60_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hW-7X96zQI_smoking cessation 
human
It's good.
gpt
Yeah.
human
Um, another thing-- Wait, what, I had something, it's just [inaudible 00:00:03] that I wanted to ask you, um, now a lot of my friends have quit smoking. They're getting like ostracized, but, you know, I tend to, like, gravitate, you know, towards-- Like my ex-husband smokes, you know-
gpt
Mm-hmm.
human
-so I find it like acceptable in that regard.
gpt
You bond other smokers.
human
Mm-hmm, yeah.
gpt
That's very common. I mean, you go where you know, um, no one's gonna look down on you.
human
Yeah.
gpt
And you're instant friends.
human
Yeah, we share-- "Okay, oh, a smoker, let's go out and have a smoke together," yeah.
gpt
And now a total stranger will give you a cigarette-
human
Mm-hmm.
gpt
-whereas like, you can't go up to him and say, "Hey, can I have some of your McDonald's French fries," and take them out—
human
I like that piece of jewelry, can I? [laughs]
gpt
Right, yeah, but with cigarettes, there is a sharing. You don't see that with any other drugs?
human
Right. Right, yeah. You can't have my stash. [laughs]
gpt
You can't, no, not one of mine. So, um when are you thinking you might want to do this?
human
Um, you know, I guess I'll have to like, you know, get all of my information together.
gpt
Okay. Do your homework.
human
Right, do my homework and set up my like to have everything available to me.
gpt
Okay.
human
And then maybe set up another appointment with you.
gpt
Okay.
human
And maybe I don't know if-if that's like something that you'd be, you know, willing to do with me is to- help me set a date.
gpt
Sure.
human
And then you know, the next time I see, see progress, or maybe write-- have like a diary or something, I don't know.
gpt
Okay. Yeah, no, all those things are good. I mean, I think you know, the will- picking a quit date has been found to be really effective. And, um, uh, I know you had talked earlier and then we'll end in just a couple minutes, but about, you know, like, the willingness or the readiness and most-- a lot of people, a lot of my clients have shared with me that when they woke up that morning, they truly had no idea that was going to be their last cigarette.
human
Oh, really? So they didn't have an exact date, they just decided.
gpt
No. Or- or some of them didn't have an exact date, but m-more importantly, was they-they just didn't know that was the day.
human
Oh, they didn't realize-- They didn't look at the calendar.
gpt
Right, right. It's just like you-you-you-- Some people pick a quit date, like January 1st is still the most popular quit date—
human
And-and wait, I'm sorry, but—
gpt
There's a smoke update coming up.
human
Oh, yeah. [crosstalk] And you know what I've never done that.
gpt
It's for the cancer society.
human
That's coming up in November-
gpt
Yeah.
human
-that's cool I'll have to find out about that.
gpt
Yeah.
human
Because it's like people who will start and say, "I'm going to stop drinking at New Year's Eve. After midnight, I'm not gonna drink."
gpt
Yeah.
human
That seems to be like, uh, a false setting up, you know, like, come on.
gpt
Actually, you would be amazed how many people do it.
human
Really?
gpt
Yeah, yeah, they really do, and smokers. Yeah, and drinkers, they do, yes. Yeah.
human
Or, like, you know, setting up-- but what is that that they say? Um, you know, like, it's- it's the terminology, you know, with all the anxiety and letting go, you know, like I'm gonna [crosstalk].
gpt
Like a new beginning.
human
Yeah. Uh-huh, uh-huh. Yeah.
gpt
So, for you, it's your, you know, it sounds like you really want to be prepared.
human
Right, right.
gpt
And yet, on some level, you know, that it's gonna be a lot of hard work for you because of, you know, you've already known how anxious you get about a stash-
human
Right.
gpt
So if you have a stash Nicorette gum if you decide to use it, I mean, you'd have to have other stashes, you know.
human
Yeah, and you know, another thing, uh, uh, you know, it's so so bang, but the weight gain is like—
gpt
That worries you?
human
Uh-huh.
gpt
Yeah. So, so if-if your doctor says it's okay with the Wellbutrin, one-- uh, we see very little if any weight gain-
human
Oh, really?
gpt
-with the Wellbutrin, yes.
human
Oh, that's awesome, to know too.
gpt
Yeah. And, um, the same with the Nicorette gum, because it- nicotine is an appetite suppressant.
human
Right, right. Just like [inaudible 00:04:06] Or your chocolate and all that.
gpt
Yeah.
human
So just switching my addiction. [laughs]
gpt
If you will. And that's if you decide you want to try a replacement therapy and that's what we call it and it-it kind of sounds from what you've described with your fear about you know, what it would be like of the withdrawal and everything like that. W-why you don't have to do it that way, you don't have to go cold-cold turkey.
human
Yeah, God, I don't think I could.
gpt
Yeah.
human
You know, I mean like I said three days was like-
gpt
Yeah.
human
-three years, and all I could think about I was like obsessing about it.
gpt
Yes. Yeah, yeah. So I think that- I think, I'm just a really big advocate of w-whatever is gonna enhance the quality and the length of your life. And if somebody becomes addicted to nicotine go- gum, God bless them. They're still gonna live longer, you know what I mean?
human
Yeah, yeah.
gpt
So—
human
Yeah. That's true.
gpt
So, we'll do that so we'll-we'll talk about the hypnosis a little bit more, you know, you'll talk to your doc. Um, you'll do your research, you know, about programs and stuff, I'll give you any information I have and we'll take it from there. But it's sounding like the quit date might be coming up fairly-- like within the next two, three months.
human
Okay.
gpt
I, uh, mean that's up to you.
human
Yeah. And I mean and that's-that's a reasonable thing- [crosstalk]
gpt
You get to decide.
human
-I don't feel like I'm like you know, it's gonna be-- I think gradually getting my- wrapping my brain around it will help, you know, before I just do, you know.
gpt
Yeah. Is it appealing the thought of quitting with a group at the same time?
human
You know, I always love, um, I've been in other group therapies-
gpt
Uh-huh.
human
-and the feedback is really nice and the support-
gpt
Okay, yeah.
human
-system is really good.
gpt
Okay. So, that really sounds like something we can do.
human
Yeah.
gpt
So, that would be can- the Cancer Society. So, we can look into that.
human
All right, great. Good. Great.
gpt
All right. Well, I appreciate you coming in. We'll set up another appointment and, um, get our resources together. We'll take it from there and—
human
And thank you for all the information. I appreciate it.
gpt
Oh, you're welcome. My pleasure, thank you.
human
Thank you.