I feel good.

Well it has been 285 day(almost 10 months) and I have not had one smoke! I feel good.

It's been a while

It seems so long since I smoked and well I guess it has been a long time. I don't really every want to smoke but some time it pops in my head " GO SMOKE" but then I just say to my self NO, its been to hard to quit.

The First Day

Todays the first day with out Chantix and I am a little worried how I'm going to feel today. I have chosen to skip the last month of medication because I really don't like taking the stuff. I have not gotten any good sleep since I've been taking Chantix. Maybe its all the dreams or what ever but my eyes are all ways very tired looking, and I feel like I need some good sleep.

This last week I have been slowly cutting down my dosage like this;
Mon. 1Mg morning
1Mg night

Tues. 1Mg morning
.5 Mg night

Wed. .5 Mg morning
.5 Mg night

Thur. .5 Mg morning
.5 mg night

Fri. .5 Mg noon

Sat. .5 Mg noon

Sun. .5 Mg after noon

I did this to ween my self off chantix because I have noticed when I forgot to take it in the past I had some pretty bad withdraws. I would be mad or sad, its was a lot like when I would stop smoking cold turkey. But to day is going fine, no withdraws so far.

I feel a lot better off chantix, but I am so glad I took it. It was a hard road but not as hard quiting with out anything.

Don't believe the Hype

I have been seeing a lot of news coverage about how chantix will make you jump off a bridge or at least make you think you should jump off a bridge. Don't believe this, it is just an attempt by the news to make a story out of this very helpful drug. It might even be big tobacco trying to play down the effectiveness of chantix. It would not surprise me one bit, you know this drug could put a real beating on the tobacco companies. I am sure they will do every thing in there power to stop the drug(ie. making it sound dangerous and getting the FDA to ban it).

I have had an google alert on chantix. For those of you who do not know what a google alert is, this is it. You give google a topic and every day it will search for new news about that topic and then email you the link. So any way I have been receiving alerts every day for 2 months and 9 out of 10 are about how bad chantix is. They should be praising this super drug. People should be careful about what they take but I have to say from experiences Chantix is OK.

40 days

I have not smoked in 40 days and I am doing great. I have been working out and I am starting to get a lot more energy, but its still hard to wake up. I have even went out and had some drinks and did not smoke.

Its been 18 days with no smoke!

I like being a non-smoker.

Bananas Rock!

Bananas are the perfect packaged fruit. Just think about it, it has a thick wrapper with a little handle at the top to open it. And when you do open it the wrapper splits down in to 3 equal parts, plus the wrapper is biodegradable. The curved shape is ergonomically shaped so the it does not cause distress to you wrist while consuming it. I think god spent a little more time making bananas.

I have been eating a lot more fruits since I stopped smoking. Well, I never ate fruits when I smoked. Its amazing how you become healthier, not just by quiting smoking but by eating better and working out more.

Life is good!