Good luck, it’s damn hard and don’t be discouraged by setbacks. From the time of my first attempt to the time I finally quit was about a decade. I failed multiple times. I tried the patch and the gum, and while they got rid of my craving when I stopped using them the craving came back. Regardless of your source of nicotine, when you stop it, the cravings come back, in the end I realized cold turkey was going to be the only way.
In the end I decided that I was going to quit when I turned 30, so when I turned 30 I quit cold turkey and haven’t had a cigarette now in 13 years. It’s damn hard the first 6 months but it gets easier. I can now mow the lawn and do other things without being winded, I’ve saved a ton of money. I don’t even think about it anymore and I live with 2 heavy smokers. Even my old triggers like a smoke with morning coffee isn’t even a thing for me anymore.
Just take 1 day at a time and distract yourself when you get a craving by doing something, anything.
good luck i quit 63 days ago and haven’t smoked since, the worst part is im not sleeping as well without the smokes. i went out with a bang and smoked two packs in one day and got nicotine poisoning and had my usual nicotine nightmares and then didn’t go back to them.
Good luck I quit July 3rd 2021. First two weeks I wore nicorette patch then 1 week of nicorette spray. Then I went without anything. I relapsed sooooo many times. You will get there
On July 3, 2014, I went to an oral surgeon at thee Free Clinic for a second opinion. He said, “Yes, the tooth should come out. I have some extra time right now. Do you want me to pull it?”
He pulled it out!
Then he said, “Now, no nicotine in the mouth for the next three to seven days.”
I went home and put on two patches, and I still have not smoked!