3-3-07 Start Day for Shari - Smoking Cessation Message Board

Shari1948 · 03-01-2007, 10:42 PM

Oh my gosh, I thought I lost this place

but it is just different.
Ok picked my meds up tonight and will be starting tomorrow morning

I need and want this to work. I am a little scared, but I know and see all the support on this board and know I am not alone in this adventure.

I have set my Quit Date as March 10th and intend on NOT smoking on that day.

So there it is said for all the world to see...I am going to become a NON-Smoker, a healthier person and hoping that the moodswings will not show up..

Shari

Kentuckyguy · 03-01-2007, 11:33 PM

Shari,
Condrads on making the decision to quit. Before I stopped myself i did th same thing and lost this board as somehow i didnt save it. It was only after i kept think of the name of memaw that i was able to locate it by going to google and typing in memaw chantix and sure enough it brought it up. I am at 5 days now as i type and if i can quit anyone in the world should be able to. I smoke 2.5+ packs a day for over 20 years and i have to say that just after 5 days i cant ever remember feeling this good, oh how nice it is to breath again. I myself didnt go by all the rules as i continued to smoke for 3 weeks before laying them down. I guess we all know when it is the right time. I myself worried about the with drawal, in which there actually seemed to be none for me, it was so amazing. I now find that i have to much extra time as im not smoking. In a way i have gained about 5 hours a day by not smoking as it took about 5 minutes to smoke a cig, multply that by 60 of them and you have 300 minutes of smoking time a day or in my case i did and that works out to about 5 hours of smoking a day.
It a wonder i ever got anything done.
Keep reading the site, ask all the questions that you can think of , and most of all just believe in yourself and you can do it. I for one never though i would be able to quit, but i did. They claim it takes 72 hours for the nicotine to purge from your body, i counted down those hours and it got easier with each passing hour. Now I am at 5 days and look forward to the next 5 and the next 5 and so on. YOU CAN DO IT.

Shari1948 · 03-01-2007, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Kentuckyguy

Shari,
Condrads on making the decision to quit. Before I stopped myself i did th same thing and lost this board as somehow i didnt save it. It was only after i kept think of the name of memaw that i was able to locate it by going to google and typing in memaw chantix and sure enough it brought it up. I am at 5 days now as i type and if i can quit anyone in the world should be able to. I smoke 2.5+ packs a day for over 20 years and i have to say that just after 5 days i cant ever remember feeling this good, oh how nice it is to breath again. I myself didnt go by all the rules as i continued to smoke for 3 weeks before laying them down. I guess we all know when it is the right time. I myself worried about the with drawal, in which there actually seemed to be none for me, it was so amazing. I now find that i have to much extra time as im not smoking. In a way i have gained about 5 hours a day by not smoking as it took about 5 minutes to smoke a cig, multply that by 60 of them and you have 300 minutes of smoking time a day or in my case i did and that works out to about 5 hours of smoking a day.
It a wonder i ever got anything done.
Keep reading the site, ask all the questions that you can think of , and most of all just believe in yourself and you can do it. I for one never though i would be able to quit, but i did. They claim it takes 72 hours for the nicotine to purge from your body, i counted down those hours and it got easier with each passing hour. Now I am at 5 days and look forward to the next 5 and the next 5 and so on. YOU CAN DO IT.

Thank you some much for the support and this is so strange you should be the first to post on my thread..My husband is from Ky..born there ....

The one thing I am most looking forward to is breathing without coughing, smelling smells again and not having a smoke in my hand or mouth all the time..Smoking for me has become a complete habit..it tastes horrible, my lips are forever burning along with my tongue...so why do I still smoke..40 years of habit...I don't know how not to smoke..but I am going to learn starting tomorrow morning...

Thanks again

Shari

Memaw649 · 03-02-2007, 12:19 AM

Hi Shari.
Glad you found your way back here!! I know you are scared. I was too! Guess we all were. But you are not giving something up...you are gaining a better life for yourself!! You are just getting rid of a negative influence on your life. From now on just think positive thoughts. I think March 10 is a wonderful day to quit. Don't be afraid of the mood swings. They don't last very long. Congratulations to you!! You're on your way to a wonderful new life.

Kentuckyguy,
I can't believe that you googled me!! LOL That's funny! But I'm glad it gotcha back here.
Way To Go!! 5 days is terrific!! Keep it up! You're gonna be one of the one's that make it!! Congratulations!

Memaw

Shari1948 · 03-02-2007, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Memaw649

Hi Shari.
Glad you found your way back here!! I know you are scared. I was too! Guess we all were. But you are not giving something up...you are gaining a better life for yourself!! You are just getting rid of a negative influence on your life. From now on just think positive thoughts. I think March 10 is a wonderful day to quit. Don't be afraid of the mood swings. They don't last very long. Congratulations to you!! You're on your way to a wonderful new life.

Kentuckyguy,
I can't believe that you googled me!! LOL That's funny! But I'm glad it gotcha back here.
Way To Go!! 5 days is terrific!! Keep it up! You're gonna be one of the one's that make it!! Congratulations!

Memaw

To you Memaw,

I am so glad I did find my way back...Oh I have the Positive thoughts flowing and I will succeed this time...I have never had so much support...

I want to be healthy and this is a way to regain some control over me...YESSSSSSSSSSSS......

Thanks and I will be back again and again...

Shari