after using nicotine pouches heavily daily for about 2 years, ive finally decided to quit
i tapered for about a week and im currently on day 2 of cold turkey
its pretty rough but i have no doubts that ill be able to continue without relapsing
anyone been addicted and then quit?
care to share your story?

>>33354398 (OP)
I quit months ago after a decade of cigarette smoking. I just sort of did a cold turkey. What helped was reading scripture, not thinking about it (i.e. i could use a stoge rn), and being with people who didnt smoke. Managing emotions and stress suddenly felt easier after a withdrawal period of course. I am losing weight and breathing a bit better. Plus I have a little bit more saved from. Always refuse politely like a refusing a slice of cake because diabetes. I usually say I don’t smoke or not right now thanks. My only regret is not keeping my mouth shut about sobriety, but I’ll eventually just not even think about it or blurt it out on people. BTW it’s all in your head, you can let it go one “I’ll just smoke later” at a time.

I was vaping for like 6 months and then just quit cold turkey one day. I had zero issues quitting and that was the end of it.
The addiction is 100% in your mind and no matter what sort of cravings you get, you don't need nicotine. I'm not saying that to brag or try to shame you or anything. I'm saying that you need to remember that it's all in your head, and you can ignore it.

>>33354398 (OP)
I've been a pack a day smoker for the past year and a half. Currently on day 7 of quitting cold turkey and I have no urges or need to relapse. Just gotta remember that it's all in your head and you can't let it control you.

>>33354398 (OP)
Yo need real world motivations to remain nic free.

ie: living with someone that don't smoke, etc

Practice of a sport is usually a good motivator.

>>33354398 (OP)
The main thing is to keep reminding yourself that you don't actually enjoy nicotine. You think you do, of course: you feel lousy, you have a cigarette (or a pouch) and you feel much better, so your brain tells you that the nicotine makes you feel good, and you want to keep feeling like that, so you keep using.

But what's really happening is that you're addicted to nicotine; most of the time you're in withdrawal; when you use, that's the only time the withdrawal symptoms go away and you feel normal. So it's not that the nicotine makes you feel good; it's that it makes you feel normal, while the rest of the time the withdrawal makes you feel worse.

So, think about the way you feel immediately after a cigarette or a pouch. Then think about the fact that, if you quit successfully, you will start to feel like that 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and free of charge! Isn't feeling like that all the goddamn time worth going through withdrawal for?

>>33354398 (OP)
I smoked for 52 years. The day after i quit smoking I was diagnosed with COPD. Up until that point the doctors said I was fine. Never quit smoking.

i used the patch and also played dragon's dogma 2

Try quitting real drugs fr fr.
>tapering
>cold turkey
using these terms in the context of fucking zyn pouches is beyond pathetic. just stop using them.

>>33358283
fuck off faggot ass drug addict
for normal non-faggot-ass-drug-addicts this is a reasonable thread

>>33354398 (OP)
I love going without things, yeah. It helps me reach an altered state of mind. You've been doing nicotine so long that it is your default state of mind.

>>33354398 (OP)
I have no real reason to quit. It'll be the neuropathic damage caused by chronic stress and loneliness that significantly shortens my life, not my nicotine intake. Who wants to live any longer than necessary these days anyways?