Quit Smoking - Page 2

hexagram · #11 05-07-2009, 06:16 AM

$7-8 here :s

Best of luck to you.

MoeSyslack · #12 05-07-2009, 06:58 AM

Ive quit several time myself. The longest stretch was 6 months. I always feel way better after I do I dont know why I start again. Im actually starting day 3 on quitting again. I use the nicotine gum. It affordable and works pretty good with the cravings for me. My problem is avoiding starting again.

By the way, that is an exellent discription of quitting.

Vargas · #13 05-07-2009, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Calypso7777

Goodluck with this...

My hubby and I have tried plenty on times with the help of Zyban and it worked but something always seemed to come up to get us smoking again...

My Hubby and I just started Champix this morning, so I do hope it works well and better than Zyban....

I'm using the Chantix too. You can smoke on it for the first week but day 8 is supposed to be the day you don't smoke anymore. My day 8 was Monday and I haven't had a cigarette since. Today isn't too bad, each day is getting better.

However, I'm not going to lie, for me, and maybe my addiction level is different than yours, but even with the Chantix it is NOT easy. Just stay strong and make it through the first day. One thing that helped me was realizing that anything that made me suffer that much when I quit was not worth starting again. Stay strong and good luck.

Vargas · #14 05-07-2009, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by MoeSyslack

Ive quit several time myself. The longest stretch was 6 months. I always feel way better after I do I dont know why I start again. Im actually starting day 3 on quitting again. I use the nicotine gum. It affordable and works pretty good with the cravings for me. My problem is avoiding starting again.

By the way, that is an exellent discription of quitting.

Good luck brother. I'm only one day ahead of you so we are pretty much in the same spot. Feel free to hit me up if you need some help and vice versa.

Calypso7777 · #15 05-07-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Vargas

I'm using the Chantix too. You can smoke on it for the first week but day 8 is supposed to be the day you don't smoke anymore. My day 8 was Monday and I haven't had a cigarette since. Today isn't too bad, each day is getting better.

However, I'm not going to lie, for me, and maybe my addiction level is different than yours, but even with the Chantix it is NOT easy. Just stay strong and make it through the first day. One thing that helped me was realizing that anything that made me suffer that much when I quit was not worth starting again. Stay strong and good luck.

My prescription says to pick a quit date of anywhere from Day 8 to Day 14. Zyban was the same and we found that if we made ourselves smoke til day 14 it was alot easier because it made us feel so sick by that point to smoke.

Glad it is getting a little easier for you... So have you noticed any side effects yet? I heard alot of people say it makes them really sick feeling...

Vargas · #16 05-07-2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Calypso7777

My prescription says to pick a quit date of anywhere from Day 8 to Day 14. Zyban was the same and we found that if we made ourselves smoke til day 14 it was alot easier because it made us feel so sick by that point to smoke.

Glad it is getting a little easier for you... So have you noticed any side effects yet? I heard alot of people say it makes them really sick feeling...

I have had zero side effects. Not a headache, no nausea, no nothing. I read onlline that some people really went off the deep end on Chantix and had really vivid dreams but I've had nothing. Again, I"m not really sure what the medicine is doing because I still went through the withdrawls, still want to smoke, etc. I wonder if 1 mg of medication is enough? Oh well, I'm doing pretty good--day 4--and I've had no side effects from the medication.

Jon · #17 05-07-2009, 10:49 AM

A carton these days is about $50. I don't smoke but I work at a retail place that sells them and get sticker shock whenever I walk past the counter. It's the prices that are keeping me from starting.

memebag · #18 05-07-2009, 11:03 AM

I quit smoking 11 years ago. It was very, very easy. I hope chewing nicotine gum for 11 years isn't too bad for you.

semipenguin · #19 05-07-2009, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron

That's a pretty good explanation of the quitting process, for those of us who never smoked.

Imagine the money you'll save!

What's a pack cost lately? ... or a carton?

Missouri is ok for the price of cigarettes. $34.00 per carton after they raised the taxes...

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Originally Posted by limegrass69

Wow...good luck quitting. You'll probably never be over it completely, but you'll thank yourself for doing it. Just have to get over that hill...

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Originally Posted by MoeSyslack

Ive quit several time myself. The longest stretch was 6 months. I always feel way better after I do I dont know why I start again. Im actually starting day 3 on quitting again. I use the nicotine gum. It affordable and works pretty good with the cravings for me. My problem is avoiding starting again.

By the way, that is an exellent discription of quitting.

I've gone almost 4 years with out one, then started again back in 2/08. Years after quitting, I was dreaming of smoking!...

Vargas · #20 05-07-2009, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by semipenguin

Missouri is ok for the price of cigarettes. $34.00 per carton after they raised the taxes...

I've gone almost 4 years with out one, then started again back in 2/08. Years after quitting, I was dreaming of smoking!...

Wow. 4 years and then started again. Man---the feeling never goes away, does it?