Cognitive Quit Smoking

I have quit smoking 5 days back. Found this site and makes perfect
sense to me, that is the way my habit sticks even after the cravings
are gone. But I am not sure how this ABC works. Please help.

Hi all,
I have a job interview comming up on Wed. and I am very exctied about it.
But before that I have to fix my resume and see what I am going to
wear…….. sigh.. sigh…. but worst of all I can’t concentrate. I am
running from one point to another doing nothing.
So here I am making an ABC for the interview and trying to come up whith
physical emotions and reposnes cause it’s not like an event coming up over
the next hours it’s still until Wed and all my thought are circling to it.
The physical sensations are also changing, one minute I am all jumpy and
next time I am all stiff. How do I put that in one ABC?
A) I am working on my resumee I read and try to fix it and all in my mind is
I want to smoke I fix it later or take it out at the balcony, I know a smoke
will help it always did. My musles feel tense, my shoulders feel heavy and
pulling down, my head feels heavy and I can’t think, or I feel all jumpy my
breathing is faster, I can’t sit still, my heart rate is going up and I feel
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don’t know where they come from or what they can possibly expect to
gain. darling sally has been removed.

Hi all,
I’m presently in southern Arizona visiting family. There
was `suppose’ to be a computer here and I expected to have lots of
time to be online to post and chat. A simple `quick restore’ went
disastrously wrong and so to all of you who were expecting to find me
online it would seem the Gods are laughing hysterically at me, once
again. I think I’ll go kick a cactus. Or maybe that’s not a great
idea.
I WILL be back online just not as soon as I’d like.
Steve

It was Satturday and my day off and sleep in day but work called at 07:00h
and than the phone never stoped ringing So I got up frustrated and to make
things worse it was raining. So first thought was a smoke secind was making
an ABC and here is the result:
A) is so early in the morning and the stupid phone keeps on ringing outside
it’s raining and I can’t go for a run, I feel bored and frustrated. It feels
like restles, I want to do something, my hands can’t stay still, my body
kind of feels heavy and stiff, my head hurts and my eyes feel burning,
breathing feels kind of heavy.
B) I know a smoke would help, I guess I feel bored and don’t know what I
feel like doing. A smoke gives me something to do and passes some time.
C ) I’ll go for a smoke.
B) No I don’t smoke no matter what, the physical sensations are more a sign
of feeling tiered I think the reason why I don’t know what to do is that I
haven’t had enough sleep the last days and my body needs a rest. I could go
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Hi Group,
Thanks to those who answered my post. I should mention that I don’t
have my own computer and use other people’s. I am using my fiance’s
computer now while he’s asleep. I will try to write out that foundation
thing as soon as I can. I have to really think about it. I don’t quite
fall into any of your catagories. I don’t have any health problem that
not smoking will help, nor do I use cigarettes to cope with my daily
life. Maybe knowing my situation can inspire somebody to think of a
catagory I do fit in? LOL. I’ve always been the odd one out.
I said in my introduction, I began writing my feelings, story and
coping strategies out long ago and hope to eventually put it up online.
My drive to totally stop began when I realized my fiance was addicted
to nicotine and smokes like an animal. It scares me.
I’ve been using mental tricks all my life. As a teen I controlled
smoking by remaining firmly afraid of my mother and since I didn’t want
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It’s day three and I’m still with the program. I kept really busy
this morning by planning this day ahead of time. However, there are
still two packs of cigarettes 4 feet from me that aren’t mine. It’s
too hot outside to escape. This is a hanging on moment but I’m going
to try to think it out.
A. Buddy’s outside and Jack’s asleep. He’s left his cigs right here
by the computer and I’m on day III.
B) I have messed up on Day 3, week 3 and month 3. I have a failure
mechanism planted in my head that the 3s will beat me everytime. By
this time I feel like I can already just have one and feel better
enough to start again tomorrow,
C) I’ll steal one of my guest’s cigarettes.
B1) No, No, No!! I do not want to be a smoker. There is no
situation where a smoking response is appropriate….right now I’m
feeling pretty uncomfortable. It’s Saturday and I should be enjoying
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Hi Group,
I have been reading the recent posts on this board and have read the
“Warren” story and suggested methods. I wanted to make this post
because I wanted some feedback and advice.
I am a strange case, indeed. Long before I found this group, I began to
determine that only by dealing with the mental aspect of smoking could
quitting be acheived. I have spent alot of time writing and I have done
alot of the foundation work.
Here’s the thing. First off, I did begin smoking around age 16 and I am
36 now. But during my entire smoking career, I have only been exposed
to indoor smoke for 9 years. I grew up in a non-smoking home and I
forbid smoking around my child (who is about to be 10 this year). I
actually could never stand being indoors with smoke and during the 9
years I lived with it in the house, the windows were always wide open
(even in winter) and the fans always blasting.
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if I would have been a smoker I would have chain smoked over the last three
days.
My days were hell. Wed. I just had a rough day just one of those days and
survived thanks to Ion’s life jacket. The other two days were hell my job
combined with the power failure became a night mare. I only slept like three
hours last night and then I had to be back at work. I had to walk long
distances as the subway wasn’t running. And I managed to do all this without
smoking. I survived those days I don’t know how but I think Ion’s Life
jacket saved me a lots of times. Ion do you mind if I keep your life jacket
a little bit longer?
There were moments were I wanted to smoke badly e.g. after the power failure
in my building was under control and things slowed down I thought something
like Oh a smoke would be nice to relax.I really deserve a smoke right now
and when I told one of my co-workers that I wanted to smoke badly he was
quick in offering me a cigarette but than there was something stopping me
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I spent 40 minutes on the train last night trying to make an abc for
walking in the door after work. At B1 I started having such a
discussion with myself that I never finished. But it worked for the
best because I never missed that cigarette at all last night.
I could sure use some help tweaking this one though because I got
myself so confused that I can’t find my way back. This one is, I
mean WAS, my absolute, stay away from me, favorite smoke of the day
so
I need to get to C1. If you can just identify what I am feeling that
would be the best help. I don’t think I’m good at this part.
“A. I just walked in the door from work
B. It’s 5:30 and I’ve been gone since 6:30 this morning. I’m tired
from work and I’m happy to be home. My cigarette will help me relax
and give me my own space. I only need this for 7 minutes and then I
will enjoy my evening or at least be ready to face my evening. I love
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