Checking in on day 15! Sorry I haven't been here to check in with you, OneofYou. I really stayed off the internet almost completely while I was on vacation, and have been busy since I got back. Chantix really seems to have made a difference for me this time quitting. I had a terrible time with nicotine replacement therapies. I felt terrible no matter what I tried - patches, lozenges, vaping. I think I figured out that I didn't inhale that deeply while smoking, so the dosage on the replacements was higher and more concentrated than what I was getting smoking.
Chantix works differently. It plays with the nicotine receptors in your brain, so that you basically get no pleasure from the nicotine when you smoke. After a couple of weeks of being on it, I would smoke, and wonder just exactly why I was even bothering. That gave me just the push I needed. It took the pleasure away and just left me with the bad things about smoking.
How are you doing?