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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: Stovebolt on August 31, 2018, 03:58:00 PM
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49 days ago, I went nicotine free.
I have been a nicotine addict for 25 years. First it was smoking through high school and college, then chewing a can per day for the last 18 years. I have never tried to quit, I was resigned to live my life as an addict. It caused problems in my marriage, I hid it, I lied about it, but I kept doing it. It gave me high blood pressure, bad breath, and mouth sores, but I kept doing it. I was a hard-core addict. I could not function without my nicotine. I never tried to quit, I just kept doing it.
Then, in May 2018, I decided to change. I made up my mind to quit. I was scared, but resolved to do it. On May 7, 2018 I bought a box of nicotine gum and made a plan. I would chew progressively less nicotine gum until I could quit that too, and finally shake the beast. Between May 7th and July 13th, I did just that- chewing 1 piece of 4mg gum per hour at first, gradually down to 1 piece of 2mg every two or three hours. I woke up on July 13th, chewed my morning piece of gum and decided it was a good day to be done with nicotine.
I have not had any nicotine since. 49 days today. A few days ago I had to take a nicotine test for my health insurance, I was extremely proud to see "nicotine= negative" in the results!
Cravings are sill there, and they hit hard. I chew a lot of sugar-free gum...thank God for Orbit. I'm still fighting and I am resolved to win this battle. The cravings are particularly hard today, probably the worst they have been. I just felt like I needed to come here and talk about it with people who understand.
Thanks for listening.
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49 days ago, I went nicotine free.
I have been a nicotine addict for 25 years. First it was smoking through high school and college, then chewing a can per day for the last 18 years. I have never tried to quit, I was resigned to live my life as an addict. It caused problems in my marriage, I hid it, I lied about it, but I kept doing it. It gave me high blood pressure, bad breath, and mouth sores, but I kept doing it. I was a hard-core addict. I could not function without my nicotine. I never tried to quit, I just kept doing it.
Then, in May 2018, I decided to change. I made up my mind to quit. I was scared, but resolved to do it. On May 7, 2018 I bought a box of nicotine gum and made a plan. I would chew progressively less nicotine gum until I could quit that too, and finally shake the beast. Between May 7th and July 13th, I did just that- chewing 1 piece of 4mg gum per hour at first, gradually down to 1 piece of 2mg every two or three hours. I woke up on July 13th, chewed my morning piece of gum and decided it was a good day to be done with nicotine.
I have not had any nicotine since. 49 days today. A few days ago I had to take a nicotine test for my health insurance, I was extremely proud to see "nicotine= negative" in the results!
Cravings are sill there, and they hit hard. I chew a lot of sugar-free gum...thank God for Orbit. I'm still fighting and I am resolved to win this battle. The cravings are particularly hard today, probably the worst they have been. I just felt like I needed to come here and talk about it with people who understand.
Thanks for listening.
Hey Stove,
Wow 49 days on your own, man that is badass. You know we have a whole brotherhood of people in here that you can talk to, yell at, text, call get to know, all with the same problem you have. We are all addicts to the nic bitch.
As far as your cravings go, exercise, juice, cold showers have all worked for almost everyone in here. If you would like to have some brotherhood and accountability, you should look up the October 2018 group in the Pre-HOF section under Quit Groups and start posting roll.
You can exchange phone numbers with a bunch of strange guys and start the brotherhood aspect (yes it sounds strange, but it works). They will all help keep you accountable and you them.
We quit in here one day at a time. We post our promise early every day not to use nicotine for the day and then come back and repeat the process the next day.
I hope you will join us.
Proud to quit with you today
chris2alaska 226
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I second what my brother Chris says right there.
It's great to see you broke the chains of addiction, very proud of you for that.
But why go at this alone?
I know I've "stopped" on my own in the past all to fall back slave to the can.
Jump in your group and post your promise to not use nicotine for today, keep your word, be a man, and repeat tomorrow.
Hope to see you on roll my man.
Skol- 242 days of freedom!
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I second what my brother Chris says right there.
It's great to see you broke the chains of addiction, very proud of you for that.
But why go at this alone?
I know I've "stopped" on my own in the past all to fall back slave to the can.
Jump in your group and post your promise to not use nicotine for today, keep your word, be a man, and repeat tomorrow.
Hope to see you on roll my man.
Skol- 242 days of freedom!
Congratulations on the quit, day 53 for me. I highly recommend connecting with someone on here. I text four strangers every morning (not totally strangers now). I have texted a few when the quit sucked hard and they encouraged me not to cave.
If you want my digits send me a message.
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Glad to see you post roll today! Welcome to Rawktober.
Check your inbox and read as much as you can on the site.
Utilize anyone on this site from your fellow quitters in October to the vets. There is not a person on this site not willing to help that I have seen in my 55 days here.
Proud to quit with you today
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thanks, Guys. I really appreciate the welcome and encouragement. I posted on roll call.