quitting smoking

After trying about a gazillion times with patches and hypnosis and everything else I finally did the Chantix thing... screwed up my brain forever but I'm not smoking!
I did gain about 15 pounds but started working out and took awhile but I lost it. It's much easier to exercise hard when you can breathe... best thing I've ever done for myself was to quit smoking. I feel so much better, smell better, can breathe A LOT better and my skin even improved. First thing everyone noticed was more of a spark in my eyes. I'm not tired as much either. Smoking robs you of oxygen.
The straw idea helps immensely also. Cut one the length of a cig and puff on it if the urge is real bad. Think of every 5 minutes as a building block. Carry a couple of smooth stones to rub. ANYTHING you can do.
I'll be smoke free 3 years in September and it doesn't bother me in the least anymore. I have no urges and no temptation to smoke ever again. PS I smoked 1 1/2 to 2 packs a day

Believe me, it is the best thing I ever did for myself. I quit the first time with the patch. That worked well, but started back up when I was going through a divorce. Then I got hypnotized back in 2000. Please only try to quit if you are really ready and you are surrounded by non smokers. After all these years I remember that feeling of a "stack of bricks" on my chest when I'd lay in bed at night. To this day, I am so happy that feeling no longer exists. Good luck and keep at it. Let me know if you need a pep talk!

I used nicotine gum. Followed the instructions and started weaning myself off. Couldn't quite stop chewing, so I bought the smallest patches and used those and chewed regular gum. I've been smoke free for more than a year now. I did gain some weight, but there were a lot of reasons for that.

I'm on the right track now, though.

good luck!

tomoorow I will be 300 days off them thanks to champix, there are some side effects but nothing too bad and i think they are amazing.