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Posted 2/25/2015 4:29 PM (GMT 0)
when I was still working I had a fentanyl patch on my arm and people would stop me and congratulate me on trying to quit smoking. I realized that they thought my patch was THE PATCH. it was easier to tell people that I was a chain smoker than a chronic pain patient. today is day 2 on nicotine gum. yesterday at 4 am I smoked my last Marlboro light 100 in the crush proof box, again.
I haven't told anyone in my family yet because I don't want to be a failure. my husband will tell everyone that I have to smoke or I am unbearable. the last time I quit I went 30 days during holidays with my family and the last straw was the last straw I picked up those ciggs and went to town like I never quit. I set myself up for failure trying to quit at Christmas.
I have 3 kids naturally 1 adopted 2 stepkids and 9 various grandkids ages 30 plus to 2 years. my husband is 64 with a condition that caused him to stroke out and loose the speech center of his brain a few years ago and trying to help him relearn to speak after I quit running away from him was killer. the words that are said more in my family than anything else is "mom can fix it". only now I am not sure if I can. when the weather channel said we see getting 5 inches of snow to stock up on milk and bread I stocked up on a carton of ciggs to hold me over till I could go buy more. my addiction to nicotine is embarrassing and I have to try to give it up again. I cant tell anyone else so I have to tell it here. thanks pat

Post Edited By Moderator (nvrthesame98) : 2/27/2015 12:08:55 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/25/2015 5:08 PM (GMT 0)
Kudos to you for making the decision. Take it a day at a time or hour by hour, whatever works for you. Good luck.
Posted 2/25/2015 6:56 PM (GMT 0)
Grats on the quitting smoking. I need to do the same but am not mentally ready yet, hopefully one day soon.
Posted 2/25/2015 7:15 PM (GMT 0)
excellent. been close to 2 years now.i did the same, stop start, patches. the patches helped, but after a few months i realized i was still getting nicotine. the attempt before i took the patches off way to early. 100 a day. was madness,on my health, what it has contributed to, my finances and my well being. keep strong. slow and steady. many healing thoughts.
Posted 2/25/2015 8:09 PM (GMT 0)
You'll definitely thank yourself.Even if you slip up just keep your eye on the prize.

Good luck and God Bless,

Rick

edit:It's snowing pretty hard right now.Big flakes.Pretty neat when it happens in Alabama.
Posted 2/25/2015 8:22 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for sharing that with us! You can do it! You have lots of people who will benefit from this decision but the main one is YOU! I will be watching for updates. It is very hard but so very worth the effort, so I'm told. What are you doing besides the gum to help?

Others here have quit or said they need to. You could be supporting each other. How about changing the title of this thread so that it reflects what you are doing. You might get some great advise and help others too. Just a thought.
Posted 2/25/2015 8:59 PM (GMT 0)
I tried the patch, gum, hypnosis, a class, and wellbutrin. None of these worked. I made several attempts over about 5 years.

I then tried Chantix & have been nicotine free for 8 years. It has some crazy side effects for lots of people but for me it completely took away the desire to smoke.

I still have desires & sometimes even cravings but the Chantix really worked for me.
Posted 2/25/2015 10:17 PM (GMT 0)
I too finally was able to quit with chantix after 37 years. I tried everything from gum to patches to not keeping any money to buy them. I still had to change the way I did things for awhile. Coffee and cigarettes just go hand in hand so I took up tea,cigarettes after a meal,I started getting up from the table and walking around the block or driving somewhere and leaving them home. Anything that I associated with smoking and doing I did different and of course the chantix made them not taste right anyway so it was not as hard to go without. I smoked half a cigarette versus whole and then timed them to every so many hours,add all my kids reminding me of how horrible I was for robbing them and my granddaughters of time with them on this earth and what I thought was not possible was. Took a solid 11 months from start to finish but finished I was and you can be too! Doesn't have to be today,next week or even next month just know that your working on it.
Posted 2/26/2015 12:46 AM (GMT 0)
ABILENE HOW SHOULD WE POST FOR OUR UPDATES UNDER WHAT POST? THANKS PAT
Posted 2/26/2015 6:31 AM (GMT 0)
My suggestion: Continue right here. Just see if you can add something about smoking to the name of your thread. You may be able to do that by clicking on the "edit" pencil looking icon in the upper right of your first comment. If that does not work, you could add a comment here asking a moderator to include that.

It's great how many people have already told their experiences. Very good topic!

I have read of some who were told they had to stop smoking before surgery. That would really put the pressure on.
Posted 2/26/2015 6:36 AM (GMT 0)
Many PM Drs as OB and GYNs and PCPs that are managed care will not take you as a patient if your a smoker too and that can limit you to better healthcare options.
Posted 2/26/2015 6:37 AM (GMT 0)
And I got the heading for you!
Posted 2/26/2015 1:20 PM (GMT 0)
I quit in March, 1997 and haven't touched a cigarette since. I used the patches and a lot of other techniques all together. Keeping my mind occupied and out of trouble was the hardest. I "air smoked" a lot: when I'd get that "hungry" feeling in my chest, I'd slowly breathe in as deeply as I could, then slowly exhale, emptying my lungs as much as I could. Like smoking, but without the cig. I also developed the habit of getting up and exercising when the craving hit.

