I have been trying alot of different things unsuccessfully...Nicotine replacement always lead back to smoking cigarettes or doing both the NRT adn smoking. I started chantix 2 months ago(this is not a nicotine replacement therapy), I was told I could keep smoking while taking this for the first few days. Chantix does what it claims and redcues the cravings and pleasurable effects of smoking...I can honestly say I had no cravings for cigs. chantix also has alot of foul side effects so I will ber happy to be able to stop taking it soon.
On chantix, Even in the absence of craving and pleasure from smoking...I continued to smoke, much less at first and eventually was back up to a half a pack a day. so after talking to my doc last friday and telling her this, she said there was no need to keep taking chantix if i am going to continiue to smoke. I left the appointment thinking how rediculess and lazy that i didnt have enough self control ( in the absence of cravings due to chantix) to not smoke cigarettes (definately, addition behavior). with every cigarette I smoked on saturday I thought more about this....waking up on sunday morning I decided I was going to quit. Now I will continue to take chantix til I prove to myself that I can manage without smoking. Today is the first day i have really had any anxiousness....
thanks again for the words and look forward for more conversation going forward.
