FU to cigarettes..

[SpotcheckBilly]

I smoked my last one on Friday night..this has been the week from HELL, but it's getting better. If you really want to quit, you can, you just have to learn to wait it out. It all goes away, if you just wait... :action-sm

[Stinkysteve]

Good luck!
I've quit a few times now! Even lasted for quite a few years too.

[SPEWEY]

Nic Fit Billy! Shouldn't you have been acting more like this towards everyone and everything?--> :fight6:

Keep up the strong fight man! :clap:

[SpotcheckBilly]

My doc put me on the Zyban..to keep from killing y'all.

[Ballbuster1]

I'm down to a few smokes when I drink. I even go for a week when
we're on vacation cause Mrs. B doesn't smoke. I should quit totally.:hamm:

[Stinkysteve]

If any of you are looking to go the perscription route to quit smoking. Ask your doctor to perscribe Wellbrutrin XL (300 mg). This way if you have coverage for prescriptions they will get the cost. Zyban is not covered, and it's the same thing.
It will probably take about 6 to 8 weeks for it to really work.
Good luck!

[Sinn Fein]

Good luck, Spot. My g/f is quitting as well. She's on her last pack. I have been bitching her out because her father had a heart attack and stopped smoking but ended up starting again because both my g/f and her mother kept smoking around him. Well he quit again because he had more surgery and the doctor scared him enough this time. So now the rest of them are quitting too.

[100 Grand]

Congrats Spot! I hope you do better than I did. I did very well for a bout 3 weeks and ran out of patches and SmokeAway...that shit is expensive and can't really swing the cash to get more....so I'm back to by regular amount of smokes!!
FU to cigs!!!

[Jolie]

Good luck! I've been smoke-free (well, with the exception of, I think, two cigarettes) for the past 2.5 years.

[SpotcheckBilly]

Well I made it one week without cheating once..pretty good for me. Thanks for all the encouragement, I'll update every once in a while.

[Jolie]

YAYE SPOT!!!!!!!


Keep up the good work!!!!!

[Hoagie]

I quit about 17 months ago. I've been asked by a hundred people how I quit and I pretty much tell them, I just don't smoke. I didn't use any patches or gum or what ever. When I really felt like smokeing, I just didn't do it. Nothing bad happens when you don't smoke. So just don't do it. Good job for quiting. And keep not smoking.

[PrncssNikki]

Good Luck. My mom's been dealing with that for years without succeeding. Now she's down to about three a day, sometimes even less because we won't let her smoke in the house so she has to go outside, rain, snow or humidity.

It's the best she's done.

[Crinkle x 2]

Good luck Spot, keep up the good fight! I quit almost 3 years ago because my dentist found some lumps and dead skin inside my cheeks ("leukoplakia") which, if I kept smoking, could have turned into the first stages of mouth cancer.

So I bought the patches, chewed a lot of sugarless gum and pretty much went nuts for around 2 months until the cravings were gone. But ya know what? My car, hair and clothes doesn't stink like smoke anymore, I can taste my food again, I don't cough up a golf ball sized wad of phlegm every morning as I gasp for air with the feeling of a vice around my chest and I'm saving around $8.00 a day.

If anyone wants to quit, just tell yourself you don't want to smoke anymore and then don't. Stick to it. Don't buy them, don't smoke them, don't think about them. If you're not determined to quit for good than you probably won't. :icon_frow

[Hoagie]

Good luck Spot, keep up the good fight! I quit almost 3 years ago because my dentist found some lumps and dead skin inside my cheeks ("leukoplakia") which, if I kept smoking, could have turned into the first stages of mouth cancer.

So I bought the patches, chewed a lot of sugarless gum and pretty much went nuts for around 2 months until the cravings were gone. But ya know what? My car, hair and clothes doesn't stink like smoke anymore, I can taste my food again, I don't cough up a golf ball sized wad of phlegm every morning as I gasp for air with the feeling of a vice around my chest and I'm saving around $8.00 a day.

If anyone wants to quit, just tell yourself you don't want to smoke anymore and then don't. Stick to it. Don't buy them, don't smoke them, don't think about them. If you're not determined to quit for good than you probably won't. :icon_frow
What he said. And don't smoke. Just don't fuckin' do it. DON'T SMOKE!!!!

[peewee]

yo spot man that is some good shit... i am 19 and have been smoking for about 2 years... i have tried to quit but too many of my friends smoke and i need to smoke when i am drinking... i am hoping that once the summer is over and all my buddies go back to college (community college sucks, get good grades and go away all you highschoolers) so i can quit while they are gone... smoking is soo fucking bad and expensive

[SpotcheckBilly]

Week two went pretty well. The really bad cravings stopped Wednesday night, I still get them but not half as bad. But I'm determined to do this, and I thank you all for your kind words of encouragment. FU to Cigs!!

[Jolie]

WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats again!!! You ROCK!!!

[Rob]

its easy to quit smoking... i do it all the time...

[Sinn Fein]

Glad to hear you are hanging in there. Keep at it.

