I lost a nice chunk of my right lung in '83. I was in the hospital for 6 weeks and couldn't even get out of bed for 4 weeks, so it was a case of just dealing with it. Afterwards, I smoked a pack in a week but then stopped when I realized how smoking killed my stamina.

Well, since I started this poll I might as well tell you where I'm at. I officially put them down two weeks ago. I use the patch which helps a whole lot, but I still crave cigarettes. I just keep myself busy and don't think about it too much and I get through alright. The tough part is when I'm in the bars with my friends because they all still smoke. But really if I didn't have a desire to quit, I'd still be smoking. The biggest step was actually wanting to quit period.

It'll always be hard. It doesn't matter what the addiction might be. Giving it up and staying off takes a lot of will power and determination.

It's been a month, god I want a fucking SMOKE!!!!!!

haha, about 50 days or so for me, after smoking on and off for 35 years. It sucks donkey dick, but I am getting used to it. I no longer want to smoke, but I still miss it once in a while.

Yeah I think its the cravings come and go. A few times I could actually taste smoke in my mouth. What an addiction to kick. Was taking the Champix, ran out and said fuck it I can do this myself. One thing for sure is some days are better than others.

read the whole thing. not bad.

I used the lozenges the first few days, now I puff on an ecig once in a while. It feels and tastes a little like smoke, so it is a little satisfying. But I am using it less and less. I had 2 vivid dreams about smoking, that I can remember. In the dream I was so happy and it tasted so good. But now I feel like it would be weird to smoke. I've been working out like a maniac, and all my weights and reps have gone up since I quit. I can't go backwards. I hope I can smoke a cigar one day.

I had 2 vivid sex dreams while on the Champix. Miss those. Don't miss the nausea that came from taking them. I found my working out has suffered a bit, cuz I feel that my body was used to me smoking. Ever since I stopped it's like I'm working out twice as hard. Does that make sense? Anyways haven't thought about ecigs, afraid i might get addicted to them lol.

the ecigs are not good enough to get addicted to them. At least for me. I tried Chantix years ago when I quit and I had weird dreams too. The nausea was controllable after awhile, but at first it really sucked. I hated being a zombie while I was on it. That's why I quit. Meanwhile, a lot of people found me more tolerable because Chantix is very similar to Wellbutrin, which is an antidepressant.
Sounds like your difficulties working out could be all in your head. You are getting more oxygen to your muscles and blood now. They have to be performing better. It might be that you need more vitamins, or maybe it is diet related.