Hey everyone; I'm new here and kind of shy... I quit Feb. 4th of this year (for the 4th time) and MAN, it's been hard! I'm really inspired by all the people who have quit and stayed quit. Hopefully I can accomplish the same.
I've been smoking for 12 years. Honestly, I've only made one other, half-hearted effort to quit, which lasted for a month. That was about 6 years ago and, at that point, I hadn't done my research and just assumed that my withdrawal symptoms were here to stay and weren't worth the quit. I'm fairly sure I was wrong!
This time, I'm watching my blood sugar and finding healthier ways to spike it than via nicotine. I'm keeping the pleasure/dopamine centers of my brain occupied (mostly). I am eating a balanced diet, treating myself to peppermints whenever I feel a craving, and whenever I REALLY feel a craving, I take a drag off a non-nic electronic cigarette, AKA water vapor. Screw you, Pfizer--I'm going generic! Now, I've been puffing full-nic e-cigs interchangeably with full-nic "analogues" since August, so this is a big step. No nicotine, no smoking...........................no casualties! (Yet.....)
Today has been especially rough, so I called a Quit line, got drunk, talked to a friend, and then decided to post here. So... Hiya folks! :) My nature is much less murderous than the effects of my recent nicotine deprivation might suggest. ;)
