Cognitive Quit Smoking

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,

go outside do a perimeter check, just call one person and if feel
angry don’t call the next one, just go another for a perimeter check and than go
back to
scheduling,
try not to get angry at the guards, don’t take it personal they have a
life too if nobody agrees to it my boss can handle it
C1 - take a deep breath in and out
- sit donw to look at a schedule and see who can cover the shift
- if angry cause of the book of don’t do scheduling right a way go first for a
perimeter check until I calmed down
- do some stretches to release the neck pain
- think positive and don’t take it pesonal, they have a life too and different
priorities
Physical Feeling:
restless
hard time to concentrate
feeling like running away from it
high energy
butterflys in the stomach
headache and neck pain as I am pulling my shoulders up
I hope this ABC will work. Warren has to learn that one very fast as it is
almost something happening on a daily basis and as better I learn to deal with
the situation as easier part of my job will be. This is something stressing me
out where it shouldn’t.
take care
Carmen

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