Chantix
May 1, 2007 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
A week ago I started taking a new smoking cessation pill called Chantix. I had heard of quite a few people who have actually quit smoking by using this new wonder drug. I had also heard it causes night terrors, but that seems a small price to pay considering that if I do not stop my life might end with the nightmarish reality of dragging an oxygen tank around everywhere I go.
My true motivation is that someone told my daughter that I will die if I smoke. While true, I think this was totally inappropriate and I feel a little bit of anger and resentment about it. Of course, what I’m really angry about is that I HAVE to quit smoking and I love smoking and don’t really want to stop doing it.
In my perfect world, smoking would not only not kill me, but it would be healthy like exercise or my daily vitamin.
But, in reality my five-year-old daughter bursts into tears and with true pain begs me to stop smoking so that I don’t die because then who will be with her and take care of her.
Who can smoke in the face of that? Apparently, I can. Not only have I expected two pregnancies to cure me of my life-long habit, but I’ve quit at least once a week for the last year since my son was born. I’ve quit so many times and tried so many methods, I’ve come to the realization that smoking is like shackles on my life and I can’t seem to find the key to get them off.
At my recent OB/GYN visit I asked about the new miracle pill and he gave me a prescription. I thought, I don’t care what it costs I’ve got to get rid of these shackles once and for all. I hated that it controlled me. Turns out it was covered by my insurance. Even better.
I nearly wept with unadulterated joy when the pharmacist told me to take off the nicotine patch and smoke during the first week of taking Chantix for the best effect. Permission to smoke for another week! YES! Without guilt or harrassment from my five-year-old conscience. Could it get any better?
I’m currently into my second week. I stopped smoking a few days early while I went on my retreat because there was no smoking allowed on the grounds. It’s going okay. I think I’ve grieved enough for my lost right to smoke, surrendered my precious identity as a smoker, broken the physical habit and addiction. Hopefully, taking this pill will help me get over my urges to cheat and have just one, just this once.
I’ll let you know how it goes. And really, you should stop smoking. If you think you’ve got it bad, you can read just how much I loved my cigarettes at So Sioux Me.
Try the Chantix. Couldn’t hurt. I haven’t had any night terrors, by the way. Thank God for that.
AMENDMENT on Sept. 27, 2007:
This is Tracee Sioux from Blog Fabulous/ Chantix, where you’ve been hanging out and getting support. Because readers are finding it difficult to navigate 700 comments, I have built a new website called Quit Coping.
Quit Coping will be using the same tone and texture you enjoy here on Blog Fabulous, but it will allow more interactivity and connection with other quitters. It won’t take so long to load up and I’ll be better able to encourage everyone personally.
Please continue our wonderful discussion at Quit Coping,com.
I am greatly honored to be part of your transformation from smoker to non-smoker.
Sincerely,
Tracee Sioux
http://www.quitcoping.com
One more 24…woohoo..
To anyone who smokes and ‘enjoys’ smoking – (that would be almost everyone who smokes) – I loved smoking, I loved how it made me feel, I loved the first drag in the am and the one after meals and the one before bed and the 27 others in between.
You will not believe this until you experience it for yourself-but until then– if you think you might want to quit, but are afraid of trying to quit, I will tell you that my experience of quitting with Chantix is the best, easiest, most enjoyable-piece of cake experience. Like Kim, I too went 3 days past the 7 days and then it ‘took’. No cravings, no withdrawls, only a few 10 second thoughts in 24 hours. I DON’T SMOKE ANYMORE! No more stops to buy packs, no more making sure the ash went out the car window and not on my dress shirt burning a small hole, no more brushing ashes off the back seat of car so kids won’t say-”What’s that white stuff daddy”. No more having to walk out of room every 15 minutes for a ‘hit’. No more “I need a mint’ before having a conversation with someone.
No more hoping that the people in the locker room of my gym can’t smell the cigs on my clothes. ( of course the could). No more people walking by me while I’m smoking and faking a cough (jerks-lol).No more of my children turning their heads to kiss me on the cheek instead of on the lips because I stink like cigarettes.
