GMcNair
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Location: Birmingham AL
My Posts This: Topic Forum | Paul, I think my honest answer to that is that Smoke Away did it. I followed the program to a "T" from that Sunday night through the following Thursday morning. It was Thursday that I decided I didn't need the help of the pills anymore because I was sick of taking them. Following the program means filling out the book, as silly as that may sound, but remember that the program is a proven thing, and they want you to treat it as all or nothing. The book is actually a workbook. Took me about a half hour to complete it, if that. One thing I didn't mention is that I was jonesing for a smoke often for a week solid. When working in the shop on one of my helis, I would fire up a smoke and leave it in an ashtray, just to smell the smoke. You don't know how badly I wanted to pick each one of those up and suck them down. I did have to fight the urges constantly for nearly a week. I suppose that the "hump" you're referring to was about a week's worth of strain. After that, it was downhill. Remember, I didn't want to quit...I enjoyed it. In some freakish way, the Smoke Away system removed my urge that Welbutrin/Zyban couldn't. Look at it this way...if you quit, it's the best thing you could have done for yourself. If you don't, you get a refund of everything but your shipping costs (~$20), and you don't have to jump through boundless hurdles to get your money back. www.smokeaway.com It may work for you, it may not. What's the worst that can happen? I was at 2 packs/day, pushing 3 if it was unusually stressful.
ssteampro, you have confused the triggers with urges. I see what you're saying, but triggers are scenarios in which a smoker feels compelled to smoke. Examples are: smoke with morning coffee, smoke after meals, smoke at parties or when drinking, smoke when driving, smoke when smoking (for the chain-types), smoke when thinking about quitting  . For me, getting over the urge during those triggers was initially difficult, but even 2 months after quitting, I was well over the urges. The triggers never go away. I still drink coffee, I eat, and I haven't cut back on liquid hops & barley consumption.
According to smokeaway, the physical need for nico and the 5000+ other chemicals in a cigarette is only about 10%...the remaining 90% is mental. I'll have to agree that was the case with me. I lied to myself in years past saying it was the ingredients that kept me hooked. I will definitely say that scare tactics are usually a waste of time with smokers. One list I read that did give me pause was this one:
http://stepupnc.com/know/ingredients.htm |
