Yeah the Gum comes in 2mg and 4mg. I started with the lower dose and that does the trick. One day will have to go cold turkey off of the gum. But for now using about 10-12 pieces a day and staying off the smokes.Thanks Jack. Small milestones are important, I learned that when putting down the bottle.
You're definitely better off with the gum than the cigs. You can step that down, right?
Side note, I wasn't planning on quitting yesterday. I was going to continue with 3 or so per day for a week and then down to 1, etc. Realized how silly that was, as it just puts you in a state of perpetual withdrawal. Just setting the clock back to zero every time I had one. Decided to dive in and power through 72 hours and take it from there.
The truth that I need to keep telling myself is that I probably haven't really enjoyed a cigarette in many years. Smoking was not giving me pleasure, it was giving me the illusion of pleasure by easing the pain of withdrawal. Smoking to feel normal, not good.
still smoking pot?
Sounds like you are off to a good start keep it up. I never smoked but dipped for years and that was a tough one to break. My dentist showed me pics of the results of long term dipping and that's what did it. I play in an over 40 wooden bat league and many of those guys are still dipping, just a hard habit to break. I keep the sunflower seed companies in business.
Best of luck, you can do it, tobacco is an evil product
My pot consumption has gotten so low over the last couple years anyway. Like once, maybe twice a week - 1 or 2 hits.
I tried to smoke last weekend while I was at 5 cigs per day, and it just made reducing the cigarette intake realllllllllllly hard. Pot definitely makes cigs better for me. So I'm off it all together for a couple months until this gets further into my rearview.
I've been in detox with heroin addicts. I disagree. Alcohol w/d can kill you, heroin can't.
I'm not talking about the shakes. I'm talking about full-on DTs. Ugh
Anyway, both are nasty, no doubt about it.
And thanks. GL to you if you decide to try.
Thanks mountain. Yeah I love sunflower seeds. I'm chewing them in my car now when I'm driving somewhere, in place of smoking. It's helping a lot.
You chew sunflower seeds? Are you one of those that just chew them up and swallow them? I love sunflower seeds. I split open and spit out the shell
can you actually die from a lack of alcohol ?
never heard about that before
makes you think maybe its not so bad even tho they are just really lucky to be that age and not have health issues from smoking
Visible health issues.
Tobacco is incredibly lethal to proper cellular reproduction and when smoked the respiratory system disperses it throughout your body. Someone who has been a chronic tobacco user 30, 40 or more years is a walking carcass with a range of skin and other body parts which have not fully reproduced (healed) for many years.
You might notice that older (50, 60 yrs and more) people, especially men who have smoked for decades most often wear full length pants and long sleeved shirts to better conceal their decrepit skin. Most commonly you can see it in their necks, face , hands and wrist areas
Well since you live in Alabama you can get you a can of dip and when the urge gets strong take a dip and it will satisfy your nicotine cravings cause one dip has about the same amount of nicotine as 5 cigs.
I mean don't start a new full blown habit just use that in place of the gum or patches
while i agree this is what is supposed to happen. these guys are in their late 60s and older still digging wells and pouring concrete looking healthy as can be.