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Originally posted by omg@Jun 10 2005, 05:32 PM
sounds like a good idea. may well try the journal, im certainly going to start a daily post here to let playbanbosh know he aint alone. just smoked my last cigar, and the women has my wallet and will be out of the house all day tommorow, so hopefully i wont have a freind come round, as from tommorow i am going to be the only nonsmoker i know. (excepting the wife)
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I highly suggest the reward/punish program as well omg. The basic way we humans work is to seek pleasure, and to avoid pain. In your mind you have associated cigarettes to pleasure and no cigarettes to pain. In fact it is the opposite as we all know. By rewarding yourself for not smoking, and punishing yourself for giving in, you will start to change your belief structure. The only thing is, it is based on honesty. Really if you look at it, the fact that you know you can controll your mind and your urges and your habits will be reward enough. Someone in here mentioned earlier that habits and selfcontrol are related to self esteem, and this is so true. I have a book somewhere(that I still haven't completed), that goes into this. When you exersice self control you feel enpowered, and when you give in your selfesteem drops 'cause you feel out of control. Humans need to feel they are in control. When people are in plane crashes some panic. I read a story about two fighter pilots that ejected from a jet, and got separated. One landed, made a fire, melted some snow for water, ate some of his rations(very important as stress and anxiety effext motabolism) made a signal fire, and then prepaired to wait for rescue. The other guy? He froze to death, still in his parachute in a tree. The guy could have released the harness, he had all the same supplies, they were in exactly the same environment. The only difference between the two is the "survivor" knew he was in control, and the dead guy....well. I think this story illustrates my point. You have to exercise your will power, you have to not be lazy and fall into your urges, you have to question all your thoughts especially when you are in your craving stage. I know this doesn't have to do with just pshycology and that there is an intense physical addiction too, but just remember that your mind will always control your body.
Sorry that I'm posting so much in here, I just grew up around a lot of people addicted to a lot of things, and I can really feel your pain if you are trying to quit anything you think is harmfull to yourselves. I wish you great strength and luck.