Cognitive Quit Smoking

I quit smoking 30 March - went cold turkey. The first couple of
weeks weren’t pleasant but doable and the nicotine detoxification in
the first three to five days wasn’t near as bad as I thought it would
be. The psychological attachment to what I call habit cigarettes
wasn’t that big a duress getting past either. However, there are
three cigarettes a day that are driving me crazy.
One, at lunch, I’m getting used to not having (or maybe I’m keeping
myself too busy at lunch to notice); but not having the other two
sometimes finds me in a place of being angry that I’m not having them
and on occasion I’ll take a puff or if feeling really sulky about it,
I’ll actually smoke half a cigarette. My psychological attachment to
these cigs is very strong and I’ve tried every
alternative/replacement I can think of.
The other two cigs I refer to are after work and late evening after
things here at home are done. The routine: come home at lunch and
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Evenstar (ES) Welcome to you!! I’m glad to see you here. You know how I feel about this program, take this thing, follow and do everything that Steve or Pam say to do with the homework part. Work this hon, for all its worth, you will get past that urge for the just one. Welcome to cogquit, best quitplace on the net.

luv to ya

ion:)

Hi …
I have been told about this site in the past, but decided to check
it out just recently. Someone who I have much respect for, ion, had
recommended this place to me.
I have been quit now for 59 days, but feel I may be slipping. I’ve
reached that period where I can’t stop thinking about that “one”
cigarette … you know the one that would make everything better,
the one nobody would ever have to know about, the one that would
reassure me that I had made the right decision to quit, the one that
would probably taste terrible.
So far I have not smoked that one … but no matter how hard I try
to stay focused, I feel myself growing weak. I need a different
approach from what I’ve been using to refocus myself again.
That’s what has brought me here. I could use any help you could
provide me with.
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hi jess

“WOW 19 months, excellent, how did you do it? the cognitive way I
assume?
thanks for telling that story, makes me feel a bit less “weird”
Jess”

Yes I used Cogquit, I abc everything in site for quite a while. Do this program exactly as its layed out. Do the homework, as Steve and Pam recommend, do it as they say to.

This works, I’d stake myself to the ground, to defend this. I’ve been thru somemajor hell and I’ve never waivered in my quit. So yes, I grabbed this thing and used it for all its worth. Go for it Jess you won’t regret it

ion:)

i have read posts on a few occasions refering to a “timer exercise”,
but have not found an explanation of what this is, and what purpose
it serves.
could someone point me in the right direction to find information on
this tool?
thanks,
chuck

Steve and Jess I had to laugh at this that Steve said.

” Drinking or smoking? When an addicted smoker stops nicotine or
changes the delivery system, there’s usually a 3ish day adjustment
during which manual dexterity (including typing) is impaired. It’s a
physiological condition that improves rapidly. It usually comes with
brain fog also. If you can’t find your toaster, look in the fridge.”

Steve

hahaaaa ok In my first few days of quit, I have no idea which day. My s/o was working on his tractor and had come in the house and put his axel grease down, its in a large upright can. 2 liter thing. So I’m picking up restless as hell and on them move Because at that point I couldn’t sit still ifn you paid me too. So I picked up said can of axel grease and put it in the fridge. Well he comes in looking for his axel grease, asks me, and I said, “I haven’t seen it, are you sure you brought it in the house?” I swear to the gods that is what I told the poor man!! Soo later much later in the day, he comes in gets a cold drink out of the fridge, and has to move the axel grease to get it. He came to me with said axel grease and said this was in the fridge. Now I literally had no memory of touching it. hehehe sooo…ifn any of you new folks should behave strangely or do bazaar things it is part of the territory. I hope this gives you a laugh, finding the funny in all of this helped
get me thru. Work it work it with you got!!

hahaaaaa thanks I had toshare this just too funny, thanks Steve lol.

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Hi Jess,
you wrote
“..what a great file section there is set up here, very well done.”
Thank you. The files section is the handy work of Pam, she’s put
together that resource. She’ll be along shortly.

I thought I was doing so well. I was quit for 2 1/2 weeks, then I slipped. And
I’m still slipping! I know its because I’m not doing the work with the cognitive quitting. Reading…but now working at it. I understand the timeline, but I am having a little
trouble with the appropriate response part. If I feel tension in my neck, tired, etc and I stretch and breathe and still feel the tensions what do i do. Also, while I was not smoking I noticed I wasn’t able to cope with my everyday activities. I went to work..but while I was home I didn’t do anything. All I wanted to do was sleep. Should I give in to that or find another response.
I want to thank all of you so much who continue to help even though you haven’t smoked in so long. Your amazing people.
Sheila

hi everyone newly quit as of 11pm last night and having a hard time
to find my way around the message boards if i need help how do i
post etc., looking forward to my new life as a nonsmoker, loved
reading the cognitive quitting makes soo much sense….lori

hi everyone, i am very new to this site but not to quitting trying
the cognitive way now , i will quit at 11pm this evening, any advice
or pointers on how to use this site thanks…lori