Second Morning Smokefree

OMFG!!!!!! I am craving like hell this morning. yesterday was much easier
than this!!Im trying like hell to distrack myself from it but its not easy!!
to top it off my fucking coffee makeer is showing its ass. it is on but wont
brew the fucking coffee. I can hear it,but the water seems to be evaporating
..there is no leakFuck!!!!!!! I will throw tht fucking thing as far as I can
send it!!!!
Becky
One day, 11 hours, 58 minutes and 11 seconds. 74 cigarettes not smoked,
saving $6.71. Life saved: 6 hours, 10 minutes.

tape a picture of you nicodemon to it and smash it with a baseball bat
--
Lynn VOF+ Leaper
"Everyone seems normal until you get to know them."



"Becky" <sobern2003@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:IO6dncyQ9oWErLnVnZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> OMFG!!!!!! I am craving like hell this morning. yesterday was much easier
> than this!!Im trying like hell to distrack myself from it but its not
> easy!! to top it off my fucking coffee makeer is showing its ass. it is on
> but wont brew the fucking coffee. I can hear it,but the water seems to be
> evaporating .there is no leakFuck!!!!!!! I will throw tht fucking thing as
> far as I can send it!!!!
> Becky
> One day, 11 hours, 58 minutes and 11 seconds. 74 cigarettes not smoked,
> saving $6.71. Life saved: 6 hours, 10 minutes.
>
>

Good idea! I think I may have gotten it to work,but if not I will smash the
damn thing!
Becky
"Lynn" <lynn.scott@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4824332a$0$4056$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net...
> tape a picture of you nicodemon to it and smash it with a baseball bat
> --
> Lynn VOF+ Leaper
> "Everyone seems normal until you get to know them."
>
>
>
> "Becky" <sobern2003@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:IO6dncyQ9oWErLnVnZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> OMFG!!!!!! I am craving like hell this morning. yesterday was much easier
>> than this!!Im trying like hell to distrack myself from it but its not
>> easy!! to top it off my fucking coffee makeer is showing its ass. it is
>> on but wont brew the fucking coffee. I can hear it,but the water seems to
>> be evaporating .there is no leakFuck!!!!!!! I will throw tht fucking
>> thing as far as I can send it!!!!
>> Becky
>> One day, 11 hours, 58 minutes and 11 seconds. 74 cigarettes not smoked,
>> saving $6.71. Life saved: 6 hours, 10 minutes.
>>
>>
>
>

Now *that's* the Becky we all miss :-) Just remember that most of
this is in your mind. If you're on the patch and Zyban, you should be
able to get through this easier than it seems to be going. Stay
strong!

Cheers,
Rob

Im not only on Zyban and the patch,but I use lozenges too! just a fluke I
guess,since yesterday morning went much easier. Perhaps I am getting less
nicotine from this than from smokign and thus I am in slight withdrawal. At
any rate I feel better. I distracted myself from it by playing on the
internet.
Now about that fucking cofee maker.....

Becky
off to threaten the coffee maker with certain death unless it shapes the
fuck up
"Billy Bob F." <billybobf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:72778f7b-b843-4449-8525-73d5d05fd97a@b64g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
> Now *that's* the Becky we all miss :-) Just remember that most of
> this is in your mind. If you're on the patch and Zyban, you should be
> able to get through this easier than it seems to be going. Stay
> strong!
>
> Cheers,
> Rob

Becky threatened:
> *Now about that fucking cofee maker.....
>
> Becky
> off to threaten the coffee maker with certain death unless it shapes the
> fuck up

Somehow I can see the coffee maker defy the laws of physics and heal
itself as a result of Becky's threats.

:-)

You will never believe this,but it did work when I treid again. Every so
often it will do this shit and not make the coffee even though I can hear
the water perking. I guess it evaporates.So now im havig a nice cup of
coffee!!Perhaps it was the determined look on my face coupled with the fact
that I just quit smoking that did it!
Becky
One day, 13 hours, 39 minutes and 56 seconds. 78 cigarettes not smoked,
saving $7.02. Life saved: 6 hours, 30 minutes.

