http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2004/05/31/www-psycharts-com/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:12:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2004/05/31/www-psycharts-com/#comment-1303 Neva Marjory Fri, 04 Jun 2004 06:13:39 +0000 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2004/05/31/www-psycharts-com/#comment-1303 Hi Cat - not sure it's been 'bulldozing' so much as working through the stages of this depression using the cognitive tools Steve and Pam have helped me develop. And I certainly am feeling a lot better thanks. KatieUK Hi Cat - not sure it’s been ‘bulldozing’ so much as working through
the stages of this depression using the cognitive tools Steve and Pam
have helped me develop. And I certainly am feeling a lot better
thanks.
KatieUK

]]> http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2004/05/31/www-psycharts-com/#comment-1301 Raleigh Missy Thu, 03 Jun 2004 15:51:16 +0000 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2004/05/31/www-psycharts-com/#comment-1301 Katie, it's wonderful that you're feeling better. You're right, if DH proclaimed it, it must be true. :)) I'm sure that you appear more calm to anyone who knows you and, in spite of the 'view' from your eyes, that you are calmer in a physiological sense. That 'internal' calmness is one of the 'side effects' of getting off the nicotine merry-go-round. As for storms and rainbows.... there will be more storms and more rainbows. And you'll become more comfortable with the inevitability of those events in life, and especially of your ability to weather them all. I'm going to put off adding my thoughts to the 'made it' concept for a bit longer. But in the mean time, there's another question I'd like to toss out there. Most of you have looked at this "made it" thing in terms of "when do you FEEL you've made it" or, as you stated above, "when do you KNOW you've made it?" The question I'd ask y'all to consider is, "IN RETROSPECT, looking back at the foundation statements you've established and at the work you <!--more--> did to learn how to put together an ABC, at what point after you started doing the cog quit thinking were you actually starting to function cognitively? At what point in time were you actually starting to do the cog quit things that have gotten to this place today? OK, that's two questions, but they're sort of the same thing. :) What I'm looking for is when you started acting like a cog quitter. Your answer to this will have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with how you felt or what you're fears were, or any of that. It's simply at what point were you going through the cog quit motions? Hope this won't be too cerebrally painful :) Steve Katie, it’s wonderful that you’re feeling better. You’re right, if DH
proclaimed it, it must be true. :)) I’m sure that you appear more calm
to anyone who knows you and, in spite of the ‘view’ from your eyes, that
you are calmer in a physiological sense. That ‘internal’ calmness is one
of the ’side effects’ of getting off the nicotine merry-go-round.
As for storms and rainbows…. there will be more storms and more
rainbows. And you’ll become more comfortable with the inevitability of
those events in life, and especially of your ability to weather them all.
I’m going to put off adding my thoughts to the ‘made it’ concept for a
bit longer. But in the mean time, there’s another question I’d like to
toss out there.
Most of you have looked at this “made it” thing in terms of “when do you
FEEL you’ve made it” or, as you stated above, “when do you KNOW you’ve made
it?” The question I’d ask y’all to consider is, “IN RETROSPECT, looking
back at the foundation statements you’ve established and at the work you

did to learn how to put together an ABC, at what point after you started
doing the cog quit thinking were you actually starting to function
cognitively? At what point in time were you actually starting to do the cog
quit things that have gotten to this place today? OK, that’s two
questions, but they’re sort of the same thing. What I’m looking for is
when you started acting like a cog quitter. Your answer to this will have
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with how you felt or what you’re fears were, or
any of that. It’s simply at what point were you going through the cog quit
motions?
Hope this won’t be too cerebrally painful Steve

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