Just quit. Started with Nicoderm CQ step 1. The first 2-weeks of a possible 6-week, 3-step plan. I decided that I didn't want to rely on a patch either, so I finished the 14 days at 21 mg. Now, I'm like a naked, shaved bear standing in the friggin' alpine mountains wondering who the hell I am and where is my fix?
I think I could personally identify with 90% of the list of Top 100 Benefits of Quitting. One thing I would add.....I actually dug through the back of my truck (where I threw the old dip cans) and recovered about 70 "dead soldiers" (no offense to real soldiers.) I used my finger to scrape whatever was left in all 70 or so of those cans to get about 1/4 of a dip. It was either that, or knock myself unconscious. This event actually happened twice in some of my previous attempts at quitting.
I'm done this time. So far, so good. What gets me every time is the gold ole "...heck, that wasn't hard. I'll reward myself with just one dip and then I'll throw away the rest of it." That is the devil in the details! You cannot have just one! It is a lie you tell yourself.
