Quiting Smoking

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Well, I finally came to my senses and I am going to quit smoking. I am using that "Chantix" and its been about a week in a half since I started it and I must say its going quite well! All I ever hear about is people calling it the "Miracle Drug" so I thought I'd give it a try. My mom quit with it a person I never saw quiting. Anyone else hear of people quiting with it? It's hard to describe but its looking good! Time to save some money!

[Kracka]

Nice work man, congrats! Keep it up.

[AJ]

Congrats, it's not an easy thing to do. I quit last October after smoking for 13 years. I had tried the gum in the past, but never any patches or pills. This time it was cold tirkey. Mind over matter with some support and motivation from a few great friends who had recently done the same. It really is something you need to control with your mind to really get over.

[Goat Blower]

My wife still smokes occasionally, nothing bugs me more than that. I'd be real happy if they just banned it all together, although that's slowly where we're heading anyways.

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I still find it hard when I get upset or pissed about something or just plan had a bad day not to smoke. It's like outside of that I can sit back and be fine, Once some type of shit hits the fan I have that mental state to go back to it. As if its some golden answer to my problems. I hope within the week I will be 100% done!

[ExTREME]

In the last couple months I've quit smoking for 2 days about 4 times. It's always the weekends when I'm not at work. I love to not smoke when I'm out of work but here it's how I can take a relaxing break. But, When I drink I do smoke. It's how things go out here in the sticks.

[ABV]

I quit 1.5 years ago so I know what it's like. I think quitting is the easy part, it's not smoking again that's tough. Just hang in there and keep a strong mind. I think it's a physical addiction, but for most people a huge part of it is a mental addiction. Stay strong and take it a day at a time and you can get through it.

[tpunx99GSX]

Can you tell me about this Chantix? Is it a pill?
I took Welbutrin for a while which was said to help in quitting, but i would shake uncontrollably so i stopped taking it. It helped me cut way down, (to almost 3 ciggerettes a day) but it had the effect of exstacy, and after the initial rolling effect my hands would just shake. It is an anti depressant which i think that is what the shaking was all about. So i stopped taking them.

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Yeah its a pill, For the first week I took it only once. Now I take one in the morning and the evening. It makes me think about it less or desire it less is the best way to describe it. I could smoke like a 1/4 of a smoke and not even want the rest of it. Today is day two of not smoking at all and I still want it but I'm not obsessing about it nearly as much as I use too.