smoking

i know almost everyone on here has a problem with pills including myself but i was just wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to how to quit smoking?2 packs a day here... and since its a new year i was thinking i need to quit smoking also......

[david0263]

Believe it or not about 15 years ago I woke up on New Years day with a terrible hang over and decided that I was going to quit smoking threw out all my smokes and never smoked again.  I was just tired of the morning cough, the mess it made, the way i smelled, ect.  Now if quiting pills was that easy....

[IBKleen]

Don't even get me started. I went on Chantix about a month and a half ago. I got so deathly sick to my stomach...it was horrible. So I got some liquid nausea medicine from the drugstore.

I found myself getting up in the morning, drinking the medicine so I could take a pill so I could quit smoking! It was such old behavior and it scared the bejesus out of me, so I stopped.

Now I am back to square one and smoking more than ever. I wish I had an answer for you--I wish I had an answer for ME!!!

[BlotOutTheSun]

ive been smoking a pack a day for 9-10 years, chantix has worked for some, i think its kinda like suboxone in a way it blocks the receptors that put of the good feeling, and you just start to find it pointless to smoke b/c its not doing nothing

[oxygirl487]

omg thats awful....sounds like me on all my meds....take a pill then another pill to offset the side effects of that pill and so on and so on lol.....

[oxygirl487]

u just quit and that was it?  u must be stronger than i.....now that ive quit the oc's i seem to be smoking alot more.....replacing one habit with another i guess.....i quit oc's c/t  maybe i could quit smoking c/t     lets see   what could i replace smoking with?  lol....thats seems to be my problem.......replacement

[oxygirl487]

i have heard of that ....isnt it expensive?  and dont give me that  "it cant cost more than cigs"   lol......how long did it take u to stop?

[IBKleen]

My hubby quit smoking and went straight to Entenmann's cakes...good grief, if I do that, somebody please shoot me!!! LOL

[broknbck]

has anyone tried organic tobacco? i wonder if it would easier to get off because it doesn't have all the addatives that make ciggarettes more addicting.

[oxygirl487]

yeah me too im already fat enuff lol....ive tried quitting b4 and thats a big thing for me... i eat more.....maybe i'll qiut next year    lol.....

[oxygirl487]

i dont know i would assume it still has nicotine.....thats what is addictive in cigs   right?.....i just know i like em     lol

[BlotOutTheSun]

i havent stopped or even tried chantix, some of my friends used it and was able to quit, notice i put chantix has helped for some, im still smoking away, my next bad habit to break

[oxygirl487]

oh duh im sorry.....stupid me misread..sorry...but anyway do u know if its expensive?

[avisg]

I cold turkeyed a three pack a day habit .... honesly it was not bad .
when i would crave I would go out for a walk . I am soooooo gald i did it . It has been a year and a half without one .... I dont miss them at all . good luck to you
avis

[GoingToMakeIt]

The principle is the same as oxy's. You need to have a plan to stop. Tapering might be easier. Ration them suckers out. You will need to have new habits. There are things you always do when smoking right?
You may need to change some things, even some friends.

Good luck on this one. Be strong. Cigarettes are not nearly as addictive as oxys.

[sleeplesss]

Now here is something I can finally talk about with success!  I smoked for 23 years, 2 packs/day.  I have not smoked in 10 years now.  I used the nicotine patch.  But...I had to have something to do with my hands, mouth, etc....I cut straws in half (then they were the same length as a cig), and chewed them to pieces!  I chewed straws in the car, next to the computer, even out in public...almost for a year!  I had a pile of straws everywhere.  It worked.  I also went for a walk after dinner every single nite...even if there was a blizzard outside, because that is when I wanted a cig the most.  I lost 15 pounds when I quit!  Go figure.  But...I remember thinking how could I ever ENJOY life without my cigs...like my best friends!  Then....someone wise told me that they had NEVER met a smoker that said they wished they hadn't quit....hmmmm....a point to ponder, I thought at the time.
My cigs were more important than having food in the house at the time, so I CAN relate.
But....if I could quit, anyone can.  For real.
Now....if only quitting the vics were that easy.....

[david0263]

When I think about how I quit smoking and I smoked 1 1/2 to 2 packs a day it makes me wonder why I can't quit drugs that way.  I remember that I was just sick of it.  I thought about good stuff like how good my car smelled and when I kissed my wife she stoped telling it felt like kissing an ash tray.

