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sometimes I post nsfw images of my body. I tag them as adult content, but this is not a purely professional account - this is where I am myself.
it's 1) much harder this time and 2) I absolutely feel like by even trying I've set myself back, because I'm in excruciating itchy-all-over bloodshot-eyes level withdrawal and if I fail and give in then I'll hate myself even more.
I also still need to work, and fix my car, and do name change paperwork, and I travel again via airplane next week which I'm terrified for, and idk. I think the modern world is too much for me to handle.
You can do it, you can quit, the first few weeks are just so fucking hard but you CAN do it! I am like 14 years quit now. as for the rest let spite fuel you as mine did today for my horrible set of todos 😮💨
When my mom told me she was trying to quit again, (I've lost count of how many times she's tried) I told her that it would be ok with me if she was unable to quit for whatever reason. I told her that even quitting for a day or a week or a month or a year was a net good thing, from my perspective.
It absolutely sucks at the beginning, and there will be new and difficult obstacles to overcome. I hope that you'll be able to keep at it and that it gets easier over time!
I know not every method works for every person, but I smoked a pack a day and started in 1999 and finally quit nicotine entirely in 2021. the way I did it was by switching to vaping and then slowly lowering the nicotine level of the juice I used. Unfortunately they only make vape juice in increments of 3mg though, so when I got down to 3mg I started mixing 3mg with ever-increasing levels of 0mg. Eventually it got to the point where the nicotine level of my vape was like 0.1mg per ml, and then I did the math and found out that I was basically vaping the equivalent of 1 cigarette per day, even though I was taking over 600 "puffs" per day from my vape. Armed with that knowledge I switched to 0mg nicotine, did that for a couple of weeks, and then stopped vaping. If I had a child born the day I started smoking, they would be out of college by the time I was free from nicotine. It took a lot of time, effort, pain, suffering, etc. but I cannot begin to tell you how amazing it is. I'm in the best shape of my life, I'm saving insane amounts of money each year, and I can actually DO stuff without needing a ciggy break.
Beware the increase in appetite though. I gained like 20 pounds before hitting 195 and being like "okay I need to get healthy" but by that point my lungs were in great shape and I actually could go running. I always feel weird replying to someone struggling to quit by being like "I totally did it, here's how" but my hope is that it might help motivate you. I tried patches multiple times from 2009 to 2019 or so, and those never worked for me. Vaping worked though. Vaping tasted better than cigarettes, was more socially acceptable, and was a gateway to breaking the addiction slowly. I hope you find what works for you sooner rather than later. It's amazing being free from the bonds of the tobacco industry.
we don't know how to help someone quit smoking but
hey do you want help with the paperwork?
I appreciate it but what's left is the stuff I just gotta show up for: banks, passport, etc.
aaah, yeah. hough yeah we get it.
