Wish me luck......

[Janet]

Originally Posted by paula1961

Today I have lit 4 cigarettes. I don't smoke all of them and I don't inhale them either.
Janet and Kat, how long did it take for you to completely never light another after you started the chantix? I know that Janet said she ended up using the patches.
My sister has a friend that quit after the first week, but I know of another girl that smoked for 3 months. I have been on the Chantix for 3 weeks. And by the way, I eat everything in sight My sister's friend has gained 20 pounds!! But I'd rather be overweight than smoke. How did you guys do with eating? The dr said on average........you gain about 10 pounds and then lose 5 of it I don't believe him LOL!

If I remember right Paula, I was only on the Chantix for about a week, maybe a few days more. I just couldn't stand being sick in my stomach all the time. Like I said I had 2 patches left that I found. Once I put that first patch on I didn't smoke, of course I didn't have any in the house either to cheat with. I just made up my mind I wasn't going to smoke anymore and I wasn't driving all the way to town to buy some. I kept Tic Tacs on hand ALL the time and when I started thinking about it, I got up and did something to take my mind off of it.

There are times to this day that I wish I had one to smoke, but I never will do that again..EVER. I gained...don't know how much for sure, but I've always been heavy so I didn't keep track. It will help if you keep lots of cut up veggies ready to snack on.