Comments on: I Am A Non-Smoker http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-am-a-non-smoker-28/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:46:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ken http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-am-a-non-smoker-28/comment-page-1/#comment-7699 Ken Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:08:11 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/i-am-a-non-smoker/#comment-7699 Hi Anne, go for it! I'm also a 40-some year smoker and Chantix seems to work. I went the first full month with zero cigarettes. It was easier than I thought it would be. Then I decided to limit myself to 3 per day: mid-morning, mid-afternoon, and bedtime. I've been doing that now for about a month. It's nice to be in control rather than the cigs controlling me! It's also nice on the pocketbook and eliminating all the needless, habitual smoking I did for all those years. Has anyone else been able to go this route successfully? Ken Hi Anne, go for it!

I’m also a 40-some year smoker and Chantix seems to work. I went the first full month with zero cigarettes. It was easier than I thought it would be. Then I decided to limit myself to 3 per day: mid-morning, mid-afternoon, and bedtime. I’ve been doing that now for about a month. It’s nice to be in control rather than the cigs controlling me! It’s also nice on the pocketbook and eliminating all the needless, habitual smoking I did for all those years.

Has anyone else been able to go this route successfully?

Ken

]]> By: Anne http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-am-a-non-smoker-28/comment-page-1/#comment-5596 Anne Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:55:59 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/i-am-a-non-smoker/#comment-5596 I am thinking about doing this drug to break and quit a 42 year old habit. I haven't seen any negatives. Are there any? Please advise me. To the point that I have to quit. Thanks! I am thinking about doing this drug to break and quit a 42 year old habit. I haven’t seen any negatives. Are there any? Please advise me. To the point that I have to quit.

Thanks!

]]> By: pat connelly http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-am-a-non-smoker-28/comment-page-1/#comment-4548 pat connelly Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:12:55 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/i-am-a-non-smoker/#comment-4548 Hi Enid, I went to the other website and it really did encourage me. We are all feeling the same things. It's amazing. I am still smoking, but not 2 packs a day thank God. I called my doctor today becaue the sickness is really bad after my evening pill. he told me to stick with it, it will get better and to continue to smoke. This is the wildest advice ever. But I do notice that they don't taste good anymore and 100% of all the cigs are habit only...not physical. So I need to work on that. Good Luck Enid and thanks Hi Enid,
I went to the other website and it really did encourage me. We are all feeling the same things. It’s amazing. I am still smoking, but not 2 packs a day thank God. I called my doctor today becaue the sickness is really bad after my evening pill. he told me to stick with it, it will get better and to continue to smoke. This is the wildest advice ever. But I do notice that they don’t taste good anymore and 100% of all the cigs are habit only…not physical. So I need to work on that. Good Luck Enid and thanks

]]> By: Enid http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-am-a-non-smoker-28/comment-page-1/#comment-4534 Enid Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:24:04 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/i-am-a-non-smoker/#comment-4534 Hi Pat, How are you feeling? I really didn't feel any different today, which bummed me out. I had so many cravings at work today which made me feel terrible. I'm trying to refocus tonight. There is another blog that Tracee hosts that has a ton more posts from many people - tons of inspiration. Here's the link. I am posting there now with a few other people that have just started Chantix. Why don't you join us? Hope to see you there - here's the link http://www.blogfabulous.com/chantix You might have to copy it into your browser - I'm not that techy :) Hi Pat,
How are you feeling? I really didn’t feel any different today, which bummed me out. I had so many cravings at work today which made me feel terrible. I’m trying to refocus tonight. There is another blog that Tracee hosts that has a ton more posts from many people – tons of inspiration. Here’s the link. I am posting there now with a few other people that have just started Chantix. Why don’t you join us?

Hope to see you there – here’s the link

http://www.blogfabulous.com/chantix

You might have to copy it into your browser – I’m not that techy :)

]]> By: pat connelly http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-am-a-non-smoker-28/comment-page-1/#comment-4514 pat connelly Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:28:45 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/i-am-a-non-smoker/#comment-4514 Enid, It's day 8 for me. Just started taking the 1mg twice a day. yesterday, I was really sick to my stomach and I am not sleeping very well, but I plan on seeing this through. Good luck with you! Enid,
It’s day 8 for me. Just started taking the 1mg twice a day. yesterday, I was really sick to my stomach and I am not sleeping very well, but I plan on seeing this through. Good luck with you!

]]> By: Enid http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-am-a-non-smoker-28/comment-page-1/#comment-4469 Enid Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:43:18 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/i-am-a-non-smoker/#comment-4469 Pat, I just started taking Chantix this morning. Let me know how it's going with you. Tracee's story is great! Pat,
I just started taking Chantix this morning. Let me know how it’s going with you. Tracee’s story is great!

]]> By: pat connelly http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-am-a-non-smoker-28/comment-page-1/#comment-4125 pat connelly Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:09:58 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/i-am-a-non-smoker/#comment-4125 i have been on chantix for 4 days. am feeling kind of sick, but will see it through. i have copd and i am finally realizing that it is time to quit this evil habit. loved reading your story, Tracee. God Bless i have been on chantix for 4 days. am feeling kind of sick, but will see it through. i have copd and i am finally realizing that it is time to quit this evil habit. loved reading your story, Tracee.

