Well I just wrote a really long post but somehow hit something which ended up
with me losing it so I am having a tantrum and
swearing’jrpi40eirt-=w3od’fk’zdsk#######.
Maybe I need to go off and do something else but I just thought I had caught
the verbose virus from Cat cos I was on a roll!!!!
Regards
Indi
I live in the wrong time zome - get up and see all these posts!!
OK, it’s 10.50am on my first smoke free day, and so far, so good.
I had one cig left in the pack last night, had planned to
ceremoniously smoke it, got chatting here and never got round to it.
Patch on, went to bed, and woke up around 9am. Usually first stop
is the kitchen for a cig and the first cup of tea of the day, so
soon as I’d made the tea I logged on here and got reading instead.
Was so engrossed I realised I was enjoying the drink and reading,
and didn’t think about the smoke I wasn’t having. Good start!
Mid morning - hmmm, feeling a bit spacey. Maybe that’s adjustment to
the patch? My body missing some of the stuff in cigarettes?
Colin’s taken the kids out (well, at 17 and 18 hardly kids) round to
his brothers, so I’ve got the house to myself today. I
want ’something’ - the old pattern of ‘I’m bored, I’ll have a cig’.
I don’t really want to smoke, just that familiar pattern. Ok Katie,
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Hi Folks
Well its now officially 2002 over here and I didn’t intend to stay up to
greet the new year but one thing led to another and I I did and I am glad I
did for reasons which |I will share with you tomorrow cos right now I have to
get to sleep.
But I just wanted to wish all of you a very Happy Peaceful New Year it would
be lovely to think that if all of the 55 people on this list went forward
into 2002 smober what an achievement it would be and an inspiration to other
smokers stilll out there.
So come on cog quitters - lets hit 2002 smober/
Just follow the guidelines and the instructions and we can all do it.
So lets see lots of posts when I get up in the morning from the group members
over the pond letting us know how you are doing on either your quit date or
wherever you are in your quit.
Unitl then I wish you all a good night and a happy and peacerful or fun
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Hmmmmm think the ‘cat’ is out of the bag?
Speaking of ‘thinking’, we do it all the time. We never stop thinking,
even when asleep. The stategy is to try to increase awareness of thoughts
that have become associated with automatic patterns of behavior.
Specifically, those behaviors that included a smoking response.
Think about that for awhile. 
www.cognitivequitting.com
Katie, it’s an excellent start. That’s just what you want to be doing,
asking “what is the best way to deal with this situation”, and then
choosing an option that ’satisfies’ all your ‘foundation statement’
requirements.
Steve
www.cognitivequitting.com
Is there a list, like for instance:
I’m tired but circumstances dictate that I can not take a nap or
break — eat a granola bar or something for a lift
I feel like my mind is boggled — shut eyes and etc etc
Any list out there like that, because I haven’t been dealing with
life as a regular person for the past 17 years I feel it would be
helpful to have a list of normal responses to activating events.
Thank you XOXOX
This sounds very logical and interesting.
I am at a month and a week and have been feeling that I would
like to take control but wasn’t sure how. I really like the idea of
coginitive quitting.
I don’t want to be the same person as the smoker but without
cigarettes. I want to be free from the drug and from the need to fill
in those hard times with something other than what is
appropriate.
I will let you know how this goes.
Glad to see so many people at this site!
Well done Mike - nice to see you posting
Indi
In a message dated 31/12/01 16:27:03 GMT Standard Time,
katie2905uk@… writes:
Katie this is something that just gets better and better as time goes on - I
think the way you handled the situation with your daughter was wonderful and
I reckon you are going to be a good cogquit pupil.
Indi
Hello, someone in another group suggested this group. I love the
website. I’m a 42 year old female who has smoked for 15+ years. I’m
getting very anxious (could be the Zyban — makes me hyper). My
husband it going to quit as well. Any advice so he and I don’t kill
eachother would be helpful.