Hand to Mouth

4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now

Non-Fiction - Self Help
180 Pages
Reviewed on 06/08/2015
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Reviewed by Bil Howard for Readers' Favorite

One of the most difficult addictions to break, smoking has caused fits for nearly everyone who ever tried to quit. Brad Lamm has put together a solid method for quitting in Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now. This practical guide, like reforming all addictive behaviors, begins with a commitment and a decision. However, Lamm's method goes beyond that in the first step and helps explain some of the reasons that your body fools you into thinking that you need to give in to the craving. Understanding the detox process and what is going on helps the person trying to quit to make it through one more craving and continue to stay committed. By continuing the physical action of raising your hand to your mouth, but replacing the cigarette with other, more positive affirmations, it begins to take away the power of the nicotine craving. By writing out one's commitment, it is easier to stay focused and to fight the cravings. Finally, by paying it forward, the smoker is able to quit for good and never go back. Four steps in four weeks will lead the smoker through the process on a daily basis and help to reinforce the commitment and decision to quit and stay that way.

Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now is an extraordinary method for undoing a habit that holds numerous health, social and psychological risks. Brad Lamm speaks from experience as well as from a research standpoint. Though I have never been a smoker, I do hold a master's degree in psychology and can attest that this is a sound and practical method for breaking an addiction and especially smoking. Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now is the last method that you'll use to quit smoking, because you won't need another one.

Roy T. James

Hand to Mouth - 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now By Brad Lamm is a guide to help you stop smoking and breathe in new ways through four steps. Brad focuses on providing subtle assistance for getting rid of this habit for good. His take on channeling our emotions, even the ones universally acknowledged as negative, to further our aims and desires makes interesting reading. For example: anger, when denied, can lead to outbursts whereas when embraced can result in greater motivation or more energetic action. Also, the set of questions and exercises at the end of each section (each day) can give one time and opportunity to reflect, especially on issues like how well one has absorbed these suggestions, and how one is coping with them.

Hand to Mouth - 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now By Brad Lamm is a book of practical suggestions. Having had the experience of quitting smoking more than once in my life, I can say with confidence that Brad’s approach is well thought out and result oriented. By letting the smokers take part in fulfilling sessions, the author in fact is assuring their involvement, an essential prerequisite for success anywhere. The author has also considered a very (if not the most!) difficult part of stopping smoking; the feeling of “I can’t continue with this…” while offering a cure. This is a simple book for smokers for whom every unique idea to make quitting smoking easy should be welcome.

Dr. Oliva Dsouza

Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now is a highly effective book by Brad Lamm. Smoking is a habit that many have tried and failed to give up. The book is like a guide that helps you through your journey to becoming a non smoker. The first important step is to set a quit date and gradually work towards it by preparing yourself mentally, emotionally and physically. The next step is the detox step and the "hand to mouth" activity that helps to overcome the urge to smoke. One is encouraged to drum up support from one's "hive", in other words, people closest to you who really want to see you quit smoking and who are willing to be the support structure that bolsters you when you think you might falter. Finally, it is important to deal with your emotions and core beliefs. When you start thinking differently and in a positive manner, all things fall into place and you will end up being a winner.

Brad Lamm has managed to create a very doable procedure to quit smoking. He has broken down the process into four steps that are smart and well defined. Each step encourages you to gradually move away from smoking without making it look like the easiest or the hardest thing to do in this world. The nuggets of facts and figures peppered in between the chapters help you realize that the process of transformation is really worth it. The best part: the book also serves as a journal to document your transformation from a smoker to a successful non smoker who is willing to pay it forward.

Jack Magnus

Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now is a non-fiction self-help book written by Brad Lamm. The author was a smoker for many years and successfully quit his addiction. He's the founder of the Breath Life Healing Center and has helped other smokers kick their habits at the center. Hand to Mouth is a step-by-step guide to quitting smoking that begins the process days before you take that last puff. Lamm discusses the types of NRT that are available and recommends strategies for using these essential detox aids. He gives the reader coping strategies for dealing with cravings and describes how the withdrawal process will affect him/her. Hand to Mouth is also a workbook and each chapter has activities and prompts to assist the reader in keeping a journal or diary of the journey from smoker to non-smoker.

Brad Lamm's non-fiction motivational book, Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now, is an impressive self-coaching guide for smokers who are considering quitting. The book's day-by-day style gives you the feeling that Lamm is actually there guiding you through that most challenging and rewarding quit. I marveled at his Hand to Mouth technique which addresses smoking behaviors and appreciated the author's conversational style. This author feels the pain as he's been through it as well. The questions, challenges and prompts that conclude each chapter are well thought-out and designed to assist in behavioral modification away from the culture of smoking to a healthier way of life. Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now is highly recommended.

Gisela Dixon

Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now by Brad Lamm is a wonderful new book on steps and ways to quit smoking and continue that way forever. Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now contains a detailed plan and step-by-step instructions on how to quit smoking in 7 days and then continue to stay away from it and avoid a relapse. In the 7 days leading up to Quit Day, one would get educated about what to expect and how to deal with the inevitable cravings that will crop up after the Quit Day. The book then reveals ways and means to stay on track after Quit Day, detoxify your body, and manage your cravings using simple tips and techniques. The book is accompanied by several worksheets and helpful question and answer note sheets that are interspersed throughout the book.

Hand to Mouth: 4 Steps in 4 Weeks to Quit Smoking Now by Brad Lamm is an excellent book for smokers who wish to quit smoking. The book contains actual exercises and techniques that anyone can master that will go a long way towards a healthy, nicotine-free lifestyle. The book is written in a simple, direct, conversational style and I got the impression that Brad Lamm genuinely cares deeply about the subject and truly wants to get help to smokers who need help with quitting their habit. Because of its practical approach and step-by-step guidance, I believe this book will truly help people to quit smoking. A must-read book!