Quitting smoking

I quit 12 weeks ago. I'm not going to sugarcoat it, the first day sucks balls. Big hairy ones. I felt like a tweaker that needed their meth fix, but I've been good since. I used nicotine gum for a few weeks as needed, just when I'd have a bad craving. I still have more than half the box left, actually. Even after 12 weeks, I'll still catch myself going for my non-existant pack when I get a certain taste, or smell a cigarette burning. The smell of a freshly lit cigarette still bugs me on occasion, but it's all mental now. The funny thing is, in 12 weeks I've put on 22lbs because of eating constantly. Some of it is muscle because I also started working out, but some definitely landed on my mid section, too. If that's the worst thing that happens to me after smoking for 15 years, I'll take it.

Friends have used vaporizers to slowly cut down their nicotine levels.... just a thought

Alright, here's how you do it.

Champix. I believe it's mildly pricey, but trust me on this one.

First off, dont' quit yet. You're going to fail if you try. Most of us do. I hope you can prove me wrong but if not, use this method.

Set a date, as everyone tells you. Buy the Champix starter pack now. You may need to get a prescription for it.

Start taking the champix for about 7 days before your quit date. Smoke while you take it, it's recommended, even says it on the box.

On day 4 of taking the Champix, you move up to 2 pills a day. Keep smoking.

On day 7 or 8, you won't WANT a cigarette. Seriously. I'm as heavy a smoker as they come, and I stopped wanting a cigarette, and didn't even have cravings.

Now, bad side. They're about 6 cycles to this, each one costing a few bucks. Not sure how much, my job covered it.

As well, if you've had any suicidal tendencies in the past, they advise you don't take these. Not sure why, but I haven't attempted to end myself so I was good to go with it.

You'll notice your balance will be a little bit off for a few days, but not so much that you can't fully operate like you do day to day.

Other than that, nothing. You just quit. You don't even go through the cravings, you just.....quit.

The hardest part, and this is what did me in, was after the final cycle. Everything went fine for me for a while, girlfriend was super happy, then we had somebody break into our place and steal alot of stuff, and in an attempt to not hunt the kid down for supper, I had a smoke instead. As it was however, I quit smoking for 5 months before I screwed it up myself. A stronger person could have lasted a lifetime

That said, if you use the Champix program properly, AND AS PER SCHEDULE, and don't try to fool yourself by having "emergency cigarettes", you'll be as clean as a newborn in about 6 months

Hope that helps

Just think of all the extra cash you can save up for mods!! Wish you luck!!

Well I didn't read the whole thread, was a bit long. But check my signature out. I am gonna try quitting again, for the 100th time. I'm gonna try these things. They are like e-cig's but with flavors and such. Same thing with the nicotine addiction, but hey it may work.

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BluCig is back-ordered till the 20th. Plus that ecig one sounds better lol.

i've never smoked,so i dont know what you will be going through.
but,i wish you good luck.
dont get too hard on yourself if you slip up.
like anything else thats worth doing,
if you fall,get back up and keep trying.

dang, 2 packs a day ... so you are basically paying like $10 per day to line your lungs with nasty black soot. i don't know how old you are, but think about when you are 60 and your lungs are damaged from smoking for all those years. my mother in law had emphysema, probably from smoking, and let me tell you, if was no fun watching her sitting in her chair, resting, gasping for air because her lungs weren't doing their job like they should.

i was a swimmer and had gotten up to a pack a day or so. then one time i got a cold and after the cold was gone, i had a nagging dry cough that wouldn't go away. after i quit, the cough went away and i dropped 2 minutes off my mile time. i was in my early 20s then ... that was like 25 years ago now. i haven't smoked since.

when i was 25, i didn't think about what it would be like when i was 50. then i got married and had kids. that was when life got busy and now all of a sudden, the kids are grown up and going off to college and i'm pushing 50. it's not as far away as i thought it would be.

so i say get into running, biking or swimming (or all three). smoking while doing that stuff makes you really realize that your lungs are not happy and provides more incentive to not smoke. you also have more energy, can eat pretty much whatever you want, and you get lean and mean, which can never hurt with the ladies.