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By: SayUncle » Dysgeusia

SayUncle » Dysgeusia — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:02:31 +0000

[...] Since I’m no longer smoking, I’m experiencing Dysgeusia, which means that my sense of taste is changing. Dysgeusia can be caused as a side effect of the medication Chantix (which I am taking and recommend for quitting smoking) and as a result of quitting smoking in general. [...]

By: beerslurpy

beerslurpy — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 23:31:34 +0000

I could never pick up the habit. Smoking tobacco has always tasted like ass to me and I’ve never gotten a “high” off of it.

All the other chemicals seem to work on me OK though.

By: BobG

BobG — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:27:27 +0000

Cold turkey is best. When I had my heart attack, I had to both quit and lose weight. I decided it was best to just bite the bullet; anything else is procrastination.

By: #9

#9 — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 22:23:49 +0000

Stay the course Uncle. You can do it.

By: Manish

Manish — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:46:43 +0000

awesome..and best of luck!!

By: Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:46:23 +0000

LOL Clockwork Orange cesssation. Better than Quitters, Inc. I reckon.

Grats, Unc. Keep at it.

By: Captain Holly

Captain Holly — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:29:38 +0000

Good job, keep it up.

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:00:24 +0000

Almost kinda sounds from your description like the Clockwork Orange smoking cessation program…

By: Carter Kline

Carter Kline — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:38:57 +0000

Unc. — best way is cold turkey!!! and take those butt bux and buy some guns and ammo with them. I quit 20 years ago at $1.00 a pack, and used that money to start a very nice gun collection. Do you think I would have that M1-A, M-1, and the 50 odd others stuffed into 4 various safes if I was paying 4+ bux a day for butts? Set your sight on that peice you thought was out of reach. A pack a day is $1500, not to mention wasted sick days, stinky clothes, and that juicy green phlegm in the morning.
Best of luck, sput

By: ben

ben — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:22:05 +0000

You can do it! Just keep thinking that it’s for your kids’ sake, and yours. If you quit, then you can give yourself that AR in 6.8spc as a reward, since you’ll save that much in a year on smokes.

By: countertop

countertop — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:04:21 +0000

Congrats!!!!

I’ll bring you a pack of Winston’s to celebrate.

Just kidding. Maybe a box of ammo or something.

By: Brutal Hugger

Brutal Hugger — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:20:51 +0000

I’m a quitter too. Last New Year’s, I tossed my pack away. Since then I’ve had maybe 10 cigarettes and a few drags here and there from friends. I consider myself a nonsmoker.

I’ve talked to other quitters, and everybody agrees the craving never fully leaves. I have a physical rush of craving when I see people smoke in movies. Pretty girls can also set it off. Recognizing the craving for what it is helps me ignore it.

Good luck. It’s a long road, but well worth it. Even with the cravings, I am thankful every day that I quit.

By: Jay G

Jay G — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:04:16 +0000

Unc, I don’t care what it takes, just quit. Quit. Quit. Quit.

Believe me, if I, a 2-pack-a-day Camel unfiltered smoker could quit, you can too…

Plus you’re a skinny bastard, so the weight gain isn’t going to be as bad for you…

By: KCSteve

KCSteve — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:57:37 +0000

Congrats!

Quitting smoking is the best gift you can give your children. I say this as someone who’s mother died from lung cancer a few years ago.

When my Dad quit back around 1980 he did his own verrsion of Chantrix – he only let himself smoke those clove ‘cigarettes’. He could stop his intentional smoking but not the habitual smokes. Lighting up one of those clove babies did the trick.