Wow, what a great story PJ!!! Troy, for myself I took the medication Chantix which helped greatly with the urges/anxiety of quitting. I tried the patches last year, which DID NOT work for me! Once I did finally put down the smokes, keeping my hands busy (i.e. cleaning the house and/or car as Ray suggested) or using my new kindle say after a meal also helped me a lot. I've seen the squeeze ball to keep your hands occupied also work. After five weeks, the only time I think about them is when I'm drinking.
If none of that works for you, you can always go down the e-cig road, at least you won't be inhaling the cigarette fumes any longer if you do. Either way, I wish you much luck!! Shells:) -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Paddyjack Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:52 PM To: feistfans-l Subject: Re: Previous smoking talk One of my most prized possession to remind me of my mother (now gone) is her last empty pack of cigarettes, the last one she ever smoked. The story here is that when I was a young kid I was insisting very strongly that she stops smoking, and when she finally stopped, on November 22.... I never noticed.... until she wrapped that empty pack as a Christmas gift a month later, with a note inside that was basically a laugh at me. More than 30 years later I still have the pack and the note :) She never smoked after that, she in fact disliked the smell of it very strongly afterward. PJ -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Troy Lawson Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 4:57 PM Subject: RE: Previous smoking talk Congrats am trying to quit myself and not finding it easy as I am at home on disability pension, the pain combined with the sometimes boredom makes it soo hard. I missed the earlier suggestions as I did a big clean of my inbox I see chewing gum ( which due to being epileptic I try not to use ( chewing gum + seizure = death )) anyone got any other tips / tricks I have managed to cut down to a about 5 full smokes a day and am smoking them in 1/3's so not much nico in system now ( used to be a pack to pack and half a day smoker ). Thanks for any help Troy Lawson On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Devante Vargas <[email protected]> wrote: G'day guys I'm fairly new to the list but a long time Feist fan. I too am/was a smoker now I'm an ecig smoker which doesn't contain the tar and harmful chemicals that normal cigs have and I've been cig free for 3 weeks now only using these great ecigs and the flavors are amazing!!! On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Lani cat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 3 no smoking Days now Shells :). Thanks Ray as well, my car has a stash of > Mint chewing gum. > My house is pristine (a little OCD "ish) Handbag smells of Mint chewing gum. > But im smiling, apparently after 72hrs there is no nicotine in the system so > im officially a NON smoker. > > I plan on telling you the same in 6 months too :). > > Kindest Regards > Lani