OK, that’s enough of my soap box. I’m just thrilled to be a non smoker today.
Thanks for listening.
graham
Okay, I did it. I went to my doc and he did in fact prescribe Chantix. I knew he would. That’s why I wanted to get the real scoop and googled this board. Well, I start taking mine tomorrow. Better news is that my insurance covers it!!!! Yippee! Now my hubby/son’s won’t yell for spending money on yet another quit smoking program! Wish me luck! I’ll be checking in with ya all from time to time.
Thanks for posting all your experiences.
Chantix day whatever, quit counting, seems like if I would contuine, it would be like I was counting to the day that I would smoke again. I do know that I am coming close to the end of my prescription, well within a couple of weeks. I am actually looking forward to quit taking Chantix. The drug allows you to quit smoking. It has its side effects, that at least with me have come and gone. Going to start missing a pill here or there, and wean myself off of it.
I don’t have the physcial addition of nicotine anymore, just have the old feelings of my “special” friend that used to sit on my back. Don’t want a chantix monkey either……
LOL!
Jeff
Jeff,
I know one woman who has chewed nicotine gum for 25 years. She actually recommended this as a solution! Moron.
Since I’m getting no rush or buzz from the Chantix I don’t think there will be a Chantix addiction. But, I’m with you – I shall wean. I’m actually missing pills here and there on accident already. I just forget and the cravings aren’t coming back.
Yes, we do have to mourn our friend. But, that guy was an asshole bound to kill us and make us stink, so you’d think it would be easier to ban him from our lives wouldn’t you?
Tracee
Seriously JoAnna,
I know you’re going to have raving success. In about a month and a half you’ll be looking at smokers and thinking, “God, how rude. What kind of trailer trash would smoke around children for heaven’s sake!” (confession: this kind of addict did.)
Saraybe,
You are doing GREAT! Keep it up. Eat Dark Chocolate and nuts rather than crap to keep the weight down. Also you absolutely must drink it with a large glass of water or you will feel sick. It’s also best to take the Chantix with a meal.
I know you miss your lovely friend – but that guy’s been mistreating you for 25 years and it’s tiem to ditch him!
Tracee
Just keep thinking of all the postives from not smoking…I was actually walking into my office this morning and thought” Wow, so this is what all my friends mean when they say they “smell the rain” moving in” what a wonderful smell! I must say too, that I had some pretty stressful moments today (one right after another I might add) and I just took a deep breath and my “mental cravings” went away. You have to be ready to quit, this drug is just something that helps. I tried everything you could imagine EVERYTHING and nothing has even come close to Chantix. I have some side effects but not bad enough for me to throw in the towel and give up.
Tracee,
Thank you so much for your kind words. I just told a co-worker of mine that our insurance covers it 100% and now she is thinking about taking the leap. Even the Pharmacist’s assist was astonished to see that an insurance company covered it. It was the first time she’s ever encountered that. Where I work, you would think that they would publicize this fact since so many of my coworkers have serious health problems due to the high pressure. We are all reaching for an outlet, whether it is tobacco, alcohol, food, etc. I just don’t understand how everybody else (that smokes) hasn’t discovered that treatment is available and covered 100%!!! It astounds me! I am (by physical appearance only) a healthy, slim, attractive, female who looks 10 yrs younger than I actually am. Please don’t think I am being conceited or bragging. I have a point to make. THAT IS MY OUTSIDE/PHYSICAL APPEARANCE!! I have high blood pressure, a rapid heartbeat, and I am a good candidate for stroke, heart attack, and diabetes. NO ONE, I MEAN NO ONE, would ever suspect I was a smoker (unless I told them), and many folks were very surprised and a little disappointed to find out that I did. I have always been a control freak and being unable to “make” myself stop smoking just by my sheer will, flabbergasted me!! How weak and pathetic I must be if I can’t even control my own behaviour! I disgusted myself. I am ashamed that I smoke. I let myself down and I disappointed myself. But I have learned that an addiction is an addiction. Some addictions are more obvious than others. This SUCKS!!!!
