27. What does the color orange mean to you?
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Some of you don't know Joan from ASACP very well, and those that think they do probably aren't seeing the whole picture. She's a very smart, very generous, very educated woman who goes out of her way to help people with all sorts of things. Including me... You see, among her many accomplishments, Joan's also a clinical hypnotherapist. She hypnotizes people to help them deal with certain things.
6 or 7 months ago my partner at the time insisted that I quit smoking, so Joan offered to help. One evening I showed up at Joan's apartment in LA and she sat me down, said a whole bunch of things which are now awfully blurry and helped me quit smoking. An exercise she had me do was to imagine myself in a very safe place in complete comfort, she then asked what the general colour was in that place. It turned out to be orange. Now, in theory, whenever I'm stressed or in need of a smoke and so on I just have to go to my orange place and I'll feel better. It worked pretty well actually. Thanks Joan!
Of course, I started smoking again as soon as the relationship ended.