God Bless

]]> By: Greg http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-am-a-non-smoker-28/comment-page-1/#comment-3775 Greg Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:15:54 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/i-am-a-non-smoker/#comment-3775 Yesterday makes 4 weeks for me being a non-smoker- NOT ONE PUFF! And, I too, have tried everything out there previously- cold turkey, gum, patches, zyban(wellbutrin), homeopathic remedies, acupuncture and believe it or not- taking up and playing the trombone about 7 years ago! I have smoked for 39 years now and have tried quitting for 32 of those years!!! I still have the urge(psychological) but am able to curb it without much difficulty. Because of the intense dreaming and the fact that I couldn't tell a difference, I only take the 1mg Chantix in the morning instead of AM and PM. I plan to take it for at least 3 months. According to a recent TIMES Magazine article, it takes 3 months for the brain to respond and adapt when giving up an addiction. And trust me- if I can do it, ANYBODY CAN! It still takes willpower for me even with Chantix; however, I am doing it and it becomes easier with time. Yesterday makes 4 weeks for me being a non-smoker- NOT ONE PUFF! And, I too, have tried everything out there previously- cold turkey, gum, patches, zyban(wellbutrin), homeopathic remedies, acupuncture and believe it or not- taking up and playing the trombone about 7 years ago! I have smoked for 39 years now and have tried quitting for 32 of those years!!! I still have the urge(psychological) but am able to curb it without much difficulty. Because of the intense dreaming and the fact that I couldn’t tell a difference, I only take the 1mg Chantix in the morning instead of AM and PM. I plan to take it for at least 3 months. According to a recent TIMES Magazine article, it takes 3 months for the brain to respond and adapt when giving up an addiction. And trust me- if I can do it, ANYBODY CAN! It still takes willpower for me even with Chantix; however, I am doing it and it becomes easier with time.

]]> By: Roseanne http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-am-a-non-smoker-28/comment-page-1/#comment-3906 Roseanne Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:46:47 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/i-am-a-non-smoker/#comment-3906 I have been on Chantix for three weeks and I have never been able to describe how I feel through someone else's words so clearly! You said it all! I have three children, ages 4, 7, 10 and I'm a single Mom. So the guilt of knowing if something happens to me, they're left with no one, well..it was just too much. CONSTANT guilt, but not being able to stop no matter what the cost. And I loved loved loved smoking. Smoking had been with me through EVERYTHING, I needed to step outside every few minutes and think about things, to have my smoke. It gave me a break from being Mom. At work it gave me a break in the sunlight each day. So MANY good reasons to smoke (in my mind). But it's exactly like she said. It's like I just had to break the routine...that's all Chantix required me to do. All the bitchiness, all the anger, all the "I feel the need to punch someone in the face" NEVER happened. I just chewed gum on the way to work instead of smoking, a small trigger said "you need to smoke" when I didn't light up, but within a week it was gone. I am still having crazy dreams every night, but they aren't bad dreams...just weird dreams, where I eat things like sticks from outside and cook naked with a chef hat. But no terror...everything has been such an easy transition. I wish Chantix had existed 10 years ago when I started smoking! Thank God it is now, it's a real life saver, literally. I recommend it to everyone. My insurance didn't cover Chantix, but they do cover lung cancer (ironic? yea.) so it's costing me $124 dollars a month, for three months. WELL worth ten times that price. For the first time in 10 years I can actually breathe in fully again. It feels wonderful. =) I have been on Chantix for three weeks and I have never been able to describe how I feel through someone else’s words so clearly! You said it all! I have three children, ages 4, 7, 10 and I’m a single Mom. So the guilt of knowing if something happens to me, they’re left with no one, well..it was just too much. CONSTANT guilt, but not being able to stop no matter what the cost. And I loved loved loved smoking. Smoking had been with me through EVERYTHING, I needed to step outside every few minutes and think about things, to have my smoke. It gave me a break from being Mom. At work it gave me a break in the sunlight each day. So MANY good reasons to smoke (in my mind). But it’s exactly like she said. It’s like I just had to break the routine…that’s all Chantix required me to do. All the bitchiness, all the anger, all the “I feel the need to punch someone in the face” NEVER happened. I just chewed gum on the way to work instead of smoking, a small trigger said “you need to smoke” when I didn’t light up, but within a week it was gone. I am still having crazy dreams every night, but they aren’t bad dreams…just weird dreams, where I eat things like sticks from outside and cook naked with a chef hat. But no terror…everything has been such an easy transition. I wish Chantix had existed 10 years ago when I started smoking! Thank God it is now, it’s a real life saver, literally. I recommend it to everyone. My insurance didn’t cover Chantix, but they do cover lung cancer (ironic? yea.) so it’s costing me $124 dollars a month, for three months. WELL worth ten times that price. For the first time in 10 years I can actually breathe in fully again. It feels wonderful. =)

]]> By: Tracee http://www.blisstree.com/articles/i-am-a-non-smoker-28/comment-page-1/#comment-3424 Tracee Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:00:50 +0000 http://www.blogfabulous.com/i-am-a-non-smoker/#comment-3424 Maggie, Good for you. So Proud of you! So glad to hear someone else quit! Tobacco companies better look out because if your not addicted there is NO reason to smoke! Yee Haa! Tracee Maggie,

Good for you. So Proud of you! So glad to hear someone else quit! Tobacco companies better look out because if your not addicted there is NO reason to smoke! Yee Haa!

Tracee

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