Cognitive Quit Smoking

Well its been 16 hours and right now all I can think about is Where
are the munchies. It is funny that I crave protine (meat) as under
normal circumstances I only eat fish and veggies. I am looking
forward to morning as I know I have to get out of the house and spend
the whole day walking the 16 miles of beach here. Right now to sit
back and relaxe is totally out of the question as I must keep active
so the urge does not overcome me. Who wants to smoke when you are out
of breath. I know that the quit is going to tell me I do not feel
like doing anything but I have to remember that my foundation is
nature and not sitting around wishing I had a smoke. Thanks you all ,
I just had to reafferm my thinking. John

Hi Steve and all of you out there in Quit land, As you know steve I
was into my 14th day of quit and using all the ABC’s I could find
which was working very good considering I never got past 8 hours
before. As you also know at that point because I had a crisis in my
life , Like my wife telling me out of the clear blue sky that she did
not want to be married anymore, and I lit up my old friend. This is
where I am having trouble as I have anilized my every smoke and my
conclusion is that it is the warm cozy feeling I get from it as my
old friend and there when everyone else is gone. It is security and
reliablity that I can not for the life of me find an A B or mostly c
for. I think that the only answer for that feeling is having an HP
which I do not have. I know that if I put it into the context of ABC,
then A My wife just told me she wants a devorce, B I am going to be
lonesome, Sad ,Scared, depressed, and other things I can not mention
on a family web site. C I will have a cig. as it is always there for
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Hi
Just passed the 8 day quit mark. Thought I’d share a few insights,
maybe ask a few questions.
My two strongest reasons for quitting:
1. I came to realize that my life had become about “putting in time”
between cigarettes. I DO NOT want ANYTHING to have that sort of
control over me.
2. A couple of months ago, I was out hiking with my SO and hadn’t
smoked for maybe an hour, hour and a half. I was breathing fairly
heavily, and she let me know that I smelled very strongly of
cigarettes - at first I couldn’t understand why, I hadn’t smoked for
a while. Then of course I got it, these things had been a part of ME
for 32 years, probably in ever pore of my body. So even though I
hadn’t had a smoke for a while, I still smelled like I just did. I
then remembered how my grandfather smelled, before he died of
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Hi, Susan,
I hope this post isn’t inappropriate (Steve, let me know if it is) since I am
planning to quit on September 15th.
But someone else on the list wrote that she had listed all the emotions she
could think of, and all the events where a smoke might be the first choice as
well as alternate responses, and wrote down her foundation statement…then
when the emotions or the urge hit, she could check her lists and between the
emotions list and response list, she would be able to navigate the urge and
retrain her Warren (Warrenia?).
Maybe that’d be a good idea?
You can do it.
Harper

Hi - I just joined the group, I was directed here by someone on
another Forum who thought this group might be more ‘me’. I’m tired
of trying to quit and failing, have run out of ways to tackle this
quit, and feel like its time to do something different or else I’ll
keep going round in circles. I envy people who manage this, I
wonder what it is I’m missing. I’ve smoked for about 30 yrs and
it’s time to call it a day before my health starts suffering. I
don’t know how I’ve got away with this for so long. Lots of
questions - I hope I can find some answers and something to work
with.
I live in Ireland (UK) but returning to the mainland sometime later
on this yr, husband, mortgage, 1 child, a good sense of humour (but
a short temper, I’m told! I deny that..)
Look forward to hearing some more
Katrina

I feel so stupid for smoking again, I went out and was offered one
after having a few beers, No More!! I am beating myself up for being
so weak, I have to stop. I had to get it off my chest. Thanks for
reading this.
Ron

Steve,
THanks for this post. As you know from a past IM, I am at this exact same
stage…intellectual desire versus emotional desire to quit. This is great
advice, as I remember how psyched up I was the weeks prior and weeks after my
first quit date. I’m planning on following this advice as the September 15
quit date gets closer.
Happy Sunday to you all,
Harper

Hiya Cat - my long time no see friend. I remember that posting and
how proud I was of you and how envious at the same time cos I never
thought I would be able to do that- but I have been there, done it
and got the tea shirt. Can’t say I like it and sometimes it really
annoys me but then I can’t stop everyone from doing something that I
have chosen to stop for myself.
I can cope with the social side of it and even yet sometimes the
smell of a freshly lit one smells really good but most times it just
stinks or I don’t notice it too much.
But I do object to people smoking in my office, whether I am their or
not cos I can really smell it the next day.
I would second Steve’s advice on this one both Cat and I had been
through some pretty close one to one coaching with Steve before doing
anything so major as this and had the abc,s all worked out plus the
foundation statements which were pretty solid. I’m just grateful
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It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a chat in Spinchat…. maybe tomorrow, anyone
wanna? Especially the newbies???
Gail

I can’t access the site.
Paul