"Billy Bob F." <billybobf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:53b6333d-4767-4e1d-b97d-e8efd9c39532@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
Becky threatened:
> Now about that fucking cofee maker.....
>
> Becky
> off to threaten the coffee maker with certain death unless it shapes the
> fuck up

Somehow I can see the coffee maker defy the laws of physics and heal
itself as a result of Becky's threats.

:-)

Becky wrote:
> Good idea! I think I may have gotten it to work,but if not I will smash the
> damn thing!
> Becky
> "Lynn" <lynn.scott@ns.spammenotsympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4824332a$0$4056$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net...
>> tape a picture of you nicodemon to it and smash it with a baseball bat
>> --
>> Lynn VOF+ Leaper
>> "Everyone seems normal until you get to know them."
>>
>>
>>
>> "Becky" <sobern2003@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:IO6dncyQ9oWErLnVnZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> OMFG!!!!!! I am craving like hell this morning. yesterday was much easier
>>> than this!!Im trying like hell to distrack myself from it but its not
>>> easy!! to top it off my fucking coffee makeer is showing its ass. it is
>>> on but wont brew the fucking coffee. I can hear it,but the water seems to
>>> be evaporating .there is no leakFuck!!!!!!! I will throw tht fucking
>>> thing as far as I can send it!!!!
>>> Becky
>>> One day, 11 hours, 58 minutes and 11 seconds. 74 cigarettes not smoked,
>>> saving $6.71. Life saved: 6 hours, 10 minutes.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
(((((Becky)))))

Just stick with it. The frustration, craves, and discomfort will all
pass!!!!


Cindy
Smobriety comes to: 1Y 4M 0W 1D 20H 6Mns $-Saved to date: $1922.99
Cigs not smoked: 9737

"Becky" <wrote>...
> OMFG!!!!!! I am craving like hell this morning. yesterday was much easier
> than this!!Im trying like hell to distrack myself from it but its not
> easy!!

Becky,

Distraction is one of the most powerful tools/weapons we have.
I would hate to be your coffee maker right now fearing for my life!

I glad you are here Becky

Jacks, VOF

Hang in there, Becky, you can do this!

SueR
Four months, one week, four days, 21 hours, 25 minutes and 50 seconds.
535 cigarettes not smoked, saving R 535.57. Life saved: 1 day, 20
hours, 35 minutes.


On May 9, 1:11*pm, "Becky" <sobern2...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> OMFG!!!!!! I am craving like hell this morning. yesterday was much easier
> than this!!Im trying like hell to distrack myself from it but its not easy!!
> to top it off my fucking coffee makeer is showing its ass. it is on but wont
> brew the fucking coffee. I can hear it,but the water seems to be evaporating
> .there is no leakFuck!!!!!!! I will throw tht fucking thing as far as I can
> send it!!!!
> *Becky
> One day, 11 hours, 58 minutes and 11 seconds. 74 cigarettes not smoked,
> saving $6.71. Life saved: 6 hours, 10 minutes.

On May 9, 6:42 am, "Billy Bob F." <billyb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Becky threatened:
>
> > Now about that fucking cofee maker.....
>
> > Becky
> > off to threaten the coffee maker with certain death unless it shapes the
> > fuck up
>
> Somehow I can see the coffee maker defy the laws of physics and heal
> itself as a result of Becky's threats.
>
> :-)

This is known as the 'aura', computer technicians (another one of my
hats that I wear) gain such powers through many hours of customer
support. We can step up to a computer, and all bugs seem to vanish,
the problems go away. This is also known as the quantum theory of 'who
has the bigger stick'. When the aura is not working, another common
strategy to use is known as 'percussive maintenance', this tends to
straighten out the pathways, clear out stray magnetic fields, and
relieve stress for the operator.

