{"id":146954,"date":"2017-11-29T08:04:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T08:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/articles\/stop-smoking-comedian\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:06:35","slug":"stop-smoking-comedian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/stop-smoking-comedian\/","title":{"rendered":"I meant to buy a comedy show ticket but ended up quitting smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section  class=\"container container--large article-container\">\n            <div class=\"article \">\n            <div class=\"article__sidebar\">\n                <div class=\"sidebar-inner-section author\">\n                    <div class=\"author__avatar\">\n                                                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/16103712\/author-john-dicey-200x200.jpeg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/16103712\/author-john-dicey-50x50.jpeg 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/16103712\/author-john-dicey-100x100.jpeg 768w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/16103712\/author-john-dicey-200x200.jpeg 1440w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/16103712\/author-john-dicey.jpeg 2000w\"\n             alt=\"\"\n               \/>                                            <\/div>\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Written By<\/span>\n                    <a class=\"u-text-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/authors\/john-dicey\/\" title=\"John Dicey Bio\">\n                        <h5 class=\"author__author\">John Dicey<\/h5>\n                    <\/a>\n                                                                <h6 class=\"author__title sidebar-content\">Former Global Chief Executive Officer &#038; 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There\u2019s the goofy-looking comedian, Alan Carr, that people seem to either love or hate (I love him) and then there\u2019s <strong>THE<\/strong> Allen Carr (as I call him these days) the quit smoking dude.<\/p><p>This is kind of embarrassing, but I purchased the Allen Carr\u2019s Easyway to Quit Smoking Program online mistakenly believing that it was a comedy show by the stand-up comedian.<\/p><p>Having realised my mistake, that I\u2019d actually purchased an actual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/easyway-stop-smoking\/#choose\">quit smoking program<\/a>, I thought \u201cHey \u2013 I might as well get my money\u2019s worth and see what it&#8217;s about\u201d. After that, I never smoked or used any nicotine product again. The program cured me of my 21-year addiction\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"larger_text\">It\u2019s amazing how many people quit smoking with Allen Carr without really wanting to.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Dicey, Global CEO &amp; Senior Facilitator, Allen Carr\u2019s Easyway comments<\/em> \u201cActually it\u2019s not as surprising as you might think \u2013 as deep down inside most smokers do really want to quit \u2013 regardless of whether they are comfortable admitting it. When I was an 80-a-day smoker I used to push such thoughts to the back of my mind and would never answer and enquirer honestly.<\/p><p>In a similar vein \u2013 when I attended an Allen Carr Quit Smoking Seminar in London nearly 20 years ago I was asked how many cigarettes I smoked each day \u201cAbout 20-a-day \u2013 give or take\u201d was my thoroughly deceitful reply.<\/p><p>That said I\u2019ve lost count of the number of times I\u2019ve personally come into contact with happy non-smokers who quit with the method quite unintentionally. I recall the national magazine editor who, openly admitted in the feature he wrote about his visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/location\/london-head-office\/\">Allen Carr\u2019s London Center<\/a>, that he\u2019d come along pretty much with the intention of dismissing the method out of hand\u2026he was so frank and honest in his feature it was really refreshing\u2026it made the fact that he quit smoking easily even more compelling for the readers &#8211; hundreds of whom followed in his footsteps and visited the center.<\/p><p>Our centres have been at the forefront of nicotine addiction for over 30 years, with the method having cured an estimated 30 million people worldwide. It\u2019s so great that we now have an online video program that people can watch from the comfort of their own homes or offices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"larger_text\">Amazing offer for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/easyway-stop-smoking\/on-demand-online-video\/\">video-on-demand quit smoking program<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s with great pleasure that we can provide <strong>HALF PRICE<\/strong> access to our ground-breaking program that tackles smoking, and in fact, all nicotine addiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"larger_text\">You don\u2019t have to watch it all in one day<\/p>\n<p><em>John explains<\/em> \u201cIdeally we\u2019d prefer you to watch the program in one or maybe two sittings \u2013 but by all means take your time. You have access to it for 15 days, so you can take your time if you prefer. The great thing about the program is that we encourage smokers to carry on smoking while they take part in it \u2013 that was music to my ears when I was a chain-smoker. I was told \u201cCarry on smoking until you\u2019re ready\u201d. I didn\u2019t think I would be ready by the end\u2026and no-one was more surprised than I was, that I was FREE!\u201d<\/p><p><a class=\"button blue hvr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alancarr.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read about Alan Carr \u2013 the comedian<\/a><\/p><br><em><strong>From the desk of John Dicey, Worldwide CEO &amp; Senior Facilitator, Allen Carr\u2019s Easyway\n<\/strong><\/em><br><br><em><strong><strong>#QuitSmoking #StopSmoking #BeAddictionFree #AllenCarr #QuitVaping #StopVaping <\/strong><\/strong><\/em><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"related-articles u-background-white article-related-articles\">\n                \n                            \n                \n        <h3 class=\"related-articles__title u-text-center\">\n            Up next&#8230;\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <div class=\"container related-articles__container\">\n                                                              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