I am supposed to be able to handle anything/everything!!! I am a competitor, a top producer! I am disciplined, focused and concise!!! I CANNOT ADMIT OR ACCEPT DEFEAT! THAT’S NOT AN OPTION! I raise athletes! Yada- Yada- Yada.
If anybody is still reading at this point, can any of you relate? The hardest thing in the world, is saying “I can’t.” Dear God, at least for me it is.
I am always the person that says “Bring it on.”
Anyway, sorry to ramble on and on, I just find it so hard to admit that I need help, or that I can’t do something! It pisses me off to no end.
Thanks for listening. You guys are awesome!
Tracee, Thanks a bunch again.
Rock On Kim! Good For You!
People tell me I smell good way more than they used to now.
Tracee
i’m smoking a tad bit less today and that is good! and i am not as tired, but i did take a nap! i try not to eat too much crap, but some fresh pizza just sounded so great at the moment yesterday! i’ve been taking the pill while eating breakfast, and that seems to help. i don’t do dark chocolate, but a few regular hersey kisses here and there will not hurt anything!
so now i can look back on the past 12 years of smoking and wave it goodbye!
bye! bye! Saraybe’s nasty little habit. Hello freedom!
Hi all” Thought id let u all in on this Take chantix a long time if u can because my mouth still waters every once and a while “bad” but will ever give in but if u dont have very strong will power then take it
at least 16 or 20 weeks cause the erge is bad still at times so dont take a chane!!!!!!
ps keyborad bouht dead spelling is real bd lol
Jeff..re:”quit counting, seems like if I would contuine, it would be like I was counting to the day that I would smoke again. ”
Sounds like it may not be good for you to count your days.
For myself-I smoked for 34 years and often attempted to invision myself not smoking for just one day..So–for me to Not smoke for just one day or two or three or four days…is beyond what I ever believed was possible…and the overwhelming emotion felt with each 24 hours is pure gratitude. Therefore…for me…counting is an anchor.
And yes, another 24 with no cigarette-5 days now and 15 since starting Chantix.
Graham
I agree with Graham…I went from counting the hours to counting the days….starting tomorrow I can start counting the weeks!!!! I still have an “urge” now and then but NOTHING compared to the WANT that I used to have with other methods (patch, laser,gum, cold turkey etc…) STICK WITH IT!!! I can not stop bragging about this drug…:)
JoAnna,
It sounds exhausting to be you. Cut yourself some slack. You started smoking for whatever reason. Myself, I was a child when I started, that’s my excuse. Then I kept doing it to prove that I could if I wanted to. My rebellious stage just keeps lingering and lingering.
You couldn’t quit for the same reason a junkie keeps shooting up – it’s an addiction. The tobacco companies planned it that way to make more money.
The reason more people didn’t know there was help is because there really WASN’T any. Patches, gum, losenge, will, loathing, prayer – none of it worked for millions of us.
And who wants to go to a 12-step meeting for smoking? Are there any?
The first step of freedom of any kind, I think, is Step 1 – admit that you have a problem!
You have a flaw! Oh my Gosh! What are you going to do? A flaw?!?! No not that?!?!?
So, what? The world will stop turning? You will die? Others might relate to you? A very wise friend always says this in my head, “Everybody has their flaws. And thank God for that!”
Glad you are on the Chantix Mobile!
Oh, and try to cut yourself some inner slack. You deserve it!
Tracee
Eight maahvelous smoke free days-after 34 years of smoking…I can work in the yard for 3 hours and not be winded vs. 10 min., winded, have a cig, work for 10 more min…… all in one week of not smoking,- it’s amazing.
Plus, I figure 30 cigs a day, 3 min. per cig.- that’s 90 minutes added of free time every single 24 hours. Now I can’t use the ‘I don’t have time today’ excuse to not work out..lol.
