Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/12480/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:50:00 GMT Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:39:00 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/12480/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252403/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252403

Limbic Activation to Cigarette Smoking Cues Independent of Nicotine Withdrawal:
A Perfusion fMRI Study
Neuropsychopharmacology. March 21, 2007 [Epub ahead of print]
Franklin TR, Wang Z, Wang J, Sciortino N, Harper D, Li Y, Ehrman R, Kampman K, O'brien CP, Detre JA, Childress AR.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252403 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:39:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252401/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252401 Using a placebo like a straw or a pen held between your fingers to answer the 'need' of 'habit' in certain situations is, I believe, a dangerous quit threatening 'habit' to develop.
Joel would characterize that action as employing Crutches to Quit Smoking. In my experience I chose to not reinforce those 'habit' needs and decided to live the rest of my life as a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252401 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:45:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252396/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252396 "We are what we think. Tell yourself this is hard and it will be. Tell yourself the healing is glorious and it will be. Fear your craves and they will each be nightmares. Believe that you are more powerful than they are, and you will be. Know with every fiber of your being that there is no force or circumstances on planet earth (including the death or illness of a friend or loved one) that can ever cause you to put slow death to your lips again, and you... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jonesdance1) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252396 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:05:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252395/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252395 That's one of the reasons I'm always harping on feeding our minds positive thoughts and avoiding defeatist negative thinking like fear and dread associated with quitting (STARTING) or the next crave. It just goes against the grain and only makes the challenge far more difficult than it need be. We are what we think. Tell yourself this is hard and it will be. Tell yourself the healing is glorious and it will be. Fear your craves and they will... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252395 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:43:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252384/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252384
Just right now I could list a couple:
1. After meals
2. In the car
3. During breaks at work
4. At home in between study breaks
5. At school
6. At nightclubs (I now know that I smell REALLY bad when we leave the club)
7. At karaokes... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (asianlotus toronto) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252384 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:32:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252380/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252380 I enjoyed reading this...
Never bum one cigarette... get the whole pack!Better Yet, Don't bum at all, beg for em... You will be amazed how many people will give you a single or even two cigarettes, but not the whole pack!
Make sure of one thing... No matter how long you have not smoked, no matter how badly you want that one paff... you afterall only want just that one- right?)
"This one Cigarette will be the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SmokefreeJason) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252380 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:10:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252375/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252375
Further Reading
feeds@yuku.com (IrishLotus GOLD) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252362 Wed, 30 Oct 2002 23:02:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252358/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252358 The real thing that has helped me the most in this quit, as of today my last, is the possitive attitude that Joel´s texts brings up. Thanks to that, I had a great time on my first days. How ever some other days were so hard that I don´t think I will take another puff. Ni un pitillo más, ni una chupada, ni una calada. Is the most incredible prejudice that has ever turned up side down in my life: quitting with nervoussness, bad temper, sadness and other related attitude or... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Juanjuanjuanjuanjuan200) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252358 Thu, 11 Jul 2002 04:22:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252354/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252354 Wow...this is a must read for all us newbies...I can't believe it's been up most of the day with only 2 recommends (one of em mine)....Maybe we could keep it up tomorrow too for those who've missed today??? Really informative!
Dos (Dubiously)
3 Weeks 6 Days 6 Hours 11 Minutes
]]> feeds@yuku.com (DubiouslyDos) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252354 Tue, 25 Jun 2002 01:10:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252353/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252353 Thanks for bringing this one up John...this is one of my favourites, definitely, and one that every newbie should print out to use as needed as time goes by...Good ammuniton, GOOD ammunition!
Peace,
Tatum feeds@yuku.com (Tatum (Bronze)) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252353 Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:40:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252352/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252352
You may get caught off guard by a trigger here or there but don't panic. The exact same tools, plans and exercies that you used to carry you throught those first few days of early withdrawal are all still available. Stay calm yet, like a Scout, "Be Prepared!"
]]> feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252352 Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252350/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252350 I got up feeling really down this morning. I felt like the Nicodemon would not get off my back all weekend. I've had a constant battle since late afternoon on Friday. Telling Mr. Nick to leave me alone, wondering why the weekend was any different than the week. Why, if I have already encountered these particular triggers, why am I fighting them again and again. WHY, WHY, WHY!!! Almost feeling... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lablover (Green)) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252350 Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:01:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252349/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252349 Hi Joanne,
Thanks for the response. Ya know, sometimes I think it just helps knowing people are out there, ready to listen to me, at all times. At times in the past when I have quit, I didn't have such a good outlet for my worries. It really helps, knowing there is understanding, and support.
Happily nicotine free for:
Two weeks, six days, 13 hours, 2 minutes and 31 seconds. 513 cigarettes not smoked, saving $51.36. Life saved: 1... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (buffey) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252349 Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:19:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252348/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252348 Hi Buffey, I am glad you found this thread helpful. The fact that you are concerned and looking to find your way through your toughest trigger is terrific work, good for you! We have hundreds of members here with smoking partners who have learned to cope just fine. Don't worry about things not being the same, because they will be better.image feeds@yuku.com (Joanne Gold) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252348 Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:14:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252347/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252347 Hey all,
I don't know if this is the right place to reply , but I stumbled onto this message, and it really applied to my situation right now.
I will be 3 weeks quit tomorrow, and my husband has been working away from home since before I quit. Now, he is on his way home, and that is the biggest trigger there is for me....Him. He smokes, and we were total smoking buddies. We would always sit together, smoking, and discuss everything. I want him to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (buffey) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252347 Mon, 11 Feb 2002 07:49:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252345/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252345 I love this trigger post. I think i'll read it a million times. How smart and secure this knowledge makes me feel. What kind of idiot would I be to consider going back to performing under the crack of the nicotine whip. I can't believe I was doing this to MYSELF!

kb

]]> feeds@yuku.com (knowbutts (Gold)) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252345 Wed, 26 Dec 2001 20:44:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252342/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252342 It's fun to go back and reread the evolution of your own personal understanding. My personal quest is primarily fueled by having spent 30 entire years of feeding my addiction without ever once stopping to ask why. It angers me tremendously to think that I'd allowed regular nicotine feedings to take center stage in my life without knowing why. How could that be? Where was I all those years? Why didn't I care to understand by situation.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252342 Sun, 28 Oct 2001 19:45:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252339/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252339 Thank You Zep, Zack, and Chet congrats.
This is the most difficult part for me and I Want to disconnect from
craves and triggers completely. There's only one left that haunts me
every evening. I've thrown out the parafanalia, cannot go near the
old smoking area, distract myself every night, give myself credit,
praise, whatever, it's been 82 days and the yearning to be back in
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (paula) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252339 Sat, 02 Jun 2001 09:37:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/252338/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html#reply-252338
Our triggered craves are a necessary part of our healing!
Celebrate each victory!
]]> feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) http://ffn.yuku.com/sreply/252338 Thu, 31 May 2001 06:57:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Breaking Links to Our Crave Generator ]]> http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/12480/t/Breaking-Links-to-Our-Crave-Generator.html I've now twice read posts that assert that it takes 6 times of encountering a particular time, event, location or emotion during which we used to smoke, before the subconscious mind breaks the link between that particular set of smoking memories and our mind's crave generator. If this information is the result of some study, we'd all like to see it as it just isn't so. The vast majority of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/12480 Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:50:00 GMT