Life Quitting Smoking - Page 23

Frazod · 08-15-2005, 05:49 PM

Both the wife and I need to quit, and since we've tried to quit at the same time before, and THAT REALLY SUCKED, I took the plunge first.

Haven't had a cigarette since last night. I've quit several times in the past, sometimes for up to three months - quitting ain't the problem - it's staying quit that kicks my ass.

Any advice on non-smoking methods/products or encouragement would be appreciated.

CHIEF4EVER · 02-17-2007, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skip Towne

When I was in Korea in 1968, cigarettes were 20 cents per pack. I should have bought 1,000 cartons.

When you were in Korea in 1968 you should have eaten $20 worth of Kim Chee and died of the runny shits you old cantankerous fugg.

SLAG · 02-17-2007, 09:50 AM

Next month on March 17th It will be One Year for me Smoke free

DeepPurple · 02-17-2007, 01:35 PM

I quit in December after 36 years of 2-1/2 packs a day. I started smoking when I was a 20 year old in the Army stationed in Korea in 1970. It seemed like everybody smoked and in the evening at the NCO Club when drinking quarter drafts I started bumming cigarettes, but only at night when I was having a beer. One time a guy said, hey cigs are only 17 cents a pack, why don't you buy your own. That's how it started, a few months later after arriving back at the Seattle Airport I remember being shocked at paying 60 cents for a pack, how times have changed.

Now move ahead to 2006, I enjoyed smoking and didn't want to quit, but financially my wife and I have both retired a couple of years ago and just can't afford it. I've been smoking generic cigarettes for the last 15 years, even at that, in Maryland a carton of Basic Ultra Light 100's costs $30, multiply that by every 4 - 5 days a month and it's almost $200 a month.

My wife heard about a new prescription drug made by Phizer called Chantix that was approved in the spring of 2006. Unlike the patch and other type drugs, this has no nicotine, instead it works on the receptors in the brain that crave nicotine. I tried a drug similiar back in the 90's but it gave me nightmares and I had to quit. I told my wife if she got a prescription I would give it a try.

First week of December she got the prescription from our family doctor and I took it to Walgreens. Chantix comes in monthly packets, four months total if you want to go that far. The literature tells you if you don't quit in the first month forget about refilling the other months. Each month is $115, my insurance paid only $15 and I had to pay the $100, but I figured I spend that much a month on cigarettes anyway. I purchased the first month, it's marked as starter pack. Each day is indicated inside the package, you take one .5 mg pill a day the first week and then step up and take two 1.0 mg pills a day from then on. The literature tells you to pick a day in the second or third week to quit, I decided I wasn't going to pick a date, either I would lose the habit because the drug worked or I wouldn't.

I started on a Thursday with one pill a day, on Saturday I had four packs of cigarettes left and normally I would of gone and bought another carton, this time I didn't. By Sunday night I smoked the last of my cigarettes and hadn't bought anymore. Chantix is the best product I've ever used, and I didn't even refill the other months. Since I had been off cigarettes almost three weeks when the first month ended, and refills were $100 just like the first month, I didn't get the refills. Also, I was getting some nightmares but not as bad as the other drugs, and I also was wanting to sleep 10+ hours a day, I normally sleep about 7-8 hours, so I quit taking the pills. That was over two months ago and still not smoking.

SLAG · 02-17-2007, 02:10 PM

Deep-

That is awesome..

It just proves that ANYONE can break free of nicotine's horrid addition.

You will not regret it.. here is the thing... in the really tough times..

NO MATTER WHAT DO NOT SMOKE!

just that.. NO MATTER WHAT DO NOT SMOKE!

stick to your guns you can do it

Congrats!

KCinNY · 02-28-2007, 08:32 PM

72 hours without a cigarette.

Starting to think that I'm gonna make it. God bless those fine folks at Nicorette.

You've set a fine example, Tim. Year and a half...way to go.

Frazod · 02-28-2007, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KCinNY

72 hours without a cigarette.

Starting to think that I'm gonna make it. God bless those fine folks at Nicorette.

You've set a fine example, Tim. Year and a half...way to go.

Good luck.

And look at it this way - if you live and purchase smokes in New York, with the money you save, you'll be able to buy a fucking Porsche.

