Stoping the smoke addiction

[johnho]

Re: Stoping the smoke addiction

Chantix is one of those FDA approved drugs which can be used to get over smoking habit. It works on body by giving you the same feel good effect like smoking and hence reduces the craving for nicotine. This medicine should only be used in accordance with the instructions of a physician as there are various side effects which may vary from person to person and it includes change of taste, sleeplessness and many more. I have smoked for more than 10 yrs, but now I am spending a smoke free life from last 2 months. Thanks to chantix. Along with having this medicine, you should also have will power and feeling that you want to get over this habit. Best luck to all those who want to quit smoking and guys this thing is really worth.

[ThinSoon]

Re: Stoping the smoke addiction

I took it also. I quit for four months. I didn't take it long enough and thought I could conquer it on my own after a few weeks so... with that said, I'm back on it and hope to be smoke free soon again and for good!

It's a habit that takes over your life and its not worth it!

[EverLosing]

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I want to conquer this tobacco demon. Maybe by accident, sort of. I found there was no new pack in the car to open in the wee hours this morning. I remembered ONE cigarette and a lighter I had in my food bag at work on Friday. Oh yeah, dug until I found it. Sweet high. A few hours later, I was freaking out for a cigarette. This is what I wrote in a PM to another member this morning:

"Oh my goodness, woke up EARLY to find myself with only 3 smokes in the house. They're over $5 per pack now and I thought hmmmm, I should just quit. I have patches. I should just quit, right? My son is sick and coughing, that makes me feel really guilty. I should take advantage of the guilt and shame myself into quitting. D*mn it all, I still want a frickin cigarette. I would do some really dirty rotten things right now for a cigarette. Yay, just like heroin. I hate to tackle not smoking while I'm still beating the fatty fatty fat fat demon!! Maybe I'm destined to be the demon whisperer. "

"Oh, sh*t!! I'm thinking about going to a grocery store a few miles away to pick up a steak, right?? Cuz they also have cigarettes and I need a steak!!"

Let the torture begin! I'm sitting here chewing on a straw. I want to smoke and it stinks!! I do have some nicotine patches, many of them as a matter of fact. I took a LONG nap because then I wouldn't be awake for craving a cigarette. I'm going to clean up outside for some exercise. It's depressing and rainy here but I have to move my body.

I read Zarabelle's book suggestion at the beginning of this thread and thought, I DON'T have time for that book to ship to me!! I noticed in the amazon.com thread you can download an audio version. That is sounding better and better to me!! So, I think I'm going to take this demon on! I want to go to my sister's "real" wedding in July and saving $5+ per day would help pay for plane tickets, wouldn't it?

Any suggestions or love would be very appreciated!!

[ThinSoon]

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I certainly wish I had some good words of wisdom for you. It is truly hard to do, and you have to want to do it. Thats the key. I have chantix on hand, but in order for it to work, I'd have to take it! I think I am going to start though because I'm having heart palps sometimes after I smoke, maybe its the caffine coupled with the cigs, not sure.

Your health is number 1 as a reason to quit. think of being able to walk those stairs, etc. your sisters wedding and think about the places you CAN't smoke anymore, the embarrassment etc. Those are some of the things I think about.

Read, sew, do something with your hands, exercise, clean out drawers etc.. .find something to do besides sit and think about how you would like one... The first time I quit, my house was so clean and organized! LOL

Come back here often and let me know how you are doing, I think I need to do the same!

Tracey

[JulieB]

Re: Stoping the smoke addiction

I quit 2 months ago (I'm actually still wearing the patch for another 2 weeks). I also concentrate on how embarassing it is to stand outside behind my office building to smoke and having to leave (go outside) a party or get-together to smoke.

We also have another big reason to quit here in Canada...smokes are now over $10 a pack! (That's about twice as much as in the US and 5 times what they are in Mexico).

I promised myself that if I quit for 1 year, I will get my teeth whitened. Combined with my hoped-for weight loss...I could look & FEEL GREAT a year from now.

I already feel much better - no more coughing, I sleep better (I take off the patch to sleep), and it is SO much easier to exercise now that I can breathe!!

Congrats to those who have done it & good luck to those who haven't (YET).

[joesabido]

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I'll quit smoking on June 13 (my birthday)... it's a promisse... wish me luck!

Saludos paisana "Guerrera Rosa" :P

[pinkbatel]

Re: Stoping the smoke addiction

there is a saying my grandfather Juan would tell me each time I left his house...
Suerte se le desea a los tontos, Te deseo EXITO!...
You wish luck to the fools, I wish you SUCCESS!...

Exito Joesabido!!!...

I hope to wape up the guerrera... Im still smoke free, but carbs are a bigger
monster, but I think the biggest one is inside me and that is the one I have
to deal with to succeed.
Have a great day