giving up smoking then this is the book that will not only help you to stop, but to stay stopped for good. Gillian Riley's techniques allow you to understand your addiction, take control and break your habit. There is a step-by-step giving up programme that is easy to follow and really works. Even in stressful situations, or when boredom sets in, you'll soon realise that even though the freedom and opportunity to smoke is there you have chosen not to. How to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good will even help you to give up smoking without gaining weight. # Previous editions have sold over 47,000 copies # 13 million people currently smoke in the UK and about 70 per cent want to give up # Published to tie-in with the complete smoking ban coming into force in England from 1 July 2007 # This is the only book to fully address the issue of weight gain while giving up smoking # How To Stop Smoking And Stay Stopped For Good is widely used in the NHS smoking cessation services, with the text and techniques proving more popular with smokers than any other book on the market

The Easy Way to Start Smoking: A Step-by-Step Guide to Smoking Twenty Cigarettes a Day-and Loads More in the Evening

George Cockerill, David Owen

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Quitting through Dry Humor 5 out of 5 stars.
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Well I'm 9-months a non-smoker and this book was one of several that was of tremendous help to me. As a 2 pack smoker, I never laughed so hard at the absurdity of my habit. This book was gentle to my ego sharing hard cold facts. I highly recommend this book even if you're not ready to quit. What was helpful to me was all the non-smoking material I read while still a smoker. The teaching made my transition of D-Day a little more tolerable. You will laugh a lot at the reality of a not-so-good habit. Whether you quit now or tomorrow, this book is a profound & educational read. A one-of-a-kind book using humor as the road to healthy living.

Editorial Review:

Aimed directly at everyone who is sick of self-help books and fancy diets, The Easy Way to Start Smoking is a refreshing and caustically funny read. With Thurberian wit and the peculiar satire of The Simpsons, George Cockerill and David Owen urge their readers to start smoking, encourage them when they feel like giving up, and promise great joy at the end of the three-pack-a-day road. They teach postures for smoking and eighteen different ways to offer a cigarette to a fellow smoker. For those amateur smokers who keep forgetting to light up, they instill discipline and responsibility through an elaborate system of jolting alarms. The Easy Way to Start Smoking will charm anyone who has ever wondered if smoking will make them cooler (it will) or provide more opportunities to dip out of work for some sunshine (certainly) or what it would be like to be ruled by the desire to stick a cigarette in their mouth every ten minutes.

The Last Puff: Ex-Smokers Share the Secrets of Their Success

John W. Farquhar, Gene A. Spiller

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Excellent advice, all stories smokers can relate to. 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 11 people found this review helpful.

Great book! To me quitting smoking was a very lonley feeling, especially since after I quit it seemed like everywhere I looked or everyone I knew was smoking. Most books tell you how to prepare to quit, This book helps you for after the quitting and plus! Most of the stories are about how they started, all the failures and how they finally quit but everyone can relate to the addiction thing! Buy this book!

Made the Last Puff a reality 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

Simply put, this book and its disarmingly straightforward approach to quitter support gave me the final incentive and push to beat smoking. As I read this book, I found my resolve and courage rising until I was able to make that final decision to quit smoking... and then move on with my life. There is no proselytizing, no scary statistics, or dire predictions of painful death, but hope and encouragement from those who have been in the trenches beside you... as you struggle to take that Last Puff.

Editorial Review:

Unlike usual stop-smoking manuals, this collection of interviews with more than 30 former smokers has something for everyone. "The stories can be a source of inspiration, hope, and helpful hints for smokers who have, like the storytellers, made repeated failed attempts to quit".--Jane Brody, New York Times.

The Illustrated Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking: The Liberating Guide to a Smoke-free Future

Allen Carr, Bev Aisbett

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Highs! Over 150 Ways to Feel Really, Really Good....Without Alcohol or Other Drugs

Alex J. Packer

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Where Was This Book When I Was A Teen? 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Alex Packer has written a funny, educational, and comprehensive book on alternatives to getting high with alcohol or other drugs. The book includes examples of alternative highs from teenagers along with humorous illustrations and up-to-date links to websites. I hadn't realized how many non-chemical alternatives there were to getting high. I can't wait to pass this book on to my teenage nephew. I only wish such a book had been available when I was his age!

An Excellent Read! 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I highly recomend this book to readers of all ages. Not only is it one of the funniest books i have ever read, it also contains many good methods to sleep better, relax, and most importantly, have fun. The book is true to its title, there are many safe and healthy ways to get a rush of adrenaline, or, just the opposite. There are several full chapters and several partial chapers dedicated to learning how to reduce stress, which is definitly something that most of us need. Another feature of this book is that it tricks kids into learning new things and encouraging a good life style without the feeling of a textbook. I would highly recomend this book to anyone looking for a good, educational, fun, and most of all, entertaining read.

Editorial Review:

Safe, creative, natural ways to relieve stress, see the world a little differently, get a rush, and feel really, really good. A wise, witty, often hilarious guide.