[IBKleen]

oxygirl..btw..have you been over to the smoking forum? It is a little slower over there, but there are some good folks there that are very helpful. Maybe you could get some advise there as well.

If you figure it out, please let me know......

[oxygirl487]

sounds like a good idea but not for me because if i got out some straws it would remind me to much of oc's  lol.....unfortunately i snorted them and to help get clean i had to get rid of all my parraphanalia  (i cant spell it u know what i mean) lol....so a straw would prob end up   up my nose  lol.....might work for someone else though  thanks..and congrats on the 10 yrs.....maybe i could use a pencil instead? long as its not somethinf to do with pills or food...

ibkleen... goo d idea i will cheack that out....being a pill person i always come here  lol.....

[Babanker07]

I always smoked more when I was using my doc, it made the ciggarette that much more sweet for me, but about a month and a half for me now I don't hardly smoke as much as I was when abusing the pills.

[hopsing94]

when you quit let me know. I have two bottles of chantix at home right now and for some reason i havent even opened the bottles. Kinda scared to try that right now. With insurance still cost me about 100.00 dollars for 2 week dosage. If that doesnt work i want a freakin refund. Doctor of course oh yes this will work,they're all in this together the doctors,pharamacies and the government. It's a conspiracy i say. Oh **** i need a smoke i'm gettin all worked up.

[hopsing94]

So they made you sick,great just what i needed to hear.LOL Well i bought the stuff (chantix) might as well give it a try. I hate nausia ugghhh.

[marcatj]

i smoked like a champ on the vik's too... then, it went way down.  ineterstingly, the Sub makes me want to smoke like a fiend, too..

the next hurdle...

[BoredToDeath]

Oh dear, I couldn't imagine trying to quit smoking right now. One thing at a time! But good luck!!

[karmadog]

an addict is an addict, i have quit smoking 18 times, I am back again at quitting.  it has been 30 days.  I miss it more  and more everytime I quit.  I am disgusted with it all.  I am an addict, cross addiction.  I kicked the cocaine, and alcohol years ago, the smoking I have been tryin since 1999, 10 years, okay, so I turn to food, and more food,  I AM AN ADDICT,  AN ADDICT HAS TO ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE THEM SOME KINDDA HIGH.  IF I DON'T DO THE FOOD, THEN I TAKE PAIN MEDS OR SLEEPING MEDS, ANYTHING TO FORGET CIGS. IF NOT I EAT AND EAT.  I HATE ADDICTION, AND YES, I MAY GO BACK TO SMOKING, TO KEEP SOME SANITY, AS THIS IS TOO MUCH. AFTER 10 YRS OF TRYING, AND PUTTING MYSELF THROUGH HELL, THERE COMES A POINT U JUST GOTTA SAY WHAT IS THE WORSE OF ALL THE THINGS I DO.  WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE ME HAPPY OR MISERABLE THE REST OF MY LIFE??

[kathyjo]

It is the toughest addiction you will ever have to quit, no lie, so if you really want to make it your last quit, learn about what keeps you addicted and why you think you need to smoke. Try reading the articles at whyquit.com under the "Education" column. I swear there is an answer for every question and a reason for every thought, all you need to do is read them all and it will help you : )

It has been 2 years for me and I smoked for close to 40 and I was as bad as they come when it came to addiction. If I can, anyone can, and that's the truth!

Good luck to you, keep writing, keep reading, keep praying and keep educating yourself.

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2y 3w 3d 0:30 smoke-free, 16,610 cigs not smoked, $3,986.40 saved, 1m 3w 6d 16:10 life saved

[desperatetostop]

I'm right here with you! today is first day w/o pills...and I have an appt with the Tabocco Treatment Center after work. Chantix worked wonders for me back in April. Lucky for me, someone gave me 5 weeks of the stuff. It was awesome...total lack of desire for the cigs. After I was off the chantix I was still good...but then I got ahold of vics...there went that idea!
I do have an Rx for chantix and I intend to make the purchase this friday as my paycheck will have some wicked amount of overtime! The pills will cost me $145.00 per month...but I've figured it out, it does cost me about $163.00 a month to smoke (and waaaay more to pop pills)...so, I CAN and HAVE TO afford this.

Also, I'm donating a Kidney in February...I really need to clean my body out/up!

I'm sure you will see more of me here and I hope to be able to be a strong support for others as well.

[me1991]

i took wellbutirin for 2 weekds ..the first week that itook it i was up for five days. but i did quit. then i stopped taking ethe welbutrin and i am now 9 months no smoking...