So I've been on Chantax for a week. Today is my quit day. I want cigarettes now. Fuck you I hate you.
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So I've been on Chantax for a week. Today is my quit day. I want cigarettes now. Fuck you I hate you.
That shit is so expensive. I thought you weren't able to take it.
I thought they were upping the cost of imports.
Shows what I know.
I decided to chance it. I really hate smoking.
No baseball sized hives yet!
how much was it?
A lot. I forget. I got a months supply at once and put it on my credit card and then put the price out of my head.
The first week was interesting, because smoking cigarettes made me feel shitty, like, really shitty. But that all stopped when I switched up to the 2mg a day dosage. Then they got more delicious than chocolate covered cocaine. Might just be because I knew I was running out of time though.
This might help you quit smoking
or make you gay. let me know.
My mother started taking it about a month ago, and hasn't smoked in nearly 3 weeks now. It's the first time she's gone more than a few days in 30 years.
Myself? A pack of 27s pls.
Backbone n' willpower is free. But hey, good luck! I'm addicted to snuff on my 3rd year, since I quit smoking.
you should have your ass kicked in for this post. I mean, come on, he's trying to drop it and you gave the obvious dickhole reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by dakidski
The title of this thread is very misleading.
I did it the backbone way for a little over a year. Thought I'd give the new wonder drug a try.Quote:
Originally Posted by dakidski
P.S. I hope you end up like this:
No it isn't. This thread is about Chantax, the magical quit smoking pill which works about as well as a finger in the ass. Now Discuss. You motherfucker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
i don't know, I finger in the ass would stop me from doing a lot of things
None of the things that matter.
I finger in the ass?
I, A, vowels same damn thing
Japan made me start smoking again after like 5 years. This country just constantly throws tobacco at you; it's in vending machines on every street, all kinds of stores sell cigarettes even if their business has no relation (Takeyama Bedsheets & Marlboros!) and worst of all you can smoke just about everywhere.
Going out drinking is damn cheap here and happens frequently, like 2-3 times a week. It makes avoiding smoking that much tougher.
But then three weeks ago I got nasty-sick. And for the last week of it it was damn obvious that I would have recovered sooner but every time I lit up it was making me worse. So I quit on Friday. I quit before on straight willpower, basically just reminding myself how much I didn't enjoy smoking every time I wanted one. I'm trying the willpower thing again, but it's way tougher here than in weed-is-okay-but-you-smoke-tobacco-we-send-you-to-jail Canada.
I'm seriously jonesing right now, but I think I can make it. I was only smoking for about 6 months this time, so it's not like I have years of habit built up. But still, I'm getting kind of jittery.
There's no way I could ever even think of trying to quit smoking in Japan.
As you said they damn near give these things away for free and push em like a mother fucker.
I just cut down to smoking Mild Seven 1's to feel better about how much I smoke.
You're the worst kind of smoker.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
I came in here expecting a hilarious discussion on Chan tax! Posting on TNL you expect certain things when chan is in the title.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
I thought the same thing, but sadly realized even before I clicked the link, "No, it's not chan tax. It would be awesome if it was."Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
The title of this thread made me just say "WTF"- yeah, I was thinking about a nasty surcharge on imports. Chantax (actually Chantix) is one hell of a weird name, but no more so than a bunch of other prescription drug brand names. :lol:
Aside from the health reasons, the most daunting thing about cigarettes is the cost. You think $5.50 here and there isn't so bad, blah blah blah... Until you do the math.
Pack a day/$5.50/x365 = $2007/year spent on 27's, reds, or whatever.
Okay, so that might not seem bad. HOWEVER, let's look at this over a ten year period and assume that the $167/month that you normally spend on cigarettes is, instead, put into a modest 6.5% savings account and you come up with:
http://www.planningtips.com/cgi-bin/...&Calculate.y=8
It just cost you $32,000.00+ to smoke for ten years. Yeah, I'm still smoking and I'm an idiot.
For all the bitching I've been doing, the last few days haven't been that bad. Sometimes I'll think about the fact that I can't ever smoke a cigarette again and I get bummed out, but there are zero cravings. Its really really interesting.
I recommend this stuff. Its only been a week, but it gets easier every day. I have a good feeling about this time...
You might have just talked me into it. Part of smoking is being a stubborn bitch about the whole thing and denial. I've gone days without a cigarette and don't really "have" to smoke but end up doing it again, anyway.
Try visiting quitnet.com
The "money/life saved" counter is a great way to back yourself up on a day where its difficult.
Try the Chantax (fuck Zyban imo) it makes you feel weird and indescribable about cigarettes. The first few days are fucked though... so buck up princess.
For example: I've saved 18 hours of my life and 22.50 in the past 6 days.
