Product Description

After smoking and diet, Allen Carr addressed the surprisingly common fear of flying. With the aid of his characteristic humour and pragmatism, this book demonstrates that this fear can be easily, successfully and permanently overcome as people understand just how safe flying really is.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35363 in Books
• Published on: 2000-02-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

About the Author
Allen Carr was an accountant who smoked 100 cigarettes a day until he broke the habit and wrote a series of bestselling books, most famously The Easy Way to Stop Smoking. His immensely successful clinics help those with a range of concerns, including overweight, smoking and fear of flying. Allen Carr was diagnosed with lung cancer in the summer of 2006 and died in November of the same year. Many thought it likely that the years he spent curing smokers in smoke-filled sessions at his clinics must have contributed to this illness, but Allen Carr remained positive, 'Given that I am informed that I have cured at least 10 million smokers on a conservative estimation, it's a price worth paying.'

Customer Reviews

Don't be sceptical - try this!
As someone with all of the usual symptoms - fear / panic in the days preceding the flight and such sickness and nausea on take-off I could become hysterical, I thought I'd try this book. I read it three time in the two weeks before the flight and by the day of said flight I was calm and even looking forward to 'trying' the flight. I must admit that when I started reading it I was unsure about the 'feel-good' element of it -but go with and put all scepticism aside. It was a great success - no sweaty palms - in fact I felt quite serene. On the return flight I must say I did feel a bit antsy at the airport, and as I walked down the tunnel to the plane I felt a bit nervous. But the strangest thing happened - as soon as I sat down in my seat (normally the time complete panic would set in), I felt unbelievably calm and had another successful flight. I spent two years previously avoiding flying wherever possible - and now have three holidays (using planes) booked! Buy it and good luck.

Does what it says on the cover...
Consider these facts before buying the book:-
1. I used to get very nervous about flying and would look for any alternative mode of transport, or would avoid travelling altogether. I would get anxious at even the THOUGHT of booking a ticket.
2. I read this book Christmas 2005.
3. A week later I booked a flight to New York to celebrate my girlfriend's 30th birthday.
4. I ENJOYED the flight to New York and even took a helicopter ride over Manhattan.
5. This Christmas we flew out to Australia to visit the person who gave me this book, and also journeyed on 6 internal flights.
6. With an open mind and a real desire to overcome your fear, this book really will help you to enjoy flying.
7. Buy this book and start exploring our fantastic planet!

Save your money
I am utterly convinced that none of the other reviewers of this book have a REAL fear of flying. If, like me, you have an all-consuming fear, (despite researching aviation safety and reading as many books as you can about curing your fear of flying etc)then I'm convinced that you'll find this book as unhelpful as I did.
Mr Carr spends the first few chapters assuring you that your fear is perfectly rational because planes DO crash, which is kind of him, given his target audience. He then talks about how much more likely you are to die in your garden than in a plane, thus creating a fear of gardening (as if I don't have enough to worry about!!). He EVEN includes the two most useless facts anyone with a genuine fear of flying can EVER hear -take note, Allen-
1) Everyone dies some day
2) You're more likely to be kicked to death by a donkey than die in a plane
Well readers, have I cured your fear of flying yet? NO?!! Shocking. What, even if I talk incessantly about how much I love flying? Even if I constantly mention that my 'method' will cure you, without ever actually getting to 'my method'? NO?? Well, you must be lacking a positive, open mind then. Not my fault.
One piece of advice? Save your money and put it towards a Virgin Atlantic Flying Without Fear course. And no, I don't work for Virgin. It just helped me a lot more than this book.