by ~*~Danyale~*~ N.
Member since:
October 1, 2007

My Mom Is Quitting Smoking!

April 27, 2011 04:46 AM UTC
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Well my mom has decided to quit smoking she got the doctor to give her meds for it and they gave her Chantix she starts her first dose today this morning when she gets up and she will take a pill a day for three days and the after day 4 on she takes two pills a day for 4 weeks and by then she should have no desire for cigarettes so we will see wish her luck.

Comments: 20

★ツ♥Misty♥ツ★ . Apr 27, 2011, 5:03am UTC
Good luck to her. She can do it anyone can do anything they put there mind too.
My momma used this and done great with it.
Tina Dalasinski May 1, 2011, 7:29am UTC
Good luck to her.
Rebecca P. Apr 27, 2011, 6:07am UTC
Good luck to your mother. I know a guy who quit recently and it wasn't easy for him, but he did it! Hoing for great success for your mother.
Hev L. Apr 27, 2011, 7:59am UTC
Good luck. my whole family has quite except my dad
Jennifer R. Apr 27, 2011, 11:19am UTC
good luck!
DarkBeauty 73 (Melanie) Apr 27, 2011, 4:53pm UTC
Good luck, my mom quit smoking as well, it will be a year next month.
Marsha C. Apr 28, 2011, 1:14am UTC
I so want and need to quit. I had gotten down to just 10 a day but now have quit counting...I used Chantix for a whole month and it was working great, then suddenly the medical card wouldn't pay for it anymore :( too bad because I would have been a non-smoker a few years back.
Betty S. Apr 29, 2011, 2:10am UTC
You know Marsha,it is just totally crazy the way our medical cards have stopped paying for so many different meds. You would think they would gladly pay for stuff to help a person break a habit from something that is a potential killer instead of paying all the expense of treating a person for years that has developed a lung disease from smoking.
Lori F. Apr 28, 2011, 1:21am UTC
Tell your mom to look up what the changes are in your body when you quit.

I did and it helped so much.

Like after 8 hours your heartrate goes back to something close to normal. There are tons of sites out there that list hour by hour changes.

And another thing that helped me was rewarding mysefl.

A pack of cigarettes cost about $6 so on the first day I got a cup of my fav Starbucks coffee realizing that the coffee at $4 was less than a pack of cigs.

Then after a week and a savings of roughly $42 I bought myself a purse for $30...to not only reward myself but to make me realize all the thing I could have or do with the money I was wasting on cigarettes.
~*~Danyale~*~ N. Apr 28, 2011, 9:24am UTC
thanks I will pass it on
Betty S. Apr 29, 2011, 2:13am UTC
Congratulations to your Mom. I pray that it helps her stop.
regina guthrey Apr 29, 2011, 2:23am UTC
Wishing your mom good luck on quitting.

Cigs. are so high. $5.00 a pack. Boy she could save herself some money and buy her a nice vacation or anything she may want or need.
♥ Christine aka stine1 ♥ May 4, 2011, 5:06am UTC
I wish her good luck :-)
Pamela Marks May 4, 2011, 6:30pm UTC
This is what my husband took, we are still smoke free almost two years later
Marsha C. May 12, 2011, 2:59pm UTC
Thanks for posting to Secret Sisters
Joe N. May 12, 2011, 7:56pm UTC
she is doing a pretty good job of it too
Marysia M Jan 28, 2013, 5:23pm UTC
i am trying to get my husband to quit too. he claims chantix won't work for him since he "tried the patches and gum". liar he is. he never tried any of it since we've been together.

good luck to mom!
Truth Always Jan 28, 2013, 5:26pm UTC
I used the chantix and have been smoke free now for 5 yrs, this month... He just has to want to quit...
Ms Lee P. Jan 28, 2013, 5:38pm UTC
Good for her. Hope she's successful. If you really want to quit smoking you can. I did. It's been 47 years, 3 months, 7 minutes and 22 seconds since I quit smoking and I don't miss it a bit (LOL). The problem I had when I quit smoking was what do with my hands and I didn't want to start eating extra snacks because I didn't want to get fat. So I drank a lot of water and ate a lot of saltine crackers. It worked for me. Hope she can beat the addiction.

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