Got a scrip for it today. I'll let you know when I join you in Chantix hell.
Canada has their priorities in order.Quote:
Originally Posted by StriderKyo
the only time I think about cigarettes anymore is when I take my pill in the morning and at night, and even then its just a "oh yeah... cigarettes" thing.
this stuff is pretty awesome.
I cracked a couple of times after my last post, but I've gone a week without a cigarette so I think I've got it beat. I wish I could give some advice on how I did it, but it was the same as the first time I quit. I walked around for months saying "I should quit, I wish I could," then one day I'd just had enough and I was able to stop. It wasn't like this Batman willpower battle or anything, I had to say no to myself a couple of times and then it just happened.
I'm not arguing that one, although I don't mind the fact that weed is a hassle to get here. There are times I miss it, but overall life with limited dope access is a happier one. That stuff's way too easy for me to abuse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint of Killers
I went a year without a cigarette. You never have it beat. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by StriderKyo
I know what you mean. I went 5 years after the last time I quit where the only tobacco I had was in joints, but I still came back to it.
It's going to be pretty hard not to slide back into it. It's easy to avoid when I'm at home or busy working, but it's all around me whenever I go out. This country needs to pass a no smoking in bars rule.
Never understood the tobacco in joints thing myself. Takes up room you could be using for pot.
I have a handful of friends that have had total success with Chantix. Shit isn't cheap if it isn't covered by your healthcare, but the stuff works. If your balls we're bigger than peas, you'd quit cold-turkey like I did. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Seriously though, stick to it man. I'm interesting in hearing if you still crave a cigarette while high and/or drunk after you use Chantix.
I don't get drunk anymore, and I don't crave shit except ice cream and blowjobs when I'm stoned. This stuff is like a magic pill. Lets see what happens after I go through the program and I'm off it though...
Just picked it up. $125 for a month's supply. Christ, it's almost cheaper to smoke.
Not in the long run, and then you die a horrible painful death. Mull that one over for a bit.
My prescription is in. I can't wait.
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Burns more smoothly & evenly, makes for a wayyy better smoke to my mind. Trouble is then you get addicted to joints.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
My Dad smoked for 20 years and had a heart attack at 50. After he got out of the hospital he quit cold turkey and hasn't had a cigarette since. Or the daft bastard is just really good at concealing it.
IBTN. But as someone who has been struggling with quitting smoking (tobacco, that is) for a few years now, I think I'll be skipping the spliffs for the forseeable future... or, y'know, forever. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by StriderKyo
But considering you can fashion a decent pipe out of damn near anything, a joint is only necessary when you're out for a walk or something.
Joints are boring.
This is the shit though:
Those things are awful. If you're smoking a one hitter it damn well better be made of glass.
Mine is. That was just an example picture from the internets.
Good, those wooden boxes where you shove shake into one side and smoke out of a bootleg metal pipe are lame. I used to go through one hitters all the time, either breaking them or losing them, but I have actually had my current one (which is pretty damn awesome looking) for almost 2 years now. I think it's a new record for me.
Also, you have inspired me to try Chantax. Zyban didn't work for me, so I'm hoping this stuff will.
I have wooden box, I threw away the metal one hitter and replaced it with glass. I use a grinder. No shake. No complaints.
Other than the fact that I don't have any pot.
When I quit, I'm going to take $5.50 a day and at the end of the year buy myself something nice, like a world class hooker or 5 PS3's to help out Sony.
The downside to this pill, for me at least, is horrible, soul crushing depression. The past couple days have been really, really bad.
This thread is fascinating. I have literally never had a cigarette, and reading this insures I never will.
I feel like that's more of a side effect to quitting smoking than the drug. Apparently depression is very common among people who quit smoking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
I started late (16) and really regret doing it to "be cool". Ah, regrets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
I started at 16 too. Anyone who starts in their late 20's or farther down the line is REALLY dumb.
I just took my first pill. Long live me!
Started at 12.
Smoking never did anything for me so I never got into it. I don't have an addictive personality so that must have helped.
Smoking weed is still fun though.
I miss those days.
14 here.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
Wasn't it fun standing outside the liquor store asking every sad looking fuck that walked in, "Dude, if I give you the money will you buy me a pack of cigarettes?"
Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Volcanos ftw.
Yeah... thats nice and all, but its a bit difficult to use a vaporizer in my car. Not exactly the most discreet way of doing things. Hence, the dugout.
Oh hell yeah. I'd hang out there untill I couldn't the trashiest looking motherfucker I saw, then proceed to try to convince him to buy some.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
My other trick was convincing people I worked with at my part time job to buy me some.
If you guys get Lung Cancer, my radiation therapy treatment plans are off the hook, yo.
