Quit Smoking Aid

[dkff49]

I took Chantix to quit smoking 2 1/2 years ago and don't regret it at all. I never had any of the nausea or bad dreams. I tried to quit several other times inside of many years to quit and ended up smoking for close to 20 years. I highly recommend Chantix as a way to quit smoking but I suggest taking for 6 months.

I took it for 6 months and now have no cravings and that even means when I drink alcohol (even heavily). One time I even smoked a cigar after stopping smoking and still never had a craving.

Just watch out because I read just recently that they have found out that the Chantix can cause you to become more aggressive. I wish I had known that prior to taking it so that I could have been more aware and possibly been able to tone it down some. That increase in aggression ended up costing me some respect at my job and made a few of my "friends" decide that they want to spend far less time around me.

With all that said I still recommend Chantix but just be aware.

[Urchin]

I quit 5 years ago, after smoking for about 7. 

I quit by using the gum.  Funny thing was, the first time I "tried" to quit using the gum it didn't work - but it worked like a charm the second time around. 

I think the gum & the lozenge work by breaking your habit into 2 parts - first you have the "my mouth is bored" part, then the nicotine addiction part.  By breaking it into 2 parts it seemed to work better for me.  I remember it was tough for the first few days grabbing a piece of nicotine gum when I really wanted a cigarette, and it was tough for the first few days grabbing a regular piece of gum when I wanted a nicotine gum, but I almost never think about smoking now.

[oTRALFZo]

I smoked heavy for 20 years. Just last year I tried the lozenge and it worked. To those of you who haven't tried it..its damn nasty!!!. One good way to start quitting is trying to break patterns of when you smoke. (My biggest was lighting up with the morning coffee and after completing a huge lunch rush at work) Instead of lighting up, you pop one of the lozenge and it really does cure the craving.
Heavy smokers don't realize most of the time that they are lighting up...its just subconsciously lit up for no apparent reason. I became aware of this and a good way to combat it is by rationing how many smokes you "allow" yourself during the day.
Motivation is key. You can try all the stop smoking aids all at once and it will do nothing if you don't have the will to quit. The first 2 weeks were hell without nicotine but its well worth it. Also, keep up the motivation. Most that do quit, restart after a couple weeks, months.

Now...if they only made a lozenge to help with my AH addiction, it would keep me from being easy targets to you all

[Ripsnort]

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Now...if they only made a lozenge to help with my AH addiction, it would keep me from being easy targets to you all

They have one, its called sex, and your wife has told me you're not paying much attention these days. 

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I need a BLEEPING BLEEPING Butt, I am seriously going frigging crazy every little thing is pushing me to the edge I want to smash crap....this sux 

[68ZooM]

I need a BLEEPING BLEEPING Butt, I am seriously going frigging crazy every little thing is pushing me to the edge I want to smash crap....this sux 

Now is the time my friend to go fly and kill kill kill the red guys, its ok go take yer frustrations out  hehe

[Flench]

I need a BLEEPING BLEEPING Butt, I am seriously going frigging crazy every little thing is pushing me to the edge I want to smash crap....this sux 

Oh man I bet .Are you trying the gum or anything ?

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Oh man I bet .Are you trying the gum or anything ?

no been trying to take it out on the wife's... err... lower parts, but that only works for so long.
kids are stressing me out big time.
im on the verge of breaking....holding car keys in hand...screw it quitters never win anyways.

[gyrene81]

Cinnamon sticks...not the candy stuff either.

If you're going cold turkey without the aid of meds...gonna be a bit rough but the cinnamon sticks will help you at times like this. For fallback emergency use only, a couple of small cheap cigarillos, non-filtered...once you're done hacking up a lung from inhaling a bit of that, you won't have so much of an issue.

[trax1]

I've never had trouble quitting, every year I go to my moms in Texas and at her house you have to go outside to smoke, so I just don't smoke when I'm there.  I find that I usually smoke about a pack a day right now, but if I have a buzz going from the pain meds I take it gets up to close to 3 packs a day.

