It takes five consecutive days of video trainings that run approximately an hour each day. Some days, you may want to replay a session or two, so it is recommended you allow at least 1 ½ hours per day to view and replay some of the whole day’s video sections. Each day is broken up into smaller sections, so you can stop and start as needed.

That’s fine. It is not required that you avail yourself to the Follow-up. But as your complete recovery takes 90 days we believe stopping should be viewed as a three-month investment in yourself, not less. That will be your choice to make. You may commit to the Follow-up when you sign up for the course initially at a discounted rate or you may choose to sign up for the Follow-up upon completion of the five-day video course.

If you are like me, I think of myself as a “quick study” and do not find it necessary to take seemingly unnecessary time. But you will not help yourself by trying to cut corners in this way. In fact, you most likely will only make the process more challenging.

The CSFL course is designed for each day to build on the last, and you will need time in between each day’s training to apply the tools you will be given after each day’s training. When you attempt to accelerate the process, you cut off your own ability to integrate the tools into your behavior. So, give yourself the gift of the program as it is designed. You will be so glad you did!

Each day is critical to your success and each day is required for the process to work towards your success. If you miss a day, you may need to go back to the beginning to start the process again. Make sure you take each of the five days in consecutive order. It will become clear to you why this is recommended.

The course is not designed to share with others for several reasons.  Unlike many free programs this course is highly individualized, particularly because of the Follow-up.  Your friend will not be able to receive the Follow-up without having purchased the course from the beginning. That greatly decreases their chance of long-term success. 
         
Our research indicates that those who have the highest rate of success are those who make an investment in their own recovery that is meaningful.  When we make things free, we tend to take away that investment for others. 

If you blow it, stop the course where you are and let yourself alone.  Don’t beat yourself up.  Once you have unleashed the monster, you will be smoking!

After a few days of having returned to nicotine, you may want to review what happened.  Take some time to reflect on what took you back to smoking or vaping.  Did you isolate, were you holding on to negative feelings of deprivation, were you hungry, angry, lonely, or tired?  Did you substitute?  Did you think you were “cured” and could control your use after having been off nicotine for a while?  What was your living circumstance?  Did things change, were you bored?  Did you have a crisis? What knocked you off your course?  You may want to share with your special Facebook group about what happened and what you learn from what others have to say.  But stay in touch!  Don’t get lost in the “I’m going to stop again” group that never finds the time. 
         
When you are ready you may begin the process again from the beginning.  No shame!  We learn from our mistakes.

This is the closely held wish of every addicted ex-smoker or ex-vaper. Unfortunately, that is not the way addiction works. We are not capable of controlling our addictions. We have lost the ability to control our intake. We are powerless! We have lost the ability to choose to smoke or not to smoke from day to day. We will address this more in the training.

We will not be teaching you to get rid of your urges. You will learn that wanting to smoke or vape is part of the process of stopping so you will reframe the experience as evidence that you are succeeding at reaching your goal to stop for good. The urges to smoke or vape will go away permanently by embracing the embracing them as part of the process, not by running from them or fighting them. 

You will not gain weight, unless you smoke food! That is in fact what a lot of methods teach you. They teach you to substitute something in place of the cigarette or e-cigarette. But with the Choose a Smokefree Life method you won’t be replacing the use of nicotine with nicotine in another form or with other substances. Your dependency on cigarettes or e-cigarettes will not be transferred onto other activities or substances. We advocate that everything you normally eat or drink should stay the same while you are stopping smoking or vaping so that you do not deprive yourself of the lifestyle you enjoy.  

That won’t be necessary. Perhaps the difficulties you have had in the past in dealing with withdrawal were due to the approach you were encouraged to take. Conventional wisdom tells you to fight the discomfort and to run from it. But the Choose a Smokefree Life method will give you tools for dealing with your urges that will eliminate the struggle. This will be explored in depth during the training.   

No, this is not hypnosis. We do use guided imagery and certain relaxation techniques. But we don’t put you “under a spell” or magically take away your urges to smoke or vape.  

This approach is not religion based, nor is it affiliated with any spiritual practice. It is not necessary that you have any religious or spiritual beliefs to be successful with this approach. Having said that, many of our clients have experienced a “transformation of self” that can happen as the result of stepping outside of one’s old ideas about oneself. And if you are a believer in God, we can help you use your faith in very concrete ways to invoke the God of your understanding’s help. 

The sessions and classes are trainings, not therapy. The process is therapeutic, insofar as it helps you restore the quality of your life, but it is not therapy per se. We are not psychologists and therapists. We do not look for “underlying causes” to your smoking or vaping. When stopping smoking or vaping, we do not find it relevant why you want to smoke or vape; rather it is relevant that you want to smoke or vape. We teach you to deal with the urges when they happen as you go about your life. We teach and guide you how to stop and stay off for life.  

Most smokers never feel entirely ready to stop. You don’t need to totally make up your mind beforehand to be successful. In fact, the nature of addiction doesn’t allow for that to happen. At best, you probably feel deeply ambivalent about stopping: one part of you wants to stop, but the addicted side of you does not want to part with your “best friend”, and that is what cigarettes or e-cigarettes have become for you.  

It is entirely up to you. It is just the quality of your life that is at stake. We have designed this video course to make it convenient for you to stop within your busy schedule. Consider this: It took time to develop your addiction to nicotine, and you will need time and attention to stop. However, we want to reassure you that you will be able to stop while living the life you know. We will encourage you to continue your same routines and living habits, just as you would as a smoker or vaper (except that you won’t need to step outside to light up or take a hit anymore)!  

We will do our best to contact you across countries and time zones. Of course, we are only as effective at reaching you as you make yourself reachable. I can think of many instances where we provided support across countries over the years. It is cool to know you can make positive choices anywhere in the world! 

You can purchase it here. To help you commit to the Follow-up we provide a discount when you sign up for the training. You may choose the Basic Follow-Up Plan or the Premium Follow-Up Plan. You will be asked a variety of questions about your smoking or vaping behavior, how to reach you, the best time to reach you, and anything you feel is important for us to know about you.