Holiday Prep or How Cat Is Going to Make It Th…
Oh Cat you are a wonderful lady (I know this group is not supposed to be
about a@@ licking but I really mean it - so if the boss man wants to tell me
off then he can:))))))))
I reckon its really good that we are so close together in our quit cos we can
really relate to where we are at.
I’m so glad you figured out about ‘nagging’ your daughter towards motherhood
and I’m sure she will be when you tell her. Whats wrong with you having
another one then??????
Unlike you I smoked throughout all 4 of my pregnancies so don’t have this
association.
Had a long chat with Steve last night who very kindly helped me sort some
abc’s out for my work issues which I decided were the ones that needed
dealing with first.
Cat - I can’t identify my feelings and that is the biggest problem I have - I
get feelings and emotions very mixed up and I get the ‘feelings’ I have
inside (which are due in a great part I am sure to my body healing itself)
all confused - never sure if the are a ‘craving’ or something else.
Well I really clarified this issue with Steve last night - smoking is not an
issue, I really honestly truthfully do not want to smoke. I cannot envisage
myself smoking and funnily enough for me I don’t want to drink either!!!!
What I do want is to get rid of this feeling which is ‘ uncomfortable’ - now
in the past it would have been second nature to ‘believe’ that a cig could
fix it - I KNOW THIS IS NOT TRUE NOW - so there is no point in going there.
So I have to try and work out what will fix it cos I sure as hell don’t want
it hanging around for the rest of my life. But uncomfortable feelings must
be with us all, smokers and non-smokers thats a fact of life.
Some of us can deal with them easier than others and we all deal with them in
different ways. Sometimes it just needs a little help from a friend to get
us to sort out exactly what is going on inside and that is one of the great
advantages I have gained from this group.
Anyway I’m rambling now cos my thoughts are running away with me so I will
end with saying hope you all have a good day (when you wake up that is).
Namaste
Indi
July 2nd, 2003 at 12:39 pm
I’m not even going there, Indi. It’s a wonder all three of my kids made it
past middle school for all the patience I had with them.
Well, I think you do very well with identifying your feelings. Remember how we
talked about struggling to understand this cogquit concept. Our first initial
response was ‘oh ok, this is simple enough’, then ‘hmm, maybe not quite so
simple after all’, then ‘i don’t know what i was thinking, duh, that was so
obvious’, then, well you know what I mean. The way I see it, that’s the way you
are with your feelings, you’re more able to get them out onto paper and then
start your wrestling match of understanding with them.
Clear as mud?
Later gator,
Cat