Day 5. A good sore mouth. Lol. Over the last 5 days I have done anything and everything to keep my mind off of chewing or keep me occupied enough not to want to chew. My 2nd favorites baseball passion is sunflower seeds. Now mind you I have never eaten sunflower seed for 5 straight days. My mouth is in worst shape now then it was after a 25 hour drive to Florida with 3 buddies who all chewed but it's nicotine free.
Day 1: seasoned whole bag
Day 2: salted most of the bag
Day 3: rest of salted bag, mouth so sore had to eat 1 seed at a time in order to not store them in my mouth. Felt like razor blades.
Day 4 and 5: CRACKED PEPPER, same satisfaction, great taste no salt. Mouth is almost back to normal and can eat more than 1 at a time.
Along with seeds I have pretty much given up on the beers for the time being, I'll attempt when I feel ready for a challenge.
Coffee doesn't seem to trigger me, if anything I have found coffee to keep me busy.
I try to stay away from candy, to much sugar or aspartame, but Was wondering other things I can try to change things up a bit.
Anyway still positive, still happy, still doing well. Today was my 5th day without nicotine, as posted at the start I am a Canadian citizen who spent roughly 20$ per can. A can a day habit = $100.
Day 1: pretty much seemed as I was counting in min to half hours
Days 2 and 3: hours started to go by a little easier
Day 4: 2 pm was a bit hard then it passed
Day 5: the day went by pretty well
I started counted in min now I'm counting money. This is possibly the hardest thing I have my body and my mind through. I have battled addiction before for some serious shit. It was very hard but I have made it 4 years to date, I will never call it a victory because you can never say you have successfully beaten something. It will always be my battle, and this will always be my quit. I do however find this quit harder, it's not the withdrawals, it's not the mind fucks, it's not the pain you think you are going through. I have come to realize this time I'm fighting accessibility the most. I do a lot of driving which has proven to be hard but ever few km or miles there is a store or a gas station with a full shelf. It calls me every time I pass by, I smile, nod and politely say fuck you not this kid.
I stay positive and stay strong, good hours and bad. I must add I am enjoying my quit, the first 3 days were horrible but bad enough I don't want to have to experience them again. Every morning I make a promise, and stick to it. Good night
