If anyone quit can someone give me advice. I am so done with this
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I couldn’t quit cold turkey.
So I switched to vaping for a while. A long while.
Then I switched to lozenges. I had to use the highest strength lozenges I could get, as the lower strength ones were useless.
Then I quit lozenges.
Now I’m completely nicotine free.
None of this was easy peasy. A bit of willpower is required at each change.
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What is lozenges? Are they nicotine patches?
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Thanks! I have been thinking about something like mints
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Mints without nicotine will be useless.
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I was on the gum, then I vaped, now I’m temporarily back to smoking tobacco.
It’s a crutch, it’s hard to quit but you can do it with strong will power.
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Last time I quit I did it during a move. So change of scenery can help. Another time I quit but started again months after, I did it by stress vaping without nicotine for 3 weeks. But you should trade a bad habit for a good one. Else you might trade it for another bad one like binge eating which is common.
You can also make a bad habit unattractive and a good one attractive. Identify as a non smoker. Would recommend the book atomic habits by James Clear for more tips on making and breaking habits
Wish you the best and good luck quitting
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My father never quit when he was alive. I mean really bad. Good luck to you. Hugs
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I’ve been off the cigs for 23 months and the vape for 19 months. I used both the patch and nicotine gum at first, and i would chew cinnamon sticks cuz they felt like a cigarette in my mouth. Now i just chew nicotine gum and sometimes regular gum. My lung function has already improved and i haven’t had to do a breathing treatment since last summer. I have COPD so it was essential that i quit smoking.
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I need to quit too. Its freaking tough. I quit a couple times but always go back.
Try getting some nictoine pouches like zyn, velo or on. They are cheaper than buying the gum or lozenges.
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I didn’t manage before I bought a 20-pack, smoked one cigarette, then broke the others in half and threw them in the trash. Then I did the same thing one more time, and after that I quit. Treating cigarettes like trash helps. Also there was a psychology if I was going to throw them away, why buy them.
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I have no idea wut to tell you. i relapsed alot.. a couple years ago i went 3 month’s. Started drinking and bam smoking again. go for walks when you crave smokes. I use nic gum. Its been over a week without. I quit drinking on april 24th so i got it this time.
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Accept the fact that quitting is hard commit to quit.there is no easy way quitting
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Thanks everyone for the tips
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There was for me the last time I quit. Just stopped during a move and completely forgot that I was ever a smoker until months after. I’m still free of nicotine
I can’t quit smoking so i just cut down where i can. Cutting down by a third is good
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