Dain Bramage is what you get when you quit by using the patch, and my daugher’s got it in spades right now. Please don’t think I’m poking fun at my own daughter! I only know the syndrome because I myself used the patch as directed, and I instantly lost about 80% of my IQ points. The first 2 weeks of my Quit were like being strung out on some kind of mind-numbing drug.

Oh wait - the 21 mg patch is a mind numbing drug!

Thankfully my girl has a good job with a good boss and good people to work with. I contract my services out, which means if I don’t work, I don’t eat. Quite literally, my whole livelihood was at stake. If I am unproductive I don’t pay bills, I don’t have electricity, I don’t have internet, I don’t have anything unless I have the ability to work and get stuff done. So here’s what I did.


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