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I know there was a thread on this a while back, but I couldn't find it.
I'm a week into taking Chantix and on Day 2 without a cigarette. Woo-hoo!!! I have the hardest time in the car. I don't smoke in the house and at school it's easy to not follow people outside for a cigarette. But in the car is where I have the strongest psychological urge. To fight it, I've been showing on tic-tacs like a crazy woman.
I know I can do this. It's really not that hard with the Chantix. I'm not having physical cravings at all. The psychological aspect is the hardest part for me.
I just keep thinking about how nice it will be when the weather gets warmer and I'm out of school and I can ride my bike without having to take my inhaler along. It'll help with my allergies. Plus, I have 6 hour clinicals right now where I won't have the chance to smoke. It will be so nice to go to clinical and not have cravings distracting me from what I'm doing. Another bonus will be that as a nurse, I will have steadier hands if I'm not smoking all the time.
Luna - last time I quit - what I did for the horrible car thing - I cut a piece of straw to the length of a cigarette - I found that just by holding that while driving - it helped alot
I smoked about a pack a day, everyday for 13 years. Here's a tip I came across and it worked like a charm for me. I quit cold turkey 4 years ago and haven't so much as had a drag since. Though I do enjoy a stogie now and then...
Anyway, here's my tip:
You have to be 100% certain that you're ready to quit. If you're not, don't bother trying and continue smoking until you're ready. Otherwise you're just torturing yourself.
Pick a date and stop cigarettes, alcohol, caffeine (this includes chocolate) and any other "stimulants" you ingest on a regular basis.
Do this for two weeks. After the two weeks, reintroduce everything into your body except for nicotine. Your brain will be stimulated enough by all these other substances (as it was by the tabacco) and will make withdrawal MUCH easier. At least it did for me.
Yes those two weeks SUCK but I found it a lot easier to just concentrate on making past "two weeks" rather than thinking about not having a cigarette "forever."
Good luck to all trying to quit.
Oh, and I highly recommend the cigars. As long as you don't inhale (who does that anyway) and just do it occasionally, it's nowhere near as harmful as cigarettes. Had I discovered the pleasures of cigars earlier, I would have quit much sooner.
Post by inertiaticc on Mar 25, 2008 17:41:52 GMT -5
good luck to all those quitting.
my mother quit about 15 years ago, she tried all types of things, but found the greatest success with hypnotism. i think that's pretty cool, but seriously, if she can do it, any one can if they're determined.
I want to quit too. I actually just got a pack and i feel bad about it. I feel bad getting rid of the pack and then i cant stop until the pack is done, but I know thats just a bad excuse.
I'm not having physical cravings at all. The psychological aspect is the hardest part for me.
that's always been my story every time i've quit too. been quit since 11/3 last year this time around and it feels like this one is going to finally stick. i've only had one during a moment of drunken stupidness a week and a half ago and i barely finished it, it was so bad.
for me the real breakthrough was trying to quit several times before and hitting the point where i'd been quit for a while and would have the inevitable 'i can have just 1' thought while drunk or otherwise under the influence. maybe i would have just 1 that week...one time i actually was able to only smoke cigarettes while drinking for about a month and a half.
BUT every single time i had the 1 and didn't immediately go out and buy a pack, it reinforced the idea that i had it under control. and of course this inevitably lead over a period of time, often very gradually, back to whatever amount i'd smoked before.
just do NOT, under any circumstances, allow yourself to believe that you can have just 1...it is a complete fabrication by your addiction.
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
Yeah, bonscot is right, but the nicotine is out of your body in like 3-5 days so its all just phyc issues. Chantrix I hear is good & really helpful so hang in there! Watch for the triggers! then replace with a hard candy or stop & smell the flowers.
