As a Chrissy gift to myself and my kids and wife, I decided to give up smoking.

For the past 3 years I have lived by the mantra "I have given up giving up!" For me and so many others, it was impossible for me to cold turkey it. I have tried many times with the only successful outcome being, ME in an ultra sh1tty mood all the time.

My friendly butcher who I see everyday suddenly had a smile on his face all the time. I asked him why and he said I am giving up the smokes. WTF?? How does that make you smile and then he told me. I saw the doc that afternoon and had a script in my hand to start.

I have searched the web and the side effects vary but the major ones seem to affect very few. In the USofA they think they can attribute 999 suicides to people taking the drug. Considering over a million were on it, it's a small small percentage.

My experience left me thinking that if you were predisposed to suicide or are an EMO then you may try to top yourself or cut a little deeper. In the first 7-9 days on the drug, I was ropeable. I was afraid to drive as a sideways glance by someone had me baying for their blood!

You keep smoking for the first 10-14 days of taking the drug so your body builds it's levels up then you stop cold turkey. After 2 days on the drug I found myself stopping halfway on my walk outside for a smoke and just not feeling like one. The pleasure I once got from smoking was all but gone. I didn't feel like it when I got up in the morning, and I didn't feel like it after a meal like I once had. Food tastes so much better, I don't smell like an ashtray and my kids will get an extra 20 years out of me if I don't die riding my bike, lol

Yesterday I went for 300km ride with Fatz and the only thing I could think of was water! A friend was smoking next to me and smell was repulsive rather than addictive. I love this new me.

I thought about going on this drug, but the last time I quit I went on patches and they worked (I stopped smoking for 2 months but my partner still smoked) and the thing that I found the best about the patches was the seriously f*cked up dreams I had while on them... so I am looking forward to getting back on them just for the trippy dreams.

you know how when you have a dream it is black and white.. these dreams were full on colour and I would wake up every morning just thinking what the f*ck was that...

that's why I can't do the patches. Even on the daytime 16 hr ones, my dreams were nightmares and so vivid that I would wake up 3-4 times a night either crying, screaming or ready to knock someone the fvk out!!

The gum gave me ulcers and the inhalers made me cough like a 2 pack a day smoker.

well done mate

Now you can smell all the fingers you want

nice work EnvyT, now you can enjoy the flavor of a honeywheat and Nonna's favorite from the Grand Pizza Cafe next time you're here.

How long do you have to stay on these things for Envy? I was thinking about doing the same but was a little scared of the side effects. How much does the stuff cost?

1 in 100,000 chance of suicide? Whats there to be scared of

I had a mate who was the same. The idea of quitting was a joke... He got on these things then started feeling sick if he even thought about smoking.

come to think bout it, I aint seen him ever since....

The course is 3 months. Side affects have all gone. And I am still alive.

Dillz, it just helps natural selection along I think. lol

I thought that's what smoking did

Anyway I'd rather 1 to 100,000 over what ever the cancer odds for cigarettes are.

Edited December 27, 200817 yr by Dillz