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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 1:13 pm
Shadoe - it will eventually get better even though you are not seeing it yet. Crabby is ok too LOL I used to smoke overnight too so understand about the Werther's. Just be careful with them. I did the same thing & sucked on so much hard candy constantly that 9 months after quitting I had rotten out a tooth so badly it had to be pulled LOL. Switch to sugar free candy if you can. To this day (and it's been 3 yrs for me)I eat when I get up overnight but I've switched to low sugar/low fat granola bars (chocolate chip peanut butter). Hang in there!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 1:58 pm
Mom/Shadoe please remember that you've smoked for over 40 years. 3 weeks is maybe not *quite* enough time to heal your lungs and feel super-fantastic. Not to mention that you have hired a personal trainer for THREE days a week and he works you like crazy. It will get better. Zyban is one method to deal with quitting, but gum and patches are too, and they are not crutches. There IS a physiological component to your addiction that can be helped by patches and gum. A *squirt* of nicotine to your brain via a patch is WAY safer than a cigarette, filled with tar and a variety of carcinogens. It's wonderful that you are carrying on the stubbornness that runs in our family, but don't rule out something that COULD be of help to you. Like someone said before, quitting is a process, not an event. You'll get through this. I know you can. Congrats to everyone!!
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 2:10 pm
I felt sick and tired for a month before I started to feel any better. Then one morning I woke up feeling rested, more energetic, and able to breath easier. I realized this week that clothes are fitting a bit tighter than they should so I decided I had better cut back on the comfort foods that I have been rewarding myself with. That seems to have brought back cravings equal to week one. Fortunately I am feeling so much better that I don't want to mess it up by smoking again. Maybe I need to take a bit of time before I worry about excess weight. I am working out a lot more than I have in years so that has to be helping. Glad you got back to it after having the one Dfen. Keep it up. Shadoe and Imbewitched, for a while I got irritated by people telling me it will get better. You will just have to find out for yourselves!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 2:50 pm
LOL Lawrie! Shadoe is my mother. She's USED to me irritating her!!! LOL ETA - Unlike my mother, I have never once even taken a puff of a cigarette, so I could never know what any of you are going through. It's hard to support the people you care about, when you cannot relate.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 2:56 pm
Imbewitched, that is a bummer about the boyfriend. Congratulations on not smoking. Here is something which you may not believe now but it will become clearer later. You may think smoking now would relieve some of your tension because smoking in the past was always good for relieving tension. Smoking does not actually relieve tension, even though we all believed it. The reason you felt better after a smoke was because you had been (without knowing it) suffering from nicotine withdrawal, and a smoke delivered more nicotine. In other words, you were an addict who got a fix. As for the boyfriend, that is too bad, but hey, life is short. Since yours is now going to be longer, better to part now and clear the way for somebody who CAN actually fulfill your wants, needs, and desires. There really is someone like that out there, but you won't find him if you are saddled with a non-fulfiller. Hey, crabby Shadoe, hang in there. Sounds like you are doing good, all things considered. Yay Dfennessey! Quit that 1 cigarette stuff, though. You are scaring the snot out of me. Yay Lawrie!! Keep it up.
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:20 pm
Eeyoreslament: lol That was actually a general comment. I posted before I saw your post. I'm sure Shadoe can hold her own against you! Thanks Juju!
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:33 pm
I am just impatient; I want instant results. I am likely just trying to do too much all at once. I am also pretty stubborn, so I will get through it just fine, or else I will have to listen to more of Eeyore's nagging about my black lungs LOL. And she has been saying that to me for decades, since she was in daycare! I am used to her nagging; I trained her well! Because this quitting just sucks, I do not want to do it more than once. For that reason, I am making it as hard as I can on myself. I want no more nicotine in me, so that's what I meant about the other methods being a crutch. For me, it would be; maybe for others, it will help. I am very appreciative that Eeyore and also my trainer are very supportive of my efforts. Both are very patient with me. Because it's been 40 years, I think I will do a couple more months of the zyban before I wade out into the non smoking deep end of the pool.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 6:50 am
Faerygddss actually did get to see the results of her own black lung. If you want to scare yourself straight, go back in the archives and see if you can find her post. It might be gone by now, but you talk about a good reason to quit ...
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 1:55 pm
Juju, thank you so much for your very insightful words. You said many of the things I have been telling myself for months, in regards to the boyfriend. I so needed the pep talk today. I was feeling scared and alone today. I needed to be reminded of what I hope and pray will be my future. Still no cigs. Lawrie, Shadoe and Dfen, I hope you are having a great weekend. Thanks for all the support ya'll.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 - 3:40 pm
Good luck on all counts, Imbewitched.
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Imbewitched
Member
03-08-2002
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 7:13 am
Hi all - just dropping in to see how my "quit smoking" buddies are doing. Hope ya'll are having a great week. Day 33
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 7:35 am
87 days for me. except for i did have one right befoe easter and let me tell you i felt like i cleaned an ashtray with my mouth it was really bad and took a lot of my cravings away. i do not want one as much as i did
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 7:53 am
- 56 days - 8 weeks - last day on the patch I had a couple of rough days this past week but remembered what Dfen had mentioned about PMS. (I keep thinking I am finished with that silliness). Glad to hear Imbewitched and Dfennessey are still hanging in!
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 8:15 am
well Lawrie, I am at the point with pms now that I actually do not like the smell of it when i have pms
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 9:20 am
Sorry I haven't been in this thread lately. Congrats to Imbewitched, Dfen, and Lawrie!!!!! Hang in there!!
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 2:32 pm
I am still doing OK. I am not counting the days though; instead, I just remember my stop day - April Fool's day. I am finding that I don't really think about smoking all that often. The only times are after meals and such. I have no problems with being around smokers either; the smoke does not disturb me in the least. I don't know how long I will stay on the Zyban but I am on the 2nd month and have one refill; I think that may be enough because I nearly forgot to take one this morn before leaving for work. I have to say that the only times I really think about having a smoke is when I am idle. If I keep busy, I never think of smoking.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 5:44 pm
Congratulations, Dfennessey, Imbewitched, Lawrie and Shadoe!!! All of you are doing really, really well.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Friday, May 05, 2006 - 6:37 pm
OK I found a use for my old ashtrays Peanut shells or cashew shells!
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, May 06, 2006 - 6:59 am
Good for you Shadoe!!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 9:09 pm
Nicotine-Free Antismoking Pill Is Approved
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Kristylovesbb
Member
09-14-2000
| Friday, May 12, 2006 - 4:27 am
My husband says he will ask his doctor about this pill in June when he goes for his physical. He want to try it.
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Shadoe
Member
11-04-2004
| Friday, May 12, 2006 - 12:49 pm
Zyban is nicotine free - is this something new and different? I am still doing just great on this Zyban - I am still pretty shocked at how easy it's been.
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Friday, May 12, 2006 - 6:00 pm
Shadoe; I don't have a reference for this because I am quoting from a quote on another forum. This newly approved pill affects the brain differently from Zyban. The effective rate in a study of 2000 was 22 percent compared to 16 percent on Zyban and 8 percent given a dummy drug. I have done so well for 2 months and then suddenly for the past couple of days I keep thinking about smoking. A "has never smoked" who I only see every few months mentioned remembering that my Mom died in a car accident on Mothers' Day. I realized that this four year anniversary may be affecting my desire to smoke. (thanks for listening while I vent).
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 9:35 am
((Lawrie)) Sorry about your Mom. Hang in there!!
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Lawrie
Member
08-03-2002
| Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 2:02 pm
Thanks Retired. I am definitely much better today.
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