Good luck to all of you quitters. You'll never regret quitting.
Posted 2/26/2015 1:24 PM (GMT 0)
not here, I live in a Budweiser dipped town with tobacco on the side.


day 3
oh god please me help thru the next hour.
I am having coffee i decided to try and give up only one thing at a time.


oh great the nicotine gum pulled my crown right off.
Posted 2/26/2015 2:37 PM (GMT 0)
I used to smoke kind of out of habit when I was working.

I haven't smoked in over 10 years.When I woke up,after I ate,things such as these were when I thought about it.

After I quit I apologized to my co-workers for making them smell the tobacco on me.

I never realized that the smell was that strong.

I think when you quit your sense of smell gets super-sensitive to cigarettes.

Keep up the good work.

Rick

Post Edited (tidalmouse) : 2/27/2015 5:49:38 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/26/2015 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
I associated cigarettes to nausea somehow. Every time I'd think about lighting up id get a queasy feeling in my stomach and no more craving. It's been 25 years now . . . Q
Posted 2/27/2015 4:19 AM (GMT 0)
Smokers REALLY have noooo clue how strong the smoke smell is. I know it's because they're so used to it but...ugh.

My mom comes inside after smoking and it makes my nose itch. And then when I mention it, she puts on this horrible body spray so its like this horrible fruity smoky yuckiness.

She really need to quit for a bazillion reasons, but she refuses to even try. So I refuse to take care of her when she gets a smoking related problem. She's had so many drs tell her she needs to stop, but no...
Posted 2/27/2015 7:07 AM (GMT 0)
Lol I put it up there so we could count them off with you!!
Posted 2/27/2015 4:11 PM (GMT 0)
I recently quite smoking, about 3 months ago, although technically I am still 'smoking' by vaping. The cool part is i'm getting nauseous from the amount of nicotine in my eliquid, so my body is starting to take over and saying 'hey! this stuff is kind of gross -- can you take a step down? Kthanksbye.' I'm now lowering the amount of nic but adding no-nicotine flavored liquid to my vaping unit. Apparently this is the normal process, and folks find over time that their body is turned off by it and they step down and down and down until they no longer find themselves addicted to nicotine.

Not sure if you have tried it (it's kind of an expensive out of pocket way to go), but it's been really painless but I don't smell, I don't have the nasty cough, my 'nic fits' are really far and few between (to the point that I feel like they MUST put something else in cigarette to make them so addictive).

My husband still smokes and he STINKS when he comes in after lighting up. Blech.

You can do it!! :)

Post Edited (AnnaBananna) : 2/27/2015 9:14:43 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 3/1/2015 12:34 AM (GMT 0)
Thinking of you and hoping you are doing well on this quest to end smoking. I really like all the different ways people have used to accomplish this. Also the advice, especially this from Vickie:

" Took a solid 11 months from start to finish but finished I was and you can be too! Doesn't have to be today,next week or even next month just know that your working on it."

So no matter how long it takes, one of these days will be your last as a smoker and we're looking forward to that with you!

Is anyone else also working at this right now along with pptrsha1? Have you lost any more crowns?
Posted 3/2/2015 3:23 AM (GMT 0)
pptrsha1,
Congrats to you on kicking the habit. I have been smoking for a long time and am almost ready to quit. I can't count the number of times I tried only to start again. I know that I have to have the right reason's in play or I will fail.
You are doing great, I hope you will succeed as it will be a great feeling to put this behind you as one of the most difficult accomplishment!

Sending a high-five your way!
Hugs from Texas,

Pam
Posted 3/4/2015 1:13 AM (GMT 0)
Hi pptrsha1,

Haven't heard from you in a couple of days! Hope you are still hanging in there with not smoking. Been thinking about you and quitting, was just looking for your update.

By now you should be feeling a whole lot better with the nicotine withdrawals, I say that as compared to the first day or two.

If you are interested, here is where you are at:

Three Days After You Quit

At this point, the nicotine will be completely out of your body. Unfortunately, that means that the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal will generally peak around this time. You may experience some physical symptoms such as headaches, nausea, or cramps in addition to the emotional symptoms.

To fight the mental symptoms, reward yourself for not smoking; use the money you would have spent on cigarettes to treat yourself to something nice.


Hugs from Texas,

Pam
Posted 3/4/2015 1:40 AM (GMT 0)
Of course, we know one should never pick up a cig...was talking to a friend yesterday and she's 10 yrs older than me...but talking about how docs long ago would do commericals with lucky strike or camel in their fingers......when I think back I want to scream.....

My grandkids lost their dad last year at 55, yes, he should have never picked up a cig with the boys at age 10....he smoked about 30 yrs....quit when his first was born but it was too late...very very sad.....J
Posted 3/4/2015 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
My Dad loved the Rat Pack so he smoked.But he never smelled of tobacco,much.

On the drive to vacations he would smoke with the window up because of the air on.

Them crack the window to throw it out.I was gasping for air when that window came down.

Hope it's going ok.

Rick
Posted 3/16/2015 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Pat,
I've read your other threads and see that you have an added condition to be concerned about, so this may not be your time to quit smoking. If it is, great! Keep it up. If not, then another time soon will be better for you. As it has been said on here by others, timing is very important plus your desire. Hope it works out well for you soon!
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