Hi Steve
Sorry about last night - got booted out by aol - I’ll be really glad when I
can change my ISP but just have to stick with it for now (well don’t have to,
cos there aren’t many things in life that I really HAVE to do) as I have paid
up front for a year.
Hope you have a lovely thanksgiving with your family.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends in the cogquit club.
love
Indi
Hi all!
I am new to this group but not new to Steve’s web site. I quit
smoking on July 25, 2001 and have visited cognitive smoking
frequently to get ideas on how I might be active in claiming a
smokefree life for myself. The info has been so very helpful! Thanks
Steve! I heard about this egroup site through UKPam on another site.
I was reading through the posts this morning and I am so excited to
be here. Reading though others ABCs really helps! Looking forward
to posting with all of you!
Terri
Good morning New Friends:
Its a great morning………for the first time we finally got some cold
weather………perhaps snow will soon be here……….this will be my first
season snowmobiling without cigarettes…….I am soooooo looking forward to
that. Gosh I read all the great e-mails and realize that we are experiencing
life all over again………how exciting!!!! Today I am starting a new job and
the best part is I don’t have to forget how to smoke and do the job…..this is
a brand new job and I am smoke free learning it……..WOW is that cool or
what!!!! I find that I am learning a lot of things smoke free and I find it so
new almost like I was a baby experiencing it for the first time……..I have my
whole life to be able to experience all this stuff over………how many people
get that chance……….not to many……so I am just ecstatic about this whole
process………….I went most of the day yesterday without a piece of
candy……..I felt feelings that I never felt before………some were pleasant
……..some were not……I find that I don’t like boredom…..and that I am a
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Hi all
Well, today is a new day, and a nice bright, sunny, autumn one at
that. I am feeling quite relaxed today, although still very light
headed and sort of floaty - that is the only way to describe it.
It will be a testing time today, as I work morning and night, and at
work I can not walk away from the smoke sometimes.
Anyone feel really tired at the beginning of their quit. I feel like
I could sleep and sleep.
Lynne
Hi everyone
I went really well until 5 pm when dh came home. I then gave in and
had a cigarette, I had another later on at work. But I did not enjoy
them.
I have a problem - I am feeling light headed and fainty, is this
because I am not smoking? And will it pass?
I am still proud of myself for how well I did today, and hopefully I
will recognise the symptoms tomorrow and deal with them without
having a cigarette.
Thanks for the encouragement.
I am feeling so much more positive - I do not want a cigarette to
rule my life.
Lynne
What do we believe? Do we believe in ourselves?
Do we believe we have enough time and energy to
do what we need? Or do we believe that things will
turn out badly for us? Someone said that fear is faith
in the negative. We can choose to believe the worst
will happen, or we can choose to believe we deserve
good things. We can believe the right things will
happen at the right time. What we believe becomes
true for us because we behave as though it were
true. For this reason, it is wise to choose our beliefs
carefully. The more we choose the positive, the
more aware we become that our choices are many.
Hiya
Just thought I would send this for those of you who haven’t seen it - I think
its great.
Indi
Hi All
It seems to have been a successful weekend all round and we all seem to be
making progress.
My weekend was wonderful - I think the baby was stuck to me with velcro -
which was really hard to unfasten when it was time for me to leave. I cried
buckets and am still very tearful and the thoughts of smoking were really
intense.
There were lots of ‘first’ for me this weekend but I dealt with them
cognitively and they passed. I’m just so glad that I found this group and
this way of dealing with quitting otherwise I would be right back to being a
smoker now cos there is no way I could have dealt with all this discomfort if
I’d been trying to quit my old way.
On the way down (its a 5 hour drive) it was my first really long journey
without a cig. Normally I smoke very sparingly in my hubby’s car and its
always with the window open and not very enjoyable so I am always looking
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Hi
It is Monday morning 10.15, I am looking through my groups and posts
as I do most mornings, while having my coffee. So what???
I don’t have a cigarette in my hand!!!!! And at this precise moment
I don’t care. I have been out with the dogs earlier and stood on
the field and just breathed, deep and slow, it is surprising how
relaxing it felt, I don’t think I have ever tried breathing like that
before. So I am off to do my housework now and will keep you all
posted.
Bye for now
Lynne
Yup. I’t normal for some ppl. I didn’t cough. Some develop a cough
after a couple of weeks as cilia start to regain funcion. Some never cough.
Urges go away when we stop believing that a cig will address and
relieve the sensations that resulted in the urge. Quitters who are quit
yrs get urges. They’ve never disconnected the ‘cig relief’ belief from
their lives. Is it dangerous? I think so.
I think this as an excellent question. To paraphrase, “Is there a
reason why, or a situation when/where a cig would be ok’?
One might say, being informed of a terminal illness. Another might say, the
death of a loved one. Another might say, getting up late and missing the
interview of a lifetime and getting a ticket and a flat tire on the way
home. Try to come up with your own. Then examine them. Are there other
ways to respond to that ‘crisis’? Would a cigarette really do anything
forthe moment? Trying to foresee pitfalls is the best way to ensure that
we don’t end up in one.
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