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Smoking to Control Emotions

May 28, 2017 bachar GUILT AND SHAME Leave a comment

There is a reason people don’t dance at funerals and that is not because dancing causes cancer, it is because dance is an expression of happiness and therefore people don’t dance at funerals.

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Feeling Smoke No Feeling

May 22, 2017 bachar GUILT AND SHAME Leave a comment

Hunger is a chemical reaction that once interpreted by the brain points us to the need for nourishment.

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Smoking and Freedom from Emotions

May 14, 2017 bachar GUILT AND SHAME Leave a comment

We need to set ourselves free from our guilt, shame, fear, sadness, stress and other emotion that is uncomfortable to feel and the only way to accomplish that is to move through the emotion and not around it.

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Guilty Pleasure

May 7, 2017 bachar GUILT AND SHAME Leave a comment

Smoking a cigarette is a guilty pleasure, it becomes especially guilty and oh so pleasurable when for one reason or another we are not allowed to smoke, such as during meetings or flying in airplanes.

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Shame Guilt Smoking

April 30, 2017 bachar GUILT AND SHAME Leave a comment

“Smoking is an outward signal of inner turmoil or conflict and most smoking has less to do with nicotine addiction and more to do with the need for reassurance.” – The Definite book of body language.

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