MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION
Posted by Foxy9 - Feb 28, 1999
JUNKIE THINKING
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 too 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 guarantee 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 relieved and grateful I'm still not smoking.
JUNKIE THINKING: I don't care. RESPONSE: What is it exactly that I think that 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.
Other Junkie Thinking: Why bother? We all have to die sometime, I deserve to smoke., Cigarettes are all I've got left. They get to smoke, It would taste so good. They're smoking and it's not hurting them. Smoking wasn't really so bad, This won't count because....., I know I can't smoke just one, but I hope I can, Do it fast before you think about it.
Posted by: Dagems - Feb 28, 1999
POEM (author unknown to me)
I have decided it is time to say goodbye to my companion of over 30 years.
I know it isn't going to be easy...he has been there with me most of my life...through the good times and bad.
He has been my crutch, my strength and he never left my side for a moment.
He was there through the birth of all 3 of my children. He was there in the night when I walked the floor with them.
He was at my side through the pain of funerals and the joy of weddings. He was with me whether I was crying or laughing.
But things have changed. I realize now that he was suffocating me. He is greedy, selfish and has been stealing my life away from me all these years!
But, how do you say goodbye to your security blanket. The one you always turn to for comfort and understanding?
We met when I was only 15 and have never been apart since.
We use to go places and do things together that we can no longer do.
We use to shop together, go to appointments and theaters and restaurants together, but now my companion is no longer accepted in those places. And I realize the time has come for us to go our separate ways.
With the help of God, my dear friends, Zyban and as much strength and determination as I can muster I am going to say goodbye at last to Nicotine. I really liked this poem!!!!!!!!!!
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