| All too many people begin smoking at a very young | | | | aware of its ability to bring information to thousands |
| age only to come to regret having picked up the habit | | | | and indeed millions of people. He compared that to |
| later on in life. The standard thinking is that quitting | | | | how few people Rick S. could help working |
| smoking is one of the hardest things a person could | | | | one-on-one in his clinic and insisted, almost demanded, |
| ever do. Nicotine addiction is usually blamed for this. | | | | that Rick develop a program that could be distributed |
| Now, a stop smoking program called Quit Smoking | | | | online that would give people the same experience as |
| Right Now claims that people can learn how to quit | | | | if they met with Rick in his office. |
| smoking for life in less than three hours. | | | | It took almost 2 years, but the result is the Quit |
| Not only that, the program claims that people can stop | | | | Smoking Right Now program. |
| smoking without gaining weight or suffering a single | | | | In many ways, the program shocked me. It challenges |
| major craving and also without using drugs, pills, | | | | much of what we think we know about the smoking |
| patches or expensive herbal supplements. | | | | habit and why most people fail when they tried to quit. |
| I have to say that when I first heard these claims, I | | | | However, if you keep an open mind (as they say in |
| thought it sounded too good to be true. And you know | | | | the program "the mind is like a parachute - it works |
| the old saying "if it sounds too good to be true, it is." | | | | best when it's open.") you'll come to see that their |
| Still, I was intrigued and decided to get the program to | | | | arguments make perfect sense. |
| see what it's all about. This Quit Smoking Right Now | | | | I won't go into details of how the program works in this |
| review tells you what I found. | | | | short review for fear of creating misleading |
| Quit Smoking Right Now came into being when a | | | | impressions. The bottom line is that this is an excellent |
| noted Internet entrepreneur, Rick Beneteau, met with | | | | program and one that I believe will work for anyone |
| therapist Rick Saruna. Rick S's undergraduate training | | | | who follows it. |
| was in business and psychology. He's been an ongoing | | | | One disclaimer is that I didn't use it myself to stop |
| student of psychology and human potential, with | | | | smoking - I've been smoke-free for many years now |
| certifications and training in a laundry list of personal | | | | and fortunately didn't need it. |
| development methods, including NLP, the Emotional | | | | However, I well remember what I went through when I |
| Freedom Technique, Reiki, energy psychology, timeline | | | | tried to quit (several times) before I was finally |
| therapy, the Silva Method and still others. | | | | successful. After going through this program and doing |
| I have to say I was impressed by his credentials. | | | | all the exercises I realized that the reason I was |
| Combining multiple aspects of all these techniques, Rick | | | | eventually successful was not because of the nicotine |
| developed a stop smoking program that claims a 90% | | | | patch and the other things I was doing but rather |
| success rate. His main practice was a clinic in Windsor, | | | | because I'd accidentally stumbled upon some of the |
| Ontario and that's where Rick Beneteau met him. | | | | behaviors this program teaches. It was like a light bulb |
| Rick B. was actually there for other reasons when he | | | | turned on - if I'd had this program then it would have |
| learned that Rick had a smoking cessation program. | | | | been so much easier. |
| Rick B. had a 39 year history of smoking and had | | | | This program gives a little background and then |
| failed at trying to quit several times. He was skeptical | | | | teaches the how. There's no fluff. In fact, if I have a |
| about the 90% success rate and said something about | | | | criticism it's that I would've appreciated more details |
| being in the 10% - a weak minded, incurable addict. | | | | about the psychology behind the various techniques |
| Rick S's response was that that wasn't the case at all. | | | | they use. Perhaps this is because I consider myself |
| The 10% who failed represented those who simply | | | | somewhat of a student of human potential and I'm |
| didn't follow the program. | | | | interested in that kind of thing. |
| The long and short of it is that Rick B. scheduled a | | | | By the way, even without a lot of psychological |
| three hour one-on-one session with Rick S. In that one | | | | background you'll be able to apply the techniques you |
| session he learned enough to allow them to become | | | | learn in this course to other aspects of your life. |
| smoke-free for good. Needless to say, both he and his | | | | But for someone who just wants a program to help |
| family were thrilled ( his oldest daughter is a registered | | | | them get free of cigarettes quickly and easily without |
| nurse who had urged him to quit for years. | | | | a lot of extraneous information Quit Smoking Right |
| Rick B.'s specialty was the Internet. He was well | | | | Now fulfills its promises. |