Quitting smoking

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capncrunch

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Fark, this is more difficult than I thought would be.

It's only been a few days and the first 3 or 4 days were fine (a bit grumpy, but nothing out of the ordinary) but FARK, today I'm climbing the walls!

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Don't know what you're using, if anything, but I found using Zyban and the patch together made it much easier than either alone. You'd need a script for Zyban but you can get the patch anywhere if you need it.

Do whatever you must, it's worth it! Good luck, keep strong. I used to brush my teeth to help get over an urge .....
 
I quit more than 20 years ago and I still have dreams about smoking. However, I did eventually stop climbing the walls ... it hurt too much to keep falling on my ass ;)
 
Keep at it. You have to want to quit, to b esuccessful. Don't give up. The best way longterm is to quit either gradually, or cold turkey. I never trust Bigt Pharma's crutches. Do they give heroin to addicts trying to quit that drug?
 
Okay this is going to sound stupid but don't resist the pain of withdrawal rather embrace it. Let the pain just be and concentrate on it knowing that this is what it should feel like. Resistance = Suffering. This got me through my nicotine withdrawal.

Good Luck!
 
Thanks for the support, everyone.

I'm not using a patch or any other sort of quitting aid, I just decided a few days ago on the way to work that I was done with smokes. At $8 a pack, I simply didn't get that much pleasure from it anymore.

This is just day 5 of cold turkey.

According to those that study these things, nicotine is out of one's body in 72-96 hours after one's last smoke, depending on your body size, amout of exercise you do and all the rest. Any addictive behaviour felt after that time is purely psychological and not physical.

Still damn hard though.
 
I started on Champix last week. They start you off on a low dose for 3 days and then slowly increase dosage . I have been on it since Wednesday and already feel it working. Apparently it is 4 times more effective than zyban. It is a nicotinic receptor blocker and agonist (blocks the receptor sites where nicotine works and tricks the body to think you have nicotine in your system).
 
Rono said:
I started on Champix last week. They start you off on a low dose for 3 days and then slowly increase dosage . I have been on it since Wednesday and already feel it working. Apparently it is 4 times more effective than zyban. It is a nicotinic receptor blocker and agonist (blocks the receptor sites where nicotine works and tricks the body to think you have nicotine in your system).
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Interesting article about Champix. Be sure your doctor has made you aware of all the potential side effects!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/serv....wlchampix09/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/

Champix side effects prompt 818 complaints

CARLY WEEKS
From Friday's Globe and Mail
January 9, 2009 at 9:31 AM EST
Health Canada has received more than 800 reports of side effects - including more than 500 reports of psychiatric problems - linked to the controversial smoking-cessation drug Champix in less than two years on the market.

But although evidence is growing that the medication is linked to aggression, depression and suicidal tendencies, some tobacco-control experts and non-profit groups in Canada still encourage its use, often without mention of the possibility of psychiatric problems.
 
capncrunch said:
Thanks for the support, everyone.

Still damn hard though.
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I quit EXACTLY the same way on labour day weekend 15 1/2 yrs ago. I was driving home from work, and had just smoked the last cigarette of my pack. My wife had a baby 3 weeks earlier, and I made the decision to NOT smoke anywhere around my new baby. That meant in the car, in the house etc. I just decided that was it, and quit cold turkey! The first week was the hardest, but it got much easier after that. Unlike some, I do not have the desire to light up again... even though my SO started again after 7 years!

Just remember there is only ONE THING you need to do to be successful...

Don't light it!

Good luck capncrunch!
 
I'm on the tail end of a 24 hour flu. For the first twelve hours it didn't occur to me to have a cigarette because I was too busy puking my head off. I figured if I went that far I might as well keep going.

I'm in hour 21 now......
 
I quit a long time ago, but a few times now I still have the occasional smoke or pack. However, about a month ago, I developed a serious case of bronchitis. While I'm fine and in good health and there are no issues, I have never coughed so hard, and so much in my life.

The chest and rib pain from coughing, and my almost passing out from coughing a number of times is completely enough for me to give-up those final few cigarettes. I just kept thinking if bronchitis could get me this badly, imagine what lung cancer or emphysema could do in terms of discomfort.
 
dcbogey said:
Interesting article about Champix. Be sure your doctor has made you aware of all the potential side effects!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/serv....wlchampix09/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/

Champix side effects prompt 818 complaints

CARLY WEEKS
From Friday's Globe and Mail
January 9, 2009 at 9:31 AM EST
Health Canada has received more than 800 reports of side effects - including more than 500 reports of psychiatric problems - linked to the controversial smoking-cessation drug Champix in less than two years on the market.

But although evidence is growing that the medication is linked to aggression, depression and suicidal tendencies, some tobacco-control experts and non-profit groups in Canada still encourage its use, often without mention of the possibility of psychiatric problems.
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You'd have to be crazy to use that stuff!!!! Or more likely crazy because of it ......... yikes!
 
capncrunch said:
Fark, this is more difficult than I thought would be.

It's only been a few days and the first 3 or 4 days were fine (a bit grumpy, but nothing out of the ordinary) but FARK, today I'm climbing the walls!

<end of self-pitying rant>
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My approach which seems extreme. Buy a pack of the strongest cigarettes in the market (Gitanes filterless or something along those lines) and dry them out in the oven to make them stale. Once you are sure they are bone dry, chain smoke them until the pack is done. You will be so sick of smoking, and the smell, that you will never stand being around another cigarette again.

I used to love smoking (after eating, with coffee, with port, with wine, etc...). I still can't stand the smell of burning cigarettes after my experiment. I still find the scent to be nauseating.
 
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