Bit of a problem....Help, please!

[crystalabner]

I have one patch left on Step 1 for tomorrow morning.  I am getting them through the Veterans Administration and I'm not sure I called for my next step of patches soon enough.  Hopefully, they will be in the mail tomorrow.

What I want to ask is, if they aren't in the mail, should I buy some (Step 2) or should I go a few days without a patch until they come in?  Today is Day 27 and I'm not sure I'm strong enough to fight the withdrawals also.  I actually went without a patch this morning because I forgot to put it on and had a horrible few hours before I realized I hadn't put my patch on.  I take them off at night because of vivid nightmares.  I have a hard time when I first wake up (I guess until the patch kicks in?).

Just trying to figure out whether I should spend the money to buy patches if mine aren't in the mail.  I think I would be ok (I really have my mind set to this).  But I don't want to risk losing this battle. 

[JonesCarpeDiem]

Listen to your body. You know it better than anyone else.

I used 10 of the step one in 14 days. After a few times (not in a row mind you) of forgetting to put one on and realizing I didn't really need them, i stopped.

If you feel like you have learned what to expect when you get a craving, and you've learned how to divert your mind from cravings, you may not need them anymore.

You figure out what's best

[crystalabner]

Last time I quit for over 3 months (started back because of a huge personal loss), I only went about halfway through step 2 and just stopped wearing them because I felt I didn't need them.  I did just fine coming off them on step 2...but I'm not so sure about step 1.  I'm not really planning on going all the way through step 2 this time either, but I am a little nervous about going from step 1 to nothing at all.  I just don't want to mess this up and if spending $40 to buy some patches will help, then I'll do it.  If this morning hadn't of bothered me so bad, I probably wouldn't be stressing, but I would have given a million dollars to have had one this morning.  So I think I really need to do Step 2, even if for just a little while.

[Ex_Nancy]

I quit with the patches too, and I'm thinking it was about 2 months total, BUT, your quit is for you....go to Walmart tonite or tamale and get a week's supply....very cheap, about 15 bucks....easy peasy...the MOST important thing is that you stay quit and relearn your triggers and solutions, as this is a 95% mind game. So, in the meantime, keep reading to get that brainwashing out of your mind.

[Jenny78]

I think you should do what you feel you need to do to get through the few days while waiting for your patches to arrive.  If you can buy just a week supply and you would feel better not going off the patch then do it.  If you feel confident enough to try a couple days off the patch then do that.  It is your body and mind and we can't make that decision for you.

[lois2]

I think  i would but a small box just to be safe, or maybe you don't need them.

[Nyima_1.6.13]

Better to buy the smallest amount you can, then you have them and there are no excuses!! If you don't open the box from Walmart, you can always return it?!?