Hi, first post, but trying to understand
I have been reading the posts, and think I have the right idea, but
have been wrong once or twice before, lmao.
the “A” is what is happening at the moment that I want to smoke,
the “B” is my alternatives, of what I can do in this situation,
including having a smoke, and the “C” is the course of action that I
decided on,
is this the basic “ABC” model that I need to work on?
stupid question I guess, but I realy want to understand and make it
work.
thanks \
gord
November 23rd, 2004 at 12:59 pm
A = the Activating event …. any item from our list of ‘reasons why we
smoked’ is an event. Always stated simply and nonjudgementally. A simple
statement of fact i.e. “A have a meeting tomorrow morning and I’m feeling
nervous.”
B = the Beliefs and inner statements be associate with the A. There are
usually long established and generally automatically applied. Most, if not
all, have never been reevaluated. The B section of the ABC is where we
mrite out *all* our thinking.
C = the Consequent response which is a logical extension of whatever is
contained in B. If our B held only the ‘belief/inner statement’ that “A
cigarette will help me calm down before this meeting.”, then lighting up
will be the only apparent course of action. Provide additional reasonable
and responsible beliefs and see how different your course of action will be.