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  • ashhills
    ashhills Posts: 64 Member
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    I quit with Chantix..it really worked for me except for the messed up dreams... it made cigarettes smell and taste awful!



    ME TOO! Chantix was my miracle!!! Messed up dreams, but it really works! I was a smoker of 15 yrs. I will be smoke free for 2 yrs on April 19th! If your insurance covers it, give it a try! If not, well, its is really expensive. Good luck to you! I know what your going through!:flowerforyou:

    My husband and I both used Chantix, he used it twice. While I think it worked well for me (I am back to smoking due to seperation and bad choices...I wouldn't blame it on a failure of Chantix), he had a horrible time with it. We both had very vivid dreams, but he became suicidal.

    I am currently waiting for my ecigarettes to come in the mail. If I can't stop all together (yet), I will at least eliminate the tobacco and toxins.
  • monicalynne68
    monicalynne68 Posts: 87 Member
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    I've been smoking for years and I'd like to quit. I've tried a few times. I tried Chantix once and it did help but I had bad side effects from it. I had vomiting and diarrhea. I am going to quit but not right now. Having a hard enough time watching what I'm eating, I'm gonna lose weight first and then deal with the smoking thing
  • leelaknight
    leelaknight Posts: 37
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    HEY 16 Y SMOKER 4 MTH QUIT! similar website truely helped me.. and then it was just up to me i dont care what anyone says ... you want to quit i'm serious its possible- but you HAVE to want to...
    check out

    Stop Smoking Center
    www.stopsmokingcenter.net

    support just like this having people help!!!!
  • beckylawrence70
    beckylawrence70 Posts: 752 Member
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    I quit Dec 2nd, 1999, after 15 yrs of smoking........best thing I ever did!
  • rrrbecca11
    rrrbecca11 Posts: 477
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    I smoked for 30+ years before I finally wised up. Once I had my epiphany, I laid those *****es down and never picked one up again. This June 26 will be 12 years ago. :-) Quitting smoking was the first step in my journey to better health than I had ever enjoyed before, even as a youngster. Best of luck to you. :-)
  • leelaknight
    leelaknight Posts: 37
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    1) I wanted to quit. I had enough and I genuinely wanted to quit. (This is key)
    2) I eliminated the "triggers" or replaced the actual smoking with a different activity for the ones I could not or didn't want to eliminate that gave me the urge to smoke. Like after meals, alcohol, social events. For that after meal urge, I went for a walk instead. Alcohol, I noticed I would smoke if I were in a bar but not if I was at home. So I quit going to the bars. In certain social events like gatherings of friends, I would excuse myself if the smoke bothered me or I began to get the urge. Then return after it subsided.

    I know this two step process seems trivial. But you have to WANT to quit before you will. Then it is just like dieting, you have to work at it and build the self discipline and keep moving forward and never look back.

    this!!!!
  • ahealthy4u
    ahealthy4u Posts: 442 Member
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    It will be a year this coming March that I quiet the only reason why I did I started doing research on cholesterol and while I was going to the doctors to get it treated not one doctor ever told me that it wasn't helping my cholesterol it was lowering it. I had one liver specialist who screamed at me to quiet smoking YEAH right that is like telling a two year you can't have that cookie. So I continued to smoke.
    Well I was tired of smoking and wanted to quiet! So them telling me that was like issuing me a challenge and I took it. So I bought the new nicorette lozenge. I thought I was going to die they were so horrid. It was either quiet or continues to smoke so I quiet cold turkey and turned to baking. My family was impressed with me I didn’t get angry or upset I just baked all the time homemade bread and goodies and while baking I didn’t eat any of it either which amazed me. Then I found Herbalife and I started on another journey of my life.
  • damonmath
    damonmath Posts: 359 Member
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    I quit with Chantix..it really worked for me except for the messed up dreams... it made cigarettes smell and taste awful!



    ME TOO! Chantix was my miracle!!! Messed up dreams, but it really works! I was a smoker of 15 yrs. I will be smoke free for 2 yrs on April 19th! If your insurance covers it, give it a try! If not, well, its is really expensive. Good luck to you! I know what your going through!:flowerforyou:


    A+++ Advice ^^^^
  • captawesome
    captawesome Posts: 121 Member
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    My partner and I have been successfully smoke free for about 2 years now. We went to a reputable hypnotherapist and it was the best $195 and 45mins I have ever spent in my life!

