Lee Mack talks about Allen Carr’s Easyway
The Mirror reports that The 1% Club’s host quit drinking with life-changing method
According to The Mirror, alcohol played a significant role in Lee Mack’s life during his early years as a Pontins Blue Coat.
The newspaper quotes a 2020 episode of The Graham Norton Show, on which Lee remembered using alcohol as a confidence booster while attempting stand-up comedy for the first time.
Thinking about alcohol differently
The Mirror reports that Lee eventually reconsidered his relationship with alcohol, deciding to cut it out altogether in 2017.
He revealed on the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Buddha podcast that he was inspired by a self-help book by author Allen Carr, “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.”
After reading it, he realised Carr had also released a book to help people quit alcohol too and having read that he found it shifted his mindset from controlling the urge to drink to simply not wanting to drink anymore.
He theorised that the association with pleasure attributed to alcohol wasn’t from the alcohol itself but from the circumstances surrounding its consumption.
Credit to Allen Carr’s Easyway
Lee says the book taught him that quitting alcohol was not about giving something up but about no longer desiring it and credits Allen Carr’s Easyway method with playing a significant role in his decision to quit drinking entirely.
A host of celebrities endorse Allen Carr’s Easyway
Musician, singer, songwriter, and artist Chrissie Hynde speaks highly of the method, “My advice would be, read Allen Carr – not the comedian, the author of books on the way to quit addiction – he’s a hero of mine”.
Comedian, Matt Lucas says, “I smoked for 10 years, 20 a day. I thought ‘it will probably kill me’. But Allen Carr’s Easyway truly changed my life”.
Actor, Jonah Hill said, “Quitting smoking is the hardest s*** ever. I’m finally quitting for good”.
Singer, Michael Ball wrote, “I went to an Allen Carr session and stopped that day. … I have never looked back. Not so much as a crafty puff”
Comedian, Michael McIntyre wrote, “I would recommend it to anybody..in fact I’ve recommended it many times”.
Further reading
- Read the story about Lee Mack quitting with Allen Carr’s Easyway in The Mirror
- See the full list of celebrities who have quit with Allen Carr’s Easyway
- See what addictions and issues Allen Carr’s Easyway can help you with
