Quiting Smoke

[eyescene]

I want a cigarette...I do, I do, I do, I can not lie....yet I am happy I quit, I'm happy I don't stink, I don't suck smoke till my lungs ache...yet I'm tired of always everyday wanting, so I eat and eat and eat trying to fill this need....I saw my picture (digital) today and I looked like a blown up cow! I have a double chin. I cried...OMG O M G!.

No I have not smoked...I'll just go eat myself crazy now to help with the fenning :( Really I just want the fenning to stay away. I don't want to smoke, I don't want to smoke, I don't want to smoke.

Sorry :o

I have not smoked since Sept first @ 6:00 pm.

[Flowergirl]

Don't smoke today. I think you are beatiful. Everything will level out in time, I am so proud of you. You are my role model.

[eyescene]

Thank You FlowerGirl...I knew you would come help and encourage me....I love you. I'm not gonna smoke...it leaves but, I seem to be getting weaker. Maybe it is the holiday stress!

[pooker]

Being able to run > nicotine

[Guru]

You girls are doing mighty good, hold in there.

Don't freak on me because I'm going to make a suggestion to you. There is a product that you can buy at a lot of tobacco stores and some larger grocery stores that I use when I have to conduct meetings at a more corporate level or have to spend hours or days in the office on projects and want to appear professional without the props of a Dr Pepper can.
It does satisy things.

It is a product called Mint Snuff. No, it has no tobacco in it, it's really a mint product.
And no you don't have to have a bunch of junk floating around in your mouth, you can buy the kind that has little "packets" which are the mint encased in paper. It stays in one little place wherever you put it and the packets are small.
So, if it works for you then you have avoided starting back up, you satisfy your oral satisfaction need and you can truly be "minty fresh".

I'm sure that if you have reached the quitting point that you have that then the toughest part of this is behind you.
If you try this I hope it works for you. Other than that I commend and respect your achievements and wish you continued good luck and good health.

[Queen Mother]

Hang in there Eyescene!!!!! You can do it - break it down into smaller units - don't try to get through today, try to get through the next 30 mintues, then the next 30, then the next 30. I'm proud of where you are today, because like Guru said, the hardest part is behind you.

"I can do all things through Christ who strenghens me!!!!!"

I'm telling myself the same thing as I gear up to start my healthy eating routine along with daily walking!!! We'll all encourage each other - cuz we need it and it helps!

[eyescene]

Thanks Guru and QM!!

Guru I'll check into that. Also I drink caffeine and I think it is it that, I am craving @ night instead of nicotine. I'm thinking.

QM you are right I can do this...it is just I'm a bit tired of still craving. But I guess it will probably always be there...sin is always there...always ever before me.

[eyescene]

Being able to run > nicotine awww that is sooo sweet but hon I can't run with or without nicotine.

[Fish-Bait]

Put dem tennis shoes on and hit the rails to trails....It's just a little piece from your hacienda!

[Nana]

Eyescene, I commend you for not starting back smoking. You can lick this thing. Get busy with some projects that require your time and concentration and it will be easier. One option, sew woman sew. You have the talent, it's just waiting for you to use it.:D

[Fish-Bait]

Go out der' and Milk dat cow and dat goat woman!!!!!!

BTW, I saw you at the play Friday morn. and waved to you 3 times.....no response from you. Get dem' cigarettes off'n your mind woman!!!

[Fish-Bait]

dang, that was 500 baby!!!!!!!!! wooohoo!

[eyescene]

FB So sorry I missed seeing you...I was sick and didn't feel like being their....I should have looked around more! Where where you at? front or back?

[Fish-Bait]

4 rows back on your left.

[pooker]

Does the nicotine patch not work?

[eyescene]

again sorry FB...Pookie I don't use anything....right now and all of today I have been OK it is just late at night that is rough....eye am thinking it maybe the caffeine I am craving.

[Guru]

Should have saved one full ashtray so you could suck up a big whuff of it in times of turmoil. I heard that works after you have quit. Shoot, I don't know.

[eyescene]

Yep you never smoked cause if I did that I would never smoke again...gullll leee buddy stink!

