Jerry Grinkmeyer

July 2007

"As I stepped from the undramatic lighting of the house onto the front porch I was greeted by a cheery blue sky and warm, welcoming sunshine. In my right hand I held a tattered thermal coffee mug from Einstein Brother’s bagel shop and in my left was a nearly empty soft pack of Marlboro Lights; by “nearly empty” I mean one. It was the last cigarette I would ever smoke."

So begins the description of my last cigarette. As I smoked (and cursed) it I was almost giddy with anticipation and delight. I'd spent over 30 years as a slave to cigarettes and my fear of the agonies of stopping smoking. But I knew that the nightmare was about to end and would never, ever return.

How is it possible that I could stop smoking easily, painlessly and joyously? After all, we all know how hard it is to quit smoking, right? Well, that's not necessarily true. I learned from Allen Carr, author of "The Easy Way To Stop Smoking", that quitting smoking could be a piece of cake with a new mindset.

I was so impressed with what Carr did for me that I created a smoking cessation course based on what I learned from him.