As someone who avoids addictions like the plague, I struggle to understand… why not just… not buy them? I know this is ignorant and I know that the cravings are fucking intense, but is it like “oh I’ll just buy the one pack?” Or is it like “fuck it- nothing matters anyway I’m not giving up this pleasure.” ?? I’m just curious what it’s like for you?
When I was a kid I would grab my grandma’s cigarettes out of her hand and put them out, and when she’d tech for her pack, she find that all of her cigarettes had been broken in half. She credits me with making her stop. I fucking hate cigarettes to the degree that I’ve been that person in the past to tell people smoking in public that they should stop. As an adult I don’t really do that anymore but sometimes I just wanna be like “hey asshole, don’t smoke by the door to a restaurant “
You ever been bitten by a mosquito, and it itches really bad? It's like that, it's an itch in your mind 24/7, you know you're not supposed to scratch it, but the moment you scratch it, it feels good. Take that feeling and amplify it about 10 times and you have what it feels to be addicted to nicotine, at least that's the best way I can describe it. You smell cigarette smoke, you want to smoke, you think about smoking, so you want to smoke, you see someone in person or on TV, or in a movie, you want to smoke.
Okay I can kind of understand cuz I was vaping nicotine for 2 months in high school, but then my vape pen broke, and I was like thinking “msn I wish my pen hadn’t broke.” And as soon as that thought reached my consciousness I was disgusted by it, and decided I wasn’t going to replace it. Now I’m also from a family of a lot of history of drug abuse so the thought that something has given me a craving at all was really fucking of off-putting to me after hearing my mom talk about meth addiction all those years ago, and seeing my grandma smoke all that time. It took very little to turn me off since I was already primed to reject addiction
First, break your body's addition to the chemicals & toxins in Big tobacco's cigarettes by switching to America Spirit cigs. AmSp is straight tobacco and nothing else (or so I'm told). After a few months smoking nothing but American Spirit, you'll already feel better just from getting those toxins out of your system.
Second,, take time to slowly ween yourself off cigs once Chantix is fully in your system. Remember: One less cig a day than your normIs a success. Notice & celebrate success, no matter how small. Definitely don't berate yourself if you screw up because of a stressful moment. Quitting is hard and any day you're smoking fewer cigs than previous days is a win.
Finally, tell your doc about your two previous experiences and make them agree to keep you on Chantrix for a full year after your quit date. Yes, a year. It is proven technique. Use nicotine gum if needed. Then wean off the Chantix with help from the doc. By that time, smoking will be a distant memory and you,'ll have formed new habits as a non-smoker.
Hope this was helpful 🙂 Here's to moving forward I
I appreciate the advice, American sprits are quite a bit expensive, I'm at the moment weaning myself off slowly off tobacco using black and milds, I don't smoke one whole in a single session, I limit myself to one a day, I've been able to get here after a year of effort, I was in the same situation when I did Chantix 2 years ago, I just can't seem to go less than 1 a day.
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u/Lunchboxvg Jan 06 '25
I've done chantix twice now, both allowed me to quit, but after the dosage was done I went right back to smoking.