Day 14 - the day I quit for good!

Yep, well here I am, been on Champix for 2 weeks and feeling pretty darn good about myself. Over the last few days I've been cutting down significantly to 2 or 3 a day, and even then could only manage half a smoke. Got up this morning and thought, today is the day I stop smoking.

Hardly any cravings, maybe for 30 seconds, then goes away, but not the unstoppable beast that cravings are when you try and give up cold turkey.

A good strategy I think cutting down is when you feel like a smoke, tell yourself you'll have one in 5 minutes if you still feel like one then - so far, this has worked 99% of the time for me.

I know, this blog might seem like an ad for Champix, it's not, I'm simply sharing my experience with others as I know people are hunting out information.

Give it a go, if you experience the same impact as me, you'll be over the moon!

5 Days on Champix

It's been 5 days since I started taking Champix again. Already I can feel the effect of them, i.e. I'm less inclined to smoke. In recent months I've been smoking 10 - 15 a day, but for the last 2 days, I think I've only had 5 a day.

The plan is to stop by Thursday 7 May (six months exactly since I got married). I'm pretty confident about stopping on or before the day.

Side effects this time round? Only a few vivid dreams, nothing nasty, just feels like there's been a dozen stories going on in my head all night.

Feel free to ask questions in the comments if you have any.

Cheers,