Angela,
Your story sounds much like mine! I tried quitting several times over the last two years, each time to no avail. Only now can I admit that I always saw another cigarette in my future all those times.
This quit is different, though. I've learned from my mistakes, and I've decided to let myself accept help. Like the support system I've found here. And I'm taking Chantix.
Read posts and post often! I look at my quit-meter daily to remind myself of my streak, and I go through the day not wanting to mess that up...With even one puff. 'Cause I know myself well enough to know that I'd fall right back into buying packs and smoking full-time.
But Lynne is right: only you can know if you're ready.
I'm pulling for ya!!
--Shakes
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/5/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 33
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 663
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $297
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 21 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4
Aloha, Aloha!
I haven't tried that, but I tried quitting in February using Chantix. And I couldn't afford my second month. So I stretched my last week out, taking one MG a day for two weeks, then stopped altogether. About three or four days later, (on day 24 of my quit) I had a cigarette and it was all down hill from there.
Now I'm on Chantix again, and I intend to stay on it until I know I'm strong enough. Even put it on a credit card, whatever. It's worth it. 'Cause this is THE quit; I know it.
Also, that first quit, the failed one, was without this support system. Gotta love it!
Don't know if this helps at all. Just thought I'd share...
--Shakes
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/5/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 35
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 704
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $315
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 45 [B]Seconds:[/B] 30
I wonder if it's just women?? I'm a dude :8|: and I gotta tell ya, If I don't get to the gym every couple of days, my cravings are through the roof. And not just the seven second kind. Like the persistant pressure kind. Aggression and anxiety, etc. This was happening two days ago. But I went to the gym and burned 750 calories! I've felt better since, but I can feel it building again. I call it the Anxiety Monster; it's hard to describe. Best I've come up with is that it's all the stuff that I was stifling with cigarettes before and now I have to actually deal with it.
Anyway, point is: exercise does help! Male or female.
--Shakes
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/5/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 37
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 755
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $333
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 33
So, I've read a lot of the discussions here in the last month. I've been encouraged to see all of the support. It's really great. I thought I should make myself post something. I've been too shy to before now. I don't know. I guess I felt it would be embarrassing if I failed or something?
I have tried to quit, like, six times in the last two years. But this is the longest I've gone without a cigarette. Without even a puff. I'm doing well. I'm using Chantix, and this is the first time I've tried any kind of outside support. I check out my glove compartment daily, and it's been a treasure. To see my streak so far makes it so much easier throughout the day to not want to mess it up.
Has anyone else used Chantix? How long did you use it? And was the transition really difficult coming off of it?
Alright: my first post. Right on. I can dig it. ;p
--Shakes
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/5/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 31
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 623
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $279
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 23
Thanks Everybody for your responses!
Funny thing: I'm not really a shy person in my life. But I'm fiercely independent, ya know. It's always been hard for me to ask for help. And I have a high threshhold for pain. I was the kid who listened to my football coach in High School when he'd say "walk it off", and I would...only to find out the next day that a bone in my foot was fractured!
But things are changing. I'm seeing a shrink. Which is, for some stupid reason that nobody can name, a big no-no in my family. I guess they think that if you seek counseling there must be som'm wrong with ya. Well I've been smoking at least a pack a day since I was 15 years old; something IS wrong. And I've use cigarettes to cope/escape/deal/whatever. I've found that most of the times I would light up were due to anxiety. And using Chantix has helped me to get rid of the chemical/physical cravings for the most part...Now it's just me and my Anxiety. I call it the Anxiety Monster, and I will slay it! :eg: And I know that when I'm having my worst cravings or when I'm feeling a desperate need for a smoke: it means that the Anxiety Monster (the addiction) is getting more and more desperate. It's losing and grasping at straws and doing anything possible to stay in the game.
It makes it fun, like Nance was saying. :)
Anyway, posting is good. It's cathartic to type this stuff, knowing that others will read it. And it's refreshing to know that I have help, AND THAT IT's OKAY TO GET HELP!!
--Shakes
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/5/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 31
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 631
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $279
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 33 [B]Seconds:[/B] 47
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