Topic: My stop smoking thread
Denmark guy !jJEom8Ii3E started this discussion 10 years ago #56,817
Nvm, I'm going to stop another day
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #731,646
Denmark guy !jJEom8Ii3E (OP) replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #731,648
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http://inabook.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/CBT-for-dummies-wilsonbranch-excellent-resource.pdf
anxiety: pg.119
depression: pg. 129
obsessions: pg. 143
addictions: pg.145
anger: pg. 175
anxiety: pg.119
depression: pg. 129
obsessions: pg. 143
addictions: pg.145
anger: pg. 175
Denmark guy !jJEom8Ii3E (OP) replied with this 10 years ago, 16 minutes later, 56 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #731,652
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 8 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #731,653
Stephen King has a short story called Quitters Inc, about a company which guarantees to make clients stop smoking. Basically their method is to assign people to follow the person everywhere, 24 hours a day, and if he smokes they (in the case of the guy in the story) beat up his disabled kid or put his wife in an electrically-charged cage. That's if he smokes once. If he smokes twice, they brutally rape the wife and break all the child's limbs. If he fails a third time they admit they've failed and shoot him.
It was turned into a segment for the anthology movie Cat's Eye, though of course all the more violent parts of the story were cut out.
It was turned into a segment for the anthology movie Cat's Eye, though of course all the more violent parts of the story were cut out.
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Emil joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #731,691
Good luck.
Anonymous E replied with this 10 years ago, 10 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #731,692
Luck has nothing to do with it. It is only a question of desire.
Denmark guy !jJEom8Ii3E (OP) replied with this 10 years ago, 24 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #731,704
@731,691 (Emil)
@previous (E)
But luck is still appreciated. Tomorrow I'll start and although I know there are far worse addictions, it's going to be agonizing and depressing.
@previous (E)
But luck is still appreciated. Tomorrow I'll start and although I know there are far worse addictions, it's going to be agonizing and depressing.
Anonymous E replied with this 10 years ago, 17 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #731,707
@previous (Denmark guy !jJEom8Ii3E)
> it's going to be agonizing and depressing.
With that mentality you will 100% fail. I guarantee it.
You need to look at the 'agony' as your body healing itself (which is what it is). Don't think you're depriving yourself of something, think of it as depriving the poison in your system of something. You're killing the 'monster' inside you. When the cravings come (and they will for the first 3 days, but they won't last more than a few minutes each time) laugh at them. Think of them as the 'monster' which wants to kill you dying screaming.
> it's going to be agonizing and depressing.
With that mentality you will 100% fail. I guarantee it.
You need to look at the 'agony' as your body healing itself (which is what it is). Don't think you're depriving yourself of something, think of it as depriving the poison in your system of something. You're killing the 'monster' inside you. When the cravings come (and they will for the first 3 days, but they won't last more than a few minutes each time) laugh at them. Think of them as the 'monster' which wants to kill you dying screaming.
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Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 10 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #731,721
The easy way to stop smoking is a book by Allen Carr which you shoukd read while chainsmoking (or thereabouts). Read it slowly, concentrating on the same old arguments you have heard before, plainly laid out.
It is influenced by the hypnosis approach to quitting and many people recommend this book because it has worked for them.
It is influenced by the hypnosis approach to quitting and many people recommend this book because it has worked for them.