KCinNY · 02-28-2007, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frazod

Good luck.

And look at it this way - if you live and purchase smokes in New York, with the money you save, you'll be able to buy a fucking Porsche.

Been back in KC for a couple of years now....last time I was in NYC in '05 a pack cost $8.75.

Frazod · 02-28-2007, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KCinNY

Been back in KC for a couple of years now....last time I was in NYC in '05 a pack cost $8.75.

How much are they down there now?

KCinNY · 02-28-2007, 09:01 PM

$3.35 or so per pack.

Money's is not my primary motivation, however.

**2112** · 02-28-2007, 09:06 PM

I smoked from 1980 until Sept 1st, 2000

I have not had a cigarette in 6 1/2 years..one of the hardest things I ever did..WILL POWER my friends!

Kudos to everybody that quit,and those who are trying to quit.

**BigRedChief** · 03-05-2007, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KCinNY

72 hours without a cigarette.

Starting to think that I'm gonna make it. God bless those fine folks at Nicorette.

You've set a fine example, Tim. Year and a half...way to go.

So how is everyone doing? Still smoke free?

StcChief · 03-05-2007, 09:40 AM

Never started cigs. My hats off to all that quit.

I still enjoy an occasional NON Inhaling Stoogie

Frazod · 03-05-2007, 09:50 AM

I started up again.

Just kidding.

Steve Sewell · 03-05-2007, 11:54 AM

I'm trying to quit smoking right now as well. I use the visualization of me sitting in at home, on an oxygen tank, with the inability to go anywhere without the oxygen tank, weezing away, bed-ridden. Then I think about the suffering and pain that my wife, children, and their children would likely go through as a result.

Then I visualize myself on vacation or at a family get together with those same people enjoying myself at that age...enjoying my time with the wife, my grown children, and the little grandchildren.

I think what happens is that we get caught up in the moment too often...we say to ourselves "what's another smoke right now going to hurt?" We rationalize based on the here and now and not the future consequences of the action.

Just think of the misery that you will potentially endure if you continue on the path you are on. Then think of the happiness that you will have if you change paths. That's what is keeping me strong right now.

In other words after 72 hours (when nicotine is out of your system officially), it's all mental...

SLAG · 03-05-2007, 09:10 PM

March 17th It will be one year with no Death Sticks...

Still fighting the wife to quit smoking behind my back its been over a year... we are working through it but damn i wish she could see

08-15-2005, 05:49 PM
Frazod Did you hear what I said? Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-646615	Quitting Smoking Both the wife and I need to quit, and since we've tried to quit at the same time before, and THAT REALLY SUCKED, I took the plunge first. Haven't had a cigarette since last night. I've quit several times in the past, sometimes for up to three months - quitting ain't the problem - it's staying quit that kicks my ass. Any advice on non-smoking methods/products or encouragement would be appreciated.
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02-17-2007, 09:50 AM	#332
SLAG Superbowl MVP Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: OOOOOOOOOOOOOLATHE Casino cash: $9910252	Next month on March 17th It will be One Year for me Smoke free __________________ Ad astra per aspera
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02-17-2007, 01:35 PM	#333
DeepPurple I could of gone pro Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Villages, Florida Casino cash: $10005676	I quit in December after 36 years of 2-1/2 packs a day. I started smoking when I was a 20 year old in the Army stationed in Korea in 1970. It seemed like everybody smoked and in the evening at the NCO Club when drinking quarter drafts I started bumming cigarettes, but only at night when I was having a beer. One time a guy said, hey cigs are only 17 cents a pack, why don't you buy your own. That's how it started, a few months later after arriving back at the Seattle Airport I remember being shocked at paying 60 cents for a pack, how times have changed. Now move ahead to 2006, I enjoyed smoking and didn't want to quit, but financially my wife and I have both retired a couple of years ago and just can't afford it. I've been smoking generic cigarettes for the last 15 years, even at that, in Maryland a carton of Basic Ultra Light 100's costs $30, multiply that by every 4 - 5 days a month and it's almost $200 a month. My wife heard about a new prescription drug made by Phizer called Chantix that was approved in the spring of 2006. Unlike the patch and other type drugs, this has no nicotine, instead it works on the receptors in the brain that crave nicotine. I tried a drug similiar back in the 90's but it gave me nightmares and I had to quit. I told my wife if she got a prescription I would give it a try. First week of December she got the prescription from our family doctor and I took it to Walgreens. Chantix comes in monthly packets, four months total if you want to go that far. The literature tells you if you don't quit in the first month forget about refilling the other months. Each month is $115, my insurance paid only $15 and I had to pay the $100, but I figured I spend that much a month on cigarettes anyway. I purchased the first month, it's marked as starter pack. Each day is indicated inside the package, you take one .5 mg pill a day the first week and then step up and take two 1.0 mg pills a day from then on. The literature tells you to pick a day in the second or third week to quit, I decided I wasn't going to pick a date, either I would lose the habit because the drug worked or I wouldn't. I started on a Thursday with one pill a day, on Saturday I had four packs of cigarettes left and normally I would of gone and bought another carton, this time I didn't. By Sunday night I smoked the last of my cigarettes and hadn't bought anymore. Chantix is the best product I've ever used, and I didn't even refill the other months. Since I had been off cigarettes almost three weeks when the first month ended, and refills were $100 just like the first month, I didn't get the refills. Also, I was getting some nightmares but not as bad as the other drugs, and I also was wanting to sleep 10+ hours a day, I normally sleep about 7-8 hours, so I quit taking the pills. That was over two months ago and still not smoking.
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02-17-2007, 02:10 PM	#334
SLAG Superbowl MVP Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: OOOOOOOOOOOOOLATHE Casino cash: $9910252	Deep- That is awesome.. It just proves that ANYONE can break free of nicotine's horrid addition. You will not regret it.. here is the thing... in the really tough times.. NO MATTER WHAT DO NOT SMOKE! just that.. NO MATTER WHAT DO NOT SMOKE! stick to your guns you can do it Congrats! __________________ Ad astra per aspera
Posts: 11,177

