I made it 3 weeks and am feeling pretty good. Even when I do have cravings they are not crazy but that might be the help of the patch. Wondering if anyone else on here can tell me what to expect as I go off the patch? I'm on step two right now. Makes sense that I'm just delaying the withdrawl so I wonder if once the patch wearing is over is when the real work begins. Right now, I'm concentrating on getting my head straight about how wonderful a smoke free life is. I saw someone in the car next to me smoking today and said, Thank GOD that is not me anymore. Really, Thank GOD! I want to pay attention to these moments so I never let the beast get the best of me again.