Posted on 05/01/2007 4:57:20 AM PDT by ConservativeStLouisGuy
My husband used a drug called Chantix to quit, it’s been 72 days of smoke free LIVING.
i’m going to join you. Thanks for the info.
It will be 2 years in June since I quit smoking. I can say that in the last month I have almost quit missing cigarettes. Yesterday I was very stressed and thought about smoking, but it is easier than in the beginning.
Quitting’s easy. I did it dozens of times.
www.whyquit.com
Congratulations FarmerW. I have a couple of days on you - it will be three weeks Thursday night at 9pm.
That site helped me a lot too - especially the pictures.
Good luck to you.
Like many boys in their teens, I started smoking, and maintained the habit, with periods of cessation up to six months. At the ripe old age of 63 I pulled the plug on smoking. On April 19, just a couple of weeks ago, six years had passed since I have given up demon weed.
It is worth the effort.
Thanks Billhilly.
I didn’t start until my last year in college (when I certainly should have known better). I really had it more or less under control for about 10 years - just smoking when I drank, and occassionally on the weekends. Back then I usually didn’t finish a pack and ended up tossing it.
About 4 years ago I was in a relationship that got progressively more stressful. My smoking increased with the stress (actually making the situation worse for both of us). When we finally broke up last year, I was addicted. I’ve “quit” so many times that I lost count, but this time feels different, and I’m ready now. I’m just shy of 40, so I’m hoping I can undo the 15 years of damage before my body starts slowing down due to age.
I’ve already noticed some of the wrinkles on my face starting to fade - that’s reason enough to keep off the death sticks.
These were my symptoms:
At eight hours: Nerves were figity, wanted a smoke.
At 24 hours: Skin was crawling, mouth was dried out, felt like I was going to be sick.
At 72 hours: Three days of living hell, felt sick as a dog. Could not concentrate on a damn thing.
At Three months: Felt great, the worst passed after about a week. By three months it wasn’t an hour by hour thing, only thought about a smoke several times a day.
At 4 months: Quit hacking up those phlem balls from my lungs.
At 13 years: I only get the urge when I smell a freshly lit cigarette. After that it’s nauseating.
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Good luck! I’ve been tobacco free since July 28th, 2006. It was tough but ultimately so rewarding in the end.
I quit 3 days shy of my 39th birthday. That was 24 OCT 04 almost 3 years ago already!!! You WILL succeed!!
I was an on and off smoker for 15 years. At my worst, I smoked 4-5 cigars a day, and INHALED em’ too! God I hope I didn’t eff myself up...
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whyquit is the only way, put the nicotine down...all of it...
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Ahhh, you people are just a bunch of quitters.
;)
18 months this week. I went cold turkey after 25 years. Did it at the beginning of a 6 month deployment because I figured that the lack of alcohol during that period would help. Alcohol was a problem during previous attempts.
Sometimes I still smoke in my dreams.
Thanks for posting day 3, ConservativeStLouisGuy, I had something come up early this a.m.
Start today. Call it buying your present and keep it wrapped until then.
In my experience plans to quit like that end up being postponed indefinitely.
Just start where you stand.
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