***UPDATE: So it has been 7 months since The Community last saw the Mad Russian and an update on the smoking status is appropriate. All 3 of us that saw the Russian still do not smoke…Regularly. Personally, I smoke a couple cigs on the weekend after a nice meal or when nailing mad bronsons. Other than that, there are no smokes for this guy on the weekdays. So all things considered, 7 months later, I think the Mad Russian was still a good investment.
It’ s in this little dumpy apartment converted into an office in Brookline.
Sitting in a waiting room with a bunch of smokers trying to quit is weird. Strangers are weird.
The psychologist who ownes the above office must be jealous at how packed the Russian always is because the loby was packed.
We went into the group session. He sits at a desk with nothing on it and screams like a madman in a thick accent about over prescribing medication, tells people not to have surgery, heals some people by wiggling his finger, slams his desk, gets pretty irate and aggressive on people, especially the old dude that fell asleep.
I sat there for about 2 hours trying to understand what he was saying/what was going on. At that point I think the majority of people were offended and skeptical but the Mad Russian could care less.
After 2 hours everyone leaves and one-on-ones begin. You go in, sit down, close your eyes, say in your head ”I am smoking,” raise your hand, he makes a sneazing type noise and tells you to open your eyes. The Russian Said I was a good looking guy (hmmmmmmm), that I needed to eat smaller portions, and sent me on my way.
Last night I think I had a craving after a couple bronsons, but every time I think about cigs, it’s tough to explain but…I know I smoked, however, I can’t really remember what it felt like to smoke so I think breaking that connection has eliminated the cravings. I’m erious. He said that if you don’t quit now, you never will, which is the main thing i got out of it…
He also used the term “fucked like elephant” a lot…I’ve never heard this term before, and I don’t really know what it means, but I like it – extremely decent term.
The Mad Russian’s general shteeze is to use bio energy to held break the craving cycle. While the session was a pretty awkward experience the guy has a great success rate. I have thought about cigs since I went yesterday, but I can’t fully recall what the experience of smoking one is like. Right now I definetly don’t so we’ll see how this thing plays out. For 65 bones you can’t go wrong, so I would recommend the Russian, if for nothing else but to watch him get irate on a group of adults.
Additional Info:
Yefim Shubentsov has spent the past sixteen years running a clinic in Brookline, Massachusetts, for sufferers of cravings. In that time, he has seen more than 96,000 patients, his fame growing by word of mouth alone. Yefim Shubentsov has never once advertised.
He was on unsolved mysteries, which is pretty decent: originally broadcast on july 26, 2001.
Contact Info:
1680A Beacon Street Suite 201
Brookline, MA 02445
(617)232-3930
Decent Mad Russian Quote: If you are reading this, you may be in a prison too–a prison of craving. whether it’s for food, for cigarettes, or for anything else, your craving keeps you locked in your own windowless cell, with no way out…
…No doubt brother, no doubt.
What if cravings are like little devils on your shoulder? So the mad russian brings you into his office and the little devils are like, “this is weird i bet a cigarette could set off the smoke detecor in here” Then the russian starts becoming irate and the little devils take notice, kind of like an “attent hut” Then after two hours of them trying to understand what is being said they become disorientated. Then you go into the one on one and the “bio energy” or mind erasers send these cravings off the deep end. They don’t know what they are suppose to do anymore so they implode or become fucked like elephant (great line). But Helmet I’m pretty sure you remember what smoking is. It is waking up in the morning and hacking a huge luge. Don’t really miss that so much. Congrats to all those that have stopped the habit.
For real, I went to this guy a few months ago, and he’s the real deal. Haven’t had a cig since. The first day or so may have been a little difficult, but after that it’s been smooth sailing.
My girl likes to french kiss much more often. My Ma thinks I’m a cooler guy. I save a bunch of money that I would have spent on cigs, and far less time is wasted smoking cigs. Win Win for everyone…
Mr Shubentsov is a very pleasant & considerate gentleman if you get a chance to connect with him. Despite our inability to understand how his group session lecture works, and even like me, one were to light up right after his session, Mr Shubentsov’s quit smoking cure will eventually kick in as it happened to me an year or more later after seeing him. The secret: Don’t make smoking quitting plans. Just for the fun of it, on an impulse, don’t smoke the last one before turning in for the night. You’ll be free of the addiction the next morning. Mysterious way that it happened an year after seeing Mr Shubentsov. Got to inform President Obama. We must not expect that all ailments and addictions will be cured by Mr Shubentsov’s methods. It would be unfair to him.
I went to the “Mad Russian” on a whim because others were going. I had no intention of really quitting. I went due to pressure from the wife. 2 packs a day for 25 years.
February, 1992. I walked out and I have never even had a craving.
The session is a bit surreal, but you can’t argue with the results!
17 years clean!
Write a list of reason you LIKE smoking. It may seem counter to your needs to quit smoking but ignoring why you like smoking & why you continue to smoke is important so that psychologically you can overcome these things or leave them behind or replace them with something. Ignoring them basically means when cravings hit those reasons subconsciously attack your reasoning & resolve.
started smoking @ 10(bad kid) smoked 1pk a day for 25 yrs went to the russian in 1994. Havn’t smoked or cared to smoke for 16 yrs. Best $65 I ever spent.,
Went to him in ’90 and managed to quit for three months. Unfortunately, he’d stopped the pain in my knee as well as making me stop smoking, but an accident caused the knee pain to return – and a hard core desire to smoke came with it. He told our group that if we had an overpowering urge to smoke to come back to him before we actually took a puff on a cigarette, since it was easier to reset the no smoking fence in the brain if the person hadn’t smoked. Didn’t have a chance to see him, and started back up again. I’ve been thinking about the Mad Russian for years and wishing I could use his services again. Unfortunately, I now live in CA. Anyone know about a person who does the same thing as Mr Shubentsov but works on the West Coast?