My Quitting Smoking Thread

[eastcoastprincess]

Babe,
xoxo

Today is day 4 I haven't smoked anything today and it's 8PM. It's really weird I don't have any cigarettes in my boyfriends apartment just weed. Anyway I'm not a complete bitch craving a smoke. No cravings no intense unneeded emotions.

I'm now taking two pills a day.

Does it make you want to sleep more (Champix). I slept from 9am to 8pm today.

[SteveMcG]

Any crazy dreams yet?

[eastcoastprincess]

Any crazy dreams yet?

None yet. We will soon find out though.

A friend of mine on facebook is also taking Champix didn't know at first. Ironically in the photo comments people were discussing it and she was mentioning that she was getting vivid dreams. She has been on it longer then myself. Maybe the vivid dreams come later?

All I know is cigarettes arent working for me anymore and its not as depressing as I thought it would be the most depressing thing is when i'm idle and I want to have a cigarette but realize that it's not going to do anything to me.. worst feeling ever!

[Guest]

Todays helpful advice from a person who has QUIT!!

...the most depressing thing is when i'm idle and I want to have a cigarette ...worst feeling ever!

Good morning Heidi,

You really have to stop thinking to yourself, and stop telling other people, that you WANT a cigarette. That does not work in your favor when trying to quit.
Don't try to quit - .just QUIT!
YOU don't want any cigarettes and that's why you've decided to quit. Correct?
So, say to people what you are doing and then you will believe it, also!

How can you quit smoking if you walk around saying, "Oh, it's so hard" and "I want a cigarette" and "The worst feeling is when i can't have a cigarette".
Think about that! You are reinforcing the wrong ideas.

Every second of every minute of every hour that you don't smoke is a major success. Every thought in your head has to be positive about NOT smoking - not how you miss it or want it. Smoking is garbage poison and you don't want it - remember?

You are saying things (in the quote above) that your brain is using to try to play tricks on you because you are relying too much on the Champix to do all the work for you. It doesn't work that way.
Champix is there to help you not want to smoke, so why the heck say or even think things that do the opposite?
Instead, say, "I DON'T WANT TO SMOKE!!"

Repeat after me, girl.
||: I DON'T WANT TO SMOKE AND I WON'T SMOKE :||
Go to the mirror and look straight into your eyes and keep repeating ONLY that phrase over and over and over to yourself with a stern face, until your brain is reprogrammed.
The Champix can't do THAT for you! Only you can tell yourself what to think.
The Champix will not quit for you, it's just a tool to use.
And you really don't want to be on that drug for too long. It's not a lifestyle.

Smoke a tiny joint with NO TOBACCO and just sit back and listen to these two videos.

"Free your mind and your ass will follow" ~ George Clinton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiqmEibSY0I

This one takes a six minutes before the wise spoken word begins at 06:35, so be patient.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGGVy4RkUs0

Keep doing it and you will succeed.
Remember, nicotine is not so hard to kick IF you have the right frame of mind.
I quit in four days and that was in 2009 and i will never EVER smoke again because i keep telling myself how i hate it - not how much i miss it - AND I do not miss it. I never did.

And yea, i visit friends' houses that reek of cigarette smoke, and they smoke all around me, and i never once feel a desire to smoke because my brain has been reprogrammed BY ME.

And if I CAN do it...
YOU CAN DO IT! YOU CAN DO IT! NO MORE SMOKE!

Stick with it. And DON'T ever give in to that nasty habit again.
Divorce it!








P.S.
Remember, Heidi.
⁼ and lots of saved

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[rider014]

Shit!!

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Arghhh, all this did was make not want to work today, ooh look at the pretty cloud, now I'm hungry, woooo hoooo!

[Guest]

He's delirious.

Good morning rider,

Go eat something.
You are not thinking straight.

Are you a smoker, too, rider?

Babe,
xoxo

[rider014]

Ya know it

Good morning rider,

Go eat something.
You are not thinking straight.

Are you a smoker, too, rider?




Babe,
xoxo

Hi Babe, Ya call me a hypocrite for offering advice on quitting, but I did manage to quit for three years. Did I have more money? No. Did I feel better? No. So in a weak moment( when I couldn't bend over to tie my shoes, I got fat!) I started again. Do I have any less money? No. Do I feel worse? I don't know. Everyone has a vice, well maybe two, three.... Anyways, it keeps me sane and I can once again see my dick and tie my shoes whoopee!

[Guest]

Still delirious. lol

Hi rider,

I never said you are a hypocrite. I said you are DELIRIOUS.

Quitting smoking doesn't make people fat. Being and staying inactive and over eating and drinking too many beers makes people fat.

When i quit smoking, i lost 22 pounds because i got active with daily activities like swimming, running, cycling dancing, situps and eating heathy foods. I spent my cigarette money on healthy foods.
I know it's different for people with familes and regular jobs, but there are lots of ways to be active. Jogging on the spot while watching television, or even simulating skipping rope while watching television etc etc.

I took the right steps to NOT gain weight because i knew i would gain weight if i quit smoking and stayed inactive and replaced an addiction with over-eating.

Because you quit smoking and didn't have extra money is only because you spent it, instead.
You didn't feel any better because you probably didn't exercise to feel the difference.

You did say you gained weight. When people exercise, they usually don't gain weight.

Dont blame quitting smoking on you gaining weight, sweety.

You should quit again but next time, start jogging or swimming EVERY DAY instead of being... can i say "lazy"?

And when you quit next time, be certain to hide the would-be cigarette money in a jar in the man cave, and count it after ONE year, and try to tell me or Heidi you didn't have more money after quitting.

Remember this is Heidi's NON smoking support thread, not a "give up on quitting" thread.

The theme here, is...
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........ (I think i need to find a nose)

Babe,
xoxo

[rider014]

Right you are

Babe,
xoxo

GO Heidi GO Whoop Whoop!!

[eastcoastprincess]

Love me some Babe I swear you should be running the quitting smoking team in Montreal!

Day 6 I've been up since 10 and I haven't smoked yet so we will see how it goes. I haven't smoked since 11pm last night.

[Guest]

Today's first non smoking tip comes from Thailand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gugjMmXQrDo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1DNoole3Wo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l26f4f-V4jc

[eastcoastprincess]

Today is the first day since age 14 that I have been 100% cigarette free.

Not even one puff.

Day 7

[Jim S]

Today is the first day since age 14 that I have been 100% cigarette free.

Not even one puff.

Day 7

Congratulations!!!!!

[eastcoastprincess]

Congratulations!!!!!

dont c ongratulate me yet, I was doing so well and then I went to visit my boyfriend and he told me something and instead of yelling and screaming at him like I should have.

I walked out and then walked back in and told him to hand me a cigarette. It did nothing for me it was the habit that made me want it.

I felt completely guilty and ashamed to say I have to start over again. So I just woke up. Day 8... here we go. Fresh start thanks alot babe haha.

[Guest]

Good morning, Heidi,

...Fresh start thanks alot babe haha.

The babe you refer to above in the quote, is your boyfriend?
If it is your bf, why thank him?
Or, maybe... ...it's me?

Babe,
xoxo