DenverDeb....
I took Chantix for a week before I quit last Sunday. So...I'm going on SIX days without a smoke!
While I took Chantix for that week, I noticed immediately that my smoking went down to a pack a day, then less. Which was quite a reduction as i was one of those autopilot smokers, and would do two packs a day...sometimes smoking so many cigarettes that I could not sleep.
Cigarettes were doing a number on me, and shortness of breath was what made me decide it was time.
I think Chantix is a good aide to quitting smoking, but like anything else...you must resolve to QUIT. and that means, NOT ONE. EVER. NO MORE. I know people that have gotten on a program to get Chantix for free,and they are proud that they only smoke ten cigarettes a day "|Because I want to, not because I need to" what a bunch of b.s.
If you think you can smoke a cigarette, even after a year...and not want another one immediately..don't kid yourself.
This isn't my first rodeo with quitting this nasty habit, and though I've slid back into it before, I know what it takes now, for me....I'm all or nothing when it comes to these damn smokes. Some people like booze...some like drugs...for me, the worst thing I've ever done is put that first cigarette in my mouth and light it.
Chantix helps with cravings, that's all. It won't cure you. You'll have to do that yourself.
I'll be around.
Don
