Finding solutions can be easy, hard or sometimes, just plain tricky. By the way, thank you all who commented on my 700 days and last weeks blog. It's been a while here for me so it was wonderful to hear from all of you, Nancy, Ellen, Terri, Marylynn, Dale, Newme, Shawn and others.
Quitting smoking is easy, dealing with all the crazy stuff that goes on in your head and with your body is the tricky part. So we say to ourselves, I'm not smoking anymore, I can't stand it! After about 5 minutes of Gung Ho.... The fear sets in that you won't be able to ...blah-blah... and all these things start running around in your head...blah-blah....
That's the Nicodemon knocking at your brains front door, don't let it in and it can't win. It can be real tricky but remember N.O.P.E. (Not One Puff Ever) I remember when I first quit, i played this tricky Q&A game with myself. When my craving was so strong, the question I would ask myself is, "Why do I want a cigarette?" ...... and if my answer was not the absolute truth, I probably would be smoking today. Because the absolute truth was,.. I did NOT WANT a cigarette. I had to figure out how to answer that question every time and everytime I answered it with the truth and dealt with the hard consequences of finding a solution without a cigarette, I felt better about myself everyday and now, as problems arise I would rather deal with them any other way I can because a cigarette never did fix anything for me.
The support group here was pivotal for those times when I did not want a cigarette, but I felt I had no where to turn and no answers for myself. I think the tricky part is finding the solution to things without a cigarette and if you do not want to smoke, don't, N.O.P.E. Just come here to get help with all the other tricky stuff.