I'm still here, at work, wondering why I'm not outside getting some UV
for my nerdly white skin,
Pike
I have been quit for 9 Months, 3 Days, 28 minutes and 58 seconds (277
days).
I have saved $1,595.63 by not smoking 3,324 cigarettes.
I have saved 1 Week, 4 Days and 13 hours of my life.
My Quit Date: 8/6/2007 9:20 AM

On May 9, 8:53*am, "Becky" <sobern2...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> You will never believe this,but it did work when I treid again. Every so
> often it will do this shit and not make the coffee even though I can hear
> the water perking. I guess it evaporates.So now im havig a nice cup of
> coffee!!Perhaps it was the determined look on my face coupled with the fact
> that I just quit smoking that did it!
> *Becky
> One day, 13 hours, 39 minutes and 56 seconds. 78 cigarettes not smoked,
> saving $7.02. Life saved: 6 hours, 30 minutes.
>
> "Billy Bob F." <billyb...@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:53b6333d-4767-4e1d-b97d-e8efd9c39532@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Becky threatened:
>
> > Now about that fucking cofee maker.....
>
> > Becky
> > off to threaten the coffee maker with certain death unless it shapes the
> > fuck up
>
> Somehow I can see the coffee maker defy the laws of physics and heal
> itself as a result of Becky's threats.
>
> :-)

Your doing really well Becky - just keep posting!

By the way our coffee maker started doing this - try cleaning it out
with 2 cups of white vinegar and 10 cups water depending on size of
your machine - it worked on ours - well for a few months at least
before we ditched it!!

On May 9, 7:11*am, "Becky" <sobern2...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
> OMFG!!!!!! I am craving like hell this morning. yesterday was much easier
> than this!!Im trying like hell to distrack myself from it but its not easy!!
> to top it off my fucking coffee makeer is showing its ass. it is on but wont
> brew the fucking coffee. I can hear it,but the water seems to be evaporating
> .there is no leakFuck!!!!!!! I will throw tht fucking thing as far as I can
> send it!!!!
> *Becky
> One day, 11 hours, 58 minutes and 11 seconds. 74 cigarettes not smoked,
> saving $6.71. Life saved: 6 hours, 10 minutes.

My Drama Queen 12 year old is responding full fury to her 14 year old
All-Tude sister over a piece of tourtiere for lunch. They both have
the day off school. They and Mom are heading to the City for the
weekend to a hotel with an indoor water park where the in-laws will be
staying. I've decided to stay home this weekend. My boil's much
better but still 'weeping' so I wouldn't be able to use the water
park ... instead I'll enjoy some quiet over-due yardwork this
weekend. And likely some slowcooked pork ribs ...
uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh ... pork ribs ....

It's quiet again ... I didn't do anything but continued to respond in
a non-response kind of way to your post ... if I was still smoking the
stress of the situation would've likely caused my body to metabolize
the nicotine in my system causing a sudden intense craving for a
cigarette. Instead my coping mechanism this time was nothing ...
sometimes it works. Not always ... but it beats fucking smoking by a
million country miles.

You can do it Becky!!!!

BIG HUGE HUGS!!!

-- Marvin

Becky took a sip of coffee, then typed:
> You will never believe this,but it did work when I treid again.

Oh, I had no doubt whatsoever that you were capable of intimidating
that coffee pot. None.

Enjoy your coffee/day!

Cheers,
Rob
Glad I'm not one of Becky's appliances

Pike sed:
> When the aura is not working, another common
> strategy to use is known as 'percussive maintenance', this tends to
> straighten out the pathways, clear out stray magnetic fields, and
> relieve stress for the operator.

Or as my electronics instructor used to say, "Hardware is the portion
of a computer system which can be kicked".

Becky!!! You always give me the giggles. So you stared down the
coffeemaker, eh? Now THAT's power! You certainly do merit your title
of the Queen of the BDU. <G> You're doing it. When you get a crave
do ANYTHING else but think about the crave. Thinking about it makes
it worse and worse. If you are busy doing something/ANYTHING else you
deny the crave the power it wants out of you. I think I remember that
Joyce used to have a rubber band around her wrist which she would snap
when a crave bit her. That whap from the rubber band did help to
distract the crave.

