irishScott
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I would think food is. I was over weight between the ages of 15-21. For some reason now, I disciplined myself to eat normal portions at dinner, and stay away from junk and fatty foods. Don't get me wrong, I will still eat a 97% lean burger and a steak. Though I tend to stay away from fried, greasy, and sugar induced foods. Exercise helps of course.
And my puking every day was imaginary too? Believe it or not, that pill has side effects.
I'm glad it worked for you.
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The puking I can understand, but depression I think was something else. I too felt wheezy from it. Maybe finding out that you've been smoking a form of pesticide for a buzz with 1,000 manufactured chemical additives afterwards could do that.
Depression comes with Nicotine withdraw. Chantix is a slow withdraw because it stops Nicotine from rewiring the brain's reward system. So your still smoking but not getting anything from it. It takes about a month for a normal quitter to fully recover from withdraw. As for the tar in the lungs...I heard it could take up to 10 years. So cancer could be a threat for years after quitting.
Funny how I looked this up on howitworks.com and it also shows all the harmful things about smoking. Then I looked up marijuana and they list no dangerous health effects...lol. Maybe I'll just smoke weed.
Yep, that's how it's supposed to work. My two month Chantix experience was, NO nicotine withdrawal what-so-ever. But there was never a point where I lit up a cig. and thought "That tastes terrible". It was always a rewarding experience. I was very unprepared for my physical reaction. I have an iron stomach, and in my 55 years of living have only encountered one other med that made me that sick. Puking after every pill was a bit much. I just kept thinking "I'm gonna get used to the meds".
I was always told, it takes as many years of non-smoking to reverse the effects of smoking. Another old wives tale.............?
Always an excellent alternative if ya just gotta have that oral fixation fix!
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Oyeve
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Funny, my doc for the last 30 years has been trying to get me to quit smoking forever. He had wrote a script for me last month about this new drug to kick smoking, been in my wallet for weeks, I just looked at it and its a 3 month supply of Chantix. Hmmm, maybe I'll give it a shot.
SunnyD
Belgian Waffler
In about 20 years, your lungs may thank you. I know right now, I thank you for the sake of my kids and myself. You rock!
Here's a question for you - what inspired you to quit? And did you or have you yet to realize what a disgusting and completely... um not quit sure of what the word I'm looking for is... but you know, the whole look at yourself and go "Whoa, wtf?! Why the hell am I/did I do that?"
I ask not to judge, but more to learn at what point people decide smoking is, well, you know...
PS - Lost my mom to lung cancer, so I smile a little when I hear someone quit. Just remember, you're not out of the woods yet. My mom quit smoking before I was born...
Here's a question for you - what inspired you to quit? And did you or have you yet to realize what a disgusting and completely... um not quit sure of what the word I'm looking for is... but you know, the whole look at yourself and go "Whoa, wtf?! Why the hell am I/did I do that?"
I ask not to judge, but more to learn at what point people decide smoking is, well, you know...
PS - Lost my mom to lung cancer, so I smile a little when I hear someone quit. Just remember, you're not out of the woods yet. My mom quit smoking before I was born...
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What inspired me to quit? My health. Coughing, 3 week colds, not being able to exercise, etc...etc..
When I first started smoking, I was naive to think it would be easy to quit. So a few smokes here and there wouldn't hurt just to kill some time and anxiety. They're so easy to get and it seems like everybody else is doing it! Next thing you know it's a pack a day. It's like any other addiction.
I do realise after quitting smoking at the age of 20, starting again at 22, how easy it is to slip. It's more or less a lack of either self-esteem, or moral fiber to start again.
If you want to ask why people do it in general, it's simple, because of its instant satisfaction and a sense of euphoria. Euphoria: some work for it, others eat for it, some prey for it to come after death, others drink for it, and I smoked for it.
I would hope they make these damn things illegal. Give people an ID card who all ready smoke and give them a week supply in the mail. Just make this crap illegal to sell all ready to potential new customers. Have the government take over Philip Morris and the rest of the white collar criminals.
I can only guess it's because these cigarette companies have too much money invested in stocks to keep our politicians and upper class citizens wealthy.
I occasionally get those cravings, too, but the worst was not smoking on my way to and from work. I had my commute timed with certain landmarks for lighting up. That was the hardest thing to break.
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