And so. It begins.
Not Alone
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And so. It begins.
So I quit my drug of choice and I am successfully working a recovery program around it. I still have one major vice. Cigarettes. I smoke A LOT. I didn't want to go to the doctors and get zyban because it's an anti-depressant and knowing me I would end up getting addicted to it. So I got myself an E-Cig to help me quit.
And whilst I am here I just thought I would share that I am also planning on phasing out caffiene (I drink a lot of energy drinks) and any form of over-eating too. Ah it's all about the healthy life. Forking out for a gym membership come the weekend.
Stay clean and sober homies.
Natom.
And whilst I am here I just thought I would share that I am also planning on phasing out caffiene (I drink a lot of energy drinks) and any form of over-eating too. Ah it's all about the healthy life. Forking out for a gym membership come the weekend.
Stay clean and sober homies.
Natom.
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I too have joined a Gym and CUT DOWN on coffee. I look forward to one good coffee at 10:30 now. I've also stopped the cigs but I was a weird smoker anyway. Sometimes smoking none for days. Then just a couple, then a box at weekends. Oooh a bit like my drinking really lol!
I'm enjoying waking up without that taste of coffee and cigs in my mouth.
Keep at it Natom
S x
PS my heart palps have also stopped!
I'm enjoying waking up without that taste of coffee and cigs in my mouth.
Keep at it Natom
S x
PS my heart palps have also stopped!
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I ate ALOT of sugar when I got sober... and by alot.. I mean you know how they have salt licks for horses? I kept sugar cubes in my purpse... no kidding... ADDICT. I put on about 20 pounds in my first six months. It has taken 5 months to get off 10 pounds. But, I am doing it healthy and learning some good life skills along the way.
Good for you!
Now if you ask me to give up diet coke... I might have to kill ya.
Good for you!
Now if you ask me to give up diet coke... I might have to kill ya.
Not Alone
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Originally Posted by coming_clean 
I've been on zyban for three days.
Then threw them out cause they got me all woozy and messed up.
Then threw them out cause they got me all woozy and messed up.
Natom.
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I am five years smoke free!
I have never looked back.
It is a fabulous feeling not to reek of smoke all the time, or stand shivering outside in the cold having a cigarette.
It is so expensive too.
I used NRT - the microtabs. I think they are really helpful. Nicotine is not a cancer causing. If you go to your local stop smoking clinic or GP's you can get free patches etc.
I could not use Zyban or the other as I have taken an SSRI and there is a risk of seizures. Totally not worth it.
Good luck x
I have never looked back.
It is a fabulous feeling not to reek of smoke all the time, or stand shivering outside in the cold having a cigarette.
It is so expensive too.
I used NRT - the microtabs. I think they are really helpful. Nicotine is not a cancer causing. If you go to your local stop smoking clinic or GP's you can get free patches etc.
I could not use Zyban or the other as I have taken an SSRI and there is a risk of seizures. Totally not worth it.
Good luck x
Not Alone
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Originally Posted by Sasha4
I am five years smoke free!
I have never looked back.
It is a fabulous feeling not to reek of smoke all the time, or stand shivering outside in the cold having a cigarette.
It is so expensive too.
I used NRT - the microtabs. I think they are really helpful. Nicotine is not a cancer causing. If you go to your local stop smoking clinic or GP's you can get free patches etc.
I could not use Zyban or the other as I have taken an SSRI and there is a risk of seizures. Totally not worth it.
Good luck x
I have never looked back.
It is a fabulous feeling not to reek of smoke all the time, or stand shivering outside in the cold having a cigarette.
It is so expensive too.
I used NRT - the microtabs. I think they are really helpful. Nicotine is not a cancer causing. If you go to your local stop smoking clinic or GP's you can get free patches etc.
I could not use Zyban or the other as I have taken an SSRI and there is a risk of seizures. Totally not worth it.
Good luck x
Natom.
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There are alternatives to zyban, welbutrin or chantix?
I quit before they invented the patch,but I was a very heavy smoker, 2.5 pks a day..
I still have 1-2 per year.
It took me a full year to quit. There is a little program you can use on your computer that keeps track of the $$you save, hours you add to your life.
Amy/impurrfect has it.
I quit before they invented the patch,but I was a very heavy smoker, 2.5 pks a day..
I still have 1-2 per year.
It took me a full year to quit. There is a little program you can use on your computer that keeps track of the $$you save, hours you add to your life.
Amy/impurrfect has it.
Not Alone
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Said e-cig brand. Have tried their disposable ones before so splurged on the rechargeable one. £19.99 for the battery, charger and two cartomisers (things with nicotine in). Replacement cartomisers are £6.95 for 3. They give the equivalant of 20 cigs worth of nicotine each so it's good value.
Natom.
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Best of luck with it. It's an addiction I have fought myself. I have really been thinking about it a lot lately... somehow it's easier for me to let it go than it is drinking, which shocks the hell out of me. I've been doing it longer (first cigarette at age 10, as opposed to drinks at 16), and more frequently (20-30/day, for 20+ years).
A big part of it for me is that it is, at least in my circles, NOT socially acceptable anymore. Drinking is still okay, even among the "healthy" people I know. Heck, there are running-drinking clubs all over the place and cyclists around here loooove their beer.
Joining a gym is a good plan. It really only takes me one crappy week before I start feeling so much better post-nicotine and start to get my breath back.
A big part of it for me is that it is, at least in my circles, NOT socially acceptable anymore. Drinking is still okay, even among the "healthy" people I know. Heck, there are running-drinking clubs all over the place and cyclists around here loooove their beer.
Joining a gym is a good plan. It really only takes me one crappy week before I start feeling so much better post-nicotine and start to get my breath back.
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Now if you ask me to give up diet coke... I might have to kill ya. [/QUOTE]
That is me and Coke Zero! I have been eating healthy and exercising, and the scale is moving in the right direction, but no caffeine makes for a very cranky me!
[/QUOTE]That is me and Coke Zero! I have been eating healthy and exercising, and the scale is moving in the right direction, but no caffeine makes for a very cranky me!
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I've got this thing called a Tornado-T e-cig. It makes me cough more than my rollies do! I spend very little on tobacco, so I'm not too fussed about the money. I'm just taking one addiction at a time. I'm not trying to be cynical but my mum didn't drink or smoke but died from cancer. I don't want to shave my head and move to Tibet just yet 
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