Quitting smoking!

[Freestylin-FX1]

So anyone hear of "Chantix"??

I geuss the stuff costs like $400 for 3mo


Thank God for group health!! (Its free for me)
My wife and I are gonna try this Chantix stuff. We hear it can give some crazy dreams but other than that is claimed 95% effective when used as a quitting smoking aid. :thewave:

Im excited if this works its gonna save me an A#$%load of $$$:Banane35:

Not only that I wont get winded riding so fast LOL:brap::brap:

If anyone else has Group Health you can get the stuff free :thewave:


Cross your fingers,pray whatever my wife and I are trying to Quit at the same time this could get fun!! :chairshot::chairshot:

 

[Snackem]

Good luck. Keep your focus and don't let yourself slip. I hope this works for you. :biggthumpup:

 

[SJ Thumpa]

After 16 years of smoking:

I hadn't heard of Chantix until the Off Topic thread (Pancake Pete, fairly recent). There are some comments re Chantix on there. Over here in NZ I was reommended and prescribed ZYBAN several years ago. Similar cost for a 3 month prescription. (you smoke for 2 - 3 weeks and then go cold turkey supposedly, "yeah right")

The first week was cool. I was fairly committed to giving up so slowed down on the 2nd week. The 3rd week went "cold turkey". I was thinking "this stuff really works", "no anger, no having to have everything immaculate, no 4 mile runs a day, still had my friends, my staff hadn't deserted me, my marriage was still intact, hadn't replaced the craving with food, I could watch and smell someone else smoking without the need for one".

After 2 and a half months I went back to the Doc for a prescription renewal. He asked how long I'd stopped for. I told him approx 2 months feeling quite proud of myself and looking forward to more tabs. He said "NO, it's worked". I begged him for more but he refused.

I walked out of there feeling a little dismal BUT he was right, the nicotine addiction had not been replaced by an addiction to pills. Personally I had no side affects. (Watch out for your lady, I can't remember if there were any adverse pregnancy and so forth side effects mentioned)

I highly recommend ZYBAN and sincerely hope that CHANTIX (could be the same stuff) gives you the same results.

 

[w-nut]

sweet that zyban sounds like it might be worth a go next doc visit next week , you up in auckland thumpa im from christchurch

 

[Katie]

Good Luck. I used to smoke and it seems like when you drink you get the craving a lot more. Just remember though the longer you don't cheat and stick with it, the easier it becomes not to pick another one up.

Smoking saves you money and will make you feel better. It is amazing though how times have changed. I work for a big corporation and if you smoke it is HIGHLY frowned upon and people judge you in a negative way.

 

[thegoldenboy]

I work for a big corporation and if you smoke it is HIGHLY frowned upon and people judge you in a negative way.

Yet they abide to all equal opportunity employment laws... Hypocrites.

We hear it can give some crazy dreams.

So can acid... :bigeyes:


Good for you for quitting, talking abotu it is one thing though..

I've gone from 10-15 butts a day to 1-3. Huge improvement in health, I still get to smoke, and it doesn't cost chit. Thats me, and my plan as of now.

 

[Etheraldreamer]

i really need to quit but because of ANOTHER deployment to iraq coming soon for me i dont think now is the time....of course i guess its just a nice convenient excuse.

 

[Matt_E]

Just my humble opinion, bound to piss people off.....but replacing one addiction with another is backasswards.

Quit cold turkey, WANT to quit, and just get it over with.
Yeah, you'll be on edge for a couple of days, but that's it.
I've smoked 3-4 years about 3 times, and I quit cold turkey each time (with at least 2 years in between restarts :bigok.
Haven't smoked in five years now, doing just fine.
You have to actually want to quit.

 

[Scorn800]

I hadn't heard of Chantix until the Off Topic thread (Pancake Pete, fairly recent)..

I quit during that thread using chanix. I used only 1 pill per day for 1st 7days while still smoking then quit. I continued to take a pill of chantic (instead of 2) for 2 weeks after i stopped smoking. Jan 25 was the last smoke I had and haven't had 1 since. I feel 100x better and ready to ride like crazy:bananalama:

 

[Freestylin-FX1]

I agree with you Matt on the wanting to quit comment.

However I dont mind taking advantage of a chemical blocker for free to help out LOL
It may have been easier previously had wifey hopped on board.:shooter3:

This time were doin it together LOL :Banane09::Banane09:

 

[Snackem]

I'm sure that having the wife on board will help out immensely. I would agree with Matt that until you really want to quit then nothing will help you quit.

