tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11011055.post111031166554289449..comments2023-10-11T10:27:33.779-04:00Comments on Monday Morning: Creature of HabitRachael Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11471819148289485322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11011055.post-1110383911456435102005-03-09T10:58:00.000-05:002005-03-09T10:58:00.000-05:00Laura: a fault of mine is being too hard on myself...Laura: a fault of mine is being too hard on myself, but I don't think this is one of those cases. My explanation is lengthy for a comment, and what the heck, I might as well write another post. As for the word picture....well, uhhh... I'm sure I've never thought of smoking (or anything else) in just quite that way.<br /><br />Stephanie: I did quit and I am ready. I got blindsided by the force of habit. I'm back on now.<br /> yeah.. analyzing motives doesn't work for me. I think logically but act very irrationally. A conversation with myself might go something like this: "I only want this cigarette for comfort or to take the edge off my bitterness or because I can't have the thing I really want. Smoking it isn't going to help any of these things. In fact, it will leave me frustrated and regretful. But dammit, I want it and I'm going to have it."Rachael Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471819148289485322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11011055.post-1110329389853282852005-03-08T19:49:00.000-05:002005-03-08T19:49:00.000-05:00Interesting word picture, Laura. I agree that ther...Interesting word picture, Laura. I agree that there are worse things to do than smoking, but I also think you should quit, Rachael. Really, you should and I know you will, but don't even try if you're not ready. <br /><br />Habits are persistant little buggers. Quitting smoking has been relatively easy for me (well, this time around, at least). Maybe I was just ready, but I know one thing that helped me quit was to ask myself, "Why do you want that smoke?" The answer was something along the lines of, "Because I'm angry, unhappy, stressed out, need a diversion, or want to escape from a situation." Once I saw that the cigarette was not the best way to solve any of those problems it was easier for me to resist.lithereedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08130810761187438325noreply@blogger.com