So now that I am a nonsmoker of seven months, it has come to my attention that I have gained a little weight. Well, it wasn’t quite an epiphany … it’s just been sort of growing on me (excuse the pun). I understand some weight gain is normal when quitting various addictions so I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Recovery’
Food Smarts
Posted in Addiction, Culture, Food, Health, Personal, Recovery, Smoking, behavior, change, habit, perception, self improvement, winds of change, tagged Addiction, Diet, Health, Life, Recovery on Saturday, April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Seven Smober Smarts
Posted in Addiction, Culture, Recovery, list, self improvement, tagged Addiction, Health, Life, Recovery on Saturday, April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Seven months smoke-free now, yay me! I attribute this success to the persistence of medical professionals who never gave up on encouraging me to quit and continually providing me with the latest tools and information on quitting. For example, my doctor provided me the prescription last year for the new medication Chantix (Champix in Canada) [...]
No Nicotine Please
Posted in Addiction, Culture, Recovery, Smoking, change, self improvement, tagged Addiction, Health, Life, Recovery on Sunday, September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
New manicure and pearls, no more nicotine! Today, my second day not smoking, seems a bit more challenging than yesterday, however I am surrendered to the fact that the price for freedom from this addiction is feeling like this sometimes. I am fortunate in having a strong support group in life and Internet communities. There [...]
CHANTIX for Quitting Smoking
Posted in Addiction, Health, Life, Recovery, Smoking, behavior, change, perception, self improvement, tagged Addiction, Health, Life, Recovery on Monday, September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am on day four of a new attempt at quitting smoking. I have smoked cigarettes for 35 years off and on. I used to joke “the easiest thing in the world is to quit smoking … the hardest thing is to not start again.” Well, I don’t want to joke around about this subject [...]
Winds of Change Series
Posted in Addiction, behavior, change, consciousness, habit, list, perception, self improvement, thinking, winds of change, tagged Life, Recovery on Saturday, August 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We create a picture of our reality constructed by our own thoughts. Our senses take in stimuli that give meaning to our thinking. Our thinking creates our perception. We need to understand thoughts are just thoughts, perceptions are just perceptions, and our view of reality may or may not be accurate. Our thoughts and perceptions [...]
