http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2006/02/nicotine-addiction/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Addiction treatment, drug rehab, substance abuse prevention, sober living information and much more! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:30:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2006/02/nicotine-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-5 allenf Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:03:45 +0000 http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/?p=29#comment-5 I smoked about a pack or so a day for a long, long time. When I was in rehab 7 months ago, I absolutely needed the nicotine (or at least I believed I did). I got pneumonia and that cut down my smoking but I still wasn't ready to quit. I felt like it would be too much of a shock to my body to give up drugs, alcohol and cigarettes at the same time. Then, my Higher Power sent help my way in the form of friends and direction. My doctor prescribed wellbutrin which I took and then I was lead to a website. Margo has posted a wonderful program for quitting that worked for me. And there is a person named Historyteach (among others) on the website who really encouraged me and supported my effort to quit. I won't lie...there were a few days of hell, but they passed and it has been over 2 months now since I have had a cig. I feel 100% better and have saved over $200. If I can do it, so can you. It all starts with a desire to quit smoking and then taking the steps you are lead to. Oh, by the way, it was not a shock to my body to quit drinking, using and smoking. Only an addict like myself would think that healthy ways could somehow harm me. My body has been thanking me ever since I quit. I smoked about a pack or so a day for a long, long time. When I was in rehab 7 months ago, I absolutely needed the nicotine (or at least I believed I did). I got pneumonia and that cut down my smoking but I still wasn’t ready to quit. I felt like it would be too much of a shock to my body to give up drugs, alcohol and cigarettes at the same time. Then, my Higher Power sent help my way in the form of friends and direction. My doctor prescribed wellbutrin which I took and then I was lead to a website. Margo has posted a wonderful program for quitting that worked for me. And there is a person named Historyteach (among others) on the website who really encouraged me and supported my effort to quit. I won’t lie…there were a few days of hell, but they passed and it has been over 2 months now since I have had a cig. I feel 100% better and have saved over $200. If I can do it, so can you. It all starts with a desire to quit smoking and then taking the steps you are lead to.
Oh, by the way, it was not a shock to my body to quit drinking, using and smoking. Only an addict like myself would think that healthy ways could somehow harm me. My body has been thanking me ever since I quit.

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