Hang Tuff
Don't Puff

YOU CAN DO THIS!

FlatironMike
One year, two months, four weeks, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 29 seconds.
9074 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,722.12. Life saved: 4 weeks, 3
days, 12 hours, 10 minutes.

hehe! it saw the look on my face and decided"oh shit!!! time to cooperate!!"
yeah I did fine that distracting myself helped a lot.
becky
One day, 20 hours, 53 minutes and 43 seconds. 93 cigarettes not smoked,
saving $8.37. Life saved: 7 hours, 45 minutes.

"FlatIronMike" <FlatironMikeNYC@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8104bc49-5327-446d-bd57-278c6789b3be@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> Becky!!! You always give me the giggles. So you stared down the
> coffeemaker, eh? Now THAT's power! You certainly do merit your title
> of the Queen of the BDU. <G> You're doing it. When you get a crave
> do ANYTHING else but think about the crave. Thinking about it makes
> it worse and worse. If you are busy doing something/ANYTHING else you
> deny the crave the power it wants out of you. I think I remember that
> Joyce used to have a rubber band around her wrist which she would snap
> when a crave bit her. That whap from the rubber band did help to
> distract the crave.
>
> Hang Tuff
> Don't Puff
>
> YOU CAN DO THIS!
>
> FlatironMike
> One year, two months, four weeks, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 29 seconds.
> 9074 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,722.12. Life saved: 4 weeks, 3
> days, 12 hours, 10 minutes.

On May 10, 5:58*am, FlatIronMike <FlatironMike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Becky!!! *You always give me the giggles. *So you stared down the
> coffeemaker, eh? *Now THAT's power! *You certainly do merit your title
> of the Queen of the BDU. *<G> *You're doing it. *When you get a crave
> do ANYTHING else but think about the crave. *Thinking about it makes
> it worse and worse. *If you are busy doing something/ANYTHING else you
> deny the crave the power it wants out of you. *I think I remember that
> Joyce used to have a rubber band around her wrist which she would snap
> en a crave bit her. *That whap from the rubber band did help to
> distract the crave.
>
> Hang Tuff
> Don't Puff
>
> YOU CAN DO THIS!
>
> FlatironMike
> One year, two months, four weeks, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 29 seconds.
> 9074 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,722.12. Life saved: 4 weeks, 3
> days, 12 hours, 10 minutes.

Allen Carr tells us we should not try to distract ourselves from
cravings, instead we should embrace thoughts of smoking. When we think
about smoking we should say something like "Isn't it great that I'm a
non-smoker". It makes sense really, we've been smoking for so long,
our minds are obsessed with smoking, instead of trying to forget it
(kind of like trying to forget your own name) we should embrace the
thoughts of smoking but change the messages we repeat to ourselves
when we do start thinking about it. In the beginning it feels a bit
silly, but after a while you really do believe it, because lets face
it, it's true!

Burner fan,
I have no doubt yu mean well.However right now I feel like i dont want to
"embrace" thoughts of smoking. I want to get my mind off them as much as
possible/ because for me, those thoughts become overwhelming at times. I
have busted more quits due to those thoughts and next thing ya know Im
talking myself right into smoking again!! Im cravign right now! So here I am
on AS3,the best newsgroup on usenet,garnering support for these early
days.As far as Allen Carr goes,it for me is a matter of "take what you need
and leave the rest". I like the idea of a positve attitude about quitting.
Not so fond of the idea of embracing the craves.
Becky
Two days, 12 hours, 56 minutes and 54 seconds. 126 cigarettes not smoked,
saving $11.36. Life saved: 10 hours, 30 minutes.

