Hiya Nascar! [IMG]http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c157/bingo969/Smilies/wave.gif[/IMG]
First off, I TOTALLY understand where you are coming from!!! I spent 5 years now as the Customer Service Manager for a major Health Care Corporation. I had MANY of these situations where I knew what was coming... I knew it was just going to flat-out be miserable. I knew my higher-ups weren't going to take any of the heat either, but were gladly going to dish it out.
It was a nice little Bingo-Sandwich of pissed-off-edness. [IMG]http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c157/bingo969/Smilies/down.gif[/IMG]
Hoooooboy does it stink eh?!
Anyways, there are two things that leap immidiately to mind - both are quotes from the "Junkie Thinking" thread. They are two things that have really stuck with me through my quit:
[b] I really need to smoke right now. I'm so upset.[/b]
[i]Smoking is NOT GOING TO FIX ANYTHING. I will 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, [u] I'll be relieved and grateful that I'm still not smoking.[/u][/i]
[b] I need one to get me through this. [/b]
[i]Smoking will not get me through the discomfort of not smoking. [u]It will only get me back to smoking[/u] One puff stops the process and I'll have to go through it all over again. [/i]
For me, I printed out the whole thing and have it taped right in front of my face at my desk so I see it all day long. If you didn't see it, you can read the whole list here:
[url=http://www.stopsmokingcenter.net/support/viewmessages.aspx?forum=12&topic=28384]Junkie Thinking Thread[/url]
I would also make sure and keep some Starburst around (chewy goodness!) and some Werther's (hard candy fun!) around for that Kung-Fu Mouth Action that would surely be needed for me!
Anyways, please stay close by and check in with us often and we will all get past this hump together!
Bingo
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/23/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 29
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 593
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $87
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 59 [B]Seconds:[/B] 7
