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Quitting Smoking...
Zakk:
My buddy and his wife just went from a carton a week each to absolute cold turky using that pill (zyban??). He was sick one day, but 6 months later, no other side effects, they both swear by it.
Loki:
My dad stopped smoking in one day after getting an acupuncture treatment... he was smoking for about 20 years, 3 or 4 packs of tobacco a week (150-200 grams per week)
Too bad it didn't work for me. I went crazy when I was 2 days without ^^;
Oh well, maybe I'll try some other time. :)
FrizzleFried:
Smoking is 95% mental and 5% physical in my estimation. Being that I am as stubborn as a mule and have made my decision...It's done...but it's mental hell (for now).
Tailgunner:
Tried the Zyban thing once, kept me awake like I'd been smoking meth. According to the directions you're supposed to take it for a week before you stop smoking, by that point I was bouncing off the walls and had I stopped smoking then I'd have ended up either dead or in prison.
My uncle quit a three pack a day 40 year habit after accupuncture, I'm not quite willing to have needles stuck in my yin-yang just yet. ;)
Cold turkey worked the best for me, at least in the short term. First week was pretty rough, but after that it was okay till about the third month, by that point I was stressing pretty hard jonesing for a smoke. Bummed one off of a guy at work and that was all she wrote.
Last time around my doctor gave me a perscription for Xanex which was a huge help with the first week. I wasn't seriously trying to quit so I didn't, but had I had them back when I went cold turkey I likely would've not started again.
Good luck with quitting, it's not an easy thing to do.
Donkey_Kong:
Just don't give up man. Stay with it. A good reason to quit helps. Something other than the fact smoking is hazerdous to your health and your family. That just don't cut it for most of us tough guys...nope there has got to be more.
For me it was snowboarding. After 20+ something years of puffin' stogeys (started early see my baby pic) I finally found something worth quitting for. Something really important. Yea snowboarding was sooo cool and I hated being winded from bending over to strap my bindings on. That was my turning point. Never looked back. 6+ years of no smoking, cold turkey.
Good Luck!!
PS: It helps to not get too drunk when trying to quit...so I've heard.
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