I was about 14 when I started smoking. I was easy for me though, because there was this old independent (as in not a 7-11 or some shit like that) convenience store a few miles from my high school that never carded for cigs and beer. That place was a fucking goldmine when I was a teenager.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
From what I understand it was mainly a front for a bookmaking operation (probably still is).
I used to buy my cigarettes from the cigarette machine next to the arcade at the Crofton bowling alley. Worked like a charm.
Then one of my friends got a fake ID and we were on easy street.
One of the girls in my class is trying to quit, she's been smoking a pack or so a day since just after 14. She's been borderline psychotic trying to quit. I feel really bad for her.
Tell her to take Chantax.
I find alcohol a much more afforable way to ruin my health.
My ladies mom recently quit using this and she hasn't smoked in the two months or so since quitting which is pretty rad.
My mom however tried it about a month ago and pretty much had a disasterous faliure, which is not so rad.
:(
Banning smoking in bars is one of the best things to ever happen. I've almost forgotten what it's like to have my clothes stink like smoke. These days I only end up smelling like an ashtray when I go to house parties.Quote:
Originally Posted by StriderKyo
February MD goes non-smoking. I think its great.
I can't wait.
the sidebar is non-smoking now. Its the only club I go to in baltimore anymore.
It smells of stale piss though... the cigarettes did cover that up pretty well.
The downside is I will want to go out to bars a lot more often. Goodbye monies.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
that shit was srs lol.
I'm halfway into my second week and I am 3 days smoke free. The last 2 days were pretty rough but today is much different. I picked a shitty weekend for my quit date - new pos installation tonight after 3 14 hour shifts then coming back at 8am to pull 16 more hours. I'm happy about the pill though. I don't think I'd enjoy a cigarette if I had one. I too have a good feeling about this time. This shit does piss my stomach off something terrible. I don't know if this is the same problem you had Josh but I'm ready to yak off these 1mg pills.
I'm about to go smoke. I figure after four years of two to four smokes a day I'll call it quits.
I don't even know how people afford a pack a day.
ALWAYS eat something before taking those pills. Otherwise its agony. I drink a protein shake before I take mine, and it works perfectly. So does a slice or two of bread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hubbitron
I thought about cigarettes once today and it made me go "oh yeah?" I wasn't impressed.
There are currently studies being done on the effectiveness of chantax and stopping alcohol consumption. This might be the proverbial magic pill. I know its working fucking wonders for me.
Wonder what its gonna be like when I'm not taking it anymore. :O
Hopefully it'll be like a big party that I'm invited to.
To tell the truth I haven't had my normal desire for a cold beer after work in several days. Weird.
These pills might be a big part of why I'm not interested in getting drunk anymore. Or it could be my Ramones Life Betterment Plan that I'm on.
Either way, I feel so much better these days that its insane.
I'm waiting for that. I'm still in withdrawal limbo.
Give it a solid week of the 1mg joints.
Started this shit today. Let's see what happens.
Best of luck.
Just got Chantix for my mother(my insurance covers it). I hope it works as well for her as it is for some of you. I seriously wish you all the best of luck.
I quit 3 years ago and feel so much fucking better. A also saved money everyday and would reward myself with something nice, like Hao said. It wasn't easy and I literally had to quit consuming alcohol and stopped visiting convienience stores for months, but the end result is awesome!
Today will mark 2 weeks as a non-smoker. I'm really starting to like this. The only problem now is how much I hate stinking like an ashtray when I go anywhere that allows smoking indoors.
Congulations hubbard! Keep it up.
whooooo!Quote:
Originally Posted by Quitnet.com
Seriously... I haven't been into a 7-11 or inside a gas station in a long while. Its just not possible yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Changeling
Explain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Its just what I'm calling my current daily activities. I'm basically getting into the kind of shape I would need to be in order to play a one hour set of Ramones songs, the exact way Johnny did it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr-K
Getting sexy so I can wear tight clothes: vegetarian diet, one hour of cardio a day.
Making sure I can do the Johnny Ramone stance properly without the next day feeling like a constant kick in the balls: one to one and a half hours of yoga a day.
Being able to play all their songs at proper live speed with the proper Ramones form: playing through the first album once a day (warm up) playing through the Screeching Weasel cover album once a day (fucking agonizing).
My Ramones cover band is going to be the shit btw... ask Hubbitron.
That's pretty fucking intense. I can't even *listen* to the live 1978 album without getting tired.
Downstrokes are the hardest musical discipline.
Hey Josh, why you posting here? All the cool kids are talking blog.
I post here because I don't have a job, and its free and time consuming.
Whats your excuse?
The Man discriminates against hippies.
Shave ur beard, mountain man.
This might just be me, but I've list some weight taking this stuff. I normally gain about 5 - 10lbs when I quit smoking but the opposite has happened here and it seems to curb my appetite.