Cognitive Quit Smoking

I havent had time to do the hrly note taking on my fealings about
smoking yet. But your right. Working with Willard, or Warren,
Whatever is very impulsive. I want to quit because of health
reasons, and I have done it before but like you’ve said, I’ve always
gone back to it because its the way I’ve trained myself on how to
deal with cirtain situations over a period of 10 yrs.
I havent gotten to the ABC’s yet still…but I have some time
tomorrow and will take some notes. I probably wont be able to do it
on the minute of every hr of the waking day, but I promise I will do
it reguardless of how much “Warren” is telling me not to right now
and report back to the group.
I get the impression that we are not supposed to make enemies with
ourselves about this, but Warren can go screw himself right now.
How long did u smoke for, and how long have you been nic-free?
Ellen

Hi, I’m Ellen and I have Warren sitting on my head, smacking me in
the face every time I step out of line. I’ve been a smoker for 10
years now at about a pack per day. this is my first post to this
group. I’ve tried countless numbers of time to quit. If it wasnt
for that imminent threat of cancer of all kinds and all organs, or my
athsma wich wakes me up at night and forces me to use an inhailer
every morning, I wouldnt be posting this message in a club like
this. I wouldnt be on the patch right now (first day, yet again) and
I wouldnt be so ready to assign Warren a new task. If it where not
for all of this, I would be buying cigs by the carton and smoking 3
packs per day instead of one. I’m only 27 soon to be 28 next month
and I dont want to die in an iron lung, wich is the way I’m headed.
Can you imagine having to use an inhailer every morning, sometimes
even twice a day at 27? how could I have let it go so far?
Anyway, i’m looking for some support now. I know this is going to
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(And, YES, it WAS the lozenges that was causing me to have gas!)
New people or smoking lurkers - This method is really powerful if you
work it, and it doesn’t take all that much, really. I’m so glad I
gave it a chance.
Thanks so much for all your help, Steve. You’re doing amazing work
here.

I ran across this somewhere today and it reminded me a bit of the
approach here…
Shining light
+++++++++++++++++++
There is no hard and fast rule that says you have to be troubled
by your troubles. There is no requirement that you must become
disappointed by the disappointments. You have no obligation at
all to become stressed out by stressful situations. To the extent
that you do these things, they’re little more than habits you’ve
learned that can be changed like any others.
In fact, there are plenty of reasons to be encouraged by the
disappointments. For in each of them are numerous ways you can
learn and grow stronger. There are all kinds of great reasons
to remain positive, calm and focused in stressful situations.
For in those highly stressful situations, when you can stay
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Hi,
I’m new here. I found this list purely by chance by an email I received the
other day confirming a subscription that I didn’t even ask for?!? a mix up in
subscribing to another list I suppose,
But it’s all good, as I am interested in quitting smoking.
I skimmed briefly through the archives, and I have a question. What is the
getting started materials?? Is this something I need to order? The list thing
sounds interesting, but I really don’t know where to start.
I’ll try to keep my intro as brief as possible, but it’s kind of complicated.
I just started smoking again about six months ago. I had quit for almost five
years without so much as a single craving. Of course I had the scare of my life
with the diagnosis of a life threatening illness, that sort of helped! But, I
didn’t think I would ever smoke again. In fact, I really detested it. My husband
is a smoker and things were getting o the point, I’m embarrassed to say, that I
was embarrassed by his smoking habit. I started thinking I was so much better
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Hello All!
Today I am celebrating my ONE MONTH SMOKE FREE Anniversary! I could
not have done it without all of you for support ~ THANK YOU THANK YOU
THANK YOU !!!
This has been the easiest quit ever, and now I can say it is my LAST!
In retrospect, every other quit I have attempted over the last 15+
years has failed because I neglected to inform Warren of the change,
and retrain him to respond acceptably.
I realize this is just the first stepping stone on a very long trail
thru the deep dark woods, but now I can see a light at the end, and
my goals and desires are much more reachable! This is sooo exciting!
I will still be taking life one day at a time. Each day promising
myself that I WILL NOT smoke, no matter what, and keeping my
alternative responses in the forground of my consciousness for easy
access.
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Thanks Pam and Steve for the feedback. I wanted to let you know that
I will be out of town until Monday, so will not be posting. I have
downloaded lots of files to read and work on while I am gone. By the
time I post next, it will be my first day without smoking, so expect
to hear from me. Hopefully I won’t be too much of a raving lunatic.
Again, thanks for the info.
Amy

Hi everybody. My name is Mary, and I blew a 15 month quit about 7
months ago. I have tried several times since then to stop smoking,
but haven’t had much luck. Looking back now, I know if I had use cog
quitting methods, I never would have re-started. I’ve known Steve
for almost 2 years thru Quitnet, and have talked to him often about
the cog quitting method. I am taking wellbutrin, and today is my
first day as a non-smoker. If you want to know more about me, I have
a webpage (geocities.com/mary53925) or look at Quitnet profile for
Just_Mary. My email is mary53925@hotmail.
I’m glad to be here.
Mary

Pam,
Thanks for the encouragement. You’re right. In the past I really
didn’t have any strategy at all. It was just throw out the cigs and
hang on. I like having a more proactive approach, and feel good
about this. One thing I am having problems with is identifying my
physical feelings. I guess I’ve never paid attention to them
before. I’ve been doing the timer exercise for the last 3 days, but
alot of the entries talk about how I feel emotionally, and even when
I try to think about how I feel physically, it is very hard to
pinpoint. I will persevere and keep at it. Maybe it will make more
sense as I go.
I thought I should post my Foundation Statement and my try at the 3
lists, so here they are:
Foundation Statement
1) I DO NOT want to be a smoker. I cannot handle the tightness
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Steve - The last 2 days without the lozenges I’ve definately felt
the lack. But it’s not too bad. Today was better than yesterday.
I’m looking forward to tomorrow being over, so I can quit wondering
if strange feelings are due to nicotine issues.
It could be a tough week, as the diet I just started is one of those
that is very low carb for the first two weeks. So I should feel
some carb cravings the first week. Also, I’m used to a couple beers
a night (and can’t have), so it should be an interesting week.
My foundation statement for the initial phase of this diet is just
the smoking thought that helped me most, modified for ‘bad’
foods… “In my right mind, I decided to follow this diet, at least
for two weeks. French fries (beer, whatever heavy in carbs) are not
an option at this time so just forget it.” I know, it works better
for smoking, but I’m gonna try. Where is the cognitive dieting
site? I searched around and didn’t find.
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