{"id":147086,"date":"2016-05-31T14:02:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T13:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/articles\/vincents-journey\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T17:08:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T17:08:00","slug":"vincents-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/vincents-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"I absolutely hated being an addict to nicotine. My entire day would revolve around my next cigarette."},"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\/09145007\/paul.baker_1-200x200.jpeg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/09145007\/paul.baker_1-50x50.jpeg 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/09145007\/paul.baker_1-100x100.jpeg 768w,\n             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My entire day would revolve around my next cigarette.<\/h1>\n\n                \n                                \n                \n                                                            <div class=\"article__image\">\n                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16003146\/vincent-l-1-e1465222065134.jpg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16003146\/vincent-l-1-e1465222065134-220x158.jpg 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16003146\/vincent-l-1-e1465222065134-440x315.jpg 768w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16003146\/vincent-l-1-e1465222065134.jpg 1440w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16003146\/vincent-l-1-e1465222065134.jpg 2000w\"\n             alt=\"\"\n               \/>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                <div class=\"u-show-mobile article-social-bar\">\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Share this article<\/span>\n                    <ul class=\"social-list\">\n            <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/vincents-journey\/\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;\"\n               rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-facebook-fill.svg\" alt=\"Share to Facebook\"\/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/vincents-journey\/&#038;text=I absolutely hated being an addict to nicotine. My entire day would revolve around my next cigarette.\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;\"\n               rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-twitter-fill.svg\" alt=\"Share to Twitter\"\/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        \n        \n    <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n        <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n            href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/vincents-journey\/\"\n            data-behaviour=\"copy-link\" title=\"Click to copy\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-sharelink-fill.svg\" alt=\"Copy link to clipboard\"\/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>                <\/div>\n\n                \n                \n                \n                \n\n<p><p>For twenty-two years, I was a two and a half pack a day heavy chain-smoker of cigarettes and an addict to nicotine. Simply put, my past life as a smoker was horrible. For those twenty-two years I poisoned my body every morning, every evening and everyday. It was guaranteed that I would have influenza at least three times a year. I always felt anxious, I always felt irritable, I always smelled horrible and I had a cough for each three hundred and sixty five days a year. It was not uncommon for me to arise from a perfectly peaceful, sound sleep to put nicotine into my body. I was an addict through and through. I had tried quitting for twelve of those twenty-two years and was unsuccessful. Even though I knew I was continuing to torture my body and knew that I was taking years off my life, I couldn\u2019t free myself.<\/p>\n<p>Coming across Allen Carr\u2019s The Easyway to Quit Smoking was a pivotal point in my life. It was so profound and so delightful that I never had an urge and I never put on a pound, upon reading the book I knew that I was finished with smoking cigarettes and I was finished being a slave to nicotine. One of my biggest inspirations to quit was my emotional state of mind. I absolutely hated being addicted to nicotine. My entire day would revolve around my next cigarette. It was a truly enslaving and horrible existence and I needed\u2026I wanted to change the course of my family\u2019s history health-wise. I have watched loved ones around me die because of this disease that is addiction and I did not want that horrible life for my children. Since quitting, my purpose as a father is not only to keep my children safe and inspired but to teach them never to smoke even a single cigarette in their life.<\/p>\n<p>I want to share my experience and spread the word peacefully. I want all people, young, middle-aged and old to know how important it is to shake this vice. I was a serial quitter but upon reading this book, I never again had an urge to spend one red hard-earned cent on the poison that is nicotine. I want to get the Allen Carr Easyway publication into the hands of every person that I love and every stranger on the street\u2019s hands so they too can be free, healthy and alive.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent has been an #EasywayNonSmoker for 3 years.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button red hvr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/easyway-stop-smoking\/\">Read more about How to Quit Smoking<\/a><\/p><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                                                                            <div class=\"article-preview article-preview--standard_altern u-hover-state\">\n    <div class=\"article-preview__columns 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