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Clean for well over a month now!! Zyban, baby! w00tw00t!!


Sore chest is normal. your lungs are "waking up." I would consider it a good thing...

Way to go! I'm getting ready to celebrate 6 years smoke-free after 13 years as a smoker. Zyban worked so ubelieveably great for me - anyone serious about quitting but not able to do it on will-power alone - give it a try. Just wait until you've been smokefree for 6-8 weeks, all of the sudden you can REALLY taste food again. A simple cheeseburger knocked my socks off!!

You guys CAN do it - just persevere through any cravings you get. They get less intense and last shorter as time goes by. Good Luck!

Jon wrote:

Smoking=

That was constructive. Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Next...

Last edited by iBubba (2005-05-09 8:30 pm)

Quitters = Winners.  Good work to you all.

CaptKevMan wrote:

Congratulations to those who have quit smoking, and good luck & moral support to those who are trying.

And to all those that are still smoking, here's a big salute for helping to pay the tax on our schools that comes from the high tobacco tax imposed by the state; thanks for helping educate our youth! We appreciate it!

laurent wrote:

Hi y'all

I apparently made it! I decided on Wednesday morning that I was done with smoking (the idea had been lurking around my brain lately, but self-discipline has never been my strongest skill...). Thanks to a friend who found the right words ("don't think about "giving up", or "sacrifice" or "losing" your tobacco habit, you're only "winning back" something"), it has been very easy so far considering I had been smoking between 20 and 40 cigarettes per day since 14 years. I haven't been particularly stressed or nervous, I don't need chewing gums or sweets or anything to keep busy. The only thing that puzzles me is a burning chest sensation. I haven't changed my diet, and even if I am not a "health freak", my diet is based on good quality food, relatively balanced. Yet, I feel like I had eaten only peppermint and mustard, or like I had been running a marathon while smoking.

Is it a normal and temporary side effect?

I found that chewing sunflowers seed does the trick on helping people kick the habit.  You need the shelled one to keep ur mouth busy.

Or you could check out the adds on the side ---------->  (drug/alcohol rehab, home recovery addiction)

Good man! I wanna see a two pack a day habit!

I had anyone's extra packs covered - at 30 years old (three years ago) I was a 3 pack a day, and had been for over 5 years.

Six years five months six days and about 12 hours. Four packs a day at my worst. Thirty-five years.

Hardest thing I ever did! Hardly ever miss it.

digital_elf wrote:

Does anyone still smoke and not want to quit?

I know a couple of people that SAY they like smoking and don't want to quit.

i smoke pipe tobacco. it's quite different, but i suppose i get thrown in with everyone else. people frown on 'sitting outside at night for no reason', so a pipe smoking is something to justify being outside. not addictive, i can smoke all week or not smoke all month and never think twice about it. fun stuff.
tito

Phht, quitting is easy! You know how many times I've quit already!?

GG on the quitting. I'm (unsuccessfully) trying to get my mother to quit. My dad stopped smoking cold-turkey around the time I was born, after having smoked for 15 or so years religiously. Said it was hands down the hardest thing he's ever done.

I must say I picked up smoking a few years ago (I was 15 or 16) for the cool factor, I guess, but never really stuck with it.

Oh, and that burning feeling in your lungs? That's your body healing.

-Tim