Post by arlenefavreau1 on Mar 26, 2008 7:14:07 GMT -5
I smoked 3 packs a day for over ten years,actually started smoking on a daily basis when I was 10 and a half 11 and progressed untill I was at 3 packs a day. The only reason I was able to succesfully quit was I said I'm done with that and ment it. Could'nt breath for doodie, could'nt have sex for doodie, could'nt walk 20 feet with out stopping for a breather. Now here I am 7 years with out and this is th first time I've had a cold. When I smoked I got a cold september and lost it in may or june it usually turned out to be pneumonia and I must admit I really don't miss any of those trecherous times of fighting to breath and at the same time fighting to take a drag off of a cigarette. So if you are going to quit the first thing you need to do is say I'm done with that and believe it, feel it, mean it. Reason being the tobacco company puts enough extras into it to make stopping your addiction twice as hard as it is for a heroin addict . Good luck in giving your self a couple more days, weeks, months, years, to see, feel, expierence, life.
that's always been my story every time i've quit too. been quit since 11/3 last year this time around and it feels like this one is going to finally stick. i've only had one during a moment of drunken stupidness a week and a half ago and i barely finished it, it was so bad.
just do NOT, under any circumstances, allow yourself to believe that you can have just 1...it is a complete fabrication by your addiction.
this is my story! i quit december 21, 2006. i had been freaking sick as hell... and i stopped smoking for one day, went to the doctor the next, got some sizzurp, and went to Austin with the family to see some relatives for christmas.
when i got back, i went right to a party, but was still a little sick, so i said "No... i can't smoke right now, i'm sick" then weeks turned in to months, and i was like "hell yea i'm a non-smoker again"
i've only smoked one since then, and i couldn't finish it. it was horrible, and it was my usual brand (Marlboro 27s). i took one drag off of some Camel that was supposed to taste like an Andes mint but it didn't.
i even survived Bonnaroo with out a cigarette. the worst part is when people at work are taking smoke breaks and i can't be like "hey i'm gonna go take a weed break"
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
I want to quit too. I actually just got a pack and i feel bad about it. I feel bad getting rid of the pack and then i cant stop until the pack is done, but I know thats just a bad excuse.
when i quit, it was at the end of a taper-off period, but i kept my last pack with one cigarette in it until about 3 weeks ago actually. so thats like a year and a half of having a cigarette in my drawer that i had to not smoke. i feel like that helped me a lot, knowing that if i needed, i could smoke, but i DIDN'T need it... nobody does...
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
Post by guitardevil on Mar 26, 2008 9:35:39 GMT -5
areyoukind said:
when i quit, it was at the end of a taper-off period, but i kept my last pack with one cigarette in it until about 3 weeks ago actually. so thats like a year and a half of having a cigarette in my drawer that i had to not smoke. i feel like that helped me a lot, knowing that if i needed, i could smoke, but i DIDN'T need it... nobody does...
i like this a lot. maybe that will be part of my current quitting expedition.
That was the mentality I had when I quit last time. In fact, this time I still have a few packs in my glove compartment. I haven't even taken the ash tray and stuff out of my car. I really need to do that. My car is disgusting and needs a good cleaning anyway.
So, here I am on day 3. It was so nice to go through clinicals today without craving a smoke about halfway through. I could totally focus on my care. The coolest thing was as I was sprinting up the sidewalk towards the hospital (running late) I realized... "Hey, I'm not out of breath..." How cool is that? I can run and still breathe. That's the sort of thing that's going to keep me going. In fact, I may go for a bike ride this afternoon. Who-hoo for day3!
Post by mphsvoodoo on Mar 26, 2008 22:33:19 GMT -5
I, too, have been taking Chantix. I'm at day 15 without a cigarette and I am terribly proud of myself. Make sure you use the website support that Chantix offers with prescriptions. They ask you your inspiration for quitting smoking and it appears at the top of your webpage everytime you check in....Mine say's "more $ for the Roo!!" So far, I have $58 extra for roo Good luck!!
Post by freedomofmusic on Mar 30, 2008 15:07:30 GMT -5
I quit on January 15, 2008 after 22 years. It was so hard to imagine myself as a non-smoker. I thought I could never do it, but now feel like I have been finally set free.
I can hardly believe I used to be so imprisoned by it. Always worried about how many cigarettes I had left, where is my lighter, the smell, going outside to smoke (no matter what the weather), others having to wait for me while I smoked, hiding it from my kids (who was I fooling?), the money, the stigma, the health effects, etc.......that sucked.
