Comments on: Hi All!

By: Raleigh Missy

Raleigh Missy — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:40:37 +0000

Marie-
Are you using the cognitivequitting program?
Steve

By: Summer Germaine

Summer Germaine — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:05:11 +0000

Today was Smoke-free day #3. Somehow I made it all weekend (including
a dance on Saturday night) without having a ciggy. I had been
preparing for my smoke-out by changing my habits and times that I
smoke so I thought this would be easier than it is.
I generally feel better and I find the smell of smoke and ashes to be
sickening… I wash the clean ashtray because I STILL smell it but my mind is still convinced that I want to smoke!
Does anyone have any hints for breaking the oral fixation?
Tomorrow morning is going to be the real test because the visitor I
had for the weekend is gone.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:07:22 +0000

Quick question… I’m a week short of 6 months smoke-free. For the
last month or so, smoking urges have hit once or twice a day.
Nothing I can’t handle, but I’m a little concerned that they might
creep upward more into something really uncomfortable again! Is that
silly? I haven’t ABC’d in forever. Is that gonna be the diagnosis?
I just want the cravings gone forever, dangit. I feel like I’ve
earned it! LOL. I know there will likely always be occasional ones
but I really don’t want them daily. I wonder if my dieting is making
smoke cravings come now. Hmm. Just thought I’d whine publicly.
Thanks!
Mary

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 13:46:57 +0000

Hello everyone. Just wanted to poke my head in and wish everyone
well. Keep at this. It’s so worth it.
Mary
103 days and not counting (looked it up)

By: Raleigh Missy

Raleigh Missy — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 10:55:12 +0000

Hi Sue,
Early evenings are a typical stress period. We’ve put in a day’s work.
Depending on how we slept the night before and how we’ve eaten through the
day, we’re likely to be fatigued and generally spent. What sort of physical
sensations do you feel in that time period after supper and before bed?
Heavy limbed, full from supper (over full?), mentally spent (foggy headed).
If you’re watching TV you’re probably doing nothing from a physical
perspective i.e. shallow breathing, slouched or reclining, immobile.
A- I’ve had supper, I’m into the early evening kickback/do nothing/veg.
B- In the past I’d have smoked my way through the evening. ‘Relaxing’ at
the end of the day has an element of doing nothing. I’m feeling tired,
sluggish, lethargic. I can veg out and expect to feel some urges or I can
find some activity that will challenge my mind i.e. puzzles, hobbies,
something other than staring at the tube. Maybe I get my body moving in a
light exercise way.

C- I’ll finish supper and ‘do’ something.
Sue, what sort of evening activities would interest you? If we accept that
‘relaxing/unwinding’ by doing little or nothing is actually uncomfortable,
what would you be willing to try?
Steve

By: Raleigh Missy

Raleigh Missy — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 03:40:18 +0000

Sue,
Warren will learn nothing unless you actively teach him. The only way to
teach him is with ABCs and that’s because ABCs make you the sort of teacher
who can teach your Warren. Otherwise, you may momentarily turn him from his
want to weigh a widget this way instead of that, but you won’t have taught
him to do it your way next time.
Throw out a couple events you can expect to encounter and we’ll throw
back some beginning ABCs.
Steve

By: ralph_8

ralph_8 — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:02:08 +0000

I haven’t posted for awhile but just wanted to say hi and let you
know that I am still quit (2 weeks). Last week was very busy at
work. Haven’t yet done my ABC’s. Will work on them this week. Have
had some good days and some not so good days. Warren is a slow
learner!
Sue