Monkey Revisited

I have taken another adventure in the stop-smoking campaign. I have been taking the great new drug Chantrix. I spoke with my doctor about when we had this conversation. It was the first stop-smoking drug I asked her about that she actually said “It works”. She also talked about the side effects and relayed that if I was going to take this medication, she would prefer that I tell people. Dr. C actually had someone try to commit suicide while taking Chantrix. Seeing that I live alone, Dr. C wants to make sure that I have some people looking out for me. I told you she is the greatest doctor!

So I am on week 3 of this stuff and I thought it was a big joke. You are supposed to take this stuff for the first week while still smoking. On the eighth day, you stop smoking; didn’t work so well for me. I smoked the entire 2nd week but I put on my big girl panties and moved my quit day to the 15th day – today. So far, so good. I haven’t had any cravings or anything like that and I have had a slightly stressful morning. My biggest problem has been at home. I was talking with a woman I work with and she suggested a hand held game that would occupy both my mind & my hands. I am now the proud owner of a DS Lite and I love it! When I played it over the weekend, I didn’t even think about smoking. I think I may have finally found a way to get the monkey off my back!