Day 38

Well here goes with another a week. Depending who's rules you follow it's either 11 days since I smoked that cig back on day 27 or 23 days since I quit back on day 15. Either way it's pretty cool.

What's not so cool is that I still get cravings. Now according to Allen Carr that may be because it takes around three weeks for nicotine to clear your system from the last time you smoked. Following that logic I've got more than a week to carry on before the cravings stop. According to the book even at that stage the physical cravings may stop but actually if I don't get myself mentally in the right place I might still spend my time missing cigs.

Now, forgive me if I've got this wrong but, wasn't the point of taking Champix supposed to be that it stopped the physical cravings? Wouldn't the ideal quit method be to do the Allen Carr bit whilst on Champix? Why do I feel that I'm getting the short end of the wedge here? The Champix isn't doing what it's supposed to and Carr isn't convincing me.

New theory. The doc has prescribed a placebo. I'm having no side effects from Champix because I'm actually going cold turkey. The few odd changes I'm experiencing are the result of nicotine withdrawal.

The plan. Only change to the plan is that thanks to advice of Mr Carr I don't even get to make excuses for a sympathy smoke at some point in the future. Here's the deal at the moment. It's 11 days since I even had a puff of a cig. Trust me on that one. It's another 10 days using the Carr theory before I'm clear. (at least ten days). I'm five weeks into a twelve week dose of Champix. I must be close to, If I'm not actually already being, a non smoker. Yes folks, we're going to tough this out and see what happens. The only real question will be, is non smoking a constant sacrifice that I eventually cave in to, or can I actually start to just enjoy it?

Know what option I'm preferring but, there's always the gamble. Stay hooked....