    He told me before I went to have my last cigarette, remove any traces of them from where I used to smoke (car, home, outside - lighters, butts etc), and when I had my last cigarette, to verbalise "this is the last cigarette I will ever smoke".

    Now, the thought of smoking and the smell of it still make me nauseous!! It's just gross!! This is coming from the person who could only ever give up before by being pregnant too. Even now, when I walk past someone who is smoking, I have to hold my breath because I can't stand the smell. He did warn me though that if I was to EVER pick one up again, that I'd be back to smoking the same amount within a week. Duly noted.

    I did gain weight afterwards, a slow and steady 14kgs. But I'm here now and 12kgs of it is gone so far :) You're in the right place to be healthy after quitting. Go on, you can do it!! :wink:

    Edited to add that I had been smoking since I was roughly 13... yup, 14 year smoker now done!! If I can do it, so can you.
  • electricmeow
    electricmeow Posts: 68 Member
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    Wellbutrin helped me to quit, but I did gain a lot of weight. I started smoking again in hopes of losing the weight. Now I'm just as heavy and smoke.

    ^^^I am shocked! This is really the first Wellbutrin/Zyban reply out of how many?

    Bupropion is an antidepressant known as Wellbutrin that coincidentally caused so many of its smoking users to quit smoking. It was so effective, they were able to give it its own label as "Zyban". If your insurance covers it (or if you have a student health center on your campus) you should do this! You actually LOSE weight...I would say 1/3 from the medicine, but 2/3 because you become more rigid with your own rules. Maybe its just me having taken it for ADD, but I think others have reported the same thing.

    I know it sounds crazy...but if you go on it for depression, there is more chance that it would be covered by your insurance, and you would be taking more of it for longer. Unlike other anti-depressants which are more for blocking synapses, this one adds more norepinephrine activity. So I think of it more like adding, not subtracting anything (made me feel better about it)

    It improved my life ALL around, and I wasn't even on it for depression/smoking. I can see how it gets people to stop smoking though with your self rigidness, stress reduction, AND cigarettes just smell awful!!! I would sometimes hold my breath going by a smoker because it was so intensely short lived. I could have a friend smoke next to me and get used to it, but passing by...wooooo.....

    But yeah, taking it for ADD improved my whole life, including school and housework and losing weight!!

    Wow, this is long.
  • HeidiRene
    HeidiRene Posts: 335 Member
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    My mom was very addicted and when she quit she carried a handheld electronic backgammon game and played it every time she wanted a cig. It worked for her. Backgammon might not be your thing but the point is to have a replacement behavior. Good luck!
  • athrax
    athrax Posts: 7
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    I smoke on and off... mostly off. The last cigarette I had was around Christmas, before that the last pack I bought was in early November. Every once in a while I'll have a bad day and go buy a pack (I smoke Dijarium Blacks) and it lasts me a few weeks until I'll want one in a few months. I've been trying not to do that because my boyfriend is a smoker and is trying very hard to quit using the e-Cigarette.
  • bada_bing
    bada_bing Posts: 128 Member
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    I quit one year ago on Ash Wednesday............thought that it was fairly appropriate....ash...also giving up something. What could be better.

    I also used Champix (canada) and it totally works. Makes them taste awful after a couple days and takes away the crave.

    My advice is the same as one of the above posters....

    "The only reason that having a cigarette feels good is because you're physically addicted to nicotine, period. When you have a smoke you feed that addiction and remove the discomfort of withdrawal.

    Remember the first smoke you ever had? Ever quit for months or more and then start again? It wasn't pleasant, was it? In fact, I'll bet it was pretty darned unpleasant, tasted awful, made you cough, you hated the smell, you felt guilty, etc. Didn't get the relief you thought you'd get, did you? That's because you weren't addicted any more"

    I also belong to a quit smoking support group which has helped me to understand the whole addiction and it is great with people going through the same challenges that you are in trying to quit. Check it out and read some stories, that was my first vice!

    http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?folderId=4&listMode=13&nav=messages&webtag=ab-quitsmoking

    Tons of great advice on this thread....there is also a non smoking support group on MFP at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/755-quitting-smoking.

