spinchat was nice and i am greatful for your support and kindness
yes this is a lot of work, a bit tired from the lists (grin) but its
ok a happy tired brain..
thanks so much
hugs to both of you
ion
I’ll be there too
Steve
My name is Karen and I have been smoke free for 4 days, 5 hours, and
17 minutes. I don’t want any pats on the back, just want you to know
that I am a part of you now. I have been smoking since I was 14 and I
am now 36. Before, wanting to quit was a question of money, now it’s
a question of my son’s health and my health. Big difference.
I think there are 3 types of smokers or fazes you go thru….
The first being called the ‘quitter’, then you go to faze number 2,
which is the ‘demonic reformed smoker’ who everyone hates, then you
go to faze #3, the non-smoker. I look forward to being smoke free,
nicotene free, but not to the point where I alienate my friends and
family who DO still smoke. That is their choice, and by law, that is
still their right. However, I have drank so much water and eaten so
much carrot sticks that I am not the woman I once was about 3 days
ago. I still have a ways to go, but I will do it.
My first challenge was going to a bar to hear my town do their
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Hey everyone…I haven’t posted in a long time, probably a month or two
(or more, maybe?). I don’t have time to read through all the posts as
in the past. Well, maybe I should say I don’t have the focus to read
through all the posts. I was thinking about that this morning.
Focus.
I work for a large (well, it used to be much larger) telecommunications
company. So far, I’m one of the ’survivors’ - i.e., I still have my
job. I’m an Administrative Assistant (Admin) and, from what I’ve been
given to understand, most people who have worked with me think I do a
pretty damn good job because I can multitask like the dickens. The
truth? Even though I’m energetic and (try to be) enthusiastic, I have
trouble focussing on one task for more than a short while, so I go back
and forth, skipping around from problem to issue to mindless drivel to
challenge to… well, you know what I mean.
What does this have to do with a quit?
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Dear Pam:
I didn’t want to let anymore time go by before I offered my hearty
congratulations on your anniversary. You have been such a great
contributor and cheerleader for the group.
Please keep up your good work for all our sakes.
Paula
I’m 5 days into it, also. My method of choice is cold turkey. I’ve never tried
the patch before, but I did do Wellbutrin- which was my longest previous quit.
Unfortunately, I relied too much on the pill, didn’t really try to identify any
reasons for smoking, or change any of my thoughts about smoking-so I lit up soon
after I stopped taking it. If I would have known about cognitive quitting at
the time, it might have been different. I hated being a smoker; no one in my
family smokes, my husband quit a few years ago and most of my friends quit. I
smoked almost totally as a response to the whole spectrum of emotions, anywhere
from intense joy to intense sadness; they all needed a cig to go with them. I
lost my last quit bc I had a terrible toothache and couldn’t fathom going
through the pain without a cig, even though rationally I knew the heat and
chemicals in the smoke were making the pain worse (I could have used some ABCs
that day!)
Cognitive quitting helps get to the source of why I smoke, rather than just
hanging on and hoping for the best. It has given me an alternative to listening
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Whatis the URL for the cognitive quitting website?
Thanks.
Deidre
Ok, ya’ll are allowed to laugh at me. To a rational person, this is
probably the most obvious… OK, let me just tell you what happened.
Weekends are tough for me, because hubby is home with his cigarettes
24 hours. He always leaves them out in the garage, and particularly
when he naps or something, those suckers can start to call to me.
So I was reading Saturday, and the thought of those things popped
into mind, as well as the thought “I could go smoke one.” (Yes, I
know, mind game. I’ve always had problems with those.) Ok… well, I
can at least delay. I threatened Pam with an ABC to grade; this
weekend stuff is one of the intended topics. Let’s do it.
A. (situation) It’s weekend, there are cigarettes in the garage, I
want one.
B. (beliefs) <okay self, why do I want to smoke? Um. Because I like
to? No, this particular cigarette right now. What will it do for me?
Um… I dunno, I just want it. Ok, but WHY? I have to write something
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I just wanted to thank all of you for all your great posts yesterday, and also
to Steve for setting up chat - and to PatB for coming over to join the
festivities - it was good to see you. Steve wasn’t for sharing his Bailey’s but
we’ll forgive him that one seeing as it was ‘medicinal’ (the whole bottle ?!?)
It was a great day, and I appreciated it :))
take care
Pam
go tonick name type it hit go
on left side click chatrooms? doesn’t exist on my screen
there is no window to type cogquit
all i get is place to type nickname i did
then user policy
then no place to click chatrooms
don’t know
i followed directions on pam’s post
ion
oh and then it gave me a thing in german? hmmm
hehe what can i say