A good support group is the best help you can get.
Actually, Chantix did work for me. I didn’t think it would, but, I was wrong. Smoked for over 30 years. Didn’t really have a strong desire to quit. The side effects of depression are unpleasant but I was expecting it so was able to handle it. It definitely took me more than the one week to stop, but not much longer. Maybe 2 weeks? It’s been 14 months now....I have no desire for a cigarette but miss the smoking. Miss it like an old friend. No relapses at all. Whoo Hoo!
Speaking from experience, you need to be MISERABLE during the first couple of weeks so that you won’t dare start smoking again. If you try to soften the pain in any way you won’t get that message. I had nightmares for years about taking a puff and having to quit all over again.
I am not advocating any pill but it has been said that it is as hard to quit smoking as it is to get off heroine.
BS! I smoked for 30 years. I had no real desire to quit even though I knew I should. I loved to smoke. Doing without cigs was not an option.
I tried Chantix just out of curiosity. It totally took away the need for cigarettes. I kept smoking but it was less and less until I realized that my prescription was up in 3 weeks. At that point I just quit buying cigs.
No withdrawal. No craving. No temptation. If you can take Chantix DO IT! (Not every one can.)
“A good support group is the best help you can get.”
Perhaps for some, but I found that just having the will to quit was enough for me after fifty years of smoking.
The Democrats approved taxing my smokes for some insurance program I disagreed with, and I said eff you, and quit cold turkey.
I guess that is called motivation.
Anyone that can’t quit doesn’t want to or is just plain stupid.