Almost had one this weekend-after everyone was asleep-at the beach-used to be one of my triggers-figured no one would know. Then I remembered, I was doing this for me first, them second. So, sleep sounded like a great idea and the craving passed–just like it does now.
Hope this helps someone who can identify.
BTW- I have help from CHANTIX. Great stuff.
Graham
Go Graham Go,
I’ve had that “no on would know” thought too. Then I realize that I would know and I’m quitting for ME and the kids. Good call on no cheating.
I actually found it hard when having a few beers. But, not as hard as it would have been pre-Chantix.
Tracee
Hi all… I started on Chantix March 31…smoked for 9 days then it “kicked in” and I brought the two packs of cigs I had to work and gave them away. Haven’t had one since and never thought it would be possible for me to quit…I smoked for 50 years and FINALLY got scared when I had to rest after wheeling the trash can up the drive way on trash day (one of many signs that I had a breathing problem). I also was inspired by my best friend of 25 years (who quit 5 years ago) who said she couldn’t stand the thought of not having me around especially if I destroyed my health by continuing to smoke without ever trying to quit. Yes, Chantix is a miracle pill for me, but I also keep telling myself a lot of this is up to me and how wonderful I can feel about myself for having positive thoughts and resisting my EX-friend the cig. Keep it going everyone and spread the word. I would love to see the tobacco companies fold!!!
today is day 8 of the chantix. i have noticed that i smoke most when i play my 360, most of all when i play gears of war. so i’m trying to figure out what to do with that. maybe i’ll cut back on the gaming. but i feel fine now, i have had some breakouts on my face. i can take care of that easy. i have not had crazy dreams but some funny ones. i did smoke lots during the final Soprano’s last night. so i guess i will post again when the chantix kicks in. keep up the great work everyone!
One full week under my belt…wowowowoweeee!!!! Feeling great, have LOTS of crazy dreams (mostly about people I havent seen in years) the cravings still come and go, but nothing that cant be dealt with…keep’n a close eye on my food intake, dont want to gain extra pounds which was always one of my big fears about quitting…any one gain any weight or have changes in thier diets???
I’m halfway through Day Six on Chantix. I’m starting to notice the desire to smoke diminishing little by little now, and the side effects (which were minor at best) are actually getting better, too. How cool to see this working for others. I’ve given myself a 2 week window maximum instead of just the 7 days to quit.
Tracee,
Well, I’d love to offer advice about the ‘beer’ thing but…well, I think everyone is alocated ‘x’ amount of alcohol during their life and I used my alocation up 8 years, 10 mths, 28 days ago…
However, I do remember years ago at a ’stop smoking clinic’ that we were told about alcohol being somehow linked to the same ‘nicotine receptor’ in the brain. It could be bs but that is what we were told. I was hypnotized to stop smoking at this clinic and stopped for three weeks, until late one night while I was drinking..Maybe it’s the alcohol imparing the judgement..you know, ‘rational’ thinking.
Kim, yea, where’s lunch today, I’m hungry.
My understanding is that smoking triggers the digestive system (somebody correct me if i’m wrong) and when we don’t smoke, the body doesn’t process food as quick. I have gained three or four pounds since quitting smoking but that is due to what foods I’ve been eating. Tried to offset the other day and ate a whole bag of lettuce for lunch. It did satisfy the hunger. lol
Here’ to day 9 of not smoking.
Graham
Graham,
My theory is that the Chantix is working on the “addiction receptor” in our brain. This would explain why the nicotine addiction feels like it got “turned off.” It would also explain why I really don’t feel like drinking alcohol at all, a potentially addictive substance.
But, when I did drink alcohol I felt like it triggered my need to smoke. But, drinking has always been when I smoked the most. I would totally chain smoke when drinking so it’s like a “trigger” for me.
Kim, I find drinking a giant 16 oz glass of water to be the most effective thing to do when “urging” for a cigarette or replacing that “urging” feeling with eating crap. Water is good for you and it fills the “craving” void your feeling. I just graduated from “obese” to “normal” on the BMI body fat ratio scale and I’m not about to move backwards cause I quit smoking. Finally!
