“BESOCHEMPS” BE-havioral Triggers The first of the 5 heads of the dragon represents the behavioral triggers that have become associated with our using. For a smoker, some common behavioral triggers are pouring a coffee, starting the car, answering the phone, and finishing a meal. We use the letters BE to represent that connection between wanting […]
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“A 5-Headed Dragon? Are You Serious?” If you’re new to QuittersWin maybe you haven’t heard about the dragon, Besochemps. If you only get the daily texts messages, but haven’t dug any deeper into the web sites, the blog, the Facebook page, joined a class, or dialed in for the Friday conference call, perhaps you don’t
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“I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It’s a journey of recovery. It’s a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It’s already there.”– Billy Corgan Well THAT, my friends, is a lot to think about. Just to be clear – I use the word spiritual when I refer
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Even without the photo, I suspect that lots of you recognized this iconic quote, spoken by Billie Burke, as the character Glinda. When I was a young child watching the Wizard of Oz, I recall thinking that if Glinda was really a good witch, she would have saved Dorothy all of that hassle and told
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Ready For A Change? If words like quit, stop, or give up are too negative, maybe we should change how we talk about our journey. Consider “changing a behavior,” rather than giving up cigarettes. Maybe we’d feel differently about “taking back our freedom,” instead of quitting drinking. I love the word “recovery,” in part because
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“3 Things to Quit Right Now” On our way to the “BIG” quit, here are some OTHER things we need to quit: 1. Fearing Change If we aren’t changing, we may not be living! Change happens and it isn’t always comfortable, but it feels better when we decide to be the agent of change (rather
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If you aren’t completely free yet, give this idea a try today – I Double Dog Dare you! Mini-quits are a great example of “flexing your quit muscles” that can increase your competence and confidence at the same time! And mini-quits are as simple as they sound. Just declare a number of (waking) hours that
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Many folks have painful episodes or incidents in their pasts. In an effort to minimize emotional pain from such incidents, many of us engage in some form of “self-medication” which can easily lead to addictions of various sorts. The physical aspect of addiction has it’s roots in a dependence upon a chemical. But the emotional,
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Addiction isn’t just about chemicals, but if you look at how our culture treats addiction (“patches, pills, and potions?”) you might think it was. One of the reasons that defeating addiction is so hard, and why we “fail” so often, is that we over-focus on the chemical aspect of addiction and ignore some of the
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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. – Confucius Change isn’t always comfortable or easy, but it is simply part of this life. Some changes are small and maybe simpler than others. To make a big change will be a challenge, and for that reason we want to offer to
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