Cognitive Quit Smoking

Tomorrow I will have finished smoking for eight months and I thought
I’d pop in and say thank you!
In the eight months we have given up work, moved halfway across the
country to begin a new venture, (which isn’t going really well, but
other options are available)and been on our two week holiday. My
husband has been home alot (We went from never seeing each other to
always seeing each other!) Basically it has been a hugely stressful
time and even a little scary ( mid forties life changes are SCARY!!)
And I did not smoke!! Not a one, Sure I had thought about smokes,
thoughts like, if I still smoked I’d be puffing about 60 a day with
all this, thoughts like, if I still smoked I would not have the energy
or health to accomplish this, if I still smoked that would be 250-300
euros a month I wouldnt have to pay a few bills while money is tied up.
I did have a couple occasions when I thought I might like a smoke to
get me through a particularly stressful day but the foundation

statement always pulled me through. Nothing is fixed, cured,
helped,soothed or smoothed by a cigarette.
What are the ups about being a quitter? amazing hair (LOL) I can
cycle for over twenty miles up and down hills!! I did not have to look
for a house to rent that specifically allowed smokers & its a new
house with no smokey smell! I don’t have to dust as often and my
pictures and windows no longer get that amber fog! My husbands health
has improved. I look about 10 years younger and feel 15 years younger!
Do the work! Those timers and ABCS are crucial to the intelligent
quit. Those and the foundation statements will help you time & time
again as you go through the process of quitting and changing the
smoking behaviours.
29 years I smoked, and I’d still be on them now without cogquit!
Hang in there and know without a shadow of a doubt you CAN quit!
Slan!!
Gayle

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