Nothing like a little self confidence to help you make it through the day. No doubt in my mind that you are done with one bad habit.   

Got any others that we need to work on?   

You can do it!


Still in the process aka working on the last pack. I've done it before and the habit urges were/are far worse than the nicotine withdrawal.

At the moment the computer tells me at random when to have a break. Next I'll have it tell me when to eat, sleep & go to the bathroom!

a little incentive to quitting,
my mom never smoked in her life, but my grandmother,uncles,father, and now myself (brother did but he is passed too unrelated to smoking)all did.
She died two years ago of a ruptured subarachnoid aneurysm (somewhere in the brain.) it was traumatic for both her (she stayed on this plane for almost a whole week after,but never regained consciousness)and for all of us. The doctors at Jefferson wills-eye in philly said they thought she was a heavy smoker, more than a pack a day, judging by the condition of her veins and arteries.
Dad quit 23 years ago aparently it had already affected her, I haven't been so successful yet.
and no I never smoked around her, out of respect. if we all hadn't smoked, maybe mom would still be around, or at least have had a fighting chance at recovering.

I quit in 1988 after I'd smoked for 20 years. The only thing that finally did the trick for me was that somebody got in my face and told me I didn't have the guts to really quit. Well, I stubbed out that cigarette on the spot, gave her all the cigarettes I had in the house and said that I'd show her.

It was hell for a few days and it was hard for a couple months but I finally got to the point where I wasn't thinking about smoking all the time. It's funny seeing all the patches and gum and all the other stuff that's out today -- the only thing I had to get me through was Tic Tacs. I ate so many I got burns on my tongue but I didn't start smoking again either.

omg, youve quit smoking....... I personally think your wasting yr money on those stupid patches, but if it works for you then cool.....

Any addiction that requires quitting is a tough road, be it cola, tobacco, or even greasy food ect..... the last time i tried to quit, i broke down into tears every time i craved for a cig....

I know you wont be doin that......I REALLY do wish you the best. and I hope you can come out of this a winner.

Im on a health kick myself this year....started last week on a bootcamp for health, I now walk 2 hrs a day and eat nothing but raw diet......(just fruit and veges, no cooking nothin) and ive never felt so good in my life..full of energy ect......

I also recommend that you tell someone your close to that you've quit (you probably already have) and make yourself accountable to them, and let them also be your SOS. So if you feel like your going to go out and buy some ciggies, ect, you can ring them up and tell them what is going on, and they can talk you out of it, and stop you from smoking.

Thx Kitty

Day 11.. haven't put a patch on yet this morning..and took it off yesterday eve around 6pm... there's a definite difference.. will see how long I can go today... until I slap one on my arm.

Smoke Free.  

The problem with the use of patches is that they maintain the same number of nicotine receptors in the brain...only by gradually decreasing the amount of nicotine in the patch can one reduce the number of receptors and proportionately the severity of the withdrawal. Chantix has recently been reported to have sleepiness, and depressive ideation as side effects.

Try to avoid yo-yoing with the patches, vStyler: you're increasing the number of nicotine receptors. Talk to your M.D. about Chantix, because it takes care of those nicotine receptors in a different way.

Quitting smoking is the one case where being a quitter is admirable!

  

The Thai government really want you to quit smoking. Check out the packaging on these cigarette packs!

Been doing that here in Oz for a couple of years now... putting very graphic, off-putting images on cigarette and tobacco packaging. However, there's still too many who are ten foot tall and bullet proof... thinking: "Nah, that won't happen to me!"... as they continue to chuff away.

Thankfully, I woke up - of course that could be me - and I quit before it inevitably got to that... so keep up the great work fellas.

It is very reassuring that a government (occasionally) wants to do what's right!

Don't wait John....you've come this far.....don't blow it now.....slap that patch on!

Hate to say this, but I do believe alot of us are repeating ourselves.   Yeah, I know imagine that.

Do what's needed to get through the day, well, don't take that literally.   

If you need the patch then use it, take a walk if it helps, start singing a song, well not where people can hear you.  You know what I mean.

Through all of this haven't heard a thing about what you are working on, bring us up todate. How's the family? See you can think about other things. Take care.

Guys the patch isn't the best way to quit. All it does is keep nicotine in your system. You need to rid yourself of all the nicotine in any form in your system to truly quit.

I quit cold turkey with the help of vitamin C, grapefruit and cranberry juice and lots of prayer.

kona0197 you are right, but when someone needs to stop smoking they should, if they need to, use whatever is available to get them off the nasty habit of smoking.

In theroy the patch is designed to gradually reduce the nicotine to where you no longer need it. Johns already indicated that he is using the patch less and less. Sounds like a plan to me.

We are all different people, when I quite I didn't need patchs, meetings or motivational tapes. When I decided that was it time to quite it was all over, done with. As I said though we are all different people, I've know some people that were not allowed to go to the store by themselves, not an ounce of will power.   

Patch is workin great for me.. its a loooong course.. 12 weeks.. stepping down off the nicotine.

I tried cold turkey... failed immediately.

I can't afford Chantix and i'm not keen on its side effects anyway.. my dreams are bad enough already.

Evening 11... Beating it easily.

Smoke Free.