Day 2...and I'm about to break!
 

OMG! It's been 2 days since I've had a cigarette. I am literally climbing the walls and in such a pissy mood.:mad: At home, I just want to be left alone. At work, I'd rather no one talked to me.

I'm ready to go and buy me a new pack.

Dr. gave me wellbutrin yesterday. Hasn't done a damned thing!:mad: :mad: :mad:

For those of you that have quit...HOW DID YOU DO IT????? I'm doing this cold turkey.:rolleyes:

Kimberly,

First of all - I know how you feel! I quit "cold turkey" many years ago, had quit for over a year when my dad was diagnosed with a fatal illness so back I went...puff, puff!! Several years ago, I attempted to quit yet again. Went to my family doctor and he put me on Wellbutrin....told me it would take up to 14 days or so to "get in my system" and work so if you've only been on it a couple days, give it time. But....my experience on Wellbutrin was not pretty. It is an anti-depressant and in some, can cause the opposite effect which is what it did to me. I became extremely moody, "snapped" at everything and everyone....literally became a nervous wreck! DH told me he preferred me off the meds and smoking compared to the b#@ch the medicine turned me into!! I've had friends take it who had no problems but I could not take it. I'm not at a point where I've convinced myself I'm ready to quit just yet but when I do, I will probably rely on support from everyone here, my co-workers, and gum. But hang in there - I'm giving you all the support I can:)

Suzi

I'd be wearing the patch over my whole body. :p Have you tried it ?

I don't know why they say Wellbutrin helps - I tried it and it just changes the your tastbuds but doesn't help with the craving.

good luck girl -

Just to let you know, it can take Wellbutrin a week or two before you start getting the full effect. So hang in there!

You've gotta be ready
 

I quit a long time ago. It was rough, and years before I quit having cravings at certain times...but...now I can't stand smoke. It may not be fair to talk about me though, I only smoked for about 5 years.

My mother smoked from age twenty one until she was in her 60's, two or more packs everyday. (at 21, her doctor told her to take up smoking to help her calm down :eek: )One day, she decided this isn't for me, and quit.She had tried over the years but wasn't really ready. This time it was cold turkey. no drugs, no therapy. she tells me she can't stand to be around smoke now. (She's 72)

I think that's the key. You've gotta be ready.

You can do this. It's be hard, but it WILL get easier. You'll be so proud of yourself when it's done.

Hang in there!

Hang in there, It will be worth it!

Kim, best of luck to you. I have never smoked, hate it and want to cure the world of it. I have lost family and friends who died because of it. But I am also smart enough to know how hard it is for people to quit. My husband quit cold turkey a couple times (things would happen to start him back up) and he finally took Zyban (I thinks that the name - very expensive - but worth it) and it did the trick. So, I hope you can stick it out, and get support from your family and friends while you go thru this. Be tough, you can do it.

Like others have said, stay in there and you've REALLY GOTTA BE READY. I smoked all the time for approx. 10 years, then only in my car, then only when I drank, etc...I went from Parliment to Capri and then one day it was DISGUSTING!!! So, I stopped. I FEEL so much better. I HATE THE SMELL now. I makes me want to vomit. I hold my breath if I have to walk through a cloud of smoke. THANK GOD, NY is smoke free, practically EVERYWHERE!!! IT'S GREAT!!!

P.S. I have been smoke free now for 4 years. Although, I do have a puff or two a year. For some reason, if we are at a Wedding or function and I have a few drinks and someone is smoking next to me, I crave it, so I have a drag or two and then I'm immediately DUSGUSTED AGAIN! And the next day SUCKS!!! My chest hurts and I stink.

I wish you the BEST and Good Luck - STAY STRONG!!! :)

I quite 6 years ago. I took Welbutrin for 2 weeks before I tried to quite. I also chewed gum and the nicoret gum. It does not taste good. But I think it did help. But 2 years smoke free, stupid me started again. I was having marital problems. Stress took over. Now I can not quite for anything. My dad passed away 3 years ago from lung cancer. I promised him I would quite. But here I am still smoking. Try to stay stress free. Good luck!!!!

Take it from a non smoker who has had to be on Oxygen for a year ...you can do this ..It is so not worth the likely hood of getting COPD ..or some other respiritory illness which by the way are no cures for .GO girl go ..one moment at a time ~

You can do it!!!! Keep it up.

I'm not a smoker so I can't feel you pain, but I know you can do it. When my dad quit (it was like the 5th time he tried) he carried around candy with him constantly. He was always coming up to me offering me chocolate chews or hard candy. It was kinda funny, I would've loved it even more if I would've been younger but really who can turn down chocolate every now and then.

Anyway back to the point, you can do it, keep tryin.....

Hang in there Kimberley!!:hug:

When I quit a while back, I remember it only really sucked for about a week. And as long as I had something to do, it wasn't bad. I was times when it was second nature to smoke...in the car, at lunch, etc that it was bad. I would just set small goals, like, just making it until lunch or just making it til I got home, etc. Once I got there, I'd move the goal up. After that 1st week I felt such a HUGE sense of accomplishment that it drove me and I couldn't wait until for the next 7 days so I could say it had been 2 weeks.

You need to find something you can do to burn off nervous energy, cause that's what it seems like it creates...

Hey Kim,
I think if I remember right you said you have 2 young daughters. I know they mean the world to you, so if anything do this for them. If a parent smokes the child is TWICE as likely to start smoking. I'm sure you don't want your daughters going through the same thing you are.
When my husband and I met he was a smoker. He would quit on and off. He's in the Navy and when he went on deployment I asked him how he's doing and he said he had picked up smoking again because the job is stressful, depressing, and boring. I told him that no matter where in the world he is, he's still Dominick's father and Dominick is looking up to him and he wants to grow up to be just like him. We didn't want our son to be sick all of the time. John's parents smoked in the house with him all the time and he always had bronchitis which he resents them for. I told him that he should turn to something else, like exercise when he's feeling stressed. He quit cold turkey and hasn't smoked in years. After his 6 month deployment he had lost 40lbs!
I know you can do this. If you need some inspiration look at pictures of your family and even your yorkie! The smoking isn't good for them either.

:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: Hang in there Kim! I'm rooting for you!