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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 9:20 pm
Sea - I kind of got that impression since I usually do read all over this board. And that is the reason I suggested Pamy be in charge of the favors. LOL Now, who tells good ghost stories?
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 9:29 pm
Hey, can I be put on the chart? Smoked 28 years. Quit in May of 03'. I used the gum for a couple of months but I didn't really have a hard time quitting. I still have nightmares occasionally that I have started back. Congrats to everyone!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 10:07 pm
Oldtex, LOL yeah I brought penis straws to the last tvch meet! hee hee you dont have to wait til next week to feel more positive, you should feel that way now!!! I honestly didnt think you would even take the meds for months and look at ya!!! you are almost done with week 1!!! I am so proud of you !!!!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 10:08 pm
Sis, I have had the nightmare a couple times..weird huh? In mine I take a drag and then feel so guilty. I cant tell you how happy I am when I wake up and realize it was a dream/nightmare.
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Meme9
Member
07-30-2001
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 7:51 am
LOL @ Pamy and her straws! *meme has absolutely no idea what the heck Pamy is talking about...and that's ok!
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 8:04 am
Can I go on the list too? I was smoking a solid pack a day (by solid I mean usually 1 1/2 packs LOL on and off for about 18 yrs) I quit 4 yrs ago, used Zyban which worked a miracle but did result in very bad insomnia. I was in my car one day, (with my 6 yr old in the back seat) driving to my parents when I suddenly realized I was way up in the NW quadrant of the city. Must have taken me at least 20-30 minutes to drive there and I had no memory of it. I hadn't smoked in about 4 weeks at that point and stopped the Zyban immediately. I don't have nightmares about smoking but I do get the odd craving especially in social events. I just tell myself that I don't want the smoke as much as I don't want to have to quit again. ETA I was thinking Chantix was the same as Zyban but some of the posts make me think there are differences? With Zyban it wasn't so much that it made you want to quit or soured the smoke so much as you just forgot to reach for them. It worked on the compulsion angle and I believe the same drug is used for OC disorders.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 12:21 pm
Rissa, yah for 4 years!!!!! I think Chantix is different because it just works to block the nicotine to the brain...Zyban works a different way. but heck, whatever works best for each of us is all that matters!!!
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 6:24 pm
Yay!! Oldtex!!! I'm so glad you hanging in there. The higher dosage does help. I remember being discouraged cause the low dose didn't seem to be doing a whole lot for me and I think even the first few days of the higher dose didn't make a strong difference but then all of a sudden I noticed that I was only smoking 5 or 6 cigs a day and that was down from a pack a day. The on thing about Chantix is that you just don't miss the cigs. I went through a whole bag of Werther's hard candy though just to help with the reaching thingie. Your body won't crave the cigs like it used to. Pamy has always been the cheerleader of the pack. Everyone else wanted to kill or beat the shit out of somebody. lol
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 6:44 pm
Meme, I think I have a pic of the straws but dont know if I can post here...basically its a straw with a little plastic penis at the end LOL
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 6:49 pm
every day I find something else to cheer about cuz we are non smokers! in fact I would love it if you all would post something you just realized since ya quit or something that is better since ya quit today I got 2 just remembered our life insurance premium will go down after I have been non smoker for a year!!!! I just have to contact them and do a saliva thing and then lower rates!!!! my gums and teeth will not cost me as much to take care of I just got cleaning today and since i dont smoke they will stay white for months!!!
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 7:09 pm
Two VERY good points Pamy! I love the way my house smells now, plus the filthy ashtrays are banished!
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Meme9
Member
07-30-2001
| Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 2:21 pm
LOL Pamy, my mind was in the gutter when I read your post the first time!!! Yesterday, while I was working and for some unknown reason...hehe...a vision of a straw in the shape of a penis popped into my head!!! I laughed out loud and thought, that's what Pamy was talking about!!! My mind just wasn't on that wavy length on your first post for some reason. ps. No, I don't think you can post a pic..lol
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 2:43 pm
Wait a minute! Another thread has pics of a bunch of naked guys but you can't post a pic of a straw?? LOL
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 5:58 pm
xnay on the other thread-a!! LOL Meme, how funny that you are at work picturing penis' hahahahahha
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 8:53 am
Where dat nekkid guy thread?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 1:15 pm
GAL, the boring night thread.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 5:41 pm
I just noticed the quitters chart up above, that is awesome Hope all is going well for those Welcome to the New Year's resolutions crew Good luck and keep it up
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 6:51 pm
OLDTEX, how ya doing??? what day are ya on? Meme, whenever ya want a smoke just picture a penis straw 
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 7:23 pm
Where were those penis straws when I quit smoking? Huh?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 7:37 pm
LOL I see we may have an 'incomming' here soon ...just saw a poster say they want to quit..... Juju...she will be my first from the start quitter so I may need your guidance on any heavy lifting 
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:19 pm
Pamy - I'm on day 10. It's the 3rd day of the higher mg. and I can certainly tell the difference. Still smoking, but a lot less. The cigs are not satisfying me (as I'd been told to expect) and that is frustrating, actually kind of pissing me off! It's like the old Stone's song "can't get no satifaction" Plus this high mg. is making me kind of sick to my stomach. And today, all I wanted to do was sleep. So that's exactly what I did, sleep! Can't smoke while I'm sleeping. I also felt a little "spaced out" today, so I'm blaming it all on the Chantix. I know it doesn't sound like it, but I'm really trying to have a positive attitude. I'm not following any kind of "program" except taking the Chantix and praying. I'm just not the "program" type of person (long story). So I'm just doing what I can, and keeping up with this thread, which is very helpful. Thank all of you for your support. Pamy will be great with any new "incoming". Good luck!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 10:40 pm
Oldtex, that is all I did, pray,take Chantix, and come here...so you are doing great sounds like you are having same time as me..Granny had a different time with it....they started not tasting good...you know why???!!!!! here is the great part cuz you are all ready going thru the physical w/drawl!!!! and cigs are now gonna taste like they did at first..yelcky the only time I felt sick was when I smoked and I think that started mid 2nd week...I think you are even on same time frame as me You are doing GREAT!!!!! you really didnt want to do this but you are doing it!!!! I am so proud of you and soon you will be so proud of yourself!!!!!! 2008 will be great!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 10:44 pm
Sleep it off, Oldtex! Sounds like you are right on track..
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Meme9
Member
07-30-2001
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 11:21 am
I was wondering how you were doing Oldtex. Your doing great! Ok, now, WHERE IS GRANNYG????? LOL, Pamy that's a cute idea! Only thing is I don't want a cig very often!!!!!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, January 07, 2008 - 11:40 am
Pamy, I think Oldtex is your very first "from the beginning" quitter. In your euphoria, you just may not have realized you were already quit when you started working Oldtex. LOL. You are so good now, you are ready for number two. Oh, and Yay Oldtex!!!
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