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SUCH a cute lil kitty!Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkkin
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WF fellows and compatriots, I am trying to become healthier. I ate whole wheat pasta with organic sauce today and really enjoyed it. Also took my dog for a long, brisk walk in the sweltering sun to give us some exercise. I'm feeling good and working on Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. It's different, I'll say that, but immensely good as well. Before, I had only read The Elephant Vanishes (which I was disappointed with AND ruined the ending of Anna Karenina for me- which I was reading at the time.)
I'm trying so hard to not smoke. Every time I crave, I look up the statistics of death by smoking-related causes. Day 3- because I've stopped and restarted so many time. I'm hoping to give myself the boot and really hunker down here.
That's all for me.
a Plug has done so much to emancipate women
You've got this! No crave lasts longer than five minutes. Craves will peak around Day 3, and should disappear (aside from the occasional spasm) after about a month. Save all of your cigarette money in a jar. For a long time. Every time you're tempted to buy a pack or bum a smoke, look at it. Find something that you really want, that you're saving for, that you want more than a cigarette. Pumpkin seeds are good crave-killers. Nicotine is a pesticide, actually. The craving for that should only last about two weeks, and it should be mild enough that it's almost unnoticeable. You WILL get through this. Make up your mind that the cigarette is NOT your master, and that you refuse to be a slave any longer. :-) Very best of luck. It's not an event; it's a campaign, day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute -- you are seizing your own liberation!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bard_Daniel
One final thought: There is no such thing as, "just one." ;)
double posting... Crap.
As have D-cell batteries. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by escorial
you were a successful nonsmokerQuote:
Originally Posted by Bard_Daniel
for a long time.
some choices are temper tantrum toddlers.
while reading (or other quiet activities),
try moving a pencil from one side of you to the other.
by substitution, active acknowledgement
but
infinite-delay-affirmative.
after an hour, or some number of side moves,
get up and let your metabolism work with you.
you've got this.
:)
great meeting!
lots of incidentals,
but detail is okay by me.
december feels like it's a long way away.
judging by january past,
it'll be here before i know it.
maybe i'll pre-stage lights.
and pretend it's a summer thing.
:)
We're in this together, bud. Me with alcoholism and you with smoking. Just gotta take it minute by minute and in time, it'll become easier. I've found with me that it helps to drink something else during the times I wanted liquor. Maybe with you, try using a toothpick. Let me explain -- your brain is used to the motions, right? So give your brain that through the use of a toothpick when you've got the urges.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bard_Daniel
Have you thought about going to an addiction specialist who is a psychiatrist? They exist for these sort of problems. They don't solely exist just for helping control the urges of drug users.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bard_Daniel