Hi, day 3 on Chantix for me. My name is Renee, live in Alabama. I am married have 6 kids ( daughter 22, adopted son 19, triplet son and two daughters that are 19 and an 18 year old daughter) I also have adog named Teddy.
My sister told me about Chantix a couple weeks ago, and I have tried just about everything else there is, nothing has ever worked for me, I quit a couple times by various means, but ended up back smoking within a week or two. I have no willpower!
I had a heart attack and bypass surgery at age 27! My sister, younger then me had a stent put in at the end of last month at age 40! Have a real strong family history of heart disease.
I want so much to get rid of this monkey on my back!!! I am escited and terrified all at the same time
So glad to have found this board and hope I can give half as much support as you all have already given me
Welcome Renee
Sounds like you really need to kick the habit. Chantix and this board will help. Be sure to get lots of support from that great big family of yours and come here often. Everyone here understands and will help if you need it.
GOOD LUCK
I'm jan~ I'm from ohio where i live with my husband and my shelter dog Molly. I have two grown daughters who live out on their own.
I have been smoking for 30 yrs and it's past time to quit. I honestly never tried before. I'm excited , nervous and anxious all at the same time.
I will be on my 5th dose of Chantix this morning. For the first time i took 2 pills yesterday on my 4th day.
No really bad side effects at all. Just tired. I feel very tired. Not sure when i'm going to do my quit date but it will be next week i'm hoping. I'm still smoking but not near as much as before.
I just want to be rid of this demon forever and be in charge of my own life!
Welcome Renee & Jan!! Good for you both to have decided to become non-smokers. I am 44 yrs old and have smoked for about 20 yrs - and it was so easy quitting with Chantix.....I hope you have an easy time too.
Hi Renee,
I understand now why they call you mom!!!
I too had used various other methods to quit. But nothing ever worked for me. The Chantix did. I was as surprised as anyone about that!! I'm hoping it will work for you!
I hope your family is behind you cheering you on. If it hadn't been for my family, I don't know if I would have quit. Wouldn't have had the motivation.
Jan, if you want your energy level to come up you need to start doing some exercises. I started walking. It really helped me to not feel so tired. For an entire month, I laid on my couch. I had zero energy. Had to make myself get up and start walking. The lethergy was from the nicotine withdrawal and the Chantix.
Thanks for the welcomes (sorry bout the taboo post) anyway - morning will be harest for me too - and I think right before bed.
This is day 5 for me, had gotten an upset stomache with the first second dose yesterday but not real bad...will make sure I take it with food tonight.
Still not felling a whole lot different,though hubby says he thinks I am smoking less. I am able to put off having a smoke, which I have not been able to do for a long long while.
It's going ok~ mornings the same~ hardest time. I can hardly taste the ciggy but i still want them. I have hardly been on the computer in the mornings when i get up because i know that's a trigger.
Like i said~ i think when i toss them out for good it will actually be easier on me than knowing that they are in the house. My quit date is supposed to be tuesday.
I think my body is building up the meds. I used to feel a buzz when i took it but i really don't anymore.
I see me quitting at work. To me that's the easiest time to do it and once i have that many hours under my belt i hope i don't look back.
Jan,
I knew if I could just not smoke that first cigarette of the day that I could do it. That was soooo hard, but I made it. I had never done that before. I had never been a whole day without a cigarette in 40 years. I was in the hospital and I was smoking!! I had a baby and I was smoking!! Back then you could do stuff like that. They didn't know what they know now. But it was more mentally hard for me than physically hard. I'm kinda set in my ways and that was going against what I was used to doing.
I'll be thinking about on Tuesday!! I know you are strong enough to do it!!
Yep~ your exactly right memaw. That first ciggy of the day regardless how bad it tastes or would taste right now i feel i need. I have to remember that right about now if i were smoking i'd be coughing my head off. I'm not. That is a good thing!
I had an ok day yesterday. Husband went out and got something to eat for us and i had a ciggy about an hour after we ate. It tasted horrible. I put it out and haven't had one since. That's almost 12 hours ago. I hope this is it for me. I have not had one this morning. I really don't have a physical craving for one this morning but mentally i want one. Husband gave me some plastic coffee stirrers and that helps a lot just holding it in my mouth.
I've been reading the posts since I started Chantix 7 days ago. I'm on day 8 and have been smoke free for 48 hours!! I have been a smoker for over 25 years and would smoke at least 1 pack per day! I can't believe how easy this has been. Sure, I've had cravings but they pass quickly if I find something to occupy my mind even if it is cleaning the house. I'm hoping I can stay smoke free and not give in to the urges. Good luck to everyone.,
I'm Evonne from Manchester, UK. I have been quit for 1 week at Midnight tonight (UK Time) with the help of patch & gum. My hubby quit 4 weeks ago today, with the aid of Nicotine chewing gum. He gave me the inspiration to stop smoking because I felt guilty smoking around him when he was trying so hard to kick the habit.
It's early days for me, but I feel a whole new zest for life, I feel cleaner, breathe easier and I have more money...lol....this week alone my hubby & I have saved £90 which is approx $180. That's an incentive in itself.
I am coming up on 17 hours now and i am proud of myself! I have never gone this long without smoking.
I made it past the hard part. Getting up this morning and not having that first cig.
Someone at work asked me how i was doing with it and i told him i quit yesterday afternoon. He actually asked me if I was going to have a cig after lunch. I looked at him dumbfounded. I can't believe someone would ask that. How is that quitting?
Just wanted to add my personal congratulations to any and all you Quitters I haven't had the chance to complement yet.
You are dead-on right, janpo, about not getting up and having that first one!
(If I got up and had one, I'd have a pack gone before noon!)
Start looking for a better taste in your mouth, in the morning!
Hoping ALL of us can stick with it, and we ruin the tobacco industry, one smoker at a time.
I have to work this week so I won't be on much during the evenings.... I'm getting ready to leave for the week soon... (I'm not gone from here for good, the guy upstairs will determine when that will be ).
I am coming up on 17 hours now and i am proud of myself! I have never gone this long without smoking.
Jan,
Hey! Congratulations girl!!! I thought you were gonna quit on Tuesday. One day early is WONDERFUL!!!! I'm glad you are feeling confident in you ability to stop these nasty smelling things. You should be proud of yourself!!!! I'm proud of you, too!!
Keep us posted!!
Hi Evonne, Congratulations on being quit for one week!! WOO HOO!!!!
I'm so glad the NRT is working for you!! There are others on this board that are using various NRT that will be so glad to see your post. You are an inspiration to all of us. Just think back, a week ago you were still a smoker.
Look at how far you've come! And look at how much you've saved!! WOW!Tell hubby congratulations, too!!! It makes it so much easier to have a quit buddy.
Please keep posting!!! Let us know how you are doing.
Good Luck to you!!
Hi Philmajor,
Welcome to the message board!! Glad you stopped lurking and decided to join in the fun. Thanks for sharing your story with us.
Congratulations on being smoke free for 48 hours!!! Way To Go!!
The Chantix does make it easier than trying to go cold turkey!! It gave me willpower!! I had none before I took it. (Wished they would come up with a pill that would give me the willpower to lose some weight!! That's another subject!)
There are two saying I love. They are not mine. I found them elsewhere, but I still love them: Smoking is no longer an option. The cravings will pass whether you smoke or not.
Try to keep these two sentences in mine when the cravings do hit.
Keep us posted on your progress! We love to cheer people on!!
Good Luck to you!
Hi to all the new Quitters! 
... I will be back later tonight..... Please introduce yourselves if you'd like!!
Keep coming back here!
