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DukeUsul · Post by **DukeUsul** » September 9th, 2009, 9:21 am

Woo hoo! Great job Windsor!!!

Very Duke Blue · Post by **Very Duke Blue** » September 9th, 2009, 9:32 am

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.

windsor · Post by **windsor** » September 9th, 2009, 9:37 am

I know have a serious addiction to cinnamon altoids!

DukieInKansas · Post by **DukieInKansas** » September 9th, 2009, 9:44 am

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?

$\:D/$

OZZIE4DUKE · Post by **OZZIE4DUKE** » September 9th, 2009, 9:46 am

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.

bjornolf · Post by **bjornolf** » September 9th, 2009, 10:16 am

Congrats on the month. That's awesome!

CathyCA · Post by **CathyCA** » September 9th, 2009, 12:10 pm

Congratulations! You did it!

cl15876 · Post by **cl15876** » September 9th, 2009, 12:28 pm

Congratulations, Windsor!

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

windsor · Post by **windsor** » September 9th, 2009, 12:48 pm

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.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » September 9th, 2009, 5:26 pm

Awesome to hear you are doing so well Windsor!

colchar · Post by **colchar** » September 11th, 2009, 10:08 pm

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.

Rolvix · Post by **Rolvix** » September 11th, 2009, 10:25 pm

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.

colchar · Post by **colchar** » September 12th, 2009, 12:13 am

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.

windsor · Post by **windsor** » September 12th, 2009, 8:31 am

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!

devildeac · Post by **devildeac** » September 12th, 2009, 8:52 am

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:

;)

windsor · Post by **windsor** » September 12th, 2009, 9:16 am

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.

devildeac · Post by **devildeac** » September 12th, 2009, 10:42 am

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...

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » September 29th, 2009, 8:41 am

Update? How goes it?

windsor · Post by **windsor** » September 29th, 2009, 9:17 am

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!

OZZIE4DUKE · Post by **OZZIE4DUKE** » September 29th, 2009, 9:20 am

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!

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