Chantix - Day 8

Today has been great so far. I slept well last night, did not have a cigarette right when I woke up, and generally felt fine all day.

I was able to keep the cigarettes two hours apart and honestly my cravings weren't as bad as yesterday's when they were 1½ hours apart. I was keeping track of the time when it was getting close, but it wasn't terrible. Tomorrow I'm going to try for 2½-3 hours. I've got some work to do in the garage so that should keep my mind occupied.

I've been pretty thirsty all day with the two 1mg doses. That's normal from what I understand. One of the other side effects listed was a change in perceived taste. So far everything to me has tasted the same except for the Sunkist soda I had, and the cigarettes (which, fortunately, are tasting worse).

Given the progress today with the cravings, I'm pretty confident that I can stop when this pack runs out. I'm a little worried though, because right now when I do have the cravings at least I know that I will get the cigarette eventually. Once these run out though, there will be no more and I'm not sure how I'll handle that. Hopefully the drug will work as advertised and I won't even want any.