Hello fellow brave ones. It has been 4 1/2 months since I quit smoking after a 50 year addiction. I attribute the success to Chantix and a peaceful environment. Had to stop taking Chantix after 1 month because it gave me GERD, but it set the stage for knowing I really did have the willpower to quit. Although I still have cravings a couple of times a day, it gets much easier to say NO as time passes.

The best thing that happened during that month on Chantix was that although there were some withdrawal symptoms, they were mild. Every other time I've tried to stop, the withdrawal was excruciatingly hard on me and everyone around me. My husband remarked that he expected a Tasmanian Devil when I quit, but Taz never materialized.