Junkie thinking #4, #5, #6, etc. etc.

[Susana]

- I'm grumpy because I've quit smoking.... WRONG!!!! You are grumpy because it is the end of the month and you have no money left, or because you have been eating too much crap and you know it, or because that girl you like looks down at you... get real!

 

- I can't sleep because I've quit smoking... WRONG!!!! You can't sleep because you are overworked and worried about 10.000 things at once. Quitting is just one of them. Tackle the other 9.999 first and then we'll see...

 

- I've put weight. That's because I've quit smoking.... WRONG!!!! You've put weight because you are eating lots of comfort food and sitting around doing nothing. Keep your quit, and keep moving!

 

- I can't stand people because I've quit smoking... WRONG!!!! People are awful. Horrid. You notice more when you quit because you are a notch cleverer than them. Don't step down that notch! If you do they will still be unbearable and awful and horrid... and so will you.

 

- I can't quit. I'm too weak... WRONG!!!! You don't have to be strong to quit smoking. You don't need will power. You don't need magic. You just need to want to quit. If you want to, you will. If you don't want to... wait until you want too. It is only YOU here. 

 

Please feel free to add... I'm sure I'll come back with a few more entries. It's the weekend and I'll have a smoking friend staying with me. I'm sure I'll come back with a few more entries...

 

 

[Still winning]

It's a struggle to keep your head straight. Feel as if you are arguing with yourself! It's normal.

 

This too will pass!!

 

It ALWAYS passes and what you're left with, is a solid quit

 

...and maybe a diet plan ;) but you care far less :)

 

x

[action]

You are doing great Susanna!!!

[Pippa]

(((( Susana))) you have so got this - I hope these posts are kept close here on the board because they are a mirror of what we all thought - but guess what - we have got to where we are and you can to ! Now post away and remember we are here for you ,

[mtbjay]

Very clever. I like how you write these down. That is very smart, both for you and for others that are struggling. This is very good stuff. I'd say you have this quit. Your head is in the right place.

[Susana]

Another one.

 

- "My friends are smoking with their morning coffee/after a meal/with their wine/leisurely away, and I don´t feel part of the group because I´m not smoking"... BULL!

 

Remember so many times YOU were the ONLY person in the group that smoked and fell completely inadequate, trying to fan your smoke away from their faces, or worse, having to leave the group to go outside every now and then, and feeling like a smelly idiot? Besides, when your smoking friends say things like "you are doing so good, I wish I COULD quit too"... who is feeling inadequate now?

[Still winning]

Absolutely!!  You are doing an AMAZING thing...

 

First you are owning your quit and saving your body and finances

 

Secondly you are showing smokers that it can be done, brilliant work.

 

xx

[Holski]

Yes!

:D