With medication they were a huge help.
For me, I took those "commit lozenges". Pop one of those pills and for the next few hours I had no desire to have a smoke. But then the problem was I was hooked on the damn pills. I wouldn't leave the house unless I had enough pills for the day and if I was about to run out I'd be jumpy and on edge. After about two years of this I bought the patch, put the patch on, worked great, no more pills.... Never changed the patch like I was supposed to, kept it on for a few days and suddenly I was just done. No urge at all.
Since then it's no big deal. Last convention I went to I had no urge to smoke. I smoked over Christmas at my in-laws house, an entire pack, but since leaving I'm fine. I do that every year.
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