Quitting Smoking
Well, I am finally going to do it. I have been limiting my computer time for now, as that is when I smoke the most, that, plus these 14 hr days I've been working. I set a goal, that when I reach the 4 week mark I will buy myself a new gun. I am using a patch plus a support group at work. There are 4 of us that are quitting together. Wish us luck
First ones in, Last ones out.
Firechief
First ones in, Last ones out.
Firechief
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I normally smoke about 3 cigs a day. One when I wake up, one after lunch, one after dinner. Still not healthy, probably not as bad as 3 packs a day, but something that is starting to bug me. I noticed that even at that low number, I miss it when I don't have one for a few days.
I'm planning on quitting altogether myself, and am in the middle of it(I have a nice jump on it- I've been on the road a lot the last few days and haven't had any now in a week) as kind of a pre-new year's resolution.
I'll still smoke the occasional cigar every few months.0 -
I smoked my last cigarette when I got out of the Army & had to pay twenty cents a pack instead of the ten cents I had been paying in the PX. I switched to cigars & smoked them for around thirty years until the price soared.
I used to be able to get Churchill rejects for a quarter, cut them in half & the two halves would do me for the day. I haven't had a cigar for quite a while but if someone gives me a half decent one I will smoke it. After I started with cigars I could never understand why anyone would smoke a cigarette.0 -
I'm still trying to quit second hand smoking. I've never been a smoker, but second hand smoking has to be the hardest habit to quit. 0 -
CONGRATS!! It's a tough habit to brake even after the addiction is gone.
I have two friends that quit using Chantix, and they both said they had very intense, and very strange dreams or nightmares while on it.
My wife and I quit cold turkey almost 3 years when she found out she was pregenant. She started back up shortly after our daughter was born, which really pisses me off. I was till finding myself reaching for a smoke and thinking of smoking after 6 months or more.0 -
Be carefull using the chantix. I have had a heart attack before and started using it. within three days the heart was having problems. so stoped using it. but I will say the withdrawl simptoms wernt there. 0 -
I started smoking when I was 5 ro 6, (true). i quit when i was about 30 smoked about 2 packs a day, quit cold turkey, wish I could do that with the morphine and oxycotin I've been taken for the last 5 years for pain. I would almost like the pain more then the meds. getting old sucks, I guess I had more will power back in the old days. 0 -
I'm no longer on the chantix. I took it for a complete cycle and side effects were minimal. I did however have very bizarre and vivid dreams (the most common side effect) and I do mean bizarre.
All in all, Im smoke free and truly believe that the medicine made it possible...I'd rather have a few bad dreams for a couple months than to continue smoking for the rest of my life.0 -
Like I posted in another column here, now in my 80's I quit smoking
(after over 65 years of smoking) with no help and no problems "so far,
but its only been about 5 weeks". Nope. Havent had a puff. But damn if I will celibrate by "lighting just one up" for a holiday after listening to fishermanben's post.0 -
If anyone needs motivation, read my response here:
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=276263
And I'll add a bit to it.
I have two brothers not mentioned before. One of them has never used tobacco, and has no problems. The other carries an inhaler in his pocket and breathes from it about once per hour. Between whiffs of that, he smokes three or four cigarettes..0 -
I'm trying to quit. 63yo and been smoking since I was about 12. Tried Chantix
had dizzy spells and blacked out once while sitting (driver) at a red light. Taking Wellbutrin. Wished I could have continued with Chantix.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Jeepgod2002
I decided it was time to quit smoking, I went to my doctor last week for an annual check up and discussed the smoking issue with him. He boasted about this new medication called "Chantix" which aids in quitting smoking and wrote me a prescription. The medication works by essentially preventing nicotene from attaching to the receptors in your brain; therefore, you do not get any sense of enjoyment from a cigarette. You take the medication for 7 days before you attempt to quit smoking. Today is day 8 for me, my first complete smoke free day in over a decade, and I must say, this medication is extraordinary and has made this transition very simple and painless.
i have been a snuff user for 30 years.i got a perscription [spelling] for chantix to havent started my packet YET..
I have read many posts from folks in here about quitting smoking and just wanted to share my experience.0 -
Good luck...I tried Chantix a few months ago and it made me pretty sick and had to stop taking it. I know of several people that took it and had great success with it.. 0 -
sick in what way,vomiting,dizzy,[?][?][?][?] 0 -
What in hell have we come to. Need a drug to get rid of a drug which is really only a mild habbit? Come on guys, act grown up. Either smoke and enjoy it or give it up. Strictly up to you. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by joeaf1911a1
What in hell have we come to. Need a drug to get rid of a drug which is really only a mild habbit? Come on guys, act grown up. Either smoke and enjoy it or give it up. Strictly up to you.
Joe, with all due respect, I see no reason to hinder modern medicine and technology aid a person in quitting.
Also, I think nicotene addiction is more than just a mild habit. Studies say its more powerful than heroin or cocaine addiction.0 -
Best wishes to you and keep with the program! Here are some changes the body goes through that I learned of 12+ years ago when I quit. Within 20 minutes of smoking your last cigarette, your blood pressure & pulse rate drop to normal & the body temperature of your hands and feet increase to normal. Within 8 hours the carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal and the oxygen level increases to normal. Within 24 hours your chance of heart attack decreases. Within 48 hours nerve endings start regrowing and the ability to taste & smell is enhanced. Within 72 hours your bronchial tubes relax increasing lung capacity making breathing easier! Within 2 weeks to 3 months circulation improves, lung function increases as much as 30% and walking is sooo easy! Within 1 to 9 months, coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease. Cilia regrows in the lungs increasing the ability to handle mucus to clean the lungs and reduce infection. Your body's overall energy level increases! Within 5 years the average chance of lung cancer drops from 137 per 100,000 to 72 per 100,000. After 10 years this drops to 12 per 100,000, almost the rate of nonsmokers! Walking briskly to and from the 100 to do targets is a breeze.
Hope I didn't bore you and I know I'll never light up again. Hope you feel the same and go for it! Don't forget, benefits are lost with just one cigarette a day........0
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