Quitting Smoking...

**Pamela** · 05-14-2009, 09:48 AM

I quit smoking on May 7th.Let me tell you I would rather quit drinking all over again..It is not easy. Doc put me on Chantrix. I found that if I take one as soon as I get up it works better. Did that this morning and it's working. Yesterday was really bad morning. Thank God for Troy,my best half, he is supporting me all the way and has been so wonderful thru all of this. Even yesterday morning when I was in a very horrible mood...
Anyone else that has quit smoking or quitting any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!!!

**Debbie-cat** · 05-14-2009, 09:56 AM

Pamela, I have been trying to quit for years. I will stop cold turkey for a few weeks, then bam something stressful happens and I start again. It is the most difficult thing to try and quit.

A word of caution, the drug Chantrix has been proven to cause suicidal thoughts. Just in our little town, 3 people committed suicide and they were on Chantrix. I would be very careful. Good luck! I am still working on it!

**Brat** · 05-14-2009, 11:30 AM

please be careful with that stuff...I still have stomach problems and it has been 2 years...eat the lining of it

**groundhog** · 05-14-2009, 11:46 AM

good luck five years ago after smoking for over 40 years and that was at least 1 to 2 packs a day i quit smoking cigs were up to $10.00 a pack and i decided that was enough my daughter had been nagging me so on christmas eve in the morning i had my last cig slapped on a nicotine patch and went to her house for 2 days that was 5 years ago the first 6 months was hell but my bf didnt smoke so that helped and i stayed away from anyone who did smoke and that really helped and thank god for the nicotine patches champex was not invented yet so have no experience with that but lots of friends since have used it and have quit it is all worth it in the end although when i was going through it i didnt think so i have also said that when i hit 80 i will start smoking again lol

**savvy_sniper** · 05-14-2009, 04:15 PM

So how are you doing? Yes, it is a physical addiction, BUT a lot of it is mental when it comes to quitting. I have quit many times in the past. I quit just over a year ago and I think I have it licked this time. I have not bought a pack, bummed a cigarette, taken a drag on someone else's or even breathed deeply around another smoker.

Studies show that most people quit unsuccessfully SEVERAL times before they succeed.

Good Luck!

**Brat** · 05-14-2009, 06:37 PM

keep us posted on how your doing... I am sure any of us that have quit are glad of it and will be happy to help in any way...pm me if you need to yell at someone...I know i did.

Good luck to you...stick with it..If you fall back start over...It can be done..I smoked for 40 years and was up to 4 pack a day...It will take time..but don't give up...Good luck to you...

**Sassyclass** · 05-14-2009, 08:53 PM

Congrats and good luck. I quit cold turkey over 10 years ago. I smoked almost 2 packs a day for 15 years. I agree with savvy, it is more mental than physical(the addiction ). You just have to make up your mind to not do it and stick to your commitment.I made up my mind that I would not let a cancer stick beat me, I'm a very stubborn person. I found that drinking lots of water and chewing gum helped tremendously. You have support so you can do this. Keep us posted on your progress.

Cat

**frugalwarrior** · 05-14-2009, 09:16 PM

Congrats, and thank you many times over from the horribly allergic crowd. You will feel better and better. I applaude you. I am so allergic that I get sick for hours after being around cigarettes. I have to shower so I can breathe. I understand it is a hard addiction to quit after watching my mom struggle w/ it when I was a child. It took a near fatal heart attack and then some for her to quit. Try and keep trying you can do it. And last but not least figure up the money you'll save when you quit. Think of what you can buy yourself w/ the savings. Best of luck. I'm rooting for ya.

**Luckybustert** · 05-14-2009, 10:12 PM

I tried to quit for years then finally for my 40th birthday (I'm 48 now) I said "that's it", put them down cold turkey and haven't looked back. Very quickly I found I could breathe better, had more energy, no longer had such horrid bouts of bronchitis, food tasted better, and of course the monetary savings was huge. I think the physical addiction is pretty easily broken, but as long as one holds onto the notion that smoking was enjoyable and/or associated with enjoyable parts of their day (relaxation breaks or socializing with others, for example) it makes it much harder to break the mental addiction because we miss what we perceive as "positive" aspects of smoking.