    Three things you will need........Patience, Endurance and Determination....once you have all 3, JUST DO IT!
  • 1sweetpea70
    1sweetpea70 Posts: 48 Member
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    Im a smoker and have been for 25 years. Ive tried to quit several times in the past but i really didnt have the mind set. Its my only vice and i still enjoy it. I will quit when they no longer ease the stress, craziness, or moodiness. I know the risks and dangers of smoking but i also know myself and the danger id be to others around me. When im ready, ill quit.
  • charlieduc
    charlieduc Posts: 108
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    Wow! You all have some interesting success stories and advice. I did not realize I would get such a huge response! Thank you all for your input. Tomorrow will be day 1. And to those of you on this journey with me...Best of luck to you also.
  • charlieduc
    charlieduc Posts: 108
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    There is a beautiful android app called " QuitNow! ". It keeps track of your progress (your recovering health, how many cigarettes you haven't smoked, how much money you've saved etc.) Watching my numbers increase everyday was the biggest thing that kept me from relapsing. Everytime I wanted to smoke, I had to remind myself how it would feel to reset my progress.

    You also unlock acheivements, and there is a great support chat built into the app. Sometimes trolls are lurking there to sabatoge people, but by and large its a very helpful group of people.

    This Saturday will be 12 weeks absolutely free from cigarettes! I was someone who really enjoyed smoking, but now I really enjoy the freedom.

    Best of luck to you!

    App downloaded. Thanks so much!
  • dreamzvt
    dreamzvt Posts: 96
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    i'm a smoker and i want to quit...eventually.i really don't feel like now is the moment to stop.first i want to lose my weight and then try to quit smoking.i just think it's better to solve one problem at a time.
    This is also my problem, but I also know that I would feel much better if I quit. Right now my sinuses drive me crazy.

    My way of thinking as well, I have however set a date to quit. One month before I am going to start cutting back, back, back throughout the month. Then on quit day I am going to use the E-cigs. The more expensive best kind I can find.
  • cruiser3004
    cruiser3004 Posts: 72 Member
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    I was a twenty year smoker and had genuinely tried to quit at least 15 times. I had even started joking with my friends that I had given up giving up!

    Then I found this website

    www.whyquit.com

    It helped me understand my addiction, admit that I was a drug addict, and gave me the tools and information I needed to beat my addiction.

    I gave up cold turkey & have now not had a cigarette for a year & a Half., and am sure I will never smoke again.

    I really hate to use the cliche "If I can do it, any one can", but in this case it is so true!!

    Goodluck.
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
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    I have carried this nasty habit for probably 4 years now. I really want to quit and know that I need to, but I just don't know how to put them down. I am a full time student and mom of three (reasons why I should stop). I am afraid that if I put them down I will drive my husband crazy and/or gain weight. Any advice?

    I also have the same problem. I have tried to quit smoking countless times but the habits comes back when problems & pressures get the best on me. Also I don't like to gain weight & they say nicotine caused a little metabolic boost which is why its normal to gain weight once you stop smoking & I don't like that. However my special someone wants me to quit this nasty habit. I know he's only after my health & wants me to live longer (really appreciated it) & not trying to take control of me. I wanted to quit but now I don't know what to do.
  • ColetteDuchnowski
    ColetteDuchnowski Posts: 80
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    I am a closet smoker and just quit Monday Feb 13th. I am using the patches and so far it is working. The only time I smoked was in my car while driving or waiting. I would leave way early to get someplace just to have my chance to smoke. The first couple of days were hard because I wanted to eat, and I did allow myself a few indulgences and it showed on the scale. I am much better this week and feel a lot stronger. My taste and smell has started to get better. Now to figure out how to get the smoke smell out of my car. I had to make the decision. I was sick of being a slave to the almighty cigarette. It was getting to the point where it was an anchor around my neck. I started hating the taste and the smell, especially on me. You have to want to quit and set a start date. That is important. I have saved almost $40 by quitting so far...I would rather have the money and put it on something that will help me and not hurt me.

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