the most important thing, for me
The most important thing for me is to give my
body what it wants, each time the urge to smoke
comes.
This is usually AIR, and a deep breath, or 3 or 4.
It does not want more thoughts. So I breathe,
I breathe, — and as I breathe in AIR I feel I am
satisfying the urge for a smoke.
It just feels that way to my body. Each time I do
it, it feels better to me. It feels better than
smoking. Usually 3 or 4 deep breaths. Sometimes
more, sometimes a short walk, a stretch,
sometimes a reminder of “I do not WANT
to be a smoker!”
I think this is how my ‘autopilot’ is being
retrained. This is what I’ve learned most of
all from the cog approach. BREATHE, BREATHE
DEEP for every urge. Don’t think about it,
don’t fight with it — just give my body what it
REALLY wants. It really wants to breathe!! It
really doesn’t want smoke!!! Annie
In a message dated 9/6/05 6:59:16 PM, beth.blakely@… writes:
<< I used the “I don’t want to be a smoker” and the associated thoughts to
keep me from wavering. I know I need to “do the work” so I’ll be doing
some writing on that very soon.