Tracee
WOW Tracee….seems like you could be a poster child for almost all addictions! Good for you! Actually, I probably need to be more aware of what I am eatting, I am in the restaurant buisness so food has always been an important part of my life, I am far from “over weight” but more on the “need to tone” side (or stop sampling everything my chef makes) Thanks for all the support everyone, I actually went to the dentist yesterday and we had a half hour conversation about chantix and he was very proud to hear me say I am going into my second week strong and ready!!!
day 10 of chantix and i am still smoking like i was before i started taking it, for the most part. i hope the chantix will kick in soon. i’ll keep my fingers crossed…
Sarabe…One very important thing you have to remember…YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH IT!!! Meaning you can not just take the pills and think you are going to stop smoking. They really only help the “cravings” you have to work with it as far as the “habit” part of smoking…which trust me it isnt nearly as hard as it sounds. I am going into my second week not smoking and the “habit” part of it is slowely but surely going away…You have to want to quit and you have to WORK with it. Do you feel any difference as far as craving nicotine??
Kim,
I’m not sure I want to be the poster child for addictions. I’m currently (thanks to Chantix) not addicted to anything. But, unfortunately I have tended to pick addicts as significant others (co-dependant) and have even been dependant on prescription anti-anxiety medication after post-partum depression. Therefore I know my fair share of addiction psychology. When quitting one addiction, it’s important to be aware of NOT replacing it with another.
Like, did you see that Oprah where all those women got the by-pass surgery and got thin? Well, eating was their addiction and thousands of them quickly became alcoholics because they couldn’t eat anymore. They picked up another addiction because they never dealt with the original reason for the eating.
I probably should say something now about smoking. While waving good-bye to your ex-best friend the cigarrette. It’s probably a good idea to identify why you smoked in the first place and deal with that original issue. For me it was a major emotional crutch. I wrote all about it on So Sioux Me in an article titled I Suck: You can read it here, http://traceesioux.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-suck.html . It might help you identify some reasons you chose to smoke that you hadn’t realized.
I think you have to acknowledge it and conscienciously let it go to really be free of an addiction.
Let’s face it – we ALL got something out of smoking, otherwise we wouldn’t have done it for literally decades of our adult lives.
Tracee
question?!?
i took my morning chantix at about 9:45, it did not make me sick or anything. i have noticed that when i have smoked since taking the chantix this morning i feel sick a little. i have had 2 smokes in the past 3 hours, i am trying to cut back to see if that helps any. so my question is, does this mean that the chantix is working? i have heard diffrent people say it started to make them sick when the chantix started working. thanks for your time!
I think it depends on the person…somedays when I take my pills it makes me sick, but I have noticed that it more noticable when I take my evening pill. You have to remember and this I heard from my own dr…”chantix, does not work for everyone and most of all you have to work with it” meaning this…take a moment before you light a cigarette and think about it, see if you can get through the craving without lighting up. My biggest problem when I started chantix is that I was lighting up out of “habit” not “want” once I got that under control and was able to deal with the “habit” part of smoking I bearly think about it now…actually I think more about how I havent thought of smoking…Sarabe, TRY REALLY HARD…it’s tough the first couple of days but I smoked almost 2 packs a day for almost 25 years and I can’t even imagine doing it again, which with any other method I tried I always went back to smoking within 2 days….Just focus on something that makes you happy and try to ignore the urge to light up
Kim, I agree with you. I believe that now, after 5 days of being on Chantix, that I am smoking out of habit. It is a habit that everytime I get into my car, I light up. I think I will buy some sunflower seeds and get in the habit of popping one of those in my mouth when I get in the car, instead of lighting up.
As for side effects, I don’t think I have any. But then again, it is only day 5.