[Blackwulf]

My tobacco quitting aid was full blown heart failure, followed by an emergency triple bypass.  I am just now recovering enough to fly again, and am finally getting back to a more normal life.  I had a real strong craving for tobacco a few days ago for some reason, the first since the surgery, but it passed, and I just find I don't want it anymore.
I don't recommend this method to others though, a bit hard on your system overall.  The type of blockage I had, I am one of only about 10 people that my cardiologist knows of that didn't earn  these wings
Every day is now a gift.

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My tobacco quitting aid was full blown heart failure, followed by an emergency triple bypass.  I am just now recovering enough to fly again, and am finally getting back to a more normal life.  I had a real strong craving for tobacco a few days ago for some reason, the first since the surgery, but it passed, and I just find I don't want it anymore.
I don't recommend this method to others though, a bit hard on your system overall.  The type of blockage I had, I am one of only about 10 people that my cardiologist knows of that didn't earn  these wings
Every day is now a gift.

well glad your still kicking

[Tigger29]

I smoked for about 20 years... maybe a pack to a pack and a half a day.

In 2003 I quit for two weeks cold turkey... then I got in a fight with the boss and quit my job.. drove down the 7-11.. bought a pack.. had a few... went back.. apologized and went back to work.

In 2008 my wife and I decided to quit together.  I quit for two and a half months using the gum.  By this point I was addicted to the gum, but not smoking.  Wife quit for not even a week.  She kept taunting me and I finally caved.  She left me just before christmas that year for a guy off the internet.. just disappeared half way across the country and filed a bogus restraining order.  9 years of us down the drain...

By May, 2009, I was starting to feel like a person again... getting my self esteem back and my sense of.. well wanting to live again!  I decided that when I was ready to quit smoking for real, then I would be ready to move on with my life.  I was at Walgreens for some stuff and noticed their nicotine gum was 50% off (the generic stuff, but still).... it was just too good a deal to pass up... so I bought a box.  Then on the way home I decided that when I finished this pack that would be it... I opened the pack to have a smoke and it was the LAST ONE!  So I took my time.. smoking it... enjoying it... and haven't had one sense.

A month after that I was out of gum.. went to buy some more.. saw the price (not on sale this time) and was like "SCREW THAT!  I'm NOT PAYING THAT!"... so I got a pack of regular gum instead... and a couple months after that I didn't even need regular gum at all!

Since then I've gotten a GREAT girlfriend, moved into a GREAT house... had two GREAT vacations and actually have money to blow!  My ex was financially sucking me dry.. to the point to where we had to file bankruptcy.  I just feel so free... honestly... I really don't believe I really knew what having a happy life meant until this last six months or so!

And all I can say about my ex is thank GOD we didn't have kids. . . what a nightmare that would have ended up being...

Now.. I was one of the ones who truly were hooked... I would be lying if I didn't say I don't crave a cigarette almost constantly, but I've learned to just take a few deep breaths and ignore that urge.  My dad quit 22 years ago and claims he still wants one just as bad as the day he quit...  I don't think I had any of the 'side effects'... no sickness or headaches or anything (except when I accidentally swallows nicotine gum juice)... just the craving.

I do believe that some people never really get hooked to cigarettes... I know people who smoked for years and just quit and never even really craved one.

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well I am weak I bought a pack of black and mild cigars, the deciding factor, I don't want to be a jerk to my kids. I would rather die.

[guncrasher]

well I am weak I bought a pack of black and mild cigars, the deciding factor, I don't want to be a jerk to my kids. I would rather die.

maybe you just wanted to smoke and used that as an excuse?  I know I used that excuse many times.  couple of years ago I took wellbutrin for several months, it helped me quit, 2 of my co-workers also quit using wellbutrin after seeing me quit.  It helps to have a support group, it also helps wanting to quit.  main thing is wanting to quit, and try as many times as it takes  .

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