Introducing Me

[Katoo]

This is not a New Year's resolution. I quit 6 days ago, the day after Christmas. Call me a rebel.

 

I'm taking Chantix. It helps. I still get cravings, but they are manageable. Mostly I feel like I'm forgetting something and it nags at me. Maybe I am forgetting something. Wait. What was I saying?

 

I love the vivid dreams. Not scary, but like watching bizarre television shows starring myself and people I know. Last night I dreamt my two sons and I were meeting for breakfast. They were acting strange and wearing weird hats. I asked them what was wrong and they told me they had done a diner dash the week before and they were worried they'd be recognized. I was angry. There are hundreds of restaurants on the Las Vegas strip we could have met, (yes, inexplicably, we were in Las Vegas). I left in a huff and hurried back to my hotel. When I called them from the hotel, my oldest son was being hassled by the police on the street for playing a trumpet. (No, he doesn't play trumpet). It was at this point that I woke up.

 

Happy new year all.

 

Katoo

[Jenny]

Welcome to the quit train Katoo and congrats on your decision to quit smoking!    I took chantix as well and it helped a lot.  You are nearly through what is referred to,by many, as "hell week" & well on your way to a beautiful smoke free life.  What worked for me was to decide in the beginning that no matter what came my way, I would not smoke.  They'll be difficult days as there always are in life.  It's at those times your brain will play tricks on you by telling you that smoking will make you feel better.  It won't of course and that is just the addiction talking.  Be prepared for those days and you will do well.  

 

If you are having a weak moment and fear relapse post in the SOS forum and the peeps here will help you through it.

 

So happy to have you here!  Please let us know what we can do to help.

[sharonsiff]

Hi Katoo and welcome to the train...;)

[Doreensfree]

Hi and welcome aboard....

Congrats on your fabulous quit.... There's heaps of stuff to read on the main smoking board...

Learn all you can...knowledge is your weapon....

Post as much as you want...there is always someone here to help....

[Runfree]

Welcome to the QT katoo and Congrats on quitting!  It will be one of the best things you do for yourself, ever.  Settle in, do lots of reading and keep posting.  

[Colleen]

Welcome Katoo :)

[BAT]

Welcome to the QT Katoo  :)

[beacon]

Hi welcome!

[Sunnyside]

Wellcome to the forum Katoo

[Nicole Diver]

Well done! Welcome, we are here for you.

[Devil Doll]

Welcome Katoo!

[Petra]

Welcome!!!  Crazy dreams, right???  I didn't use Chantix, but still had many vivid and crazy dreams!

 

Please keep us posted on how you're doing!  Quitting smoking is awesome, and we are all happy to support you\just be here! :)

[Still winning]

Hi Welcome :)

 

The dreams are crazy with chantix for some, at leasst they are not bothering you which is good.

 

One week is an amazing quit already, great job! 

 

x

[MarylandQuitter]

Welcome, Katoo!  I quit using Wellbutrin XL and let me tell you the dreams, whew, they were something else.  It was like watching a movie in full color and being present in dreams like never before.  The medication did precisely what I had hoped it would do and while on it, smoking made me want to vomit.  Still, the addict in me kept trying to smoke hoping the nausea would go away if I just kept trying to smoke.  Didn't work.  The Wellbutrin wouldn't budge.

 

Please stay as active as you can on the boards and keep reading and learning about this addiction because knowledge is really the most successful way to beat it...for good!

[bakon]

If dreams get to be too much then try cold turkey. You might be suprized how easy it is with right frame of mind. NOPE.

[Frezflops]

Welcome to the board......congrats!!!

[Nancy]

Hi, Katoo, and welcome to the board!  I also quit using Chantix, and loved the dreams!

[MarylandQuitter]

How's everything going, Katoo?

[buMbLeB]

Still with us?