To old and new
Hello Pam and thanks for thinking of me. I lost my quit, but I’ve
not given up. Unfortunately this week was extremely stressful at
work and I wasn’t prepared with my ABC’s to handle the situations.
Just spent this morning re-writing my life statements as in my goals
in life, the positives and negatives affecting the achievement of
those goals and the tools I have to succeed in reaching them–this
cognitive quitting being one of those tools. Extremely ‘heady’ stuff
and took a break to check in here to see what was happening and saw
your message. What a wonderful experience to know that someone was
thinking about how I was doing! After this break, I’m going to spend
some time planning out more ABC’s using my lists so I’ll have the
plans in my mind to prepare myself for the situations that arise on a
daily basis.
Earlier this week, Steve recommended I use the timer exercise.
Wasn’t sure what that was, but I’ve done some searching around the
archived posts and now know what it is. Since I’ll be chained to my
desk most of the upcoming week, I’m going to use the reminder
software at work to set my timer and record my physcial sensations,
emotional status, etc.
I’ve re-established Monday (9/8) morning as my quit date only this
time I’m going to use the patches instead of cold turkey. I believe
I need to step down from the nicotine in order to succeed, since I’m
a very heavy smoker.
Well that is my game plan. I’ll post my other ABC’s as I get them
planted in my brain 
Thanks again for thinking of me.
Lorraine