Interesting moment…spent 14 hours at Disney yesterday with wife and children. Forgot to bring my second Chantix with me which I normally take around 4:00pm everyday. I’m not sure if it was that or that my defenses were weak due to being tired, but on the drive home, I asked my wife (who still smokes) for the last drag of her cig before she threw it out.
That one drag was absolutely by far worse tasting and most repulsive drag of a cigarette that I have ever tasted. Worse than the first one at 16 years old. If anything, it validated my reasons for not smoking and anchored the fact that, “When I think I want a smoke, I really don’t, It’s a lie”.
Now, this is only day 11 and I’m not going to start over my counting ( no, we don’t need to debate this one..lol) because of this one drag.
However, I am looking forward already to the day of weaning off of Chantix and just not smoking because I’m a non-smoker. Think I’ll follow the directions of doctor and stick to it for 90 days.
and as they say at Disney in Pooh land.
ttfn.
Graham
8 weeks today of smoke-free living!!!
Chantix works!
Day One
No Chantix…..All is well
Never have I had a friend for such a short time that has done so much for me, that I want to ditch.
That is you Chantix, and of course thanks.
I’m the Non Smoker now, and I have to forget about you!
P.S. I guess I really won’t forget you, I will tell others
Peace
Jeff..excellent description of Chantix…they should use that in a commercial for it.
Check back in few days with additional comments please…looking forward to the same day myself.
smoke free day 15 for me.
graham
Jeff – Congratulations! Hurray for you!
Tracee
Funny story–the pharmacist, where I filled my presciption for Chantix, smokes. We chatted the other day about Chantix , the side affects (none) and the rewards of being a non-smoker.
I told him..”Look, get a prescription, take the first box as directed but don’t try to quit smoking-If you feel the desire leave you, then quit smoking, if you find that smoking is more enjoyable than not smoking-(which is virtually impossible unless one has a craving to eat dirt by the mouthful), then keep smoking. He says it might be time.
Hey, 34 years of a pack an a half a day, 18 days of no cigarettes – It’s wonderful..the urges have dimished to about 2 per day and last approx 5 seconds each. There is -0- craving for a cig.
This info is for anyone who might find it useful.
Later,
Graham
Hello! I started my Chantix yesterday. I am 32 and have smoked since I was 14 years old (19 years). I did quit while I was pregnant (4years ago) but started again right after my son was born. My insurance did NOT cover Chantix and I paid 122.99 yesterday. I was disappointed at the price but I also realize that you cannot put a price tag on your health. Also, I would like to see my son children of his own one day and smoking could deny me of that. Wish me luck. I keep reading about this miracle drug and it really seems to work if you are ready. I have not had tummy problems yet but my dreams were intense last night. Congrats to everyone that is now smoke free. I will let you know my progress. Thanks to all for posting.
All aboard Tiffany! Good for you. I’m like you, I’ve been smoking since early teens so though I’m only in my 30s I’ve been smoking for nearly 2 decades. Puts my mortality in perspective when I look at it like that.
I have had intense dreams and some of them have been disturbing, but some have provided some clarity about things I subconsciously worry about.
The stomach sickness has never really gone away for me. I get a little sick after every pill. I think it’s very dependent on exactly when I drink a large glass of water. But, come on, that’s way better than cancer or emphasema. (Or stinking for the next 40 years).
Tracee
well all this is the real thing no cigs quit 4/9/07and
still dont,i had to pay for it so i quit taking chantix after 8 weeks,dang the erge to smoke came back after 2 weeks off but i made it,IM DONE NEVER WILL I SMOKE AGIN!! started at 15 or so and im 43 weeee
im free!!!! just hope i quit in time ill pray that we all did need anything that i can help with e-mail me grouse1011@yahoo.com. It works if u have any will power at all to stop!!!!
I heard a lot of people fail to stay quit because they quit for their daughters…their husbands..other people. You have to quit for yourself if you want to be successful.
Stan,
I think that’s comment addiction psychology. You won’t stay clean if YOU don’t want to. But, I think there are a lot of people who are seeing how their actions effect others and using that as a motivator to make a change for themselves.
