ocraig -
First, welcome to KTC. This place is AMAZING. If you are serious about your quit, KTC is here to help make it happen and will keep you away from nic forever. That is why so many of us here believe, without question, that there is only one way to escape nic: cold turkey.
Cold turkey sucks. It's no fun. It hurts. It's brutal. But it's clean. And in 72 hours, your body will flush itself of nicotine. Just 3 days.
Don't think you can do it cold turkey? Look around the site, talk to the quitters. I would guess that almost everyone here on KTC finally realized that we are nicotine addicts and the best way for us to end our slavery to nic is stop using it PERIOD. No "lozenges", no gum, no patch. Just several swift kicks to the nuts, some crazy times, some angry times and some good times but most importantly, no nic times.
We have the quit numbers here at KTC to prove it, friend. We have all gone through Hell Week (Month/Craves/etc.) here. And we are all quit. You are not alone on your quit you can do it, too, without question. My advice is to throw away the nicotine and as kdip tells you clearly:
EMBRACE THE SUCK
KTC is set up so that you will embrace the suck with people in the exact same boat as you - just starting their quit. If you haven't yet,
click here to visit the February 2010 HOF class. This is your immediate family here at KTC but it doesn't stop there. Many quitters are here to help you on your way should you need it. Chats, discussion boards, meetings - it's all here for you to use and make this be your final quit.
Good to have you here ocraig. Throw the nic out and come out swinging!
