@Dutchess_III, as you know, I am a non-smoker thanks to Chantix. After my husband and I had not smoked for a week or so and were still taking the Chantix, I was having a lot of anxiety because of the very thing you said. I asked my husband if I would ever stop thinking about not smoking. Cigarettes were consuming my every thought. I wanted to have them OUT of my life.
May 1 was one year for me. I don’t think about cigarettes or smoking. Never. I would say for the first three or four months the mental part was still there for me. I would get out of the pool at night and get in the golf cart to head home and the very first thing I’d do was reach for a smoke. I’d get on the phone and head outside to the deck and look for my cigs.
I understand. I really, really do understand, but I promise you that feeling will subside and it is absolutely, without one doubt, the best thing you can do. Please, don’t let that little three inch piece of paper and tobacco rule your life. It is killing you my precious friend. I was paying a company outlandish money to kill myself. How stupid is that?
I brushed my teeth constantly at first to kill the urge to smoke. I hated the way my mouth tasted after I smoked that that was a bery good way to put off the urge and to occupy my hands and mouth until the urge passed.. Which by the way it does.
If you need help, encouragement or anything else; don’t hesitate to ask. Before you pay for a prescription, which is very expensive, look at the Chantix website and see if they are still offering coupons.