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Originally posted by Firedancer:
I can't afford $40 a carton so I feel compelled to quit. (eek! Eeker )I'm going to the doctor on Wednesday to get a Rx for Chantix.
My question is: has anyone here tried it (or know someone who has)?
Any feedback-good or bad-is very much appreciated.


I know one person that used it and had success. I also know 3 others that used it and had success for a while, but eventually went back. Sorry about the odds of the people I know, someone else may know more positive ones. I told my hubby he was going to have to quit too!! It was bad enough before, but after going up $8 a carton, and he goes thru a carton a week, thats an extra $32 a month on top of how much it cost before!! Too much in my opinion. He said he's going to just try and cut back on his own so maybe we wont see an increase.
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Originally posted by jjuliesmiles:
I have had a couple of people recommend it to me - I am going to have to try or something. I really can't afford to keep smoking. But I do like it - I know that is sick in the head! Confused


No....I like it too! I just don't like being broke! I'll also probably start trying to have a baby in the next year and I would like to have already quit by the time that comes around.
I have taken Chantix and it work great for me! I was smoking close to 2 packs a day and I lost the urge to smoke about 3-4 days into taking the pill. The only side effect that I had was vivid dreams and those only lasted for a couple of weeks. I have now been smoke free for a year and I feel and smell so much better. My husband still smokes, I wish he would quit be he will not even though the prices have gone up. He smokes outside and if I am in his truck he won't smoke. Make sure you take the whole 3 months supply if the pill, that is why a lot of people relapse is because they thought they had quit and did not finish the full dosage. There is also a 6 month dosage too. I won't lie sometimes I miss smoking from the social perspective but I don't cave in. Good Luck!
Back when I quit smoking tobacco some twenty five years ago, people was still offering free cigarettes to me. I made the determination I was not going to cave in. So, any time someone offered me a cigarette I always took it and crumbled it up in front of them. It made a lot of people mad, but they did not offer it to me the second time. I thought, what is the difference if I smoked it or crumbled it up?
I cannot stand the smell of cigarette smoke now.
I don't know about medications and such, but I do know about Heart Attacks, Stents, By-Passes, and loss of parents. Most due to smoking and starting at an early age. I did not like or listen to lectures from anyone at anytime. I deeply reget that attitude. My home has been without tobacco nearly 20 years and I am both glad and thankful for that. Just lay them down and walk away, takes guts, but its a good thing.
quote:
Originally posted by Firedancer:
I can't afford $40 a carton so I feel compelled to quit. (eek! Eeker )I'm going to the doctor on Wednesday to get a Rx for Chantix.
My question is: has anyone here tried it (or know someone who has)?
Any feedback-good or bad-is very much appreciated.


Girlfriend we need to talk!
Don't do the Chantix! My daddy tried it, & it was awful! Night sweats & worse, nightmares, he had an all around bad experience!!!!
I developed a plan, then followed through with it. I planned a particular day and time and smoked right up until the time, I remember plainly was a Tuesday September 10 at 7pm. The only thing I don't recall was the year, which is irrelevant, but it was 1984. I did start chewing a lot of regular chewing gum for a while and eventually quit it.
It's fine to take medication to quit. From some they can quit cold turkey but for others we know we want to quit but need some extra help! The reason why it's so hard to quit is because nicotine is a chemical dependence. Every one that is born has nicotine receptors in their brain...hence why it is so addictive and so hard to quit. I personally tried on many occasions to quit cold turkey but I would always start back. It is getting easier and easier. With Chantix, I did not have any cravings. But like I said earlier, sometimes I do want a cig when I am around people that smoke (it's a social thing); that was how I started smoking in the beginning. When I am in those situations I make sure I don't cave in! Good Luck and make sure you follow through with the dosage!
Smoking, just like smokeless tobacco is an addiction. It is not so much the nicotine, it is the comfort factor and routine that people can't do without. My dad quit cold turkey and never started back. Good luck to each and every one of you who tries to oonquer this terrible money sucking, stupid, mind altering shizz.

Good luck and i will be praying for each and every one of you.
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Originally posted by T S C:
I quit cold turkey in January 2006 after smoking for 17 years. The only regret that I have about it is that I didn't do it sooner. I felt like if I needed pills, patches or gum to quit, then I wasn't ready to quit. When you are ready, you will simply stop smoking.


Would you explain that to my Dad. After losing half a lung to cancer, he tried to quit and couldn't. Sorry. I guess WOULDN'T is the correct word. Anyhow, if you will just tell him that, I would appreciate it. Oh, wait... too late.
Good luck Firedancer , keep us posted . I so need to stop . Wink They killed my mom in 13 weeks . Frowner

TBG , yes the college is still here . I see the young college guys all the time , needing a storage buildng or truck . I also get to see those cute Army Rangers . Wink And I always tell them thanks for what they do. They get so shy and say aww your welcome mam, makes me feel old . lmao
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Originally posted by CrustyMac:
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Originally posted by T S C:
I quit cold turkey in January 2006 after smoking for 17 years. The only regret that I have about it is that I didn't do it sooner. I felt like if I needed pills, patches or gum to quit, then I wasn't ready to quit. When you are ready, you will simply stop smoking.


Would you explain that to my Dad. After losing half a lung to cancer, he tried to quit and couldn't. Sorry. I guess WOULDN'T is the correct word. Anyhow, if you will just tell him that, I would appreciate it. Oh, wait... too late.

Crusty, I am sorry for your loss. I lost my dad to cancer in November 2005 and I quit smoking in January 2006. He would be so sick from the chemo and radiation that he couldn't hardly sit up or keep down a glass of water - but he'd want a cigarette. I hated lying to him and telling him that I didn't have a pack on me. I hated seeing him so tied to that habit... it really made me see what a powerful hold cigarettes can have on a person. I decided that I didn't want my daughter to see me puffing on a Marlboro one day while I gasped in oxygen from a tube connected to a cannister. That was enough for me to put them down. For some, like my dad and yours, even seeing death knocking at your door isn't enough to kick the habit.
My grandfather smoked filterless Camel's for over 40 years, came home from work one day & told my grandmother he was quitting, threw them in a drawer, and has never smoked again.


6 weeks later he had a heart attack & they told him that by quitting smoking only 6 weeks prior, he had improved his chances of not only surviving it, but going through the Open Heart Surgery successfully.


He has done great! And he shares the same opinion, you'll know when you are ready & you'll quit then. You have to be ready!

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