Scout1071
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:27 PM
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I did it. I kicked the habit. Scout is now a non-smoker. |
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I've quit before, but this time feels entirely different. I knew I'd crossed over this week with a visit to a smokey bar (to see a friend's gig) and dinner at a smokey French restaurant and nothing. Nada. Zip. Barely a desire to have one and it was easily rebuffed in my mind. At a time when I have traditionally struggled the most and fallen off the wagon more than once, I made it thru with flying colors.
It's still a day by day process, but I'm sure I'm done.
Hang in there smokers. If I did it, you can too.
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:28 PM
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Here's to being a non-smoker! :toast:
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:33 PM
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:28 PM
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Best of luck to you on this mission! :hi: :hug:
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:34 PM
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Been a tough road, but I think I'm there.
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:47 PM
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13. Did you go cold turkey?? |
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:53 PM
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I have been taking Wellbutrin since Feb. 1st. But about a week into it (before it had a chance to start working), I got my annual bad ass sinus infection. Three weeks later, I'm still kind of recovering from it. The sinus infection was so bad that I didn't want to smoke anyway. Then by the time I started feeling better, the Wellbutrin had kicked in and I was able to resist the urge to start again.
The Wellbutrin has been extremely helpful.
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:54 PM
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I was wondering about Wellbutrin. I really need to stop smoking.
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Fri Feb-24-06 09:06 PM
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22. A quick note if you are considering it - |
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I took it years ago when it first came on the market and I had a bad experience. Back then it was only available in one dose. It is an anti-depressant/anti-anxiety medication. If you don't have those sypmtoms, it can create them - quickly and exaggerated. Depression, panic attacks, suicide have been well documented with such drugs. Back then it was only available in one dose - one size fits all.
HOWEVER, it is now available in much lower doses. Despite my serious mis-givings, I succumbed to my Doctor's wishes to try it again at the lowest dosage. It has been terrific. It's helped alleviate the anxiety I normally feel about giving up. That kind of panicked feeling when you don't have a pack. For instance, during the day I would look at the clock and think "OK, I will not smoke this hour. I'll hold off for 2 hours before I can have one." Then 2 hours would go by and I'd say to myself, "try to make it another hour." It got easier and easier. Before I knew it I was having one at lunch and one at home after dinner. Then I just kind of stopped all together.
I would recommend talking with your Doctor. Zyban is another name for it.
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Fri Feb-24-06 09:06 PM
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I've had some experience with panic attacks. Don't want to take anything that can bring them on.
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Fri Feb-24-06 09:08 PM
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25. Actually, I think it would help alleviate them. |
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Edited on Fri Feb-24-06 09:09 PM by Scout1071
I had never had a panic attack or anything of the sort, so when I took Wellbutrin it had the opposite effect.
Anyway, talk with your Doc. I'll just say that my experience with a low dosage version has been great and I credit it for truly helping me kick the addiction.
You still have to exercise willpower, but Wellbutrin just gave me a little extra power to resist.
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:28 PM
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3. Congratulations Scout!!!! |
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:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :yourock:
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:30 PM
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:36 PM
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7. I quit smoking 23 years ago.... |
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And I still crave one now and then...
It's hard....
But after the first week, it's pretty easy from there...
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:40 PM
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9. Yea, just went a full week without so much as a puff. |
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But I had been weening off for 3 weeks prior to that and had no more than 2-3 per day during that time. Down from a pack a day.
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:45 PM
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12. Your home baby,,, You're free..... |
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:44 PM
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11. Congratulations!! It's been nearly 4 years for me... and there's |
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definitely a point in time where you KNOW FOR CERTAIN that you've made it and that you'll NEVER GO BACK! It's tough work... but it can be done.
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~Allen
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:57 PM
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21. That's it! I KNOW I'll never go back. |
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It's not even a question in my mind. I would never, ever want to go through th process of quiting again.
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:51 PM
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14. Hey, YAY....that-a-person. |
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Congratulations.....
Monkeys belong roaming freely through the jungle.....not stuck to our backs...
Tikki
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:52 PM
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That is definitely a significant milestone to pass! :D
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:53 PM
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I need all the inspiration I can get
:woohoo:
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:54 PM
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It's really a zen sort of thing to let go of that jones-fix cycle and float freely with your life no longer chained to the addiction.
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Fri Feb-24-06 08:56 PM
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There is a sense of self empowerment.
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Fri Feb-24-06 09:07 PM
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24. Now for the hard part: STAYING a non-smoker. |
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That's the part I keep having trouble with. :(
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Fri Feb-24-06 09:11 PM
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26. I once read that the average smoker quits 8x's before fully succeeding. |
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So, hang in there and don't give up.
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Fri Feb-24-06 09:24 PM
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I enjoy the sensation of banging my head into walls repeatedly. It's really soothing in a violent sort of way. ;)
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Fri Feb-24-06 09:58 PM
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lasted three months, then my car got totaled, my mom got sick, I got stressed, etc etc
Now I have been smoking again for three months. I was just thinking if I had stuck it out it would be 6 months now.
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Fri Feb-24-06 10:00 PM
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31. Good for you! Keep it up! |
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I gave up cigs 5 years ago, although I still smoke cigars/pipe/hookah occasionally. I don't miss cigs a bit.
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