Hi everyone. I just joined and I've got a question for those that have successfully quit in the past and gone back to smoking. How does this happen? I always figured if someone could get past a month of smoke free there would be little standing in the way of staying quit. This is my hope anyway since it's the first time in 34 years I've gotten past a couple of days smoke free. I don't want to have to go through this ever again. I realize it's an addiction, and in many cases years of habit forming/association that needs to be overcome, but is it really that hard once over the hump? For me that was two weeks.
In the past quit attempts I'd tried cold turkey, nicotine patches and laser therapy. This time I used Champix (Chantix) to get past the physical withdrawals and much to my delight it worked great. I stopped taking it after 5 weeks since after about 3 weeks it really started giving me a lot of gas. It got me through what I couldn't in the past so I don't need it any longer. There has been a few days I took half a pill to take the edge off but for the most part I find I no longer need it.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/17/2008
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 41
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 820
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $295.20
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 37
[quote]Jazz wrote:
P.S. Any newbies or oldies that haven�t had a chance to read through Joe Cool�s thread, you really must read it.[/quote]
Agreed. I was pointed to joe cools "[url=http://sg.stopsmokingcenter.net/support/viewmessages.aspx?topic=31573&forum=10&forumname=Avoiding+relapse+and+slipping&topictitle=This+post+is+for+anyone+who+is+thinking+about+starting+back.]This post is for anyone who is thinking about starting back.[/url]" and found it heartbreaking. The third post being from his wife.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/17/2008
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 41
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 820
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $295.20
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 10 [B]Seconds:[/B] 55
[quote]islandgirl wrote:
Just a question I am sure many of us would love to know. Has anyone heard from Joe Cool since his post in 2006?[/quote]
His wife wrote the third message under his profile on page 8 of this thread dated Oct 20, 2006 (10:35 PM). Very sad. He was a very selfless person who wanted his experience to be a lesson for others. On page 9, dated Sep 24, 2006 (05:04 PM) he posted a reply to some of the messages left to his original post.
I pray his family is coping the best they can.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/17/2008
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 41
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 820
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $295.20
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 13 [B]Seconds:[/B] 10
I hear frozen grapes work well though I haven't given it a try.
Dipping? That's chewing tobacco I assume?
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/17/2008
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 43
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 860
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $309.60
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 59 [B]Seconds:[/B] 35
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