Chantix - Slow Turkey

I think the "Slow Turkey" commercial is actually pretty good.  Lots of artistic talent went into the production.  Other than the usual gibberish of see your doctor if you have mental illness. Its relaxful.

I used Chantix, broke out in a horrible rash on the side of my face, had to go to the doctor for a steroid shot.  Lovely dreams though.

If quitting has traditionally been called, cold turkey, shouldn't this ad be called Hot Turkey?

I think the commercial is hilarious but not in the way they intended.   To me the turkey reminds me of hallucinations and "waking nightmares" from the commercial below.  
Because of course a turkey would be mowing your lawn.

I think I've posted this before but it applies, so here it is again.  One of my favorites.

Saturday Night Live Chantix commercial.
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/chantix/n1333

On a related note, I quite many years ago. It was hard, but it can be done and it was worth it. 

Congratulations Thor! 
Regarding tempting fate, yeah that's one of the biggest hurdles.   It's like a pizza commercial. You're sitting around, not thinking about pizza, until there it is gooey cheese and all, in HD, and suddenly you find yourself grabbing the phone and ordering a pizza.

So with cigarettes, what worked for me is not to entertain the thought.  Break the mental habit. I would go take a walk and breathe the fresh air - that helped.   Put a little incense out in the air.   Remember how nasty cigarettes smell - hair, clothing, breath.   (Because  kissing a smoker is not sexy). I would change the thought to how good healthy food (for instance fruit) would smell or taste.  One trick is to take something nasty from cigarettes (like filters or butts or a dirty ashtray) and put water in it to make it even grosser, and put it next to a fresh-air window as a reminder of how I don't want to smell. 

I had a few smoking dreams over the years that were so realistic I wasn't sure I hadn't smoked! 

It's been a great decision to stay stopped. I was in my twenties and could barely breathe from being a heavy smoker and thought, oh this isn't right.  Back then everyone smoked so I just went with the herd. Quit and never regretted it a single day.

atikovi wrote: aka ron wrote: we were a crazy bunch of adult children! I had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. It all makes sense now...

Hey!  I resemble that remark!

aka ron wrote:   Ever wonder where the wish bone was?

aka ron wrote: Number 4 in the 'slow turkey' series!

I actually like the turkey video. The CGI is quite realistic, anthropomorphic bird notwithstanding. Cool imitation classic Ford Bronco.

catt_al wrote: "I've got a great idea, Chantix lets you quit at your own pace" "Well, there's no hook in that, how are people going to get excited about quitting smoking without a hook?"

Thor wrote: Totally based on my own experience (after 43 years smoking 1+ packs/day, I simply quit one day---no nicotine fits or anything), I sometimes think people have bought too heavily into the "quit smoking" industry.  I think many people just assume they're going to need the help of some product like Chantix or Juul or Nicorette or hypnotism or whatever, without even trying to just stop on their own.

Thor wrote: I say people should at least try to quit on their own.  One never knows.  I certainly surprised myself.  I think many people just buy into the notion that it's going to be really difficult, and they're convinced they're going to need Chantix or whatever.  It's not necessarily so.