02-28-2007, 08:32 PM	#335
KCinNY Chiefs Goon Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Center Ice Casino cash: $10008350	72 hours without a cigarette. Starting to think that I'm gonna make it. God bless those fine folks at Nicorette. You've set a fine example, Tim. Year and a half...way to go.
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02-28-2007, 09:01 PM	#339
KCinNY Chiefs Goon Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Center Ice Casino cash: $10008350	$3.35 or so per pack. Money's is not my primary motivation, however.
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02-28-2007, 09:06 PM	#340
2112 Reset Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Parts Unknown Casino cash: $6916765	I smoked from 1980 until Sept 1st, 2000 I have not had a cigarette in 6 1/2 years..one of the hardest things I ever did..WILL POWER my friends! Kudos to everybody that quit,and those who are trying to quit.
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03-05-2007, 09:40 AM	#342
StcChief Playing for #1 Draft Pick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Just West of Lambs land Casino cash: $10004900	Never started cigs. My hats off to all that quit. I still enjoy an occasional NON Inhaling Stoogie
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03-05-2007, 09:50 AM	#343
Frazod Did you hear what I said? Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-646615	I started up again. Just kidding.
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03-05-2007, 11:54 AM	#344
Steve Sewell Starter Join Date: Aug 2006 Casino cash: $10004900	I'm trying to quit smoking right now as well. I use the visualization of me sitting in at home, on an oxygen tank, with the inability to go anywhere without the oxygen tank, weezing away, bed-ridden. Then I think about the suffering and pain that my wife, children, and their children would likely go through as a result. Then I visualize myself on vacation or at a family get together with those same people enjoying myself at that age...enjoying my time with the wife, my grown children, and the little grandchildren. I think what happens is that we get caught up in the moment too often...we say to ourselves "what's another smoke right now going to hurt?" We rationalize based on the here and now and not the future consequences of the action. Just think of the misery that you will potentially endure if you continue on the path you are on. Then think of the happiness that you will have if you change paths. That's what is keeping me strong right now. In other words after 72 hours (when nicotine is out of your system officially), it's all mental...
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03-05-2007, 09:10 PM	#345
SLAG Superbowl MVP Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: OOOOOOOOOOOOOLATHE Casino cash: $9910252	March 17th It will be one year with no Death Sticks... Still fighting the wife to quit smoking behind my back its been over a year... we are working through it but damn i wish she could see __________________ Ad astra per aspera
Posts: 11,177