Hi everyone,
I must apologize, it's been a long time since I've posted. I'm still smoke free, I've just been really busy. It's now been over a year and 8 months since I've quit smoking and I'm not looking back. Oh sure, I get an occasional twinge where I think about it, but most of the time that I think about smoking, I'm thinking how glad I am that I don't anymore. :)
I hope that all of my quitting buddies are still doing well.
I've been really busy with my websites, church, grandkids and you name it. Now, we're getting our garden in and that is a real big job this year. We've had two giant piles of top soil delivered and now we are distributing it by the wheelbarrow full and mixing it in before planting. I'm thinking that there will be some new flower berms this year. :O)
Happy quitting everyone!
sue
About Me
- Sue
- Tennessee, United States
- I am a born again christian and love God above all others. I was born in 1956, I met my husband when I was 16 years old and we have been together ever since! We have two grown children and 4 grandkids who are the light of our lives. I currently have 5 websites that are shopping sites. I love collectibles which is why I sell them. If you like collectibles too, stop by one of our sites and browse around.
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I want to thank you for publishing your journey. I just found your blog today and it has been nice to read. I am jotting down my own thoughts myself during my quit and the help of Chantix, I am on day 19. Anyway, thank-you and it has been a great read!
I'm glad that posting my journey has given you something positive to read and I hope that it gave you some inspiration.
19 days for you??? That's great! You're over the worst of it, now you just have to get use to being a non-smoker. Keep up the good work, you can do it!
hi sue, i'm 24 and i really need to put the pedal to the metal down and seriously get myself going down a different path. Can you tell me anything about chantix? I've kind of heard about it, it almost seems too good to be true but doesn't it in the end still take more will power and self discipline? And how did you change your everyday habits/way of thinking when you were indulged or found yourself in those same old scenarios that us smokers have and keep finding ourselves in?
by the way I was just thinking that I can remember before I started smoking KIND OF, lol, and by far I could deal with stress decently, handle things, and just plainly live without them. I think it's a great idea to discuss addictions/bad habits..just to throw it off your shoulders and mindset..basically setting yourself free type of things.
Hi Anonymous...
I had quit smoking several times prior to trying chantix but I failed each time so it was worth a try for me.
Chantix is not a miracle pill, but it definitely works! You still have to want to quit to be successful, but Chantix makes it a little easier. How it works is that it blocks the pleasure sensor that tells your brain that you are smoking. So, while you are still smoking, your brain thinks that you're not. Before you know it, you are smoking less and less. You set a quit date and go from there.
My doctor had me quit 1 week after I started Chantix, but after reading others experiences, I wish that I would have waited a little longer so that it wouldn't have been so tough. Some are ready at one week, but I've read others taking up to three weeks to quit. Everybody's different.
Chantix will make some people queezy, so be sure to take it with food to avoid that. Any other side effects are side effects that you will get any way that you quit smoking. Don't let those side effects hamper your efforts, they will go away trust me. :)
Personally, I started changing those day to day habits before I quit. For a while before I quit, I wouldn't drink coffee while smoking, I wouldn't smoke when I was on the telephone, I wouldn't smoke when I drove, I wouldn't smoke in my house, all these things helped break my habit. My habit was bad! I smoked for many many years.
I remember wondering what in the world do people do when they're on the phone if they don't smoke? lol I remember thinking that watching tv would be boring and what would you do with your hands. lol I dreaded riding in the car with nothing to do. lol All of these things were out of my mind once I quit.
You can do it, just set your mind to it. I couldn't have done it without Chantix and God. Both played a huge part in my success.
See your doctor and get your presecription today. You'll never be happier about any decision that you make in life than that one. :)
Best of luck to you!
thanks sue, I appreciate the feedback. I'm not goin to give up on this that easily. I'll fight both tooth and nail til it's out of my life for good! and i'll be glad. It's very sad what it does to a persons thinking, just like what you were saying with the brain receptors things and ones habitual daily activities that they endorse while continuing to smoke. It's very sick in my mind that these companies are allowed to put crap out there just to get them hooked.. Smoking just leads to a unhealthy lifestyle and eventually a very slow and painful death..Talk about misery huh? It seems to end peoples lives everyday...and yet there are millions upon millions lighting up carelessly and really undoubtfully gullible as too how it all could end.. I still think the worst unseen part is really just throughout a smokers life, and how it has them under their control. These things are evil!
Nice dog, take care, congratulations and thanks for the feedback.
Considering the long term benefits of smoking cessation such as low risk of succumbing to cancer, a significant reduction in mental stress, odorless breath et al, it is definitely necessary for you to start your quit smoking regimen as soon as possible. However, during the first few weeks, it may appear extremely difficult to get rid of this addiction, but as you consistently try to quit smoking for a certain period of time, your smoking cessation efforts would yield results.
Congratulation on your success Sue!
What keeps smoking alive for people is they believe that they can't cope without a cigarette. They obsess about it, and expect to have problems. What really keeps people from quitting smoking is the belief that smoking does something important for them (unconsciously).
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? When a stimulus gets repeated in the presence of an emotional event, the two become linked. Many smokers got love and acceptance from their friends and peer group when they were smoking, so those positive feelings got linked to smoking. Others formed the unconscious belief that smoking gets them though stressful situations because they got through those situations while they were smoking. (Just two possible scenarios.) The cigarettes played NO part in either of these, but because they were smoking when it happened the cigarettes get the credit.
For those thinking about dangerous medication like Chantix you may wish to read this.
Realize that you thoughts create your cravings. To break yourself of the habit easily, as you continue to smoke, do the following - think about all the things you hate about smoking, and do it with feeling. Think about how you were tricked into believing something that wasn't true so that some greedy tobacco executives could line their pockets with your hard earned money. The key is to build a resentment for the cigarette, but not yourself. DO NOT DIRECT ANY ENERGY TOWARDS YOURSELF AS THAT WON'T HELP AND MAY MAKE THINGS WORSE. BE KIND TO YOURSELF.
Keep telling yourself while you smoke that you are losing your desire for cigarettes, they don't do anything for you, and you hate them (or whatever words work best to stir up the negative emotion). When you see someone else smoke think to yourself "I fell so sorry for them because they have a problem" Once you have quit add " they haven't liked yet. like I have." to the end of that.
Eventually if you put enough feeling into this, you will find as you smoke that you aren't really enjoying it as much, so once you notice that feeling put out the cigarette IMMEDIATELY. Very soon you will be able to just tell yourself whenever a craving comes up "I don't need this, and I don't want it".
The key to this is making your repetitive thoughts move you in the direction you want and away from the cigarettes - this is the opposite of what most people trying to quit do.
Keep telling yourself that your desire to smoke is getting less and less every day, that you don't need cigarettes and you don't want them.
Barry Moore, MNLP, CH
Toronto Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy
Toronto (Ontario), Canada
Okay, I used e-cigs. See my Blog at http://smokeecigs.blogspot.com
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Congrats on your quitting, did you ever hear of the e cigarette?
In order to start off your smoking cessation regimen with chantix, the Pfizer manufactured quit smoking drug, you need to buy chantix from authentic chantix drug stores.
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