Hi Dasiegrl,
I'm three days into the Champix pill regime and the nausea has almost gone or is not so noticeable taken with food... I intend to quit on the morning of day 8, when I wake... I'll have cleared all the cigs and ashtrays and lighters into the garbage on the previous night.
I only quit once before in 1985 with Smokenders ($500) and stopped smoking for 6 months. I started again in the most novel way - I was pissed drunk in a bar (during the bad old days when I was an alcohol abuser) and the guy next to me had the french cigarettes that I had been smoking for years before I quit... I asked for one in a drunken haze of 'heroism' and by midday next day I was hungover and smoking again.... So, I've smoked again for 23 years and my lungs are shot but they will recover a bit when I stop smoking and at least they won't get any worse...
I'm not looking forward to the withdrawal and the cravings in the Hell Week but I have the Champix and this site when I get paniced!
I wish you the best when you quit and keep posting here so we can head off into this advenure together... only thing that freaks me out about the patch is that you still have to wean yourself off it when you're all done not putting a cigarette into your mouth! I used it several times for 24 hour journeys from Africa to San Diego and to Montreal and it works fine ...but I was hardly outside the terminal doors before I was tearing off the patch and lighting up...
I have enough cigs for another day or so ( of my 'favourite' brand) and then I'll buy Medallion or some "air" type packet of smokes to get me through to night before quit day... but, I tell you, even after only 3 days of the Champix/Chantix my cigs taste like crap!!! That is encouraging....
So, you're going to be my new Quit Buddy and Tresa is going to be my Experienced Alter Ego, as she's a commited QuitLady and a watchful eye on Newbies like you and me...
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/17/2008
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] -4
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] -100
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $-45.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] -51730