THREE more attempting to QUIT SMOKING!!!!!

[milfus]

first 2 minutes, I feel regret, and this ominous sense of doom, luckily I have my dr. pepper addiction to rely on, lock and load

[tedsingingfox]

Apr 15, 2008, 4:19pm, milfus wrote:first 2 minutes, I feel regret, and this ominous sense of doom, luckily I have my dr. pepper addiction to rely on, lock and loadHAHAHahahahahah!!!!!MILFUS!!!Oh, man! I am SO proud of you for taking the jump. Trust me, I can completely relate to that first hour or so of crawling the walls. All I can offer is support, and my personal guarantee that it really DOES get easier to deal with. Double your nicotine back, if you're not completely satisfied. (oh, wait. Maybe that wasn't such a great guarantee... All three of you... I'm totally and completely serious, here. If you're seriously hurting and need to cuss somebody out...PM me and I'll send you my cell #. Don't hesitate to use it. OK?Ted

[ibanez468]

Tory,Dr. Pepper, Lifesavors, Nicorette, whatever ya' need to keep from lightin' up again. What it's really gonna' take is a strong will & some discipline. Basically the conning of your own mind. "Man, I don't need this crap. It's time ta' give 'em a break. They're no good for me. They do bad things to the insides of my body that I can't even see!" Stuff like that. Remind yourself of the damage they inflict on you, and your insides. This is the time to inflict negativity on a situation that REALLY deserves it. And the regret & ominous doom is part of the psychological mind trip that you'll have to endure. We're in for a fight fellas! Ted's already got a head start!I-468

[tedsingingfox]

Apr 15, 2008, 4:30pm, ibanez468 wrote:Tory,Dr. Pepper, Lifesavors, Nicorette, whatever ya' need to keep from lightin' up again. What it's really gonna' take is a strong will & some discipline. Basically the conning of your own mind. "Man, I don't need this crap. It's time ta' give 'em a break. They're no good for me. They do bad things to the insides of my body that I can't even see!" Stuff like that. Remind yourself of the damage they inflict on you, and your insides. This is the time to inflict negativity on a situation that REALLY deserves it. And the regret & ominous doom is part of the psychological mind trip that you'll have to endure. We're in for a fight fellas!I-468Something else that helped me was following Aub Delane's lead. Instead of saying "I don't want to smoke today", say "I want to make healthy choices today." That simple, little twist of perspective REALLY helped me.Eager to hear from y'all tomorrow.Ted

[tedsingingfox]

BTW...Just got an email from my cousin. (She's the cousin I stayed with in Huntington Beach during the 2007 Road Rally.)I had sent her a little announcement about my making it past my first 2 weeks without smoking.she wrote back that she AND her husband had quit, too. On Feb 6th. But rather than doing it "through sheer force of will power (non-existant), there is finally a magic little pill that really works!!"She said it's called "Chantix", and it's very expensive...like the equivilent to a carton a week for a full month. OUCH!BUT, that may be something worth talking to your doctor and looking into. Whatever works...Just wanted to pass this along...Ted

[milfus]

haha, yeah, i still have that dr pepper, haha, so im good for now, first 30 minutes is pretty smooth, I am hoping it wont get too rough, I gave up pot cold turkey after 6 years, and I gave up drinking cold turkey after 4, so I am hoping I'll just be able to dive into my mass of text books, make a fort out of them and hide from the smokes

[milfus]

that and i promised myself Id try and learn to sing, so hopefully I can replace smoking with singing, I have some learn to sing cd's so I am really hoping itll deflect, but i just stood up to go smoke, then sat, stood up to go smoke again, then sat, then was like, hey i should go smoke, NO YOU SHOULDNT, brain is trying to trick me, sneaky little bastard

[tedsingingfox]

Apr 15, 2008, 4:54pm, milfus wrote:that and i promised myself Id try and learn to sing, so hopefully I can replace smoking with singing, I have some learn to sing cd's so I am really hoping itll deflect, but i just stood up to go smoke, then sat, stood up to go smoke again, then sat, then was like, hey i should go smoke, NO YOU SHOULDNT, brain is trying to trick me, sneaky little bastardAnd it's going to KEEP trying to do that for at least the next week or more. Just know that, no matter what, you really ARE stronger than those triggers.Ted

[ibanez468]

Tory, that's funny! Yeah, Ted I've heard of Chantix, seen a ton of commercials on TV about it. Been meaning to look into it, but haven't felt like getting involved with doctors and all of that. I was hoping it was something you could just buy off of the shelf. It's not, is it?I-468

[coachdebra]

yeah screw it, you guys have inspired me, imma give it a go, I have failed 4 times now cause something disastrous happens every time, but here goes nothin, imma go smoke one last one after posting this and then try and hold off as much as i can, Ill report back in agony im sure as im up to 2 packs a day You made me think of the movie Airplane ("I guess today wasn't a good day to quit barbituates...." LOL I'm going to repeat myself, the response to "disasterous" might be to allow yourself to have whatever feelings you're having, instead of lighting up to supress those feelings.Any vocal or acting teacher will tell you that in order to fully access your emotions, you must breath fully -- and cigarettes very effectively stop you from doing that.So instead of lighting up, and instead of gripping your chair arms, try breathing and asking yourself, "What am I avoiding feeling right now? Hmmm -- what's that about?"BTW -- I've helped a few clients quit smoking Debra