My daughter was upset that I might die. I have compassion for her. But, in a lot of ways that’s compassion for me. For instance, I realize that if I do die she will feel angry and betrayed by me. Selfishly, as in quitting for me, I don’t want to leave that as my life’s legacy. I realize that I could choose to keep smoking and instead, using her reaction to my smoking as a motivator, choose to stop. Not “for” her, like as a favor, but for me as a parent. To be a good example and a positive influence in her life. To not wound her intentionally and without compassion. I think ultimately that is quitting for me.
Also, I think a lot of people have spoken about quitting so they can see children or grandchildren. That is quitting for themselves, for the pleasure of seeing their grandchildren grow up and not ultimately rob themselves of that gift by continuing to smoke.
Tracee
Honey, you won’t go through the same hell of quitting Chantix. a) you’re no longer addicted to nicotine, b) if you wean off of Chantix slowly (best results from what I heard achieved if spread out over 2 months or so), you won’t feel a thing.
I hope not. I’m going to Utah to see the family and didn’t want to spend the extra $$ so I thought about not filling my prescription. What am I some kind of self-defeatist? Surely, filling my prescrition before a visit to the parents is required to prevent smoking. Wait, didn’t starting smoking have something to do with them? Or was it all me?
Tracee
Tracee, I say whatever it takes, for whatever reason. I have “public” reasons for quitting that I share, and a few “private” reasons for quitting that I don’t share publicly
– some reasons are more for me, some are more for others – all are excellent reasons if they get the job done in the end. If I sat around waiting until I really, really, really wanted to quit just for me alone, it would never have happened because I *loved* smoking. That’s just my could be wrong grain of salt because I do a lot of things not the way it’s recommended (with varying results).
On the refill – this is the end of your second month, isn’t it? That’s a tough call. If it was me, I’d probably refill, but since mine’s covered by insurance, I can’t honestly put myself in your shoes having to actually shell out the money (can’t be much more than smoking, though, right?).
yesterday at 6:05ish was 1 week smoke free. on father’s day we took out my father in law, and we ate had fun and we took him out for a drink and cigar. i smoked while we were there, i ran out of smokes and oh well. out of habbit i went to the store and bought 2 packs of camel menthol lights in a box. i never opened them. i made myself quit with the help of chantix. if not for the chantix i would be on the front page of the local paper for going “nukin futs”. food taste better, my clothes smell better, thanks to not smoking i knew that my cats were smelly and gave them a bath. i’m saving money that i can waste on cds, video games, whatever i want! hell, maybe my husband will want to make out with me more?!? and that is always a good thing. so thank you chantix, you are the chemical that i will always brag about.
Saraybe, I love what you had to say about Chantix and am at right about the same spot. But I have no idea how you got your cats to let you give them a bath (I tried that… once).
okay i’m the crazy cat lady, exept that i am married and i only have 3 cats. i have had them since they were kittens and give them baths as often as possible. it is not that hard, but the chantix does help when it comes to bathing the siamese.
>^.^
Hello all. I’ve been reading all of your thoughts and your own expierences with our mutual foe. I am a 33yr old mommy that has chronic asthama and was diagnosed with COPD today. I was told infront of my son that I would be dead by the age of 40 if I don’t quit. The look on my son’s face killed me, as his father passed in July of last year. I can’t phathom what was going on in his 7yr old head, I don’t think I want to. My pulmonologist gave me the perscription for Chantix along with ALL of my other med’s I must take. The only one I have yet to fill is Chantix. I’m scared of failing, I’m scared of disappointing my son and my family. I know that I don’t have a choice in the matter, my son need’s me, as much as I need him! Thanks for letting me vent, wish me luck(I’ll need it). I’m off to do another breathing treatment now. Tomorrow is the day I will get it filled.
saraybe…thanks for your honesty..
tiffany…welcome….stay with it and let us know -give us your feedback..whether you smoke or not…(with Chantix, you probably won’t).
For me..day 23 with no cigs…very nice feeling.
graham