"Burner Fan" <jkraal@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4ff49eca-4783-4ce0-a0af-99ceeb42d7fe@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
On May 10, 5:58 am, FlatIronMike <FlatironMike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Becky!!! You always give me the giggles. So you stared down the
> coffeemaker, eh? Now THAT's power! You certainly do merit your title
> of the Queen of the BDU. <G> You're doing it. When you get a crave
> do ANYTHING else but think about the crave. Thinking about it makes
> it worse and worse. If you are busy doing something/ANYTHING else you
> deny the crave the power it wants out of you. I think I remember that
> Joyce used to have a rubber band around her wrist which she would snap
> en a crave bit her. That whap from the rubber band did help to
> distract the crave.
>
> Hang Tuff
> Don't Puff
>
> YOU CAN DO THIS!
>
> FlatironMike
> One year, two months, four weeks, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 29 seconds.
> 9074 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,722.12. Life saved: 4 weeks, 3
> days, 12 hours, 10 minutes.

Allen Carr tells us we should not try to distract ourselves from
cravings, instead we should embrace thoughts of smoking. When we think
about smoking we should say something like "Isn't it great that I'm a
non-smoker". It makes sense really, we've been smoking for so long,
our minds are obsessed with smoking, instead of trying to forget it
(kind of like trying to forget your own name) we should embrace the
thoughts of smoking but change the messages we repeat to ourselves
when we do start thinking about it. In the beginning it feels a bit
silly, but after a while you really do believe it, because lets face
it, it's true!

Becky wrote:
> Burner fan,
> I have no doubt yu mean well.However right now I feel like i dont want to
> "embrace" thoughts of smoking. I want to get my mind off them as much as
> possible/ because for me, those thoughts become overwhelming at times. I
> have busted more quits due to those thoughts and next thing ya know Im
> talking myself right into smoking again!! Im cravign right now! So here I am
> on AS3,the best newsgroup on usenet,garnering support for these early
> days.As far as Allen Carr goes,it for me is a matter of "take what you need
> and leave the rest". I like the idea of a positve attitude about quitting.
> Not so fond of the idea of embracing the craves.
> Becky
> Two days, 12 hours, 56 minutes and 54 seconds. 126 cigarettes not smoked,
> saving $11.36. Life saved: 10 hours, 30 minutes.
>

Here, Becky.

Watch my watch swinging back and forth...

You don't have to smoke any more, Becky.

It's just a foolish self-destructive addiction that you don't have to keep.

Like you suggested, if you can destract yourself for a while, the
cravings WILL pass.

It will pass.

It will pass.

....

Becky honey,

Burner Fan is a troll that I killfiled some time ago. Its entirely
up to you, but I'd recommend you don't try to reason with the
unreasonable. You know yourself better than anyone. And you know
what its going to take for you to quit.

Good luck on your current quit effort.

Hugs,

Wayne




"Becky" <sobern2003@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in
news:VPCdnX86OZb9DbjVnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d@comcast.com:

