Good luck, Fraz.

If I can quit, anybody can. Hang tough.

not like it's any consolation
I first quit at 21 yr old, didn't get it done till i's 38.
hope you get it done quicker than i did.

I gained weight when I quit smoking, body chemistry changes. Eat a lot of apples, carrot sticks & celery-crunchy, hi-fiber stuff. More satisfaction per calorie. Plus, like the old Volkswagen ads said, you're not 'farfrompoopen'.

When I had that 'something is missing' feeling, I'd go outside and just take some deep breaths. You've been doing 'deep breathing exercises' thru a cigareet for years now...nobody said you had to quit the deep breathing, just stop doing it thru a filter-tip. It helped me, YMMV, of course. It's one way to keep taking 'smoke breaks' for a while. Just don't go hang with the other smokers. You're no longer part of the herd, and they'll smell the difference and shun you. Odd, but true.

Get a couple of these, and take one to work, put one by the remote, etc...

http://www.megafitness.com/def0005.html

Luck!

Got an update Frazod?

Nothing to report. No smoking here.

Hasn't stopped me from getting sick, though. I feel like shit and my throat is killing me. Hardly seems fair.

:cuss:

Hang in there. Alot of people have the sore throat after smoking. Try the cough drops. Helps sooth the cilia.

About a month after I quit and the tar-phlem started to come out of my lungs I got a chest cold. I heard the same from a friend.

I think the stress of quitting + lungs cleaning themselves out + normal germ contact = getting sick.

Once you've been quit 2 months stick with it, the hard part's over...

Yeah, that might be it. Coughing and hacking all over the place. :banghead:

Your 'celia', the little hairs that move the goo up and down the windpipe are all burned out. They'll come back someday, but what's happening now is pretty standard.

Just pretend you're a West Coast offense 'guru' and Hackett up.

BTW.... over two weeks now and going strong. The wife hasn't had one since Friday as well. She's taking Zyban, and it seems to be working.

PBJ Congrats!

Kick ass. Keep going. I wanted to buy a can tonight while at the convenience store and it's been 8 months for me.

good on you, fraz...

you're making your life longer, better, and cheaper by quitting...

stay with it...

it takes time to break old habits and make new ones...

but you can do it... :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

hell, i quit tobacco in '87 and i still want a smoke every now and then... :banghead:

I started or stopped I guess on Friday been 3 days so far. I really need to make it stick. Congrats to you fraz