[jwm3]

I want a cigarette...I do, I do, I do, I can not lie....yet I am happy I quit, I'm happy I don't stink, I don't suck smoke till my lungs ache...yet I'm tired of always everyday wanting, so I eat and eat and eat trying to fill this need....I saw my picture (digital) today and I looked like a blown up cow! I have a double chin. I cried...OMG O M G!.

No I have not smoked...I'll just go eat myself crazy now to help with the fenning :( Really I just want the fenning to stay away. I don't want to smoke, I don't want to smoke, I don't want to smoke.

Sorry :o

I have not smoked since Sept first @ 6:00 pm.

eyescene, my cousin recently wrote a great blog I think you will relate with:

day one of being a non smoker

6:45am- That biscuit was good. Sure would like a cigarette.
7:05am- This ride to work is long. Sure would like a cigarette.
7:13am- This guy drives like an idiot. Wish I had a cigarette.
7:27am- Is there nothing good on the radio at all? What's the freakin problem? Doesn't anybody know how to drive beside me? Wish I had a cigarette!

7:30am- Pleasant thoughts... you have a full work day ahead...
8:30am- Are you talking to me? Are you being smart with me? BACK OFF!!!
8:45am- Damn right you better apologize, I'm not smoking today and you just made yourself the first person on my list.
9:02am- No, I don't want to talk about not smoking... it makes me want to smoke.
9:08am- Get away from my desk, you smell like a cigarette... it makes me want to rip your shirt off and stuff it up my nose... get away!

9:26am- I watch him step outside for a cigarette break and take a deep breath. I got that feeling in my gut like when you just went through a bad break up and you see your ex out with someone new already.

9:33am- He's back... hey, can I sniff the nicotine off your fingers please?
9:35am- Oh yeah! I just remembered I have to call AT & T about them effing me over... again. What a great day to chew someone's ass!

10:10am- Ok, so they actually made me do some work & I haven't had the change to chew any ass. Dang. Now I'm just downright starving... seriously...

10:27am- 3 Musketeers candy bar, bag of Munchos chips and one Coca Cola later... sure would like a cigarette.
10:48am- Bob Dylan "Knockin on Heaven's Door"... relaxing... thanks Bob.
10:50am- LOL! "JAWS theme song"... I didn't even know I had that saved to my library. Thanks John Williams.
11:00am- Lunch time! Woo hoo. I get to pig out & then not have an after lunch cigarette... this should be the hardest part of my day.

11:15am- Potato salad, bowl of gumbo, 2 pieces of fried chicken, beets with onions, pistollette, 2 cokes...
11:50am- I'm so full I'm sick... my tummy is going to blow... I neeeeeeeeeeeed a cigarette!
11:59am- Fighting the urge to search the ground for flaming butts to suck... sad.
12:03pm- Smoking co-worker says "It will get better". Really? Is that why you still smoke? I say "How do you know?" Reply was "Cause I've quit a few times before". Great. That was very inspirational

12:23pm- Get off my back. I'm working already. Back off. And another thing, I'm about to move my desk away from the door cuz I can smell the smoke bellowing in from outside.

12:55pm- Screw it... I do want a candy bar again. Yeah, you're all very funny... sure I'm pregnant... that's it. Push me more... I'm ready to spill your blood.

1:05pm- I haven't eaten it yet, I'm just staring at it. I'm eating strawberry Nerds instead.
1:07pm- This assclown that works here just made a comment about me (which is not out of the ordinary). His will definitely be the first blood spilled.

1:33pm- Sense of smell is already heightened (is that possible?) Suddenly I can smell everything around me, and it occurs to me that a lot of people here need a mint!

1:51pm- Talking myself out of just going out for a single puff... but doesn't it sound good?
2:17pm- Hey you... smoker... want to go outside and make out? Is your mouth like an ashtray? That's really turning me on... ok... this is bad.

2:30pm- Sorry Twix, you knew your time here at my desk was going to be short... sure would like a nice, tasty cigarette to follow up on that chocolate...

3:10pm- the cravings are spreading out a bit... that's a good thing. I have no reason to want a cigarette right now other than I want one. I just do. I just love inhaling smoke. Isn't that stupid? I should get an x-ray of my lungs... then maybe I won't be so upset about quitting. I should get an x-ray now & then again in a couple of years to see if they look better.

3:37pm- Crankin up some RATT! I think I could make it through an evening without cigarettes, but a work day is very hard. Why are people so annoying?

