For me I had told myself over and over that I was going to quit the same way your talking about. The thing you need to realize is that you are addict and the only way to be quit is to stop using nicotine in any form possible. The more you try to wein off of it the worse it will be. You will have some bad days and then you will stuff your lip even more because you are still using. Think of it this way if you were to try to cut out a can a month you wouldn't even be able to start a actual quit for a little over a year. That is no way to quit. Take a long look in the mirror and ask yourself why you want to quit. If you can honestly say that you are quitting for yourself then this is the place to do it, it won't be easy, the first month or so you will be in a fog and most everything will piss you off, but the feeling you get when you reach the end of the day and you can say you didn't need nicotine today is feeling you need to experience.
^^^What this guy said.
You need to really ask yourself, "Do I want to quit?". If your answer isn't a definitive "NO", then you need to really think hard about what you are doing because you aren't ready. You can't quit for someone else like a girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband/kids/parents/friends/dogs/fish/pastor/horse/tree/etc. You need to quit for YOU and only YOU.
Cold turkey is the only way to quit if you really want to quit. All tobacco companies and corporations are sold on the 'Nicotine cessation program' because tobacco companies sell the vapes, patches, etc. because they want to make money still. Nicotine is addictive and one of the most addictive drugs on this planet right there with pain killers like oxycodone and heroin. The only way to really do it is to do it cold turkey. Scary? Hell ya! I was freaking out because I wanted my 'program' to taper down sorta like you are saying but in my way. I was way wrong because once I tapered down to just one dip a day, something would affect my life and I'd be right back there with my friend putting down a can a day. One dip or one can...it didn't matter because I've already become an addict and I will ALWAYS be an addict.
You need to come to realize that YOU are an addict and you ALWAYS will be an addict. The quitting here is done one day at a time. Not one week or month or year or whatever...24 hours and then you come back again. Why? Because people who have quit for 2 years think that they can just have one dip because they have it under control. Total fucking bullshit wrong! The nicotine is a bitch and tells you lies. Guys have 'just one' and within a week they are back to 2 cans a day because that is what they did before.
Own your quit...you need to be 100% invested. If you aren't, come back when you are and read up. This place will prove to you that it works...but only if you are 100% sold on the system. Don't buck the system thinking you can do it better...this shit is HARD!!! That is why there are 27,000 people who have signed up for this place.
So, what say you? Are you in? Will you commit? I hope you do...because it is a ride at first but it is ultimate freedom from all of the stupid shit we all have done like driving 100 miles to get a can or leaving a party early to get a can or leaving a date to get a can or leaving your family to get a can. It owns you...take the step, own it, and go cold turkey and commit to the plan one day at a time by coming here, reading up, and helping others out with their quit.
I want you to quit...do you want to quit? Are you ready?
