Cognitive Quit Smoking

I have just been checking the archives and was very impressed to see
whole sections on “Depression” and “Diet and Exercise”. I have just
been *gearing up* to quit, reading some books and websites and saw
all these statistics about how nicotine effects your brain, how it is
more addictive than heroin - and a few days ago I just snapped! I
thought “there’s no way in hell I can do this!” and, I kid you not, I
cried for 2 days! I’m still not sure what it was - mourning the
cigarettes, mourning my life as a smoker? Whatever it was it scared
the crap out of me. I have a long history of depression and do not
want another bout. I also have lost 80 lbs over the course of the
past year (also, coincidently, the length of time I have been smoking
again) and I don’t want to go backsliding *there* either! What on
earth do I do? I have an appt on Tues to see a dr. about a Zyban
prescription. Anybody have good results with that?
Also, I’m in the NYC area and although online is great I think I
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or maybe it was just a hot flash A few of us in here (well, probably more than just a few) are
at `that time’ of our lives and have been chatting a bit recently
about natural alternatives to HRT, diet, etc. One of the files has
a link to the effects of smoking on menopause, and makes pretty
interesting reading.
I’ve set up a file in the Files area (Health) with some links if you
want to check them out
Pam

Basically, the physical symptoms we experience with stress are identical to
those of a sagging nic level. Check those out. Be aware that you are going
to experience all of those symptoms and that they aren’t
about a nic level but ~~~~~
Steve,
Thank you for posting this information. I stopped using nic gum sometime
ago, so felt the nicotine withdrawal was over and done with. I was
stressed, actually anxiety, but the nic/smoke craving was terrible. I found
this so odd and was really wondering what was up. I did not smoke nor chew
nic gum. I did a half baked attempt at an ABC, but was too confused with
the “sensation” to really process the feelings/thoughts. Now I get what was
going on, that certain feelings will mimic the “sagging nic level”.
Karen N.
1 Month 5 Days 20 Hours 3 Minutes 11 Seconds. Cigarettes not smoked: 1473.
Memphis, TN
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My apologies for the spam. This one’s plug has just been pulled so we
won’t be hearing from him again. Unless we go to a moderated group, I’m
afraid we’ll occasionally have to step over a pile of poo like this
character and his ‘amazing stuff’.
Steve

Reactive and Proactive.
A Reactive ABC is:
We get up and head into a ‘routine’ day. Somewhere, sometime in the
day
things start to ‘pile up and on’. We start to experience the early
signs
of stress but barely notice it. Why? Because we’re busy
being ‘normal’.
Soon the stress has built up more and we might feel the first “hmmmm
I
want something. I need something. A cig? “Woah!! I’m feeling the
beginnings of an urge. Based on what’s developed through the day, I
realize
I must be stressed. I’ll set up an ABC and see if I can work this
through.”
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thanks pam, for your welcome. i quit smoking on july 1st, and want to
stop the nicotine replacement on saturday (i have a big wedding party
on friday, and don’t want to be tempted to start smoking then, so to
be on the safe side i’ll take some nicotine gum and stop taking
nicotine replacement on saturday, then i have the whole weekend to
recover from withdrawing symptoms).
i just wanted to ask, is it normal that i don’t get any e-mails sent
to my e-mail address? when i want to read the posts, i have to read
the archives, and i don’t always have time to do that.
joan.