http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2005/02/22/confessional/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:45:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2005/02/22/confessional/#comment-1898 Raleigh Missy Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:17:10 +0000 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2005/02/22/confessional/#comment-1898 Hi Gail, Don't worry about your weekend in the woods. Even though you haven't yet done the Fall season, you are more prepared than you realize. Gail, most quitters are precariously perched on their quits because they don't know how to maintain the quit with anything other than will power or just hanging on. For those ppl, stories of other long time quitters who have fallen can take on a 'prophetic' tone and, yes, become very scary. You are not precariously perched on your quit. You've got almost 10 months of working through events. The great thing about cog methods is that they fit all events. You don't have to experience everything once before you are 'safe'. Your safety lies in the fact that you can recreate your quit attitude and your "cog focus" (thanks Anita) at will. I think that all you need to do is a bit of preparation in the form of realizing that there will be a chimney smoker (Stay upwind of your friend ;) and there will be the wonderful smells of fall (fires and leaves and crisp air), all of which <!--more--> you can enjoy even more as a not smoker. And of this includes getting fairly tipsy. The only way your 'resolve' can be effected by wine is if you aren't sure you want to be quit. Unless I've misread you, there's no question after 10 months about whether or not you want to be quit. Gail, the reason cog quitters become comfortably quit is because they are in control of their responses. You've been doing that for a while now. Trust in what you know you can do, in what you've been doing for the past 10 months. My guess is that you'll return from this weekend and report it was great and absolutely no sweat. That'd be where I'd put my money. :) Steve Hi Gail,
Don’t worry about your weekend in the woods. Even though you
haven’t yet done the Fall season, you are more prepared than you realize.
Gail, most quitters are precariously perched on their quits because they
don’t know how to maintain the quit with anything other than will power or
just hanging on. For those ppl, stories of other long time quitters who
have fallen can take on a ‘prophetic’ tone and, yes, become very scary.
You are not precariously perched on your quit. You’ve got almost 10 months
of working through events. The great thing about cog methods is that they
fit all events. You don’t have to experience everything once before you are
’safe’. Your safety lies in the fact that you can recreate your quit
attitude and your “cog focus” (thanks Anita) at will. I think that all
you need to do is a bit of preparation in the form of realizing that there
will be a chimney smoker (Stay upwind of your friend and there will be
the wonderful smells of fall (fires and leaves and crisp air), all of which

you can enjoy even more as a not smoker. And of this includes getting
fairly tipsy. The only way your ‘resolve’ can be effected by wine is if you
aren’t sure you want to be quit. Unless I’ve misread you, there’s no
question after 10 months about whether or not you want to be quit.
Gail, the reason cog quitters become comfortably quit is because they
are in control of their responses. You’ve been doing that for a while now.
Trust in what you know you can do, in what you’ve been doing for the past
10 months. My guess is that you’ll return from this weekend and report it
was great and absolutely no sweat. That’d be where I’d put my money. Steve

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