Bear,
Thanks for the great read. I think that people often get anxious about what they may experience and will shy away from quitting for that reason. This is a great approach to take.
Brenna, Bilingual Support Specialist
Bear, I tend to agree with you on this one. I no longer have craves but I still have uncomfortable feelings and would like to move on in my non-smoking life without thinking of uncomfortable feelings as craves.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]7/4/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 145
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,900
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $580.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 19 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 24 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39
I've noticed that a some people experience a lot of difficullty when it comes to quitting smoking and take on the appearance of a man carrying a load of bricks while trying to scale a mountain.
We've all heard the expression " it's not the destination thats important it's the journey."
We also know that quitting smoking is mostly mental and to a minor degree physical and that having the right attitude contributes greatly to our success or failure.
It is with this in mind that I would like to suggest a different approach to this problem of quitting smoking in the hope that it may make the journey easier.
I would like to suggest that we approach quitting more like a drive or walk down an unknown country road were each twist or turn may bring us upon something new and exciting.
This would of course mean that we would have to look upon withdrawel,craving and trigger's in a whole new light.
My suggestion would be not to call them anything at all but to experience them for what they are temporary , uncomfortable feelings that come and go just as quickley.The trick here being to still use ways of diverting ourselves when this discomfort appears.
This may appear a rather unorthdox approach to quiting smoking but it did in large part work for me but as the Chinese say " one mans meat is another mans poison."
So take what you can use and leave the rest.
:)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/20/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 251
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,518
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,510.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 57 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 28 [B]Seconds:[/B] 10
