Damn... Look at all of you guys. Seeing how passionate you are all is really a blessing. I appreciate all of the responses.
I've made it 2 days without ANY nicotine only one time. The way I did it was with the patches. I've tried cold turkey before and I had serious psychological side effects: panic attacks, racing thoughts, etc. etc.. When I used the patch system and finally ripped the last one off for two days I didn't have any of these side effects bc of the step system. Needless to say, I just wasn't mentally strong enough to stay quit.
This time, once I'm down to the last step, I'm quitting for good. I understand your lack of confidence of anything non-cold-turkey but this has worked for me once however so brief.
Ill be back with a true quit date; it's gonna be hell like last time but if I can lean on you guys I will do it. Ill be back.
Thanks for the motivation.
I'M glad your here and listening. Now listen to me my friend. I'm going to be real. The patch is krap. All you are doing is postponing the inevitable.
THE ONLY WAY TO QUIT IS QUIT. Yes you are going to go through withdraws for a few days, but it's so worth it. Yes, you will have anxiety and a few other symptoms of withdraws. There is no way around it though,,, nicotine is nicotine. It has to go.
I don't want to beat this to death. You have to decide. When you are ready to really quit,, we are here. Just remember, and I'm being real, the patch doesn't work. I't's made by the same people that got you hooked on dip. THEY ARE ONE IN THE SAME,, STOP GIVING THEM MONEY!!!!
I'm only posting here because your handle is cool, whoabot. W H O A B O T . . . WHOABOT!!! WHOA . . . bot.
Just pitch that shit and come on in. I hear your line of bullshit (sorry) from lots of hesitant quitters and every single nicotine vape / e-cig person in the world. The fact is that nicotine is an incredibly addictive chemical.
We don't need to debate whether or how carcinogenic it is by itself or whether harm reduction through pure nicotine consumption is better than tobacco consumption. That's all hooey. Why? Because if you allow nicotine in your life you will consume it in whatever form it is around you. If you allow yourself to be a USING addict, you will USE nicotine. Out of patches? Then you'll tell yourself, "what harm is a little lipper?" Out of vape extract? Then you'll tell yourself, "what harm is a little cig?"
Nicotine replacement people tell me I'm passionate, or that I'm emotional. HORSESHIT. I am an addict. I've been beating back my addiction every day for 224 days, and I'm less emotional and more rational about it than I ever was when I was using. And the sad thing is that I'm a lot less passionate about being quit than I was about finding nicotine back when I was using.
What you can learn here is to use a set of tools that keep nicotine, and thus all products containing nicotine, out of your life. What you learn on the nicotine replacement shit is . . . well, I don't know. Maybe someone else can help you with that, because it didn't help me learn how to quit.
Really, I can't believe I spent this much time laying this out for you when all you've posted here is equivocation and procrastination. I really really hope that you choose your freedom.
