Hey guys,
I'm new to the whole forum thing so bear with me. As I have been quit for just over a year I wanted to share how I did it (You cold turkey guys are BA, I could never do that). Anyway, after the heart palpitations, stress, high blood pressure and cancer scares, I knew I had to kick the habit, but couldn't do the cold turkey thing. So, I switched to pouches because they are easier to measure and methodically weaned myself off. Started with two pouches, 1-2 months later, switched to 1 pouch(this was the biggest drop of nicotine and hardest), 1-2 months later started tearing the pouch in half, and so on until I could barely feel the dip in my lip. And before I knew it and with a lot of anxiety came the day I didn't put anything in and because of the weaning it was much easier than when I had tried cold turkey before. Not without cravings, just a lot easier. I also still use some of the tobacco alternatives and chew gum a lot for the oral fixation, but didn't have cravings for the nicotine after the first few months of my quit. I liked the weaning because I could drop the intake when I felt I could, but the one rule I had was to NEVER EVER increase the amount I had been pinching. Anyway hope this helps somebody.
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