hiya sweetpea:
Hope you are doing well, and hope you don't have too many side effects so far!
I, too, started chantix on the 1st, and am going to quit after 30-some years! My husband is not ready to quit smoking either, and my "cold turkey" tries just didn't work, so I got the Chantix. It is really helping already, even just starting day 3. I don't know whether its just placebo effect or not, but by the second day I was noticing a difference. Weird.
Maybe we can support each other, since we seem to have some of the same difficulties....
Stay strong!