 

[Freestylin-FX1]

Your only supposed to be on "Chantix" for 3mos and Ive spoken with several ppl it worked well for!

It just blocks the actual chemical addiction you still have to deal with behavioral etc.....

But weve tried halfassed a few times with little success.

So this time were just going all out and it WILL work there isnt an alternative LOL
Ive got to balance out rising gas cost somehow darnit!!!!!!!!

 

[Matt_E]

But weve tried halfassed a few times with little success.

And therein lies the problem.
Commit, want to quit, and you'll quit.

 

[Freestylin-FX1]

So you were an occasional social smoker???

EVERY person ive ever heard say how easy and simple it is to quit never really smoked much to start with. Ive smoked for about 15 years about a pack a day and I dont care who you are there is nothing EASY about just dropping something that has been commonplace for that long!!

Some ppl do have more willpower than others but I still havent met a smoker that thought it was easy to quit.

Sorry Matt I doubt you ever smoked more than socially for you to have that opinion.

 

[Freestylin-FX1]

After 16 years of smoking:

I hadn't heard of Chantix until the Off Topic thread (Pancake Pete, fairly recent). There are some comments re Chantix on there. Over here in NZ I was reommended and prescribed ZYBAN several years ago. Similar cost for a 3 month prescription. (you smoke for 2 - 3 weeks and then go cold turkey supposedly, "yeah right")

The first week was cool. I was fairly committed to giving up so slowed down on the 2nd week. The 3rd week went "cold turkey". I was thinking "this stuff really works", "no anger, no having to have everything immaculate, no 4 mile runs a day, still had my friends, my staff hadn't deserted me, my marriage was still intact, hadn't replaced the craving with food, I could watch and smell someone else smoking without the need for one".

After 2 and a half months I went back to the Doc for a prescription renewal. He asked how long I'd stopped for. I told him approx 2 months feeling quite proud of myself and looking forward to more tabs. He said "NO, it's worked". I begged him for more but he refused.

I walked out of there feeling a little dismal BUT he was right, the nicotine addiction had not been replaced by an addiction to pills. Personally I had no side affects. (Watch out for your lady, I can't remember if there were any adverse pregnancy and so forth side effects mentioned)

I highly recommend ZYBAN and sincerely hope that CHANTIX (could be the same stuff) gives you the same results.

Pretty much sums up what Ive heard about "Chantix" except you quit in the first week and no there isnt any added pill addiction. My wife and I dont plan on having kids anyway but there were no ill effects mentioned.

 

[Matt_E]

So you were an occasional social smoker???

EVERY person ive ever heard say how easy and simple it is to quit never really smoked much to start with. Ive smoked for about 15 years about a pack a day and I dont care who you are there is nothing EASY about just dropping something that has been commonplace for that long!!

Some ppl do have more willpower than others but I still havent met a smoker that thought it was easy to quit.

Sorry Matt I doubt you ever smoked more than socially for you to have that opinion.

I smoked a pack a day, every day, for years.

NEVER a social smoker.
I didn't say it was easy. But you have to have a good reason to quit, and you HAVE to want it.
There are plenty of times that I still want a cigarette (or a whole pack, lol).

 

[marz831]

I smoked a pack a day, every day, for years.

NEVER a social smoker.
I didn't say it was easy. But you have to have a good reason to quit, and you HAVE to want it.
There are plenty of times that I still want a cigarette (or a whole pack, lol).

That's good advice right there. I used to smoke a pack a day. I couldn't quit until I could accept the fact that I could never smoke another cigarette for the rest of my life.

I haven't had a cigarette in a year and half and I know that if I had JUST ONE, it would be all over.

 

[Matt_E]

Same here. One cigarette would send me right back in.

Btw, I smoked Menthols exclusively.

 

[Freestylin-FX1]

Fair enough Matt gotta give you credit for having more willpower than most as it is a difficult one for sure.

We smoke Marb Menthols here as well actually chewed when I met my wife but she didnt like it so I switched like an idiot shoulda quit then!!!
Even though the chew was a substitute for smoking at the time anyway. Ive only been on Chantix for 2 days so far and noticed nothing yet but I dont think my issue is chemical to be honest I have idle hands therefore I smoke syndrome LOL

 

[Matt_E]

I know how it is.

Marlboro Menthols is where it's at!