Today is my quit date
and I quess I haven’t done enough of the work
with this cognitive quit thing yet because there were times today
that were very hard,but I am determined not to smoke no matter what.
I have done the timer exercise, but the only thing that I got out of
it is to stop and realize how I am feeling and to recognize the
physical symtoms that I am having when these cravs occur. Sorry,
Steve, I guess I just don’t get it. Alice
October 1st, 2006 at 3:31 am
I’m just going to butt in with my opinion here Alice—the next step after identifying your physical sensations is to come up with options for meeting those needs—for instance, if your skin is dry, put lotion on. If your mouth is unfresh, brush your teeth. If your back is tightening up—stand up and stretch. Breathing and stretching are so important. Write down all the options you can think of. You may not choose to do them all—but you can have an array of options in front of you.
October 2nd, 2006 at 6:33 pm
That sounds like good advice, but what do you do when you are really suffering from severe withdrawal like extreme nervousness and a pain in the pit of your stomach? Alice
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:12:11 EST jlallbutt@… writes:
I’m just going to butt in with my opinion here Alice—the next step after identifying your physical sensations is to come up with options for meeting those needs—for instance, if your skin is dry, put lotion on. If your mouth is unfresh, brush your teeth. If your back is tightening up—stand up and stretch. Breathing and stretching are so important. Write down all the options you can think of. You may not choose to do them all—but you can have an array of options in front of you.