Cognitive Quit Smoking

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Hi all,
here is another one of my ABC, this time for work as I am having most trouble at
work to not smoke dealing with a specific issue where I am pretty sure it will
come up first thing Monday morning.
A - one of my guys booked of or quit, now I have open shifts to cover
B - how am I going to cover the shift okay lets have a smoke first and my
brain will come up with something
C - go for a smoke
B1 - okay if I smoke do I get the schedule done no,
yes I will feel better when I smoke for five minutes but then what
once my guys give me ten excuses why they can not stay or work that shift I get
frustated
anyway either smoking or not, so might as well don’t smoke, sit down
and look at the schedule and calculate who has the least overtime, take a deep
breath,
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Hi everyone,
Im new here and tonight im going to be putting on my patch.This will
be my 7th quit attempt over the past two years.However,I just found
the ABC chart and I understand how to do it,but is this something I
am supposed to practice more before I quit?I am afraid to fail again
and I know ABCS will help.I dont want to put off my quit any longer.I
guess im looking for support.Thank You,Beth

In a message dated 1/3/03 10:17:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
carmensk@… writes:
Yes, Thank you, I would. How do I go about being a part of it? Liz One
week, one day, 18 hours, 49 minutes and 57 seconds. 175 cigarettes not
smoked, saving $36.89. Life saved: 14 hours, 35 minutes.

Hi group
tomorrow I am getting visitors. Normally I would be enjoying cooking and doing
everything and once in a while I would sneak out at the balcony and have my
smoke and get some energy. Now I don’t smoke anymore but I sure still need an
extra break and time to sort my thought and to top up my energy level. So I made
an ABC which I will place in the washroom.
A - My husbands family is coming over ( we are all together 11) my apartment
is small so it will be very noisy and lots of stress.
B - I need some time to relax, I know a smoke will help and get me relaxed and
calmed down.
C - I go to the Balcony and lit up and smoke
B1 - nope a smoke would not help anymore as I just hate the taste of it and
secondly my family knows I quit so if I go out and smoke I will see long faces
and have to answer lot’s of questions that is not going to help me dealing with
the situation
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Sorry I hit the wrong button.
Hi all I need your advice, I really need a very good excuse to go out at the
balcony.
Hubbies family is coming over. My appartment is pretty small I will be okay with
that did that before. Now the way I dealed with the stress I went out at the
baclcony for a smoke. They all don’t smoke there I was 10 minutes bymyself and
could relax. Now they know I quit but I still wont to go to the balcony and get
a break but I can’t tell them that. Is there any acceptable excuse I can use to
still be able to go to the balcony?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks Carmen

Today wasn’t quite the “breeze” yesterday was. This ABC happened on
the fly. (Is it ok that I post these?)
The situation is, I’ve been working straight for a few hours, going
from one task to the next because (1) I have way too much to do and
(2) I’m breaking the habit of going out for a smoke between each
task.
A. There is a tightness in my chest that is getting progressively
stronger; the tension is spreading all over my upper body; I’m making
mistakes and aggrevating myself, which makes me even more tense.
(past)B. I know that feeling in the chest, it’s nicotine withdrawal.
it’s what’s *always* told me that I need to go and smoke. So, I need
to go out for a smoke.
(past)C. I go outside and smoke, and soon feel better.
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B1. I’ve always thought this feeling was nicotine withdrawal, but now
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Trudy,
Most of our smoking was involved with routine events like getting up
in the morning, phone calls, cleaning…. what sort ABCs have you for
those?
Steve

Hi everyone..I just wanted to post to say how much doing the ABC’s is
helping me. I’d got to the point where I’d thought ‘oh, I can do
this… I can think my way out of craves easy enough’. Not true! I
learned that the hard way by going to a bar and smoking a cig around
10 days or so ago. I fessed up - didn’t get a lot of sympathy
because I didn’t deserve it! I had the tools and wasnt using them,
end of story.
So.. I think we should get writing and posting some ABC’s. Reading
all the ones in the Files has helped me a lot, and writing my own
out. I’d really like to see the Polar Bears posting some. BTW, can
I be a sort of ‘associate’ polar bear ? bye
Dilly

Hello! My name is Liz and I’ve been a member for a while, but
haven’t posted because my quit failed 6 months ago. Well I’ve quit
again it’s been a little over a week now. Doing ok with it this
time. For all the times I’ve quit smoking I’ve learned that my
addiction is mostly psychological. Getting through the next months
won’t be easy. My addict brain sneaks up on me when I least expect
it, looking for reasons to smoke, that why I failed at quitting so
many times. For some reason this time it feels different, but I’m
still worried. That’s why I’m here. I like that this group focuses
on the psychological aspect of nicotine addiction, I really need help
with that and am looking forward to all you’re posts. Take care. Liz