I wish I could take credit for it, but one of the most underrated psychologists of the 20th century, Stanley Schacter came up with the idea.
larry On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:31:13 -0600, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know it took me at least 10 attempts. I kept backsliding after a > couple of days. > > Dana > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:04:06 -0500, Larry C. Lyons > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One thing that was pointed out to me a while back was that smoking > > cessation methods only have about a 10% success rate - at followup ony > > 1 out of 10 people in most program successfully quit smoking. So what > > about all those who have successfully quit (like me). > > > > One was to look at this is all the research looks at one attempt to > > quit only. People don't work that way, You talk with those who have > > managed to quit and roughly 10% were able to quit on the first > > attempt. Most others tried a number of times to quit before they were > > successful. > > > > So lets say you track 100 people trying to quit smoking, attempt 1 - > > 90 are still smoking, 10 quit. Attempt 2, 81 are still smoking, 19 > > have quit successfully. Attempt 3, 72 are still smoking, 28 have quit. > > And so on. The point being is that even if this attempt isn't > > successful keep trying, eventually something will work. > > > > Also look at those situations where you really have a craving for a > > cancer stick. Make a note of those, the environment at the time etc., > > and guesstimate how likely you are to successfully resist smoking in > > those situations. Rank them on a continuium from most to least > > difficult. That will give you some idea of what you need to work on > > while quitting. It will help you set up strategies to successfully > > resist smoking under those circumstances. > > > > hth, > > > > larry > > > > > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:04:56 -0600, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maybe along with the shot they'll force him to watch movies of people > > > smoking while listening to the luvly Ludwig van. > > > > > > -Kevin > > > > > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:51:29 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > As an aside, i think most psychologists will tell you that a > > > > multi-pronged > > > > approach of medication and behavioral therapies will give you the best > > > > chance for success. You might consider some of these therapies in the > > > > days > > > > and weeks after your shots....as opposed to sitting and hoping :) > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151800 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
