The Stop Smoking Megathread [ including Champix]

[Sam2910 10]

Funny isnt it Dee how the tablets affect us in all different ways. Like i said, i've not seen a difference in the 'cravings' side of things by not taking the tablets. I just hope the sleeping gets back to normal. Be interesting to see how long it takes Champix side effects to stop after finishing up the tablets (imagine it's a good few days). See how you go Dee, suppose it's all trial and error and if you ever want to chat, just message me and I'll give you a buzz.

 

Just on the weight side of things - i know what you mean. Doesnt exactly make you fee tip top when you see the scales nudging up another pound or two. I've been the same size since my early 20s - hardly ever fluctuated at all so iv'e never had to diet. NOW - im buying yoghurts and crispbreads. Not sure that's helping either as i'm munching on crispbreads like they're going out of fashion. I know exactly how many calories im consuming in a day (got a mental calculation going off in my head) but it doesnt stop me thinking "oh, well one more won't hurt, at least im not smoking".

 

---------- Post added 12-02-2013 at 21:14 ----------

 

Hi Dee, thought i'd check in and see how you were. I'm going to have to confess and had a cigarette this weekend when i was out for dinner on saturday night. I should have stayed on the tablets longer grrrrr. Anyway, i made amends and not touched one since. I'll be honest, the guilt i felt made the cigarette taste worse than it probably was. I let myself down and there was absolutely no one else to blame.

 

I suppose the only comfort i can take from this is that a lot of people on this thread has lapsed on one occasion but nipped it in the bud and continued to be non smokers. I'm back on the tablets and will not let this happen again. Stupid me! Anyway, no point dwelling on the matter, im back on track.

 

Confession over ......and i feel better for that :-)

[nicoteenie 10]

Hi I forgot to do my update this year on Saturday 9th Feb 2013 I have not had a cigarette for 5 years!!!! Do not miss them at all now. Good luck to everyone starting out it is so worth it

[dee48 10]

Hi Sam

 

Im sorry to hear you had a lapse. I had a bad weekend well Sunday really. All I could think about was having a cigarette. I ate everything in sight, cried my eyes out and went to bed early. I hadn't had a champix since Thursday morning. When I woke up on Monday morning still with thoughts of smoking I came down stairs made a coffee and swallowed a champix. I was fine the rest of monday and went to work this morning without taking a champix but coming home this evening I was ravenous!! I had to stop at a shop now the thought of buying cigarettes was in my mind but I managed to walk out with just buying a chocolate bar and a bag of crisps. I munched my way home then raced in to the house and took my prepared dinner out of fridge and pinged it immediately ate that then I decided I better take another champix.

 

I despair of ever being able to manage without the tablets. All is well at the minute but it made me realise how well the tablets work. It is still early days for the both of us so dont worry about the cigarette you smoked just remember all the ones you didnt smoke over the past 4 weeks.

 

---------- Post added 12-02-2013 at 22:13 ----------

 

oh well done nicoteenie, I didnt see you there. Any advice for us early day quitters? How did you manage coming off the tablets? did you stay on for the whole course?

 

---------- Post added 14-02-2013 at 21:40 ----------

 

Hiya

 

How are you doing Sam? I have had a day from hell at work come home and went to bed for an hour. I felt like I was shaking inside whether its the upset or the champix Im not sure. Two glasses of wine (oh no never on a work nite!!) sorted me out. Fleeting thoughts of cigs but nothing serious. Partner not home til tomorrow so having a miserable valentines day! Hope yours is proving to be better.

[missymarsbar 10]

Hi I forgot to do my update this year on Saturday 9th Feb 2013 I have not had a cigarette for 5 years!!!! Do not miss them at all now. Good luck to everyone starting out it is so worth it

 

That is so good to hear! It's been 1 whole week and I'm done with it! In 5 years I'll have forgotten! xxx

[lightstar 10]

Hey, hi everyone

 

Jeeeeeze forgot bout this thread, it will be 2yrs in May since i 1st tried Champix and still going strong, tbh still think about a smoke to this day every now an then but i did smoke for 20 odd years lol.

To all you new starters keep with it, it does get easier and GOOD LUCK........

[Susana 10]

See if there are any suggestions to help - Stop Smoking - You know you want to!http://suebailey.hubpages.com/hub/stopsmokinghelp

[mpprh 10]

Now 90.9kg, but I've started occasional smoking again.

 

Got to stop !

 

Stopped the occasional cigarettes and now down to 87kg

 

Stopping was incredibly easy compared to 5 years ago.

 

I've lost 22kg since I hit the maximum in summer 2011 and need to be about 84kg to be in the "normal" BMI band.

[Werdna69 10]

I don't get it. I smoked heavily for a year and then quit when it started to impact on my fitness. Been cigarette clean for 4 months now. Never had one single craving during those 4 months. I know for certain that I won't be smoking ever again.

[Werdna69 10]

Well done Werdna 69, people can smoke for years but can only successfully quit when the reasons to stop outweight the reasons to continue. Everyone has their own reasons.

People also go back to smoking when a better reason to smoke emerges, not because of nicotine, which only takes a couple of days to completely clear your system.

Dave

 

Thanks. I totally understand the positive/negative theory you have. One of the conscious decisions I made when quitting was to be positive instead of negative. I see addiction as a symptom of negativity.

[PositivHypno 10]

Good luck to everyone following Werna69 example. Most people give up giving up by day 17, so plan a longer term strategy. My group starts on 21st in Sharrow if you need specialist help. Only 1 in 5 people now smoke from a figure of 80% just after the war. They did it so can you.

 

Remember, most people have to take their driving test a few times, they never think I will never be able to drive, just a matter of making fine adjustments.

 

Dave

[WoodSmoke 10]

Hello again to all - both those who quit several years back and those that have only recently found this forum and maybe the Champix path..

I am still around though rarely think to visit the forum these days.

 

I stopped 4 years back using Champix and haven't smoked anything since. I still miss the nicotine but not the smoking part and don't intend going back!

Stopping smoking after a lifetime as a smoker is hard, it still leaves me with an empty feeling somedays but as each year passes it gets easier, even forgot my 'quit anniversary' this year..

Forum doesn't seem to be as active as it once was - merged with another thread then declined - shame as it helped me so much..

 

 

Kind regards to all those older members whoose comments I found so helpful in the early times of my Champix assisted path to becoming a non-smoker.

[Eclipse296 10]

Hi Woodsmoke, I forgot my password unfortunately and had to reset it! Its lovely to see you back here again, I too have completed my 4th Anniversary and don't really miss the smoking at all now. I am going to scroll back through and see if I can find any other names I recognise, it seems a shame that its not so active now, as I found it a great help when I first quit