Cognitive Quit Smoking

I can’t believe it…. I hit a yr quit a couple or so weeks ago, and
forgot all about it!
Back in the early days of my cog quit, I used to amuse Steve I think,
counting those days and weeks. Each day was so precious to me, and I
couldn’t even dare think about hitting such a big milestone as one
yr. I was quite sure I’d be marking off the days right up until
*that* day. What happened was that my nonsmoking life quickly became
very normal - I did my work and taught Warren how I was going to
respond to all the events that happened in my day. And there were
lots of things which, in previous quits, would have made me think
that only smoking would make me feel better/enjoy something just a
bit more. Not so this time I went through lots of the things many quitters have in common -
especially re- assessing feelings and relationships in my life, and
some quit depression. I hit high spots, low spots and plateaux,

blahs, tantrums… you name it. My cog coaches Steve and Pam talked
me through all these things, and encouraged me to use the tools I’d
acquired, to deal with so much. I’ll always be very grateful for
that.
To all the new folk, do the work, keep practising, and it’ll soon all
become very instinctive to you too.
Carla

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