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Having been through this, it sucks to say but nothing works like cold turkey.
Nicotine withdrawal simply sucks ass, no amount of weening will truly help you, you just gotta make the decision to stop and commit.
It's a good practice to identify your smoking patterns and triggers, like perhaps you always smoke after eating, when you get in the car, out drinking with friends, etc., and either eliminate those or catalog them so you can mentally steel yourself against those moments.
You're gonna have a Bad Time for like, 2 to 3 weeks. Then it's a heck of a lot more manageable. Even if you wanna be at a stage where you can be a lil baddie and have a naughty smoke on occasion, give yourself, legit, like a 2 month or more gap before even attempting that and don't hold onto the smokes. Set strict rules for yourself and follow em, or else you absolutely will relapse.
Hard disagree. Smoked for 25 years. Quit by switching to vaping, and steadily cutting my nicotine percentage by half every 3 months. Then stayed at 0% nicotine until I was sick of it.
You can ween yourself off, and it’s probably way easier on you than cold turkey.
I tried something similar and didn't have success, just a new habit. 20 years of smoking, for what that's worth.
But at six months out from quitting, feels great now!
Congrats! Everything after the first few months is cake.
That's for sure!! Glad the weening method worked for you, too! Cold turkey blows but it's all that's worked for me.
Ive tried 100 times to quit.
my husband got to go to rehab for alcohol. I want to go to rehab for nicotine. Give me two weeks where I dont have to worry about any responsiblilites at home, removing myself from all the stress triggers, and be in a place where it is impossible to get the "fix". But no, insurance wont cover that-