Good to have you back, Kristilu. You can relax a bit now that that end-of-year push is over at work and you can think more about your Quit. Yes, practice reducing nicotine by cutting back and when you've made some headway with that then you can think about which method will help you the best ( Chantix or inhaler or patch or gum) and prepare well by working the programme from scratch and by reading Joe Cool's soliloquy (print a copy and tie it to your cigarette pack with a rubber band) and all the other great insightful posts again and again.
I had many failed quits where I'd give up and last only a few hours or maybe a half a day only to lose it when I wasn't prepared for the triggers like coffee or a meal or anger or happiness or sex or frustration or .... every damn minute of the day ot was something else. I never listened to my lungs, I ignored the smell on my expensive threepiece suits and the brown stain on my index finger and nail... I never paid any attention to the women who I'd have dinner with who didn't smoke (in the days when one could smoke in a restaurant) and I'd light up before the hors d'oeuvres, after the entree and before and after dessert and then a whole pack while I drank espresso after espresso and cognac after cognac... great catch, wasn't I?? A smoking, inebriated mess in a nice suit...
It's all about the focus and the fight and the knowledge before you start the quit that the "loss" is really a gain, Kristi. And that you have friends in here who want to help you all the time and always until you have let the addiction go for good and all....
Patrick (hugs)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/18/2008
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 72
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,800
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $810.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 13 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 32 [B]Seconds:[/B] 49