4:02pm- People are so annoying... stupid people. I wish I had a cigarette.
4:04pm- What? I still have 56 minutes left here????????
4:34pm- That felt like 2 hours and it was only 30 minutes??? I'm going to microwave another piece of fried chicken and dare someone to give me crap about it!!!!

4:50pm- After staying in the kitchen until now, I've decided it's in my best interest to leave 10 minutes early... as the song says, "it's 5:00 somewhere"...

May the force be with me...

[eyescene]

LOL that was the truth!!! He should use Chantex. It really helps!

I asked my hubby just tonight "Honey do you want to start smoking again? he replied NO! do you?...I replied no, no I don't want to be a smoker again, but I sure wish I had a cigarette."

Now that may not make since to you all but it does to me...I'm dealing with having to learn that just cause I want doesn't mean I get.

NO I haven't smoked I'm proud of eye.

[Queen Mother]

I'm proud of you too Eye! I'm going to use your same conviction with my 'get healthy' routine.

[eyescene]

QM I hope you do and I'm behind you just I'm just not ready right now...but I want to be as healthy as I can at my age.

Think Healthy not looks, not size, not weight...just to be as healthy as you can!

Blessings!!!

[Hawkeye]

Well, ain't this just groovy. If the cigs don't kill ya the cure might. :rolleyes:
I've been on this chitix for a week now and must say my craving has lessened, and well, I already have CRS but no suicidal thoughts, whatsoever.

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7bC2C0792F-CB13-4EF8-A7E3-979C4054A293%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo

Did I ever mention I trust big pharma companies about as much as used car salesmen? Suicidal ideation?

[MSQueen]

eyescene, my cousin recently wrote a great blog I think you will relate with:

day one of being a non smoker

6:45am- That biscuit was good. Sure would like a cigarette.
7:05am- This ride to work is long. Sure would like a cigarette.
7:13am- This guy drives like an idiot. Wish I had a cigarette.
7:27am- Is there nothing good on the radio at all? What's the freakin problem? Doesn't anybody know how to drive beside me? Wish I had a cigarette!

7:30am- Pleasant thoughts... you have a full work day ahead...
8:30am- Are you talking to me? Are you being smart with me? BACK OFF!!!
8:45am- Damn right you better apologize, I'm not smoking today and you just made yourself the first person on my list.
9:02am- No, I don't want to talk about not smoking... it makes me want to smoke.
9:08am- Get away from my desk, you smell like a cigarette... it makes me want to rip your shirt off and stuff it up my nose... get away!

9:26am- I watch him step outside for a cigarette break and take a deep breath. I got that feeling in my gut like when you just went through a bad break up and you see your ex out with someone new already.

9:33am- He's back... hey, can I sniff the nicotine off your fingers please?
9:35am- Oh yeah! I just remembered I have to call AT & T about them effing me over... again. What a great day to chew someone's ass!

10:10am- Ok, so they actually made me do some work & I haven't had the change to chew any ass. Dang. Now I'm just downright starving... seriously...

10:27am- 3 Musketeers candy bar, bag of Munchos chips and one Coca Cola later... sure would like a cigarette.
10:48am- Bob Dylan "Knockin on Heaven's Door"... relaxing... thanks Bob.
10:50am- LOL! "JAWS theme song"... I didn't even know I had that saved to my library. Thanks John Williams.
11:00am- Lunch time! Woo hoo. I get to pig out & then not have an after lunch cigarette... this should be the hardest part of my day.

11:15am- Potato salad, bowl of gumbo, 2 pieces of fried chicken, beets with onions, pistollette, 2 cokes...
11:50am- I'm so full I'm sick... my tummy is going to blow... I neeeeeeeeeeeed a cigarette!
11:59am- Fighting the urge to search the ground for flaming butts to suck... sad.
12:03pm- Smoking co-worker says "It will get better". Really? Is that why you still smoke? I say "How do you know?" Reply was "Cause I've quit a few times before". Great. That was very inspirational

12:23pm- Get off my back. I'm working already. Back off. And another thing, I'm about to move my desk away from the door cuz I can smell the smoke bellowing in from outside.

12:55pm- Screw it... I do want a candy bar again. Yeah, you're all very funny... sure I'm pregnant... that's it. Push me more... I'm ready to spill your blood.