That being said, I loved the hell out of it. It's a good thing I was the last one of my friends to quit. I'm sure it would have been much more difficult to be around smokers.
Chantix is a miracle. I'm still taking one a day. I have no cravings whatsoever and the dreams are awesome. Does anyone else have the vivid dream side effect? Mine are so epic. I have been to Bonnaroo many a night these last two months. It seems like I have dreamed about everyone I ever knew and usually all at the same time. Even last month, when I lost a very, very dear friend, I didn't even break down and smoke --- and I've had 3 totally realistic dreams about her since. What a blessing.
Wow, I hadn't even thought about it, but I HAVE been having particularly vivid dreams.
Tomorrow will be my first full week! I've realized that I have another time for strong cravings... if I'm on the phone. I always sat outside smoking while talking on the phone with my friends. I used Meg's straw trick and it worked.
Will I ever get to a point where I don't think about it several times a day? Please tell me it's so.
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Mar 30, 2008 23:20:07 GMT -5
coulbean said:
Wow, I hadn't even thought about it, but I HAVE been having particularly vivid dreams.
Tomorrow will be my first full week! I've realized that I have another time for strong cravings... if I'm on the phone. I always sat outside smoking while talking on the phone with my friends. I used Meg's straw trick and it worked.
Will I ever get to a point where I don't think about it several times a day? Please tell me it's so.
I quit about 2 years ago after 30+ years of pack a day/2 pks when drinking. I almost never think of smoking anymore and haven't for at least a year. When I was still tempted to smoke, I just pretented that cigarettes were tiny penises (which I would never put in my mouth. Of course this strategy may not work for everyone.)
Post by freedomofmusic on Mar 31, 2008 17:15:04 GMT -5
coulbean said:
Will I ever get to a point where I don't think about it several times a day? Please tell me it's so.
It is so!!! I was a pack a day smoker and the hardest ones to get over were the first one of the day with my coffee and when I was drinking. I seriously NEVER even think about it at all anymore. It is so great.
The support thing is crucial though. I kept having to remind my husband that he needed to tell me how great I am for not smoking. I felt ridiculous for having to have a pat on the back, but I personally needed it. After about 3 weeks, I didn't even need the recognition at all.
Just hang in there. One more day without a cigarette........great job.
Post by purplefuzzystuff on Mar 31, 2008 20:30:02 GMT -5
Wow there are so manypeople up here quitting at the same time I decided to quit cold turkey last week and today is day 5 without a cigarette.....
Mine is more a psychological habit than anything.....If I am on the phone I smoke, If I am in my car I smoke......those have been the worst but I am starting to get to the point where I don't think about it as much.....well good luck to everyone else!!
Post by purplefuzzystuff on Mar 31, 2008 20:41:05 GMT -5
It included a weekend at a horror convention by myself....which means I wanted to go outside and smoke to meet people.....not to mention alot of the celebrities would go out there for smoke breaks.......but I knew I'd cave if I went out there... So I stayed inside and made friends with other people...
I know how you feel Meg it seems kinda silly to quit when you live with someone who smokes....it's always harder then.....I only moved up here a couple months ago and don't know anyone who smokes up here...so it is a little easier.....Good luck if you do decide to quit...
and karma freedomofmusic for being so supportive to everyone
Post by mulcherry0420 on Mar 31, 2008 20:53:23 GMT -5
^I am trying to quit because I am broke. And my camels have a different taste to them. I have been a smoker since I was about 15, and I am 21 now. I originally started smoking, bc I wouldnt get a break at work, unless I was smoking a cig. Pretty lame, but it seems thats how most resturants are.
its tough to quit, but its possible, and the rewards are so worth it (you dont stink, health reasons, save money, etc)...i quit on january 8 of this year cold turkey...i will admit, i have the occasional pipe or cigar, but at least its not affecting my lungs (as much), and its not daily, in fact its rare...i can now go to bars and not be longing for a smoke and it feels good...to all trying to quit, good for you and best of luck
