Cognitive Quit Smoking

Hi All
Been very good and decided to get back on track at least with my food
today so had my breakfast shake before going to work. Hadn’t planned
any lunch and was really busy but had some almonds (more than 6 I
have to say, and some oatcakes with lots of water thus having protein
and carbs.
Then for dinner had chicken/veg fahitas followed by yoghurt.
Work was still as manic and stressful but I remembered by abc I
compiled ages ago to deal with this so used it and all in all today
has been much better - no major ‘cravings/feelings’.
So it does work - for those of you who need even more motiviation
about eating correctly try potatoes not prozac diet - its a bit like
the zone diet but explains how sometimes us addicts dont process
sugar properly and are sugar addicted and this is the thing we need
to deal with first before trying to fight out other addictions.
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Its a long bit of time without the ability to use the computer,
formattng and then reinstalling everything, bad trigger for me, smoke
and smoke the whole time to make the waiting easier, well I didnt do
full abc’s really, maybe I did but anxiety and bordom kind of live in
the same parts of my body and always both are quite present during this
kind of thing.
I did these abc’s in my head instead of on paper.
I’m redoing my computer again.
this is the kind of thing that just makes me crazy and bored, a
cigarette would help pass the time.
Ill smoke.
Im redoing the computer today.
in the past I would have used a cigarette to ease this boredom and
anxiety Im beginning to feel
but Im a non smoker now. instead I can read or watch tv, I can even walk
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— In CognitiveQuitSmoking@y…, dayla harris <zazu_73120@y…
Dayla,
Your personality bubbles out of these posts. A couple of responses from a beginner. Take/make what you will.
I also have friends who smoke it’d be pretty strange if I didn’t,
but it’s also equally strange that I don’t find it to be a smoking
trigger it’s *almost* like my toke on a cigarette in not the same
thing as their toke on a cigarette. Not remotely similar Some suggestions
A. I am with smoking friends.
B. I like them.
C. I will throw a bucket of water over them to extinguish the
combustion.
Ok A. I am with smoking friends.
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I read about this group in a QuitNet.com member’s profile. I quit
smoking 5 months and 3 weeks ago. I live in New York City. Hi everyone

Here’s what I eat for breakfast and lunch when I’m not being a lazy sod:
Breakfast is:
lean protein - 1 hard boiled egg or 2-3 cup cottage cheese (suppose to
be low fat, I eat 2%)
carbs - 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce or equivalent fresh apple
healthy fat - 6 shelled almonds
This breakfast comes straight from the Zone diet. It’s bland,
boring, and keeps me going through the morning. About 10:30 I might
have a coffee but I’ll eat another apple or an orange.
If you eat this sort of breakfast, you WILL be hungry at lunch time.
Lunch is:
a large salad with meat (sliced ham, chicken, lean roast beef, etc.
If you’d prefer, tuna works just as well.) dressing is olive oil and
any vinager you like. Cant remember how much olive oil but it’s only
about 1/2 teaspoon or less. The meat portion should be no larger than
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Not to be left out of this…..
Last week was hard going - DH and I had a bit of a ‘domestic’ (don’t
know if you thats what you call disagreements in the USA but my
fellow Brits will follow that one!)
Anyway, all the tension round this house for several days got me
pretty wound up, so here’s my ABC around it
A - DH and I have had an argument - and we’re not speaking
B - I feel really churned up inside - stomache in knots, heartbeat
faster, headache (tension/anger - why is he so stubborn???), antsy,
feel like throwing something his way (and not just verbal). Any
time I get like this, the only thing that calms me down is a smoke -
a few deep drags down to my toes, and I’m in a nice fug and don’t
have to deal with all that discomfort. Its the only thing that works.
C - I’ll smoke
OK - time for a re-write here…….
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I got your email but when I try to reply it comes back.
Are you ok?
caisy

I ran into physical pain and did a abc on it cuz along with it came a
noticable urge to smoke.
I have trouble cleaning these up cuz I dont think in paragraphs, mental
process is different then
writing… physcial pain seems to be different then physical sensation
in that its happening right now,
I mean it is happening to you pshycially, but it requires immediate
attention alot of the times.
its stressful, but rather then feeling in like I usually feel stress, it
was more focused on one thing.
I did the abc, and even though its pretty messy the craving went away, I
saw it wasnt of any use to me
and a cigarette wouldnt cure anything, and poof.
a. I drank too much smoothie and now I have a stomach ache.
b. this is a time during the intake of food that I put it down and grab
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Quite honestly, I felt better pretty much straight away. It seemed
to take away focus from the ‘in a funk, wanting a smoke’ state to
being more aware of the physical symptoms. And once that was
changed, then the new associations came to mind when the I felt the
symptoms. This is my current understanding of what we attempting to
achieve…
I imagine a lot of them can be addressed with a kind of default abc
which would potentially cater for all sorts of events, along the
lines of ’shoulders scrunched up - well, stretch them silly’ but
you’d still need a few special ones, like the one Steve did
for ’smoking is part of my identity. Maybe there’s a default
psychological one about the choice between the old and the new.
Maybe I’m going on a bit when I should just be enjoying the abcs…:)
I am looking forward to tomorrow morning, at work, with this new aid
in my mind. I think it might be easier than the morning I had today.
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I’d asked you
‘Denying’ Warrens’s all-purpose solution: Warren would offer up a cig as a
tried and tested relief for all the uncomfortable physical effects caused by
an emotional morass - we need to do some work refuting why a cig is no
longer an appropriate solution - the ‘B’s’. Simply ‘denying’ it isn’t going
to take you very far in addressing those uncomfortable feelings.
Time to do an ABC, Phil………..
Pam