[Moose72]

I crave smoking lately and ive never really smoked.

[Moose72]

This anxiety is getting to me

[Love&Toil]

What's going on? Is there a trigger to your anxiety?

[Moose72]

Dbt this week is all about what to do with your life and thats my huge problem. I cant figure it out.

[Love&Toil]

You're not alone in finding it challenging to figure out what you want to do with your life. From the time I was a teenager, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I always found it difficult to plan my life at certain stages. There are things you can't plan like what it's going to be like when you go through a certain developmental stage in life. You just can't imagine what it's going to be like for you. I can say now what my passion is and how I want to spend certain phases of my life. But I didn't know until I went through a bunch of stuff.

Can you make a smaller goal, like what you want to do in the next year? Two years? Five years? Keep it small. Or maybe just pick a TOP THREE. The top three things I want in my life: for example, healthy habits, to maintain relationships with my family, and to have good character (to behave with integrity, to be honest, etc).

I don't think it has to be a job oriented goal like "to be a fireman" or "to write a book"! It can be about other things that give your life meaning and quality.

Just some thoughts. Hope that helps.

[Moose72]

Thanks for that. That helps.

[Moose72]

Im still having the craving

[lil_better_everyday]

Here is a nice article about some practical ways to deal with cravings. It's from the program, that the program that got me sober is based off, SMART recovery.

Hope this helps, at least a little

http://blog.smartrecovery.org/2012/0...-and-cravings/

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[Love&Toil]

You've never smoked but crave it... cigarettes or MJ?

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by Love&Toil

You've never smoked but crave it... cigarettes or MJ?

Cigarettes but i have smoked mj. I smell other people smoking and want some. Normally i cant stand the smell. Maybe its because im on my period? Wild guess.

[thickntired]

Maybe it's an oral fixation. Before I smoked cigarettes I chewed gum all the time. When I quit smoking it was the little stir straws you get in bars, candy, ice especially from sonic and hang nails lol. So, try straws or ice.

[Moose72]

My dentist has warnd me off ice. At least chewing it. Of course i still do!

[Moose72]

I caved and smoked one from the pack i bought. I dunno wh. Mania setting in?

[Moose72]

Gotta stay up and drive my eldest around. Feeling antsy.

[pawn78]

I picked up smoking cigarettes again last week. Today I quit again. I have been doind it for years. It is not even addictive for me. I can smoke for months, and then just quit cold turkey no problem....Then I'll go back because I'm stressed out. Weird.

I need to just stay away forever, but it is hard, when I am so impulsive.

[Moose72]

Apparently i picked a harsh brand. Phooey

[Moose72]

I just wonder if this is part of how ive been sorta antsy lately

[Moose72]

Had a second in the car. Life-affirming or just me being crazy? Eating poptarts. Another healthy choice

[Moose72]

I feel alive because im destructive

[Love&Toil]

Originally Posted by pawn78

I picked up smoking cigarettes again last week. Today I quit again. I have been doind it for years. It is not even addictive for me. I can smoke for months, and then just quit cold turkey no problem....Then I'll go back because I'm stressed out. Weird.

I'm the same way.

Originally Posted by Moose72

Apparently i picked a harsh brand. Phooey

I did this too tonight. After I lost my sh** in the children's room and smashed their lamp, I calmly went outside for a cigarette which I do like twice a year. It tasted awful. LOL

[Standup2me]

I crave a banana muffin but given it is 35 outside I am not baking

I think that I will go the bakery tomorrow

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by Standup2me

I crave a banana muffin but given it is 35 outside I am not baking

I think that I will go the bakery tomorrow

I had to look and see that youre canadian. At first i thought "35! Where is it that cold in August?!" Lol

[Moose72]

Dont feel anxious. Yay!

[thickntired]

Originally Posted by Moose72

I feel alive because im destructive

I know exactly what you mean! I got sober and now I'm like ok what next? I don't know who the heck I am or what purpose I have on earth. Self destruction really took up a good portion of my time. It could be carried out in a million different forms, and it oozed over on to those around me.