[Rob]

i actually quit about 3 years ago... i can resist now... i was out drinking with a buddy of mine earlier, and wanted one, but i just said no...

[Hoagie]

i actually quit about 3 years ago... i can resist now... i was out drinking with a buddy of mine earlier, and wanted one, but i just said no...
Now you sound like Nancy Reagan. Oh, and just don't smoke. Don't fuckin' do it.

[ih8Uboo-boo]

quitters...

[Ballbuster1]

Nice Spot...keep up the good work.:clap:

[SpotcheckBilly]

:kjk: Week three really sucked!

The guy I work next to, came back from vacation. He smokes like a fucking chimney..and my old brand too! I never bummed one..but I really wanted to. So the update is..while I'm at home, everything is cool. When I'm at work, my life sucks. Hopefully this will improve next week. :icon_evil

[Sinn Fein]

Time to lobby for a smoke-free workplace. That'll make you real popular with all the fellas.

[SpotcheckBilly]

It is a smoke free workplace..but he and I always cheated. I can't bust him..too hypocritical.

[Hoagie]

When you really feel like a smoke, just think back to your last major sickness and that feeling in your chest because even though you felt like such shit, you also felt you had to smoke. So you did and then had that smokey phlegm and your lungs would sting. It helps you to not want to smoke.

[Rob]

When you really feel like a smoke, just think back to your last major sickness and that feeling in your chest because even though you felt like such shit, you also felt you had to smoke. So you did and then had that smokey phlegm and your lungs would sting. It helps you to not want to smoke.
thats what i did...

[CrunchyJunk]

When you really feel like a smoke, just think back to your last major sickness and that feeling in your chest because even though you felt like such shit, you also felt you had to smoke. So you did and then had that smokey phlegm and your lungs would sting. It helps you to not want to smoke.
Can't imagine why I never had the urge to smoke....
Good for you Spot, Keep it Up!!! Before you know it, you'll be doing crazy shit like running laps around the neighborhood and weight training!!

[Darkstar]

Good work Spot. Your lungs and my kids appreciate it. :)

Week 2 was the worst for me, the hairs in your throat (sylia) start to grow back and it itches like hell.

It gets better every week, just have to keep with it. Best of all, the $$$ in your pocket that you aren't spending on them.

[Ballbuster1]

Quiting smoking, never a bad thing. Congrats, Spot!:clap:

[SpotcheckBilly]

I was determined to do this..for a lot of reasons... but mostly because it's time, and I'm stubborn as hell when I finally decide to do something.

If this drivel prompts one person to quit also, then it was worth it. Thank you all for your help and support. I wouldn't have gotten this far without you guys. :action-sm

[Rob]

keep up the good work...

[Hoagie]

Good to hear, Spot. And as always, my advice, DON'T SMOKE!!!. Just don't do it!! Just don't effin smoke!!!!

[Darkstar]

Is today 3 weeks?

[SpotcheckBilly]

Is today 3 weeks?

nope..Friday is 4 weeks. :cool3:

[Sinn Fein]

Way to go Spot!

[Ballbuster1]

Friday is 4 weeks. :cool3:Cool. You have to feel good about that.

[SpotcheckBilly]

I do..but it was real hard. thanks all..

[Darkstar]

Woot

[Sinn Fein]

Spot, has the urge subsided at all?

[SpotcheckBilly]

Spot, has the urge subsided at all?

I would estimate that it's down to around 50%. Meaning half of the time I'm awake, rather than all the time. So I guess it's better..but when it hits, watch out. :icon_evil

[SpotcheckBilly]

Week 5 complete..it seems to finally be getting easier.

[Sinn Fein]

Nice job, Spot. Feel any different physically?

[SpotcheckBilly]

Nice job, Spot. Feel any different physically?

Starting to Sinn, I don't cough so much in the AM, or wheeze when I first lie down at night anymore.. I'll see tomorrow, when I start riding my mountain bike again.

[Sinn Fein]

Any improvement during... you know... ? :haha7:

[Hoagie]

Isn't it great waking up in the morning without that pain in your chest until you hack up a lung?

[SpotcheckBilly]

Any improvement during... you know... ? :haha7:

::runs and hides:: :icon_redf

[Sinn Fein]

Hey man all I was asking was if you experienced increased vigor... My g/f recently quit and she's been umm... more demanding in that regard.

[Hoagie]

Hey man all I was asking was if you experienced increased vigor... My g/f recently quit and she's been umm... more demanding in that regard.I think that's because it's a little more like smoking for the females. So it makes a better sustitute.

[SpotcheckBilly]

Never mind the health benefits..the money I'm saving allows me to pay for XM, and get to hear the show again! :haha7:

[Sinn Fein]

I was gonna mention that. A guy I work with (who turned me onto O&A in the first place) has a $15/day chewing tobacco habit. He's tight on cash and didn't get XM yet... Now is really the time for him to quit.

[Hoagie]

At the price of cigarettes today, XM only uses a portion of what you are saving.

