Post by KAREN on Oct 30, 2006 7:07:13 GMT -5
I don't know if this has been posted here before...did a quick search...if it has...my apologies but I thought it was really good!!!
JUNKIE THINKING: One puff won`t hurt
RESPONSE: One puff will always hurt me, and it always will because I`m not a social smoker. One puff and I`ll be smoking compulsively again.
JUNKIE THINKING: I only want one.
RESPONSE: I have never wanted only one. In fact, I want 20 - 30 a day every day. I want them all.
JUNKIE THINKING: I`ll just be a social smoker.
RESPONSE: I`m a chronic, compulsive smoker, and once I smoke one I`ll quickly be thinking about the next one. Social smokers can take it or leave it. That`s not me.
JUNKIE THINKING: I`m doing so well, one won`t hurt me now.
RESPONSE: The only reason I`m doing so well is because I haven`t taken the first one. Yet once I do, I won`t be doing well anymore, I`ll be smoking again.
JUNKIE THINKING: I`ll just stop again.
RESPONSE: Sounds easy, but who am I trying to kid? Look how long it took me to stop this time. And once I start, how long will it take before I get sick enough to face withdrawal again? In fact, when I`m back in the grip of compulsion, what guarentee do I have that I`ll ever be able to stop again?
JUNKIE THINKING: If I slip, I`ll keep trying.
RESPONSE: If I think I can get away with one little "slip" now I`ll think I can get away with another little slip later on.
JUNKIE THINKING: I need one to get me through this withdrawal.
RESPONSE: Smoking will not get me through the discomfort of not smoking. It will only get me back to smoking. One puff stops the process of withdrawal and I`ll have to go through it all over again.
JUNKIE THINKING: I miss smoking right now.
RESPONSE: Of course I miss something I`ve been doing every day for most of my life. But do I miss the chest pain right now? Do I miss the worry, the embarrassment? I`d rather be an ex-smoker with an occasional desire to smoke, than a smoker with a constant desire to stop doing it.
JUNKIE THINKING: I really need to smoke now. I`m so upset.
RESPONSE: Smoking is not going to fix anything. I`ll still be upset; I`ll just be an upset smoker. I never have to have a cigarette. Smoking is not a need, it`s a want. Once the crisis is over, I`ll be releived and grateful I`m still not smoking.
JUNKIE THINKING: I don`t care.
RESPONSE: WHAT IS IT EXACTLY THAT I THINK I DON`T CARE ABOUT? Can I truthfully say I don`t care about chest pain? I don`t care about gagging in the morning? I don`t care about lung cancer? No, I care about these things very much. That`s why I stopped smoking in the first place.
JUNKIE THINKING: What difference does it make, anyway?
RESPONSE: It makes a difference in the way I breathe, the way my heart beats, the way I feel about myself. It makes a tremendous difference in every aspect of my physical and emotional health.
Taken from Quitplan
JUNKIE THINKING: One puff won`t hurt
RESPONSE: One puff will always hurt me, and it always will because I`m not a social smoker. One puff and I`ll be smoking compulsively again.
JUNKIE THINKING: I only want one.
RESPONSE: I have never wanted only one. In fact, I want 20 - 30 a day every day. I want them all.
JUNKIE THINKING: I`ll just be a social smoker.
RESPONSE: I`m a chronic, compulsive smoker, and once I smoke one I`ll quickly be thinking about the next one. Social smokers can take it or leave it. That`s not me.
JUNKIE THINKING: I`m doing so well, one won`t hurt me now.
RESPONSE: The only reason I`m doing so well is because I haven`t taken the first one. Yet once I do, I won`t be doing well anymore, I`ll be smoking again.
JUNKIE THINKING: I`ll just stop again.
RESPONSE: Sounds easy, but who am I trying to kid? Look how long it took me to stop this time. And once I start, how long will it take before I get sick enough to face withdrawal again? In fact, when I`m back in the grip of compulsion, what guarentee do I have that I`ll ever be able to stop again?
JUNKIE THINKING: If I slip, I`ll keep trying.
RESPONSE: If I think I can get away with one little "slip" now I`ll think I can get away with another little slip later on.
JUNKIE THINKING: I need one to get me through this withdrawal.
RESPONSE: Smoking will not get me through the discomfort of not smoking. It will only get me back to smoking. One puff stops the process of withdrawal and I`ll have to go through it all over again.
JUNKIE THINKING: I miss smoking right now.
RESPONSE: Of course I miss something I`ve been doing every day for most of my life. But do I miss the chest pain right now? Do I miss the worry, the embarrassment? I`d rather be an ex-smoker with an occasional desire to smoke, than a smoker with a constant desire to stop doing it.
JUNKIE THINKING: I really need to smoke now. I`m so upset.
RESPONSE: Smoking is not going to fix anything. I`ll still be upset; I`ll just be an upset smoker. I never have to have a cigarette. Smoking is not a need, it`s a want. Once the crisis is over, I`ll be releived and grateful I`m still not smoking.
JUNKIE THINKING: I don`t care.
RESPONSE: WHAT IS IT EXACTLY THAT I THINK I DON`T CARE ABOUT? Can I truthfully say I don`t care about chest pain? I don`t care about gagging in the morning? I don`t care about lung cancer? No, I care about these things very much. That`s why I stopped smoking in the first place.
JUNKIE THINKING: What difference does it make, anyway?
RESPONSE: It makes a difference in the way I breathe, the way my heart beats, the way I feel about myself. It makes a tremendous difference in every aspect of my physical and emotional health.
Taken from Quitplan
