There is a Hell....

[fawnmarie]

Temple -

Almost 2 weeks on wellbutin - tomorrow is quit day. Wanted to do it on a weekend when I wouldn't have to function at work during the first two days. May even call in sick on Monday if necessary.

I'm loaded to the gills with nutritional/prescription support, I'm prepared to go buy patches if necessary.

I've decided that I'm not going to worry about the weight gain (or lack of loss - I still have 10 I need to drop). The hell with it. I'll worry about when the worst is over. I'll load up on carbs all day if it'll keep me groggy enough to stay away from smokes.

Wish me luck.

Fawn

 

[Temple]

The first 36 hours are going to be the worst...or at least they were for me. The thing you have to keep telling yourself is that even a puff will make it worse not better. Don't know if you got the inhaler from your doctor or not but that made a big difference for me and I switch between gum and the inhaler. The wellbutrin will definitely help and you might want to go get some kavakave...I know there are some liver concerns with it but I talked to my pharmacist and he said if it helps to use it thru the first week if you need to. I think I used it 4-5 days. Also took tylenol pm at night as I could not sleep. Basically I just drugged the crap out of myself for the first couple of days and have been fine ever since. Here is a link to a website that I found helpful
http://www.quitnet.com

If I can do it ANYONE can do it. I loved smoking and if it didn't make you stink and then kill you I would have smoked for the rest of my life... I wasn't a casual smoker...I was as addicted as a person can get. I had some pre melanomas removed a few weeks ago and for the first time I had my name and cancer put together in the same sentence and something just clicked and I knew that instead of skin cancer it could just as easily been lung cancer that we were talking about and if I didn't quit that it was not that far off. I would say good luck but you don't need that...what you need is strength and I have no doubt that you have that.

 

[SouthernBell]

Well good luck to all of you who are trying to quit. I know you all will succeed.

I quit February of 2000. It was the best thing I had ever done for myself. But I was ready, I didn't do it for anyone but myself. All the media telling me it was bad for me wasn't working. My father passed away in November of 1997, he died of emphysema, he smoked all his life. I watched him suffer for a long time, and that did not even do it for me.

When I finally found somethin in my life that I was passionate about but didn't mix well with smoking I decided to quit. It didn't take long to break the habbit, It just took a lot of support and will power. I would have to say the day I quit was my proudest moment not even an olympic medal could replace. The day you quit is the day you will reclaim your life, But you really must be ready.

Keep your self as busy as possible, never allow an opening for a smoke break at least for the first week. The addiction goes away but I don't think the habbit is easy to kick. I sometimes still feel like I am forgetting to do something and it has bee 2-1/2 years.

Good luck all



lovemymuscle

 

[Temple]

Thanks for the encouragment!!! You are right...you have to do it because YOU want to. Today is 22 days for me. It is getting much easier but like you, I still have the feeling that I am forgetting to do something.

 

[SteelWeaver]

Yaay, Temple! You go girl! And fawnmarie too. DEFINITELY, quitting smoking was one of the best things I ever did for myself.

 

[biteme]

I would imagine if there were a hell, It'd be much worse. I've had those anxiety attacks and although they are horrible, there are much worse things.

 

[jenscats5]

Wow!! This is an old thread.....

As someone who has never smoked, but watched both my parents die from smoking & be dead B4 they were 70 a painful death..... ANYONE who smokes -- please stop!

 

[biteme]

Wow!! This is an old thread.....

As someone who has never smoked, but watched both my parents die from smoking & be dead B4 they were 70 a painful death..... ANYONE who smokes -- please stop!

I should say just in case you thought, I have never smoked a cigarette. I hate them with passion and people that smoke disgust me. I have another vice though. Very sorry about your parents, Jen. Everyone in my family has smoked except me, I don't fit in with this bunch.