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I've taken the plunge. I've tried to quit cold turkey in the past, but have never made it more than a couple weeks. This time I'm going with the patch. I bought a small pack of the gum for today, and I'll be starting on the patch tomorrow. I've had a couple intense cravings, and the gum has helped tremendously with those. It's not the willpower thing of thinking about nothing but smoking, it actually satisfies the craving and lets me think about something else. Which is nice. I've been smoking for 8 years, but 8 years is all it gets. 4 hours since my last smoke: 3/16/12 at about 3 PM. The tough part is coming.
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Mar 17, 2012 00:02
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The patch has been a huge help for me. I'm 18 days smoke-free and haven't had the withdrawal symptoms yet. I went a day without the patch accidentally and was okay, but I'm still going to follow the entire course. I haven't really noticed any difference physically yet, but it feels good to have gotten this far - and not constantly thinking about my next smoke break when I'm at work.
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Apr 4, 2012 00:45
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I still go take outside breaks, just without the cigs. I forgot to put the patch on today before going to work, and holy poo poo did I get road rage coming home. I was yelling at every other driver, typical nicotine withdrawal rage. Didn't crave a cig but proved why I need to do the whole patch course drawdown (got one more week on the 21 mg patches)
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Apr 6, 2012 05:19
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I'm 32 days smoke free - I am using the patch and I've stepped down to the 14mg patch. The first few days on the 14mg patch, I could definitely tell the difference, but I think I'm over that. If it gets to the point where it feels like I'm going to smoke again, I'll just buy the 21mg patches instead. Feels good to be smoke free, though I feel like I get outside less now without the smoke breaks.
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Apr 17, 2012 15:20
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45 days smoke free! However, I've gained about 10 pounds in that timeframe and I look like a fat piece of poo poo. Time to hit up W&W.
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Apr 30, 2012 06:52
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