Here I am 60 days into No Man's Land. I've noticed just by looking at my past blogs that things are getting easier. However, new family stresses or old ones revisiting are recreating a big trigger.
Nighttime, specifically 1-3 a.m. are becoming a real vulnerable time. It is always the time when I have stress that my mind wakes just enough to think about every stressful minutiae it can find. I'm really wanting to smoke, Found some discarded butts my daughter left outside and once again had to keep choosing my quit. Put them in water, but I am tiring of the wanting to smoke at night.
I'm thinking I need to almost prepare myself before I go to sleep with some kind of mantra or ritual that gives me a boost of confidence instead of dread for the "battle".
I've read a lot here about changing your mind talk and perspective, which I use a lot. Seeing this as a freedom run is a good one. Any thoughts or mantras anyone has that might be helpful for this New pop up on my journey would be appreciated.
One just occurred to me from "The Secret". I have it. I will just visualize myself smoke free and happy in the moment, feeling that good feeling of another day won w/o smoking. Any improvements, suggestions?
I think I have improved from thinking about smoking all the time to thinking about smoking most of the time.
Little steps, one at a time will get you there.
Cindy
60 days and counting
I will agree that the midnight craves are bad at times. Until I quit smoking I didn't realize how many midnight sickaretts I consumed. I find myself going online, visiting this site, playing casual computer games, looking through facebook, doing random online searches and just seeing where it takes me.
My roommate smokes. We would take turns buying the carton. I now have a box of breath mints where I kept my pack, 5 inches from where his pack sits. Every time I think about smoking I just shake my head and remind myself I don't do that anymore. If I happen to be physically heading to the counter where we keep the sickaretts, I just grab a breath mint. I am on my 2nd week of my current quit, but I did quit last October and it lasted over 10 months, I know I did reach the point of not thinking about smoking, but once every few days vs every few minutes. I do like your idea of having a self talk prior to going to bed and should you wake up and think about smoking I hope it helps you break through the urge/crave and see it as just a useless thought.
Hold tight to your quit
Tabbie