Well, I have cut down smoking a lot but I have not put any money on me actually stopping altogether by my target date of tomorrow. It is Soooo hard! My theory is that those people who think it’s easy to give up smoking are either lying or still having a crafty one (or ten) when no-one’s looking, or aren’t really addicts at all.
The funny thing is that Phil decided to go into competition mode and also started cutting down last week without the aid of medication or nicotine replacement. He is now smoking about the same as me, but whereas for me this is about half what I used to smoke, it’s about 25% for him and he is suffering quite a bit. I have therefore advised him not to try packing in altogether just yet and persevere with the reduction plan instead.
Not that he ever listens to me on these matters. He is always in denial when he’s ill so makes himself worse rather than resting. Mind you, I suppose that is unusual as most men are complete babies when they are unwell.
Back to the Zyban, what seems to be happening is that it reduces my craving for nicotine bit doesn’t eliminate it altogether so I can go longer without smoking, but still crack eventually. My record so far is 3.5 hours, expect when asleep (Ha! Ha!). I also had a few mild but weird side effects last week such as feeling odd and jabbering in meetings, and I’ve had some odd dreams of late, but otherwise nothing drastic. Mind you, I did talk to someone who got an anaphylactic attack after taking it for 2 weeks so there is still time!
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