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Originally Posted by sunflower55
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: "Smoking makes work go faster."
RESPONSE: Most jobs where you work indoors are with companies who ban smoking in the workplace. Some companies won't hire me if I smoke. And every time I stop for a smoke it actually prolongs my work, since I'm not busy accomplishing it.
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I am definitely guilty of these the most. I'm so upset, so I'll have a smoke, but then I just get more upset because the smoke didn't cure what was wrong (obvious) and because I smoked! AH!
And the work thing, ugh, the hardest part of quitting for me is not smoking while I'm on a break at work. I look forward to my cigarette break, my job is so crap..but one of the reasons I want to quit has to do with work...when I'm not able to take a break, but I'm craving a cigarette it sucks, a lot!! When I quit for awhile and was using lozenges, I'd just have those during work and breaks didn't matter so much, I wasn't watching the clock waiting to go out and what not...but ugh...so hard.
Another one I get is "I'm poor anyways, so I may as well spend the money on cigarettes" absolutely illogical!! I've had to choose between cigarettes and groceries before...how sad is that? I've decided that because I'll be saving so much money from not smoking, every week I don't smoke I'm going to spend like 20-30 dollars on myself (I spend more on cigs per week, so I'm still saving money and actually buying stuff I can enjoy not smoke away and feel like crap about).