> Burner fan,
> I have no doubt yu mean well.However right now I feel like i dont
> want to
> "embrace" thoughts of smoking. I want to get my mind off them as
much
> as possible/ because for me, those thoughts become overwhelming at
> times. I have busted more quits due to those thoughts and next
thing
> ya know Im talking myself right into smoking again!! Im cravign
right
> now! So here I am on AS3,the best newsgroup on usenet,garnering
> support for these early days.As far as Allen Carr goes,it for me
is a
> matter of "take what you need and leave the rest". I like the idea
of
> a positve attitude about quitting. Not so fond of the idea of
> embracing the craves. Becky
> Two days, 12 hours, 56 minutes and 54 seconds. 126 cigarettes not
> smoked, saving $11.36. Life saved: 10 hours, 30 minutes.
>
> "Burner Fan" <jkraal@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4ff49eca-4783-4ce0-a0af-
99ceeb42d7fe@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com.
> .. On May 10, 5:58 am, FlatIronMike <FlatironMike...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>> Becky!!! You always give me the giggles. So you stared down the
>> coffeemaker, eh? Now THAT's power! You certainly do merit your
title
>> of the Queen of the BDU. <G> You're doing it. When you get a
crave
>> do ANYTHING else but think about the crave. Thinking about it
makes
>> it worse and worse. If you are busy doing something/ANYTHING else
you
>> deny the crave the power it wants out of you. I think I remember
that
>> Joyce used to have a rubber band around her wrist which she would
>> snap en a crave bit her. That whap from the rubber band did help
to
>> distract the crave.
>>
>> Hang Tuff
>> Don't Puff
>>
>> YOU CAN DO THIS!
>>
>> FlatironMike
>> One year, two months, four weeks, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 29
>> seconds. 9074 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,722.12. Life
saved: 4
>> weeks, 3 days, 12 hours, 10 minutes.
>
> Allen Carr tells us we should not try to distract ourselves from
> cravings, instead we should embrace thoughts of smoking. When we
think
> about smoking we should say something like "Isn't it great that
I'm a
> non-smoker". It makes sense really, we've been smoking for so
long,
> our minds are obsessed with smoking, instead of trying to forget
it
> (kind of like trying to forget your own name) we should embrace
the
> thoughts of smoking but change the messages we repeat to ourselves
> when we do start thinking about it. In the beginning it feels a
bit
> silly, but after a while you really do believe it, because lets
face
> it, it's true!
>
>

You are right,Wayne. Itis my quit. And I am using nrt to help me.It is what
it takes.
thanks
Becky
Three days, 10 hours, 51 minutes and 41 seconds. 172 cigarettes not smoked,
saving $15.45. Life saved: 14 hours, 20 minutes.

"Wayne" <nospamloansarranger@cox.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9A9AE65EAFD8Ddloansarrangercoxnet@69.28.18 6.120...
> Becky honey,
>
> Burner Fan is a troll that I killfiled some time ago. Its entirely
> up to you, but I'd recommend you don't try to reason with the
> unreasonable. You know yourself better than anyone. And you know
> what its going to take for you to quit.
>
> Good luck on your current quit effort.
>
> Hugs,
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
>
> "Becky" <sobern2003@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in
> news:VPCdnX86OZb9DbjVnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d@comcast.com:
>
>> Burner fan,
>> I have no doubt yu mean well.However right now I feel like i dont
>> want to
>> "embrace" thoughts of smoking. I want to get my mind off them as
> much
>> as possible/ because for me, those thoughts become overwhelming at
>> times. I have busted more quits due to those thoughts and next
> thing
>> ya know Im talking myself right into smoking again!! Im cravign
> right
>> now! So here I am on AS3,the best newsgroup on usenet,garnering
>> support for these early days.As far as Allen Carr goes,it for me
> is a
>> matter of "take what you need and leave the rest". I like the idea
> of
>> a positve attitude about quitting. Not so fond of the idea of
>> embracing the craves. Becky
>> Two days, 12 hours, 56 minutes and 54 seconds. 126 cigarettes not
>> smoked, saving $11.36. Life saved: 10 hours, 30 minutes.
>>
>> "Burner Fan" <jkraal@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:4ff49eca-4783-4ce0-a0af-
> 99ceeb42d7fe@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com.
>> .. On May 10, 5:58 am, FlatIronMike <FlatironMike...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>> Becky!!! You always give me the giggles. So you stared down the
>>> coffeemaker, eh? Now THAT's power! You certainly do merit your
> title
>>> of the Queen of the BDU. <G> You're doing it. When you get a
> crave
>>> do ANYTHING else but think about the crave. Thinking about it
> makes
>>> it worse and worse. If you are busy doing something/ANYTHING else
> you
>>> deny the crave the power it wants out of you. I think I remember
> that
>>> Joyce used to have a rubber band around her wrist which she would
>>> snap en a crave bit her. That whap from the rubber band did help
> to
>>> distract the crave.
>>>
>>> Hang Tuff
>>> Don't Puff
>>>
>>> YOU CAN DO THIS!
>>>
>>> FlatironMike
>>> One year, two months, four weeks, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 29
>>> seconds. 9074 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,722.12. Life
> saved: 4
>>> weeks, 3 days, 12 hours, 10 minutes.
>>
>> Allen Carr tells us we should not try to distract ourselves from
>> cravings, instead we should embrace thoughts of smoking. When we
> think
>> about smoking we should say something like "Isn't it great that
> I'm a
>> non-smoker". It makes sense really, we've been smoking for so
> long,
>> our minds are obsessed with smoking, instead of trying to forget
> it
>> (kind of like trying to forget your own name) we should embrace
> the
>> thoughts of smoking but change the messages we repeat to ourselves
>> when we do start thinking about it. In the beginning it feels a
> bit
>> silly, but after a while you really do believe it, because lets
> face
>> it, it's true!
>>
>>
>

