Chantix- Anyone have info? (Quitting smoking thread)

I started smoking at age 13....in 1974. Cigs were fiddy cent a pack back then.

Tried quitting many times over the past 33 years to no avail.

Quit cold turkey on November 22nd, 2006. Haven't had a cig since.

Cold turkey is the only way to go. Any other method (patch, pills) is a crutch.

Of course....falling in love with a woman that hates cigs kind of helps too!

 

I smoked for 6 years and when I was ready to quit cold turkey I read this book:

Alan Carr - Easy Way to Stop Smoking. You can download it via torrents, or email me through the board and I can send it to you.

Good book.

It has a 5 star rating on Amazon with 307 reviews

 

Good luck. I'm quitting on September 1.

 

Dude, don't feed the pharmaceutical conglomerate machine just to quit smoking. Just toss the cigs, go down to Sam's or Costco, and get a huge case of gum...

 

the gum does help take the edge off for the first few days, which is when its the worst. After a little while its mental and you can stop the gum as well (although keeping some around for drinking helps). Working out helps as well...if you get the craving just go run or do whatever

 

I smoked for 10+ years and quit after listening to the CDs of Allen Carr's The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.

 

I'll second the allen carr book. Highly recommend it.

Also checkout the timeline at whyquit.com
After 72 hours Your entire body will test 100% nicotine-free and over 90% of all nicotine metabolites will now have passed from your body via your urine. You can also expect the symptoms of chemical withdrawal to have peaked in intensity. Your bronchial tubes are beginning to relax thus making it easier to breathe. Your lung capacity has also started to increase.



I quit cold turkey a little over a year ago (July 2) after smoking at least a pack a day. Its nice being done with those things.

 

not that I have had any cigarettes in my life(I'm 16), but my feeling is that quitting cold turkey would be the only way to go. If you are mentally strong enough and really wanted to quit, you will prevail.

 

problem with cold turkey is that you have those moments when you are just super irritated. it can be frustrating...those who quit know what i mean. no harm in popping in some gum and getting along with your day. just dont replace smoking with gum. Use it as a relief when you get a very bad craving.

 

true, but you are still addicted to nicotine if you just pop in a piece of the gum or a patch. You're just delaying the inevitable, The ultimate goal is to get over the nicotine addiction.

 

Try quittin cold turkey first. What can it hurt?
I'd smoked for many years, quit cold turkey and stayed off it for 4, 5 years now.

It's mostly mental. When you first quit, there will be time that you have the urge to pick one up. Don't. Sometimes you say to yourself, maybe just one more and I'll quit. Don't. Do not pick up that first cigarette. I failed in the past because I picked up that 1st one. After you pick up the 1st one, it's easy to light up another and another.

Fight it. It will pass, sometimes in minutes, sometimes it takes longer to forget it, but it will pass. After a few days, a week, it'll get easier. After a month, you won't even think about it. Good luck. You'll be glad when you quit. I am now in better shape than I ever was.

 

boy dont you people feel foolish now for not watching enough PSAs and afterschool specials.

 

Ok i just quit smoking cold turkey on June 13 2007 after heavily smoking for 6yrs...so in about 3days i will have gone a whole month!! Im not going to lie to you its been pretty hard but its all about keeping your mind off of cigz. Also the first 3 days were pretty hard but the cravings and fiend lightened up for a few days and then came back hard (mainly b/c your mind is telling you tht you are capable of quitting so why quit cigz now, why not just quit later etc etc etc)

After that second stage of hardcore cravings and fiends it starts to get easier, but im not gonna lie to you after almost a month I still crave about every other day for atleast 10mins (usually after i eat) and lately my cravings are starting to get worse but you dont understand how good it feels not to smoke...I feel soo much more healthier.

p.s. I agree w/ rocketman tex that falling in love w/ a woman who hates cigz kinda helps!!!

 

ive never been addicted to ciggarets but always wonder why it is so hard to quit. what do you think would be harder to do...quit smoking or quit having sex (with yourself and with anyone else).

Is this a good comparison?

 

Similar situation here; smoked a pack a day for 18-20 years and quit cold turkey last October 10th. Used Orbitz sugar free gum as my crutch. Haven't had a single relapse.

 

20+year smoker and quit cold turkey about six months ago. i've broken down on three different occasions, when smashed (which is another vice i fight with), so i'd say so far so good. good luck

 

A couple people at my hospital have used Chantix, and they all rave about it.

ALL of them were successful.