[SpotcheckBilly]

At $5.00 a pack..after 3 days, the service is paid for. That was a factor, in my deciding to quit, I didn't know where I was gonna get the money from for XM..problem solved.

[Hoagie]

At $5.00 a pack..after 3 days, the service is paid for. That was a factor, in my deciding to quit, I didn't know where I was gonna get the money from for XM..problem solved.By the end of two weeks your equipment and this months subscription price are covered. Do you think we should point some of the broke whiners to this thread?

[Sinn Fein]

I think that is a good idea.

[SpotcheckBilly]

sure..fine with me.

[Ballbuster1]

Great idea.:clap:

[SpotcheckBilly]

As we approach week 9..the struggle continues. Most of the time it's cool..but sometimes the monkey is so big and overpowering..that we need to search for the "Ghostbuster" capture hardware.

[PrncssNikki]

Yay! You can do it! *does cheerleader dance*

Good job Spot. :icon_mrgr

[100 Grand]

You can do it! :icon_mrgr
I see that and all I can think of is Rob Schneider in Sandler's Water Boy....YOU CAN DO EET!!

[SpotcheckBilly]

Yay! You can do it! *does cheerleader dance*

Good job Spot. :icon_mrgr

I don't suppose there's a "cheerleader" outfit is there? :icon_roll

[Hoagie]

Next week it will be 1 3/4 years for me. Hang in there Spot.

[Crinkle x 2]

This Thursday the 9th will be 3 years for me. Keep it up Spot it only gets easier as time goes on trust me! :icon_cool

[SPEWEY]

I don't suppose there's a "cheerleader" outfit is there? :icon_rollOne that fits you, probably not. :icon_mrgr

[SpotcheckBilly]

I meant for Nikki..I have mine already.

[SPEWEY]

I meant for Nikki..I have mine already.You look good man....

http://www.starcostumes.com/prodimages/PE40016.jpg

[Hoagie]

I have mine already.Oh, OK. I was going to lend you mine if you didn't have one.

[SpotcheckBilly]

Go ahead..tell me I Don't look HOT!




http://www.gustavus.lib.ak.us/Public/gustavus/history/2001/Halloween/cheerleader.jpg

[SPEWEY]

I'd tell you that you don't look hot, but I'd be lying.

[orangeagent]

ummmm....Spot????

i lent you that TWO YEARS AGO, you bastard!!! i wondered where it went...:icon_evil

[SpotcheckBilly]

Five months today..the cravings are all but gone. Now I can spend the money on trannys, and happy endings.

[Ballbuster1]

Five months today..the cravings are all but gone. Now I can spend the money on trannys, and happy endings.Very nice Spot. Congrats.....:clap:

[Jolie]

Congrats Spot!

[Sinn Fein]

Keep up the good work. Soon enough you can change your status on all of your insurance policies to "non-smoker" and save even more dough...

[SpotcheckBilly]

You need 12 months for that..I'll repost then. :)

[Stinkysteve]

Congrats!!!!

That is great news!

[Hoagie]

Very nice work, keep it up.

[100 Grand]

GREAT NEWS SPOT!!!! I've been wondering if you were still off the sticks.

[roche]

You need 12 months for that..I'll repost then. :)
Did the pills help? I have been considering putting a serious effort into quitting.

[SpotcheckBilly]

Yes the Zyban was very helpful, at least for me. Expensive, but helpful. You have to really want to quit, tho..it takes a lot longer, and is a lot more painful than people think.

[Stinkysteve]

Did the pills help? I have been considering putting a serious effort into quitting.

If you have medical coverage for medications, get a perscritpion for Wellbutrin instead of the Zyban.

Wellbutrin is a medication for depression and is the same as Zyban, the only difference is that you will have to pay for 100% of the cost of the Zyban. Wellbutrin is covered by most coverage plans.

[CornJob]

Congrats - I'm six months quit after fifteen years.

I found the Committ losengez to be really helpful (they give you something to do when you want a smoke, don't tear up the lining of your mouth like gum, and don't just sit there like a band-aid). Just be careful - I ended up having to 'quit' them at one point.

Another quick note - I was talking to my Dr. about Wellbuterin vs. Zyban - make sure your doc doens't write that he's giving you W for mild depression (which is what a lot of docs do so you can get it covered by your perscription plan) - that could come back to haunt you with insurance, and even job interviews in the future - and end up costing you way more than full price Zyban (or full price W specified for use to quit smoking)

Considering the cost of smokes - it shouldn't be that big a deal, and it's safer just to pay for Zyban outright ($70 a bottle, you'll need two or three) than to risk looking like you have/had mental problems.

.... then again - if you have mental problems already - go for it :action-sm

[WOWmagnet]

I quit with the help of the excellent drug Welbutrin (aka Zyban). It was like tripping for 6 weeks! After the third weekend, I just lost interest in cigarettes (not ganja, though!).

Welbutrin roxxors! Cigarette free for 23 months! :clap: