Brad

Good luck with that. You'll be smoking again in no time. If not good for you.

Using the patch in this way is like taking antibiotics until you feel better and saving the rest for later. Your body is still addicted to nicotine. the patch is designed to help you with the cravings and lower the dosage over the course of 10 weeks. in fact if memory serves, step 1 is a shit load of nicotine (about 20-30 smokes a day). So you probably didn't do much doing it for a week.

I am using the patch now, and it has been the best aid I have tried to date and this has been my most successful quit to date in terms of side effects on mood and appetite.

I think you will find that the first two weeks cold turkey (which is what you have done) is not that hard. After three weeks the cravings will come back and you are going to have a tough time.

As I said, if not...good for you. But the majority of people are going to find this.

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