Posted by sar on August 31, 2001, at 0:10:03
In reply to Re: False starts » sar, posted by Mair on August 29, 2001, at 21:14:04
dear Mair,
yes, it did help--but your husband has been chewing nicorette for a year? i listened to the highly silly "inspirational" tape that came with the patch and they seem to recommend an 8-week tapering-down program. AND quitting smoking seems to be alot more expensive than actually smoking! right now i'm viewing it as an investment, but the patches and gum and herbals have already thrown me back nearly 2 hundred in the past 2 weeks...(better than $3.50 a day, yes, but let's see if it'll last.)
my comrades tell me that you are only supposed to "bite" on the gum when feeling an urge--however, i chew it like regular gum. sometimes 2 pieces at once.
good on ya for quitting after so long! i'm proud of you. in fact, i think if a smoker can drop the smokes for 2 days, that's just *phenomenal.* (that's how addicted i am.)
i too miss the lifestyle-aspect of it...i have a few friends who are able to smoke the "occasional" cig, or maybe 2 a day, but for me--well, it's gotta be at least a half-pack a day. moving back in with my parents has deterred me from chaining (they make me smoke outside) but i wish i didn't have such an addictive personality! 'cos you know there's nothing like the "eventful" cigarette--like on the first day of vacay, or after a great meal, or when you're anxious...i equate smoking with blissful freedom prally 'cos i began it as a rebellious act...but i'm sick of being chained to it, and my new group of buds are primarily non-smokers so i feel guilty lighting up...
you found hypnosis helpful? is it worth the money, do you think? (i am on v. limited funds.) i can understand yr husband's addiction to nicorette, and i don't think that nicotine is nearly as toxic to the body as the what, what do they say 300 or so chemicals in cigarettes? it seems like you wouldn't develop emphesyma or lung cancer from just chewing nicotine gum.
i wish you well in continuing to not smoke. i'm chomping on the gum right now--have 2 packs of kickums--i've been smoking regularly for 8 years, and cigs are the love of my life! my ole stand-by...so i'm kind of scared, but--as my depression somewhat subsides, i care more about my health.
3 years is really great. i can understand how depression would kick you back in--kind of the nihilist feeling?--nothing matters...i drink and smoke *way* too much when i'm in a bad way.
if you ever feel the urge again, i'm tellin ya, the patch and gum *do* help.
mair--were you kvst back in the day?
sar
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