Decided to quit smoking...whose with me?!? Tips WELCOME!!

[Nash56]

Most states have very good quitlines to help you stop smoking. It may be worth your time to check into it.
Good luck

 

[Equus5O]

It's been just over one month for us. I can't believe how well we're doing. I really never thought that my husband would be able to go more than half an hour without a smoke. I just gnawed off my left thumbnail as I wrote this! We're a month and a half into our Chantix. Our insurance doesn't cover Chantix, but when you figure that we each smoked in excess of two packs a day versus the approximately $250- per month for Chantix .....

The dreams are definitely vivid, and weird. I can't even describe them. The memory of the dream is gone so quickly. All I can say is "I had a really weird dream last night!" And I fart my brains out, too.

I still think about smoking, a lot. But, when I go to see my mother and the oppurtunity is there to smoke, I don't do it. It crosses my mind, but I just ..... don't.

When my mother comes into the house, the smell of cigaret smoke is unbelievable. I can't believe I smelled like that!

While we didn't smoke freely in our house (or so we claimed), we did smoke in the house. We'd smoke in the kitchen, with the exhaust fan on. We'd smoke in the den (smallest room in the house) with the ceiling fan and the air purifier on. We'd smoke in the sun room, with the air cleaner on. And, we'd smoke in the bedroom, with the air purifier on. We were constantly chasing our eight year old son from one room to another while we smoked. I've noticed that his coughing has decreased to .... nonexistant.

Do we want to smoke? Absolutely. But, I'm a police officer. My husband is a truck driver. We're both in high risk occupations. We couldn't breathe. I was coughing like a maniac while I was sleeping. I sleep like the dead, normally, and I was even wakiing myself up. We were limiting our time with our son because we were smoking. We have a million reasons to quit. It was just time for us, I guess.

It hasn't been easy. But, this is the easiest that it's been. When you don't have them to smoke, you can't smoke 'em. I think the Chantix has helped with not having the urge to go out and buy a pack "just to have ciggies, and smoke one every now and then." This is the first time trying to quit that I haven't done that. Believe me, there's plenty a time that I'm like "Oh my god I want a cigaret!" But I don't. I could run upstairs to my mom's apartmeht a dozen times a day to steal a smoke, but I don't. It's so weird.

I'm not preaching. At least, I don't think I am. I'm just amazed that my husband and I have both been able to make it this far. It's not a million miles. It's not a marathon. I still haven't ridden my mountain bike up the mountain, not even up the driveway. But, I can walk up the driveway without panting.

I have to say that I'm pretty darned proud of myself, and my husband, for making it a month and a half or so, after smoking two plus packs a day, to not smoking.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Smoking a pack a day LESS than I was.....still a wimp, but getting there

 

[artsyrobin]

hopping on the bandwagon with you all... have quite so many times i have forgotton! i remember my grandfather back in the 50's quit, the dr told him to ration- gradually cutting down, so he would allow himself one after meals- then only breakfast and dinner- he said the hardest was the one after dinner- i never saw him smoke- and am ready to try AGAIN! so add me to the growing list!