Marde
Sounds like you are doing a good job with the plans for this trip - maybe
think about some breathing exercises/shrugging shoulders while driving - -
opening jaw - scrunching face - laughing out loud - all that sort of stuff -
even talking to yourself.
Works a treat at times
Indi
Hi all. I just signed up for the list. I go by Alpha, and I quit
December 30. I’ve worked with DdSteve once before and am back to
quit for good this time. Have smoked for many years and have many
failed quits in the past.
Off to visit cognitive quitting.com now, and refresh my memory and
practice ABC’s.
Alpha
That’s why I didn’t see it, I was already dead to the world. Kelley,
hope we can hook up sometime today.
Steve
what is the spinchat that I see here sometimes? I’d love to
participate!
Marde, I might be presuming here but something I discovered after about a month
of doing my abc’s was that the things I thought were my trouble spots for which
I’d done abc’s actually were triggers but I would think, well, this isn’t as
bad as I thought it would be, why did I bother doing an abc for this? Then it
dawned on me I had already taken care of them with my abc. And maybe that’s
what happened with you too - ? You already took care of those few trouble
spots, so you were better equipped to handle the triggers that came that you
weren’t so prepared for. i.e., you weren’t overwhelmed. Also, you’re getting
more prepared by practicing your abc’s so that eventually they’ll come
naturally and you’ll barely be aware that you’re doing them. That comes later
though. Keep it up, you’re doing great!!!
Well, we can’t all be perfect like us redheads (well, mostly red, some gray
here now too).
We’re all pulling for you for good news on Tuesday, Marde.
- Cat
Whoops! I’ll bet you had a smoking dream because we’ve been talking about it so
much. Maybe we need to talk about Mel Gibson or Brad Pitt - ? 
- Cat
months……….why now………..why so late in the quit………it wasn’t a
big dream about it………just a casual cigarette and I was shocked to see
myself smoking and made myself wake up……….LOL………
My hat’s off to you all that quit smoking, and hang in there offering
support to the newbies coming along, month after month.
When I quit again, I really needed the support, and got it as many
places as I could find it. I hung out in AS3, started my quit
smoking dairy, and joined your list and another one. I read every
website I could find, saved many many posts… just like so many
other newbies.
Now… the bloom is off the rose. I feel pretty secure in my quit,
and ready to get on with and back to other parts of my life that I
sort of let slide for the last 9 weeks.
I haven’t been able to keep up with the volume of e-mails and
newsgroup messages for awhile now, I have decided to cut back
a bit. I am going to go no mail on this list, and just check
messages from the web for a bit.
I want to try and continue to offer support to others, but I have to
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I’m lonely for some gabbing…. where’s ya all?
Gail
One day, 20 hours, 8 minutes and 49 seconds. 45 cigarettes not
smoked, saving $6.90. Life saved: 3 hours, 45 minutes.
Well I went offline - had some dinner, thought about doing my ABC - watched
some soaps on TV then came back online.
Procrastinated about doing the ABC - downloaded ICQ - found a couple of your
ICQ#’s - went into spinchat to see if any of you were in there - no posts
from any one in group - getting really edgy - almost as if I am having
withdrawal symptoms.
Feeling unwanted, unloved and very very tired.
So what am I going to do
Well I would have used this as a self destruct button once - if they don’t
care why should I???
I’ll just go and have one and not tell them?????
Well how childish is that - at the end of the day its only a machine with
maybe, just maybe some other silly sod sitting here like me!!!
Now I’m getting silly but I don’t feel so wound up now that I am being silly
but my shoulders are knotted, my neck is tense and my jaw is tight and I am
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Hi All
Well looks like its been another busy day in the group - I managed to get
onto the site at work and read the posts.
I didn’t do an abc over the problem with aol cos I really am still not in a
very ‘feeling mood’. Think I’m on another one of those plateau things where
I’m not really here!!
Don’t suppose this makes much sense but maybe some of you can identify. I
just feel that I haven’t got a brain at the moment - everything is sooooo
much effort, I have tooooo much to do and not enought time to do it.
I know Steve that you will say to break it down and then it won’t look so bad
but honestly I am really hopeless at ‘making lists’ cos I really think it is
just ‘another job to do’.
Anyway enough about that for now - I’m procrastinating about why I am really
here - I’m going to do an ABC for an event which is happening tomorrow so
Steve I would really appreciate some feedback on this one and hopefully will
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