Frank_W wrote:
Excellent!! Congratulations!!

I haven't noticed any mood swings, but I'm sleeping more than I ever have in my entire life, except for when I was a baby, perhaps. Holy cow!

Now, at 7:30 p.m., I am at 24.5 hours. I've passed the first day! w00t!!

We are going to have to call you guys Rocky! You can do it, and believe me, it's worth all the trouble!

Thanks... I'm so impressed by this Chantix. Taking it with food and being conscientious about it is kind of a PITA, but holy cow... It's working, and I can hardly believe it. I'm elated!

By the numbers:

Cigarettes have shot up in price to the point where I simply cannot afford to smoke anymore, and if I could afford it monetarily, my health can't afford it anymore. I don't WANT to afford it anymore.

The Chantix is $139.00 per month. Expensive, isn't it?

Cigarettes, at $4.89 a pack, smoking a pack and a half a day, equates to $7.33 per day, every single day. Multiplied out to 365 and divided by 12 equals $223.11 per month, or $2,667.28 a year. Holy shit...

A full 90-day course of Chantix will run me $417.00
Pack and a half per day @ $7.33 for ninety days: $659.70

Side effects of Chantix that I've experienced, thus far:
A bit of gas... Not much, really. LOL
Vivid dreams. Hell, that's just a bonus!
Cigarettes tasted like ass. Ugh... I had to force myself to choke down the last few, they tasted so repulsive.

Side effects of smoking:
It makes you f###ing STINK
It yellows your teeth and fingers
It wrinkles your skin and gives your skin a wooden, greyish pall
It makes you constantly feel like a social pariah.
It WILL kill you. Emphysema, COPD, strokes, about fifteen different kinds of cancer, heart attacks, and on and on. Real glamorous, right? Real cool, isn't it?

I've just hit 25.5 hours, smoke and nicotine-free. I've been smoking for 22 years. It's time I finally slipped the hangman's noose from around my neck. I'm turning 40 next month. I'd like it to be smoke-free. I can't think of a better gift that I could give myself than that.

My quit date: 3-21-09, @ 1900 hours. There seems quite a preponderance of threes... I didn't plan it that way.

fI was once a smoker.... heave.... quitting was EASY.... hell.. I did it hundreds of times.... finally when I really quit.... it took almost a year before it was out of my system... after that... I just can't stand to smell em any more...... it is very hard but if I can do it ... anyone can... I can resist anything but temptation...... takes a while and you will get fattern hell.... now... quitting eating... I can't find the handle on that......
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Thanks, Tommy.

I'm looking forward to being quit for a few more days, because as my taste buds and sense of smell come roaring back, pizza will become nearly an erotic experience.

The smell of rain, fresh-cut grass, baking bread...

Glad to hear you are doing so well, I haven't had so much as a drag in about a week and half. Feels good to not smell like crap doesn't it? Keep up the good work Frank you have a fellow quitter pulling for you.

Ditto and likewise, Goose! A week and a half!! That's AWESOME!!


N.O.P.E. "Not One Puff. EVER."

No matter what, putting one of those things in your mouth and setting fire to it, is NOT an option.

Quitting is something nice that we are doing for ourselves.

I quit in 1981.After 17 years got up 2 packs a day.Quit a bunch times before. This time I had my wife to help she quit also.Had dreams for about 5 years.They were so real I get up in the morning wondering if I been smoking. Can't stand ciggs. now.

Excellent, Sal. I've been doing this for 22 years. (22 years too long...) Congratulations on quitting. Way to go!

Frank_W wrote:
Thanks... I'm so impressed by this Chantix. Taking it with food and being conscientious about it is kind of a PITA, but holy cow... It's working, and I can hardly believe it. I'm elated!

By the numbers:

Cigarettes have shot up in price to the point where I simply cannot afford to smoke anymore, and if I could afford it monetarily, my health can't afford it anymore. I don't WANT to afford it anymore.

The Chantix is $139.00 per month. Expensive, isn't it?

Cigarettes, at $4.89 a pack, smoking a pack and a half a day, equates to $7.33 per day, every single day. Multiplied out to 365 and divided by 12 equals $223.11 per month, or $2,667.28 a year. Holy shit...

A full 90-day course of Chantix will run me $417.00
Pack and a half per day @ $7.33 for ninety days: $659.70

Side effects of Chantix that I've experienced, thus far:
A bit of gas... Not much, really. LOL
Vivid dreams. Hell, that's just a bonus!
Cigarettes tasted like ass. Ugh... I had to force myself to choke down the last few, they tasted so repulsive.

Side effects of smoking:
It makes you f###ing STINK
It yellows your teeth and fingers
It wrinkles your skin and gives your skin a wooden, greyish pall
It makes you constantly feel like a social pariah.
It WILL kill you. Emphysema, COPD, strokes, about fifteen different kinds of cancer, heart attacks, and on and on. Real glamorous, right? Real cool, isn't it?

I've just hit 25.5 hours, smoke and nicotine-free. I've been smoking for 22 years. It's time I finally slipped the hangman's noose from around my neck. I'm turning 40 next month. I'd like it to be smoke-free. I can't think of a better gift that I could give myself than that.

My quit date: 3-21-09, @ 1900 hours. There seems quite a preponderance of threes... I didn't plan it that way.

Yup!!! All that you said!!! and, look at all the time you have to think up a post like this! Seriously though, you will find that you have more time in the day. Well, at least I did! Be well, and keep going, I'm there with you everyday!!!

I've just hit 25.5 hours, smoke and nicotine-free. I've been smoking for 22 years. It's time I finally slipped the hangman's noose from around my neck. I'm turning 40 next month. I'd like it to be smoke-free. I can't think of a better gift that I could give myself than that.

My quit date: 3-21-09, @ 1900 hours. There seems quite a preponderance of threes... I didn't plan it that way.

So proud of all you guys sticking with it, will all the different ways to do it. What works for some doesn't work for others but theres always a way to accomplishe the goal. I had health issues to persuade me to quit after 40 some years, didn't make it last longer than a year the first time, but always had to try again. I am attemping again and have done well for over 16 months. I probably looked like a street guy talking to myself all the time as I would tell myself out loud and under my breathe when the cravings would come that I am no longer a smoker and it would help the urge to dissapper.
I watched a very heavy smoker in the late night radio buisness in So.Cal. quit by using the different B vitamins. He claimed it helped flush the toxins out of his system and lessoned the side effects of withdrawal.
Keep up all the great work