Originally Posted by bringbackmarty

Good luck man. My advice would be to sequester yourself for a minimum of six weeks away from your smoking friends. (If your wife is still smoking than this is impossible.) after six weeks, then you can go hang out with your smoking friends, but only for 1 hour, no more. the following week, maybe make two hrs. if you go to a bar or place where people smoke, try and limit your time there to minimize the temptation for relapse. I did the gum for three days to get me over the 48 hour hump. then quit cold turkey. I was ready, just as you will be someday, hopefully now. Exercise helps some. I tried zyban another time, which did cut down the cravings, but I had to step down off of that because of the dizzy side effects I was having. hope this helps.