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Woo hoo! Great job Windsor!!!

windsor wrote:YES! Month number one is in the books! Only the occassional craving - and the 'habit' part is starting to fade away...

Keep on rolling. Great job. The habit part was the hard part for me. Proud of you.

I know have a serious addiction to cinnamon altoids!

windsor wrote:I know have a serious addiction to cinnamon altoids!

"know"?

Congratulations on completing your first month as a non-smoker. Isn't it a great club to join?

windsor wrote:YES! Month number one is in the books! Only the occassional craving - and the 'habit' part is starting to fade away...

Keep up the great work! You're going to blow them away in your new wedding dress, and it won't be with smoke rings!

BTW, I love your new avatar.

Congrats on the month. That's awesome!

Congratulations! You did it!

Congratulations, Windsor! Are you still taking the chantex (sp?)? If so, when can you stop?

cl15876 wrote:Congratulations, Windsor! Are you still taking the chantex (sp?)? If so, when can you stop?

I'm still taking it....the standard course is 12 weeks...however both my doctor and a good MD friend of mine strongly recommend I take it for 6 months - they have both seen an sizeable increase in long term success when taken for 6 months.

Awesome to hear you are doing so well Windsor!

Congrats Mom.

Hearing how well you've done makes me think that it is high time I quit as well. I tried Zyban (similar to the drug you are taking) a few years ago and it worked very very well. The cravings were virtually non-existent and I only kept smoking because I didn't change my behaviour patterns (ie. smoking first thing in the morning, after dinner, while driving, etc.). Had I changed those, I probably would have been successful in my attempts to quit. I bought Allen Carr's book but am not 100% convinced of its effectiveness so haven't bothered reading it all the way through...maybe I should get around to doing that.

Anyways, I think I need to quit but am not sure of the method I should use. Maybe I should just try cold turkey and see if I can do it that way.

That is awesome windsor! I'm sure a month can't be easy. Heck, I can't go a whole day without logging into CTN, and that isn't even technically "addictive" (I don't think?). Keep up the great work.

CellR wrote:Heck, I can't go a whole day without logging into CTN, and that isn't even technically "addictive" (I don't think?).

Oh yes it is.

colchar wrote:Congrats Mom.

Hearing how well you've done makes me think that it is high time I quit as well. I tried Zyban (similar to the drug you are taking) a few years ago and it worked very very well. The cravings were virtually non-existent and I only kept smoking because I didn't change my behaviour patterns (ie. smoking first thing in the morning, after dinner, while driving, etc.). Had I changed those, I probably would have been successful in my attempts to quit. I bought Allen Carr's book but am not 100% convinced of its effectiveness so haven't bothered reading it all the way through...maybe I should get around to doing that.

Anyways, I think I need to quit but am not sure of the method I should use. Maybe I should just try cold turkey and see if I can do it that way.

Changing behavior patterns is important. You need to figure what you are going to do before you quit - it doesn't have to much. I moved from the kitchen table to the living room in the morning and that was enough - driving I used coffee stirrers for the first few days - at work I walk around the complex twice a day instead of cigarette breaks.

You should do it. You'll feel great (although right now I sound terrible because I have the cillia recovering scratch throat) and you are a LOT younger than I am so you've done far less damage.

I've heard good things about Alan Carr's book although I haven't read it. Chamtix has a get-quit program online as part of the deal which is sometimes hokey but pretty good (including a 1-800 number you can call to talk you down off the ledge)

You've got lots of support here if you decided to quit. CTN quit vibes are powerful!

windsor wrote:

colchar wrote:Congrats Mom.

Hearing how well you've done makes me think that it is high time I quit as well. I tried Zyban (similar to the drug you are taking) a few years ago and it worked very very well. The cravings were virtually non-existent and I only kept smoking because I didn't change my behaviour patterns (ie. smoking first thing in the morning, after dinner, while driving, etc.). Had I changed those, I probably would have been successful in my attempts to quit. I bought Allen Carr's book but am not 100% convinced of its effectiveness so haven't bothered reading it all the way through...maybe I should get around to doing that.

Anyways, I think I need to quit but am not sure of the method I should use. Maybe I should just try cold turkey and see if I can do it that way.

Changing behavior patterns is important. You need to figure what you are going to do before you quit - it doesn't have to much. I moved from the kitchen table to the living room in the morning and that was enough - driving I used coffee stirrers for the first few days - at work I walk around the complex twice a day instead of cigarette breaks.

You should do it. You'll feel great (although right now I sound terrible because I have the cillia recovering scratch throat) and you are a LOT younger than I am so you've done far less damage.

I've heard good things about Alan Carr's book although I haven't read it. Chamtix has a get-quit program online as part of the deal which is sometimes hokey but pretty good (including a 1-800 number you can call to talk you down off the ledge)

You've got lots of support here if you decided to quit. CTN quit vibes are powerful!

Plus, you can help put your primary care physician and your future pulmonologist, oncologist and cardiologist out of business. :roll: ;)

devildeac wrote:Plus, you can help put your primary care physician and your future pulmonologist, oncologist and cardiologist out of business. :roll: ;)

I asked my cardiologist if it frustrated him that so much of what he saw was self-inflicted...I would want to scream "Put out the cigarette, put down the pork chop and get off your ass and get some damn excercise"
He said if everyone did that he'd have to switch to (eye roll/shudder) pediatrics to keep the mortgage paid.

windsor wrote:

devildeac wrote:Plus, you can help put your primary care physician and your future pulmonologist, oncologist and cardiologist out of business. :roll: ;)

I asked my cardiologist if it frustrated him that so much of what he saw was self-inflicted...I would want to scream "Put out the cigarette, put down the pork chop and get off your ass and get some damn excercise"
He said if everyone did that he'd have to switch to (eye roll/shudder) pediatrics to keep the mortgage paid.

back at ya...

Update? How goes it?

It goes fantastic - seven weeks tomorrow!

The puppies are happy (I can run a little quicker ... not to mention further)

I haven't gained any weight ( )

Been going to Zumba and Pump classes.

I think I'm gonna make it!

windsor wrote:It goes fantastic - seven weeks tomorrow!

The puppies are happy (I can run a little quicker ... not to mention further)

I haven't gained any weight ( )

Been going to Zumba and Pump classes.

I think I'm gonna make it!

Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!