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Are Doctors Taught About Nicotine Recovery? Sometimes the response people get from their doctors upon finding out that they had quit smoking is less than enthusiastic, often expressing great skepticism that the people will be able to sustain their quits over the long-term. The former smokers are often left discouraged and at times begin to question their own ability to stay off. Video explains why physicians are often pessimistic of people's ability to quit smoking and stay smoke free over the long term. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u__qleLP1bw Related videos: "Whatever you do, don't quit cold turkey" How did the people you know quit smoking? Am I doomed to fail if I don't get professional help Who should you believe? Is cold turkey the only way to quit? A smoking cessation expert? Related articles: "What ever you do don't quit cold turkey!" http://www.ffn.yuku.com/topic/12109 So how did most successful ex-smokers actually quit? http://www.ffn.yuku.com/topic/12122 "40 years of progress?" http://www.ffn.yuku.com/topic/12108 Who should you believe? http://www.ffn.yuku.com/topic/12116 Is cold turkey the only way to quit? http://www.ffn.yuku.com/topic/12120 When did people start to take your quit seriously? http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/11819 "I would rather be a little overweight and not smoking than underweight and dead." http://whyquit.com/joel/Joel_06_03_un... Resources for doctors to help their patients http://whyquit.com/patient_cessation....

I'm on NOPE Street at the Muddy Waters Coffee House.

How Holidays That Result In Three Day Weekends Effect Recent Ex-Smokers While discussing labor day and fall kind of changes, issues discussed in this video applies to lots of holidays and situations like three day weekends and the end of vacations for recent quitters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGCFdg9tY_w

Congrats, DD!!!!

Vent away, Chrysalis. We're here for you and you and your Mom will be in our thoughts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duKL2dAJN6I

Enjoy your weekend, Queen Beth!

How are you this morning, Wendy? I hope that you and your hubby woke up to a brighter day. We all have moments like this and they suck. Glad that you didn't smoke and came here to vent. When I first moved to the DC area, my wife and three kids were still back in NC. What we thought was only going to be 2 months until they moved up, turned out to be 5 long months. When they did move up here, at the time I was still working swing shift and there would be over a week per month that the only time I would see any of them is when I looked in on them when they were sleeping. It's no fun and I can kind of understand what you're going through. Stay strong and committed to never puffing on a cigarette again. You're three days into your quit and it's so important that you continue to do what you're doing. You're doing great. :)

This is the key to longterm success. Awesome post, Aine.

Tellin' pa. Reported too.

Sideways pictures are cool. You get to turn your laptop topsy turvy to see them. :)

You won't even type the 3 numbers in a row. hahahaha You skeered and I'm telling pa.

MQ and his younger bro taken last year (+30 years).

And for the record, people relapse because they still believe smoking benefits them in some way.

Here's another one which goes along nicely with this topic. "It's Inevitable, Some Smokers Are Going To Relapse" If you are a member of any quit smoking support group, whether it be online or a live program, it is likely that some members of your group are going to fail. You should not interpret this fact to mean that it is likely or inevitable that you are going to fail. Video spells out the major difference between people who relapse and those who don't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ego_dpPmfOk

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I hope that everybody watches the video posted just above this post. I relapsed after the 2013 Washington Navy Yard shootings after my boss was shot in the head. I had been quit for 9 months or so. This was no reason to relapse at all. Smoking did nothing for me and didn't help a single bit with the stress, horror and loss that I was dealing with. Thankfully, my relapse lasted only for one week and ~1 pack of cigarettes as I quickly felt the power of this addiction and I feel that had I not quit when I did, I would have been fighting like hell to quit when I finally would have decided to. Nicotine is what we crave and erroneously believe calms us and helps us cope. I can tell you without hesitation that the notion that smoking somehow relaxes us is a big fat lie. In midst of my nightmare, smoking did not relax me, calm me or even channel my thoughts to other things. It did nothing but wake up the addiction. No need to reintroduce nicotine into your body after you've worked so hard to get rid of it and all of the hazards that it poses. You see, for us, when we willingly put the drug nicotine back into our bodies we wake up the beast and place ourselves at very serious risk of smoking again. Please watch the video posted above because it gives more insight into the video in which Chrysalis is talking about.

There Is No Legitimate Reason To Relapse Video explains how that under any conditions, even those of catastrophic stress or loss, there is no real legitimate reason to take a cigarette. Following are links to several articles and videos that extensively explores this principle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCm_5b144XE Related articles: There is no legitimate reason to relapse http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24 We understand why you relapsed http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/23027 I have to smoke because of all my stress http://www.ffn.yuku.com/topic/15534 How would you deal with the following situation http://www.ffn.yuku.com/topic/12463 Related videos: Resources explaining interaction between nicotine and stress Smoking does not help solve stress I am climbing the walls because I quit smoking I'll be a nervous wreck forever if I quit smoking Why do smokers smoke Video referred to in this video: Carrying nicotine replacement products in case of emergency Nicotine is nicotine is nicotine

Here is the follow up to the video which Chrysalis referenced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCm_5b144XE

What Joel is talking about is putting nicotine back into your system after you've quit because of stressful events such as 9/11. If you're carrying nicotine to use in times of stress you're still believing that it will calm you down. This is physically impossible because nicotine raises your BP and courses adrenaline through your body. Once you put nicotine back into your body you're creating dependency on it again and "left unchecked" it will.... Chantix does not have nicotine so you're not introducing it back into your system. Joel is not saying that it's better to relapse than to take NRT. He's saying that it's not a good idea for former smokers to carry NRT because they'll use it, become addicted to nicotine again and we all know the drill from there. He's stating that it's not a good idea for the media and other entities to be telling former smokers to carry some form of NRT "just in case" because you've already quit so why start the dependency/withdrawal cycle all over again? If I was selling NRT I would agree that former smokers should carry NRT because they'll use it but as somebody who wants people to quit for good, I have to agree with Joel. Am I for NRT to quit smoking? Yes! Whatever works to quit, do it. However, NRT should not be used instead of smoking but rather to help you quit. There are stats on which method has the highest success rate and cold turkey is the clear winner but that doesn't mean that other methods don't work which is why Quit Train is open to other methods. Nicotine does not reduce stress but provides the illusion that it does because you go into mild withdrawal when you need a cigarette and once you smoke, you relieve that withdrawal which gives the illusion of relieving stress when in fact the stress was created by the same drug that you're taking to relieve the stress in the first place. Allen Carr was 100% against any form of NRT and he claimed that his clinics had a 90% success rate. Again, Quit Train remains neutral on the subject but each of us are entitled to form our own opinions because what works for one may not work for another. Ava used NRT and I'm thankful that she did because she's been quit for over a year and has a very, very strong quit. :)

Keeping NRT In Case Of Emergency Video addresses the consequences of keeping a supply of any nicotine replacement product in the event of facing major or minor stress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMRj1BlDTRw&app=desktop Related articles: From the string "Carrying cigarettes" http://ffn.yuku.com/reply/425364/Carr... I have to smoke because of all my stress http://www.ffn.yuku.com/topic/15534 How would you deal with the following situation http://www.ffn.yuku.com/topic/12463 Related videos: Nicotine is nicotine is nicotine Smoking does not help solve stress I am climbing the walls because I quit smoking I'll be a nervous wreck forever if I quit smoking Why do smokers smoke

From one hobo to another, ridin' trains is great isn't it? lol Welcome and great to meet you!

lol 4 AM and this made my head toss back with laughter. :rofl:

You get strike another gutter ball!! I insert a bent spoon.