Using Attitude to Reduce Anxiety
Using Attitude toReduce Anxiety Have you previously tried breaking nicotine's grip? Have you ever stopped to consider that each recovery attempt has been different? It might surprise you to learn...
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Hi, John. I really enjoy reading the articles you write and post; they are thoughtful and thought-provoking (and they're well-written). You have been a huge help over the last few difficult days. One...
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Man! This is a long post but when it's got stuff like this in it...... "Remember when we were first learning to swim and found ourselves in water over our head. Did you panic? I did. If I had been a...
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Thanks. I read hundreds of posts in my first couple of days....but IF I could only have read one thread...or could only choose one thread to share with a newbie, this one would be the one. It was the...
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From John's post: Instead of focusing on any minor anxiety discomfort you may experience during the short period of time a crave episode is actually occurring and the recovery light switch is on, why...
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Thanks for bumping this - a great piece - and a great reminder. I am still staying strong and this quit of mine, with you wonderful friends, is without doubt my easiest so far - and my only nicotine...
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All I can say is Thank You! Cindy -My quit Date was 2/28/07 and I have been Free & Healing for Two Months, Fifteen Days, 6 Hours and 12 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 4 Days and 12...
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Remember when we were first learning to swim and found ourselves in water over our head. Did you panic? I did. If I had been a skilled swimmer would I have panicked? Of course not. Here at WhyQuit and...
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Congratulations John - and thank you for your generous support, education and caring. I like to imagine the pile of cigarettes I haven't smoked over the last 16 months (around 14,500) - can you...
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"TRYING to quit" is an uncommitted declaration of leaving something behind. Tell yourself recovery is HARD and unless you're lying it will be. Believe your craves to be INTENSE and intense will be the...
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Remember when we were first learning to swim and found ourselves in water over our head. Did you panic? I did. If I had been a skilled swimmer would I have panicked? Of course not. Here at WhyQuit and...
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A post in Embracing craves by John Polito: That next crave can't hurt you and it won't make you bleed! It won't last longer than it took to smoke a cigarette! Relax, embrace it, and say goo...Read More
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I have found this thread and all the replies to it very helpful to me today. It really opened up my eyes to understanding my anxiety as it relates to my quit. Thanks for re-posting this information....
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I know it's been several months since you posted the link Joe J Free, but I wanted to say thanks to you and John Polito for the amazing post "Withdrawal symptoms, when do they end?"...
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Embrace recovery as your wonderful journey home... I am being Pollyanna Positive this time. I believe that my attitude has everything to do with the continuing success of my quit this time! I do not...
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There's no need to want to be an ex-smoker, Lisa. You already are ! Why fear reclaiming every aspect of life and many of those aspects being better than ever? Although bumps here and there, why fear...
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"TRYING to quit" is an uncommitted declaration of leaving something behind. Tell yourself recovery is HARD and unless you're lying it will be. Believe your craves to be INTENSE and intense will be the...
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