Pills, patches, nic gum...ALL BULLSHIT. If you want freedom from nicotine, you already know what you have to do...quit putting fucking nicotine in your body.
Nobody can do this for you. You can ease out of addiction. It doesn't matter what a nic gum ad told you. I heard that if you go to a car dealership, they'll tell you that you need a new car. Weird how that works, huh?!!
It is also weird to see the addict's mind in action. We'll rationalize anything for just one more. You already know you need to quit using nicotine, but you'll rationalize that nic gum is okay...duh?!! I used to tell myself that it was okay to dip on Saturday night because I was going to quit on Monday anyway. Guess what I never did on Monday morning? It is embarrassing how many times I fell for my own bullshit.
And "quasi" hard core stuff? Have you read the Tom and Jenny Kern story? Jenny's Caring Bridge entries? We're not fucking around here. The part about Tom's little girl at the foot of his bed hugging his legs and pleading, "daddy, don't go!" as he took his last breath was more than quasi to me. Just think that could be your future. Or, if you're real lucky, maybe just tongue/jaw removal, feeding tubes, missing teeth, skin grafts, chemo and a sever case of the skinnies.
Cold turkey is the only way. Post roll, READ EVERYTING, and repeat. You can do this. You don't need fucking nic gum. But you do need to decide that come Hell or high water you absolutely will not put nicotine in your body today.