1:05pm- I haven't eaten it yet, I'm just staring at it. I'm eating strawberry Nerds instead.
1:07pm- This assclown that works here just made a comment about me (which is not out of the ordinary). His will definitely be the first blood spilled.

1:33pm- Sense of smell is already heightened (is that possible?) Suddenly I can smell everything around me, and it occurs to me that a lot of people here need a mint!

1:51pm- Talking myself out of just going out for a single puff... but doesn't it sound good?
2:17pm- Hey you... smoker... want to go outside and make out? Is your mouth like an ashtray? That's really turning me on... ok... this is bad.

2:30pm- Sorry Twix, you knew your time here at my desk was going to be short... sure would like a nice, tasty cigarette to follow up on that chocolate...

3:10pm- the cravings are spreading out a bit... that's a good thing. I have no reason to want a cigarette right now other than I want one. I just do. I just love inhaling smoke. Isn't that stupid? I should get an x-ray of my lungs... then maybe I won't be so upset about quitting. I should get an x-ray now & then again in a couple of years to see if they look better.

3:37pm- Crankin up some RATT! I think I could make it through an evening without cigarettes, but a work day is very hard. Why are people so annoying?

4:02pm- People are so annoying... stupid people. I wish I had a cigarette.
4:04pm- What? I still have 56 minutes left here????????
4:34pm- That felt like 2 hours and it was only 30 minutes??? I'm going to microwave another piece of fried chicken and dare someone to give me crap about it!!!!

4:50pm- After staying in the kitchen until now, I've decided it's in my best interest to leave 10 minutes early... as the song says, "it's 5:00 somewhere"...

May the force be with me...

jwm3, I was smiling and nodding all the way through reading that!!!!!!! :clapping::clapping:

I smoked for over 30 years and quitting has been the HARDEST thing I have EVER done. I have been quit for about 5 years now, but there are STILL times where the craving is still there -- especially after eating a meal. My cigarette was my dessert. It capped off my meal.

I know this sounds strange, but I have even had dreams where I was smoking, and while I was dreaming I knew I wasn't supposed to be smoking and sometimes I would feel guilty in my dream. Weird, huh?

I quit by going to a seminar where, in addition to discussions of all different facets of smoking, we were all hypnotized. My husband and I each bought one of their "kits", which included a hypnosis tape, several different bottles of pills, and a small bottle with some sort of liquid that you put under your nose whenever you had cravings. I can't really remember, but you were to follow the brochure on taking the pills and listening to the tape over a period of time (until you quit smoking, or felt you didn't need to continue). I quit, but my husband didn't.

Of course, I have to give credit to the "One Above", because I said quite a few prayers before, during and after attending the seminar. I smoked my last cig during a break at that seminar.

There were a couple of things that helped me take my mind off of smoking when I first quit. I would cut straws in half and would chew on them when I had the urge to smoke. Also, I made myself get up from the table as soon as I finished eating.

I can only imagine what it's like to be a drug addict or an alcoholic, but I can certainly SYMPATHIZE with them. Nicotine "controlled" my life, not [I]me[I]. That's what really got to me -- that I let a "drug" control what I did, not ME.

[Hawkeye]

Hey, all you Chantix takers - have ya'll be dreaming your asses off? I going to have to start skipping the evening dose if this crap keeps up. :eek:

[carsalesguy]

i just got a prescrip for it- wondering if that's the main side effect for it-

[Nana]

I've experienced some nausea/hungry feeling.

[Hawkeye]

i just got a prescrip for it- wondering if that's the main side effect for it-

Nana and I started it at the same time and she's dreaming every night, too. Good dreams ain't bad but every now and then I go in to RIM sleep and get a sleep apnea attack in conjunction with a suffocating, paralyzed body dream which literally scares the sh!t out of me so bad I stay up the rest of the night.

They say you can't die from sleep apnea but I'm not convinced. I think surely Nana has saved my life several times when my flailing and moaning wakes her and she in turn slaps me fully awake. I hate that crap. I had rather not dream at all unless its HOT. :D

Nana said it makes her feel a little nauseous, but the only think I've noticed is it makes my stomach feel a little growly like it hungry when it ain't.

bottom line is the side effects of smoking are worse.

[carsalesguy]

well i got the scrip but i haven't filled it yet-