I have survived 44 days thus far without a cigarette or any other tobacco product...
It has been hard. It was far easier to transform my body from the Pillsbury boy 250lb, 43" waist to an athlete without a sport 170lb, 32" waist 6-pack.
I have friends who have given up heroin, and they are still addicted to tobacco. I see addiction support groups made up of recovered heroin and cocaine addicts and guess what? At least 75% of them still smoke cigarettes.
I could not have done it without the help of the pharmaceutical industry, the support of my friends, and my cumulative dumbbell/calisthenics log spreadsheet.
These were my friends during my hour of need:
1> Champix, or Chantix in the USA.
It is a smoking cessation product manufactured by Phizer. It works by blocking the nicotine receptor in your brain. It also has some very serious side effects. Over 500 suicides have been linked to this drug, and many instances of people behaving violently have also been linked. Personally, I find Champix makes me feel aggressive. I want to pummel someone who so desperately deserves it. Provided that you don't cheat and have cigarettes, you should be able to go off of Champix 60 days after your last cigarette.
Smoking cigarettes is a pathological addiction similar to putting a loaded revolver with most of the cylinders empty in your mouth any time you smoke. You need a serious industrial strength psychiatric drug to break this (conjugative past tense) addiction. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
2> Ativan - Lorazapam (anti-anxiety drug)
This is one of the fastest acting anti anxiety chill pills. My last dozen times I have started smoking again was because of anxiety attacks that left me with two treatment options. Hit someone who so desperately deserved to be hit, or smoke a cigarette. Had I had some Ativan tablets with me, I would have had a third option.
3> Encouragement from friends.
I am lucky to have a couple of Respiratory Technicians who work close to me. It was my fear of what RTs do for a living that made me lose my first 55 pounds (25 Kilos). These fine people hooked me up to one of their most sophisticated oxygen sensors, and made me aware that I had an amazingly high level of oxygen saturation in my blood, and that they have never seen a result as high as mine from anyone who smoked as much as I did. My buddy got me to realize what might theoretically be possible if I wasn't using my lungs as a carbon monoxide capture and storage device.
4> Exercise
I am an obsessive compulsive individual. I record every lift, every sit-up, every push up, every etc.... I noticed after about 4 weeks that my sets were getting longer and longer, and where before I was doing sets of 25, I was now doing sets of 40. I had a number that I understood. That number made a simple statement . SMOKING TOBACCO IS BAD FOR ME....
5> Mandex
Wearing mandex (mens spandex shirts) makes you aware of every subtle imperfection in your body. Wearing mandex also makes you terrified of snacking as a means of satisfying ones oral fixation. Wearing mandex kept me away from the food during the crucial six weeks, and my weight gain was only 2 Kilos.
So my advice to anyone wanting to quit smoking.
1>Get some Champix
2> Get a Big Ativan prescription. If your physician won't provide you with the drugs, hire a good criminal lawyer that specializes in assault cases, because hitting somebody just might be worth it.
3> Get your friends to encourage you. Remember you don't want to let your friends down.
4> Exercise
5> Buys some tight slutty spandex.
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