Cognitive Quit Smoking

Seems like we’re all busy this past few days, with not a lot of posting going on
- but it would be good to hear how ppl are: any good ABC’s being written/used,
milestones been reached, difficulties or struggles?
Talking of struggles….. I learned the joy of reformatting a hard drive and
installing Windows this week - twice over! Got my crashed computer back up and
running, and then the old creaking one thats kept as a back up, went out in
sympathy. Ha! piece of cake - gave that one the treatment too, and now it too
is working just fine. And all achieved without any need to light up and smoke
my way through it all. Never would’ve believed that could be possible, 20
months ago!
So… lets hear from some of you soon,
take care
Pam

I just recieved it in email, and I figure you wouldnt know if you are sending
email with it, and in fact klez is capabe of sending
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A quick hello to all you coggers out there! Yes, I’m still busy as a
one-armed wallpaper hanger but I’d rather have it that way. It’s
been another busy week for sure. Went to the funeral of a friend and
co-worker who passed away of lung and liver cancer last week (Pam, I
was sorry to hear you had the same experience this week). My friend
was 41 years old. That was truly sad. I am so grateful that I have
been smokefree now for… well, let’s see, 1year 1week 2days now. I
rarely think about smoking and when I do, it’s just a desire to get
on the support boards and give encouragement to those who are still
struggling. Who knows why some people become so ill from the
effects of smoking and some don’t. But I can guarantee you that
there are always some benefits for everyone who quits smoking…
usually a lot of them.
Family went to the state fair Tuesday night and had a great time
there. It reminded me of last year when I visited the fair and I’d
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a. I’m tired, feel depressed
b. a cig would have fixed this once, I know now it cant but still
if I had one here in front of me I would want to light it up (I don’t
want this)
c. given a lighter, I would smoke. (this is not a solution)
b I didnt get enough sleep, there was an earthquake and it scared me and I ended
up staying up longer and sleeping less and not as well. I feel just the oppisite
as I did when it happened, then just knotted up and now limp, like a ragdoll,
I’m probably still reacting to that or recovering from it, that much stress
takes a chunk out of a person.
maybe I can eat something and see if I dont feel more energy, then if I dont
feel better still, call it a early night and spend a good deal of it relxing and
watching tv.
maybe a real soak instead of just the shower, that way I’ll be better able to
deal with anything else that may come up, and cuz Im tired I know I’m leaving
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Maybe half hour ago we had an earthquake, small really, it shook up the place
pretty good and set off some car alarms but thats about it. they never used to
bother me, I was raised with them and slept through most of them, but since the
quake in 89, I try not to panic but still go right into that flight or fight
kind of thing, but I noticed that it dosnt seem possible to cog when that kind
of thing is happening. I mean to the point of recognizing the physical
sensations, I could do that and the only emotion that occured to me was terror.
but I really wasnt able to tell right then, but those physical sensations,
when it was slowing down I could feel those knotted muscles kind of letting go a
bit and this part of me thinking cigarette now please. but not demanding like
alot of the time.
it was thought and physical sensation, relief too , but the emotional part of it
wasnt what was causing that trigger that was trying to get set off, it was the
physical…… . I usually notice the emotional stuff rather then the physical
first… chosing a different response was fairly simple even without the abc cuz
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…..when I learned yet again, 20 months since I quit, that the tools
I learned in cog quitting help me deal with life on a daily basis.
The day started pretty well - then the new computer crashed, and I
lost a lot of data - I don’t back up stuff as often as I should do,
so today I learned the hard way. OK, b*!@*& annoying and
frustrating, but I’ll survive. The old ABC would have been something
like this
A - the computers crashed into oblivion
B - I’ve lost all my data. I feel so angry with myself for not
backing up my files. It’ll be a hassle to sort it out with the
insurance company no doubt, I’m too busy to spend ages on the phone
sorting it out tomorrow, blah blah blah. I’m really tensed up, my
blood pressures racing, stomach churning. Only one thing to do
here….
C - I’ll smoke
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Just over 2 months quit now, and been lurking for a while - time I
posted.
I got diagnosed a while ago with an overactive thyroid, which is a
kind of metabolic disorder - which might always have been there, and
was quite probably triggered by the metabolic changes caused by
quitting. At first I’d felt so low and tired there was a thought it
could be depression, but blood tests carried out by a vigilant GP
soon sorted out what the problem was. It seems that this is pretty
common amongst women in their 40’s, so I thought I’d post about it
here incase anyone else has tired/lethargic symptons that can’t be
explained - it could be worth talking to your doctor and asking for
some blood tests to be done.
I’m feeling pretty good on the whole about my quit - I’ve had a few
rough times, but either Steve or Pam have been online and talked me
through. Not too many days ago I felt like I’d lost some of my ‘cog
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Why dont I have the answer to this? early morning, crs, old age? old age? NO
way I still listen to rock n roll man,
This is about the time that I replased last time I got this far, I dont know
why I did, bordem, some inner desire for self destruction? maybe, but honsetly
I dont know.
I think its time I start working some abcs on this because in all likleyhood I
will see these unethical responses to something. actually this time I want to
see it, I just dont want to act on it.
this is stupid but I am stuck on this one.
I need a starting point.
any bight ideas?
thanks much
caisy

Any time we’re several months off nicotine and light up, we’re going to
experience that physical reaction i.e. the nausea, dizziness, maybe
headache. That’s normal reaction to the toxicity of a chemical that we’re
no long accustomed to. It doesn’t take much for a ‘used to be smoker’ to
get past that. But that’s only the physical reaction. I’m more concerned
with why did you light up in the first place? and what lesson(s), other
than it made you ill, will you take from it?
I’d agree that it was cognitive in that you were aware of what you
were doing and made a conscious choice to smoke. However, I’m not sure that
the things you were thinking (”things I enjoy now as a ‘not smoker’”) were
all that appropriate to the situation. A closer examination of why smoke
on a smoker smelled good, of what about that situation made you want to be
such a part of it that smoking was the option of choice, of what it is you
really want and the dues you’re prepared to pay to get it…. maybe these
things might help you focus on different responses. Almost seems that this
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I better check in anyway, wow with no cigarettes winter really is bad early this
year.
those guys with the sadelight, I sent them money and got no light, and now they
wont answer emails. I’m really stuck in this thing. but a few more days and it
will
be over. work is impossible right now, but theyre waiting for me, and this is
weekend.
anyway I am not smoking, and hanging tough.
hope everyone had a good week, Im just checking in, going back into my cave for
a while.
glad to see ya posting caisy