Dumb me started smoking when DH was in the military and every military wife I was around smoked. I never liked it much but got addicted anyway. Quitting was hard. An old Dr. told me no one has ever died from nicotine withdrawal so deal with it because no one cares if you quit or not so don't go around complaining how hard it is. I was mad at him for being so rude but he was right. It was up to me. I found the patch and used it. Sometimes I had two or more patches on at one time. I told the same Dr. my arm hurt from the patches and he said so? Better your arm hurt then your lungs rot. Deal with it. I sure miss that old goat.