A bit off topic
I quit smoking on March 15th of ‘96. Within days I was already questioning
why my quit was so much different than every other quit I’d attempted over
the preceding 35 yrs. Within weeks I was talking to others about a ‘body
based’ approach to dealing with urges to smoke, both where urges come from
and what to do about them. A couple of years later the name ‘cognitive
quitting’ was coined and only within the past 2 years has the program been
refined to be what it is today. However, almost from day 1, it’s been
predominantly women who have responded to, and used, this approach to
smoking and quitting. Why?
I’ve asked this question of others and some of the answers have been, ‘Men
don’t do self help, women do’, ‘women are more in touch with their bodies’,
‘men are goal oriented (just decide and do it) where women are more process
oriented’. I expect the answer may include elements from several areas.
I’m throwing this question out to all of you. You are the people, female
and male, who have found your way here and I’m hoping that you will help me
answer why there are so many more women than men in cognitivequitting.
If you’d rather respond to me privately instead of posting here, my email
addy is ddsteve@…
Thanks,
Steve