Smoking Dilemma

[michele_cat_cyprus]

EFT is a technique that involves tapping oneself on certain acupressure points in a certain order while repeating phrases out loud or silently to gently reprogram one's thought patterns . That's as close as I can get to explaining it. It has helped me a great deal with anxiety problems in the past. Maybe someone else can explain better/more thoroughly?

Emily

 

[Pompal 09.]

I know I need to quit, but I am just not ready.

What are you waiting for?

There will never be a "right time" or "best time" or whatever. There will always be stress, unexpected change, and assorted BS to deal with.

So don't wait on the impossible and justify smoking thereby.

If you need to do it and want to do it, you can. There are TONS of products/programs/etc. available to help you, if you really want to quit.

If you don't really want to quit, you won't. So figure out whether you want to or not, and act accordingly.

Best of luck to you, one way or the other.

 

[stienbabe]

True dat. What made me ready was being in Boston and trying to walk up stairs and everyone else was passing me by, including people over 60. I literally could not get enough air into my lungs that my body needed. They were too damaged or traumatized by smoking.

Then I read an article in the AMA called "Smoker's Face" talking about how doctors can tell if a woman over 30 smokes when she walks into the room, just by the premature aging on her face. ( I'd have to agree with that, I can see it too). That struck my vain side and that was it.

Also, please educate yourself about this addiction. Get on a quitters support forum. No one tells you you will have cravings for years. In the beginning, a lot and then over the years it tapers off as your cells figure out they won't be getting their fix and begin to calm down. 12 years later I get them once in a blue moon, but about 3 times a year it hits me, usually while watching a movie or someone else smoking.

Like any alcoholic, your cells are primed for this drug and it will be waiting for it always. Youhave cell receptors that want it, wait for it and sometimes try to get you to get it to them. You can never take that one sip or drink, for us it's a drag, or one cigarette. Don't ever do hat, resist the urge and then you will find yourself still off them 10 years later.

Smokers tend to wait for a non-stressful time in their life to quit.There will never be a perfect time to quit.
I will say that again; There will never be a perfect time to quit.

And that sock thing...I was so shocked and then hurt by it I could not respond. The student had told the owner of the place I taught out of. It was an affluent area, so I find it ironic someone with money seeking higher truth in spirituality dismissed someone due to their clothing and how they looked to them. I'm over it and see it for what it is, but at the time it was a drag.

 

[Pompal 09.]

Was watching one of the morning tv programs this morning and they had a brief part about how to save money in this tight economy.
One of the first 3 things they highlighted was to stop smoking.
Why? It saves you $1,820 per year in cigarettes alone!
Hm, what could you do with the $1,820 you could save this year?

 

[Pompal 09.]

If you need to do it and want to do it, you can. There are TONS of products/programs/etc. available to help you, if you really want to quit.

If you don't really want to quit, you won't. So figure out whether you want to or not, and act accordingly.

Whoa. That is a really naive and potentially damaging view of the realities of psychological and physical addiction.

Cigarette smoking, much like weight control, is varied and complex. Telling people that if they REALLY wanted to quit (lose weight), they would, and if they don't, they must not really want it. This is an untrue and hurtful assumption.

To the OP: good for you for desiring to cut back/quit. Please recognize the need for support and keep moving forward, no guilt or beating yourself up over setbacks.