http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2004/10/26/introduction-quit-date-08-28-02/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:49:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2004/10/26/introduction-quit-date-08-28-02/#comment-1646 Raleigh Missy Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:52:15 +0000 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2004/10/26/introduction-quit-date-08-28-02/#comment-1646 Hi Julie, I'm glad you've joined us. If you've some experience with RET then you've got a head start in quitting using some rational methods. Have you begun the lists? Reasons to smoke etc? They can seem a daunting task at first, but once you start they become fairly simple and straightforward. Also, those lists make preparing ABCs a much easier task. As for your questions regarding NRT, my view is that it can help ease the withdrawal symptoms in one key way. It can help reduce the degree of brain fog, an important consideration if you don't have the luxury of being brain dead for a couple of weeks. Work obligations might be a reason to avoid intense brain fog. Past that, it's pretty much a matter of an individual's discomfort threashold and desire to be past the initial nicotine detox. Regardless of whether or not we use NRT, there is a recovery period that is a longer term affair. This is the sleep disruption, abdominal/lower intestinal, return of concentration, sore mouth, lung <!--more--> clearing, emotional, etc etc pat of the quit. To be honest, it usually takes a few months to get through most of it. The up side is that the worst is right in the beginning and quickly starts to get better. Hope to hear more from you, Steve Hi Julie,
I’m glad you’ve joined us. If you’ve some experience with RET then
you’ve got a head start in quitting using some rational methods. Have you
begun the lists? Reasons to smoke etc? They can seem a daunting task at
first, but once you start they become fairly simple and straightforward.
Also, those lists make preparing ABCs a much easier task.
As for your questions regarding NRT, my view is that it can help ease
the withdrawal symptoms in one key way. It can help reduce the degree of
brain fog, an important consideration if you don’t have the luxury of being
brain dead for a couple of weeks. Work obligations might be a reason to
avoid intense brain fog. Past that, it’s pretty much a matter of an
individual’s discomfort threashold and desire to be past the initial
nicotine detox. Regardless of whether or not we use NRT, there is a
recovery period that is a longer term affair. This is the sleep disruption,
abdominal/lower intestinal, return of concentration, sore mouth, lung

clearing, emotional, etc etc pat of the quit. To be honest, it usually
takes a few months to get through most of it. The up side is that the worst
is right in the beginning and quickly starts to get better.
Hope to hear more from you,
Steve

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