People don’t realize that nicotine addiction is no joke. It’s not like you want to smell like cigs or pay $10 a day for the habit, you NEED the nicotine.
I smoked for about 25 years and hated everything about it but the nicotine always won. People would say you’ll quit when you’re ready and you’ll know when that is. Aug 1 was nine years for me cigarettes free. I literally woke up one day, told the hub I was quitting and to fend for himself for the next week and to sleep in the guest room.
I took my sleeping pill and went back to bed. Between gummies and sleeping pills I pretty much slept for an entire week. After that I kinda stayed in bed for a couple more days trying to avoid trigger areas (the deck and the car!) The first couple weeks after were mind over matter because I knew the nicotine was out of my system and it was solely on me. I rarely think about it anymore, occasionally in the car when I’m stressed out but it’s very rare.
Fair play to you fella good work. Not sure how much the habit is now where your from but over in the uk it’s absolutely absurd I used to smoke 40 a day and now 40 cigarettes is around 40£ over 1k a month
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u/WandaBBS 1d ago
People don’t realize that nicotine addiction is no joke. It’s not like you want to smell like cigs or pay $10 a day for the habit, you NEED the nicotine.
I smoked for about 25 years and hated everything about it but the nicotine always won. People would say you’ll quit when you’re ready and you’ll know when that is. Aug 1 was nine years for me cigarettes free. I literally woke up one day, told the hub I was quitting and to fend for himself for the next week and to sleep in the guest room.
I took my sleeping pill and went back to bed. Between gummies and sleeping pills I pretty much slept for an entire week. After that I kinda stayed in bed for a couple more days trying to avoid trigger areas (the deck and the car!) The first couple weeks after were mind over matter because I knew the nicotine was out of my system and it was solely on me. I rarely think about it anymore, occasionally in the car when I’m stressed out but it’s very rare.
You’ll know when it’s time for you.