On May 11, 12:38*pm, Wayne <nospamloansarran...@cox.net> wrote:
> Becky honey,
>
> Burner Fan is a troll that I killfiled some time ago. *Its entirely
> up to you, but I'd recommend you don't try to reason with the
> unreasonable. *You know yourself better than anyone. *And you know
> what its going to take for you to quit.
>
> Good luck on your current quit effort.
>
> Hugs,
>
> Wayne
>
> "Becky" <sobern2...@nospam.comcast.net> wrote innews:VPCdnX86OZb9DbjVnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d@comcast.com:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Burner fan,
> > *I have no doubt yu mean well.However right now I feel like i dont
> > *want to
> > "embrace" thoughts of smoking. I want to get my mind off them as
> much
> > as possible/ because for me, those thoughts become overwhelming at
> > times. I have busted more quits due to those thoughts and next
> thing
> > ya know Im talking myself right into smoking again!! Im cravign
> right
> > now! So here I am on AS3,the best newsgroup on usenet,garnering
> > support for these early days.As far as Allen Carr goes,it for me
> is a
> > matter of "take what you need and leave the rest". I like the idea
> of
> > a positve attitude about quitting. Not so fond of the idea of
> > embracing the craves. Becky
> > Two days, 12 hours, 56 minutes and 54 seconds. 126 cigarettes not
> > smoked, saving $11.36. Life saved: 10 hours, 30 minutes.
>
> > "Burner Fan" <jkr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:4ff49eca-4783-4ce0-a0af-
>
> 99ceeb42d...@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com.
>
>
>
> > .. On May 10, 5:58 am, FlatIronMike <FlatironMike...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Becky!!! You always give me the giggles. So you stared down the
> >> coffeemaker, eh? Now THAT's power! You certainly do merit your
> title
> >> of the Queen of the BDU. <G> You're doing it. When you get a
> crave
> >> do ANYTHING else but think about the crave. Thinking about it
> makes
> >> it worse and worse. If you are busy doing something/ANYTHING else
> you
> >> deny the crave the power it wants out of you. I think I remember
> that
> >> Joyce used to have a rubber band around her wrist which she would
> >> snap en a crave bit her. That whap from the rubber band did help
> to
> >> distract the crave.
>
> >> Hang Tuff
> >> Don't Puff
>
> >> YOU CAN DO THIS!
>
> >> FlatironMike
> >> One year, two months, four weeks, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 29
> >> seconds. 9074 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,722.12. Life
> saved: 4
> >> weeks, 3 days, 12 hours, 10 minutes.
>
> > Allen Carr tells us we should not try to distract ourselves from
> > cravings, instead we should embrace thoughts of smoking. When we
> think
> > about smoking we should say something like "Isn't it great that
> I'm a
> > non-smoker". It makes sense really, we've been smoking for so
> long,
> > our minds are obsessed with smoking, instead of trying to forget
> it
> > (kind of like trying to forget your own name) we should embrace
> the
> > thoughts of smoking but change the messages we repeat to ourselves
> > when we do start thinking about it. In the beginning it feels a
> bit
> > silly, but after a while you really do believe it, because lets
> face
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An unfortunate and unprovoked attack, I'm not going to apologise for
holding a different opinion.