Smoking Addiction & Recovery Support Group

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Hello my name is Alexandria. I was a chronic smoker since agr 14 and had several quits under my belt that didn't stick. I am 55. My husband was an intermittent smoker but smoked dor the past ten yrs. He was under stress and during this time he began to take Chantix and cut down and within a month had stopped smoking two hears ago.

My smoking was bothering him obviously he was staying away from me. My mother had heart problems, I had to go to Florida and can't take the heat. i was very very depressed in a zombie like state. This was before the depression warnings came out. I bagan to take the chantix and cut down. I was there several weeks and left still smoking although the cigarettes tasted like card board.

Because my smoking history was so long and heavy I was to take the chantix for 6 months. I never did set a quit date which is why I don't know when either of our anniversaries are.
One Monday I woke up and needed to open a fresh pack of cigarettes and looked at them and got very nauseous at the idea. I put this pack back in the carton. I stopped smoking and continued to take the chantix which lasted five months I have cigarettes in the house and a pack of chantix too. I figured that I wouldn't last.

I must tell you I had horrible dreams about smoking and woke up with my fingers curled as if they were holding a cigarette, I looked around and saw I did not realy pick up a cigarette again. The dreams are subsiding but I still have them, and I get passing urges for cigarettes but do not smoke. I am so grateful to honor my mothers heart, and when I see the posters at the hiv clinic about heart and lung cancer are the number one killers of hivers, I am grateful I no longer smoke.

This was the easiest quit i ever had, I am very proud of myself and finally they have regulated my depression. I had no suicidal ideations as my spiritual ideations are stronger than any depression. They do say to not give Chantix to a pt with my psych history I am so glad I stopped before that info came out. I got thru not smoking, it took a year longer to get my meds right for my depression.

Not only did I use Chantix and also did he. He also has never smoked since and is grateful.
I also used a site called http://www.dailystrength.org. There are so many communities there, and the smoke free community helped me too. Chantix has a 24/7 hotline but I never used it. Still it is there. I am so happy that I no longer stink, that food tastes delicious, that I don't ruin my clothes, or drop cigarettes in my sleep when I get up at nite to p. My rugs have burn marks my linoleum too. I smoked in bed I could have killed us all. How could I even do that to the pets? Well there is my story. I hope it helps. I am known in daily strength as pozfem. I am hiv + and hep c+ 21 yrs. Good Luck to you in your journey toward wellness. Sincerely Alexandria
Posted on 11/07/09, 07:11 pm