http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2006/08/30/holiday-greetings/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:43:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2006/08/30/holiday-greetings/#comment-3170 Neva Marjory Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:01:10 +0000 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2006/08/30/holiday-greetings/#comment-3170 Just thought I'd pop in here and say hello and hope everyone is doing Ok over the holidays (I know these can be difficult times!). I havent posted much recently, as my energies have been elsewhere (read on, dear readers!) I'm now a year, a month and a week (or a little more) without smoking thanks to Steve and Pam. For those of you just starting.... this really works if you put the time in. I smoked for about 25 years before this quit.... Just so that those of you who might be hesitating on the brink and wondering whether it is the "right time".. I have to say its both never, and always, the right time. I have found that for me, the tools and approach of cognitive quitting has helped me to face all sorts of situations which would in the past have promted chain smoking. And it has not been, for me, what most people would consider the "right time". In fact I've had one of the most difficult years of my <!--more--> life... my other half and I have had a hellish year and finally have just separated (in fact he left at my request on Christmas day morning to go and live with "the other woman"). Confronting your lovers' infidelity after 24 years together is one of those acute life stress situations, I can tell you.. but I was fully able to find alternatives to smoking even in the midst of major life crises. In fact the idea of a cigarette rarely entered my mind, to be frank. It may seem hard to beleive, but its true... this appraoch has taught me much more effective alternatives than the little white stick! Here's to the future and especially to those of you who may be planning to give up as your new year's resolution! If you start the timer work now you will be wonderfully prepared for January the first.... Just thought I’d pop in here and say hello and hope everyone is doing
Ok over the holidays (I know these can be difficult times!). I havent
posted much recently, as my energies have been elsewhere (read on,
dear readers!)
I’m now a year, a month and a week (or a little more) without smoking
thanks to Steve and Pam. For those of you just starting…. this
really works if you put the time in. I smoked for about 25 years
before this quit….
Just so that those of you who might be hesitating on the brink and
wondering whether it is the “right time”.. I have to say its both
never, and always, the right time. I have found that for me, the tools
and approach of cognitive quitting has helped me to face all sorts of
situations which would in the past have promted chain smoking.
And it has not been, for me, what most people would consider the
“right time”. In fact I’ve had one of the most difficult years of my

life… my other half and I have had a hellish year and finally have
just separated (in fact he left at my request on Christmas day morning
to go and live with “the other woman”). Confronting your lovers’
infidelity after 24 years together is one of those acute life stress
situations, I can tell you.. but I was fully able to find alternatives
to smoking even in the midst of major life crises. In fact the idea of
a cigarette rarely entered my mind, to be frank.
It may seem hard to beleive, but its true… this appraoch has taught
me much more effective alternatives than the little white stick!
Here’s to the future and especially to those of you who may be
planning to give up as your new year’s resolution! If you start the
timer work now you will be wonderfully prepared for January the first….

]]> http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2006/08/30/holiday-greetings/#comment-2842 luis_20 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:46:06 +0000 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2006/08/30/holiday-greetings/#comment-2842 Thank you, and same to you, Steve. I am going to quit smoking in 2005 and do a lot of other things too. I let the cog quit fade off, and haven't done much with it lately. This year, I am focusing back on myself and not a million other external things. I hope this will enable me to succeed. :) Linda Thank you, and same to you, Steve. I am going to quit smoking in 2005 and do a lot of other things too. I let the cog quit fade off, and haven’t done much with it lately. This year, I am focusing back on myself and not a million other external things. I hope this will enable me to succeed. Linda

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