I've been cutting down on my intake as the date nears. 3 days ago it was 9, yesterday I got down to 7 and am hoping to just smoke the 7 tonight but I'm going out later tonight for a drink with a friend, so hopefully I can still just have 7 today. So far I'm doing fair to middlin with 6. Not sure if I'll make it, but even if I only have 8 that's still a HUGE sucess for me. Hurry up patches and get here...the wait is making me anxious!!!