Body Cues, Severe Pain, Differance
I still want to quit but have not yet. I have a plan of Sunday 22/06.
I am going through so much right now with the severe chronic pain and
new meds that the Dr’s want me to try. It is hard to define body cues
and if they are or not. If they are pain signs, so much involved with
the two and the pain ones seem to win over. I have been reading the
web site information and posted messages as much as I can.
I really do not know if the timer and recognizing body cues will work
for me. I know I have to do it cold turkey and I want to do it that
way so if you have any other suggestions that I might try I am
willing to do that as well.
I hope you are not to pissed that I am having such a time with this
espcially with the pain factor. It is hard to describe the pain
unless you have been through it. All I ask for is some patience but I
understand if you think there is nothing else you can do for me that
I will be willing to go somewhere else.
I thank you for all yor sugestions and for your time. I thank
everyone for there posts and wish the best for everyone going through
there quit.
Be Safe, Stay Well & BBFN
Bill ( Dusty)
March 21st, 2007 at 12:15 am
I quite agree with Ann re: the inability to understand the experience of
chronic pain if one has never had to live with it. My heart goes out to
everyone who is enduring that sort of existence.
The majority, if not all, of the cigarettes we smoke are triggered by
physical sensations and the intensity of those sensations is not the issue.
I’m not sure how this idea of separating one cue from another has started
but…. a trigger is a trigger is a trigger. Whether it’s intense pain or
‘below your radar’ subtle tension in your shoulders, if a connection has
been established between a physical sensation and a cigarette response,
then that physical sensation (body cue) is a trigger. This program is
intended to help a person become aware of those physical sensations that
have been established as their triggers and ‘BASED ON THEIR BELIEFS AND
GOALS’ choose a response.
On a personal note, if I was living with pain and it appeared to me that a
couple of drags on a cigarette was the only thing that would provide
relief, I’d be smoking. My primary concern has always been ‘right now’.
There would have to be some fairly compelling reasons for me to consciously
choose not to smoke. However, if I was aware that I was lighting a
cigarette in order to provide a ‘mental diversion’ rather than actually
reducing the level of pain, I might be inclined to consider some other
diversionary action. But that’s me and it’s not my place to suggest what
another’s choice ’should’ be, only what it ‘might’ be.
What I do suggest is that IF you’ve decided that you don’t want to smoke as
a response to anything in your life, then paying attention to your body
cues, WHATEVER they are, will enable you to consciously choose your
responses before they become connected to reaching for a cigarette.
Steve