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Advice for nicotine withdraw

soupynoodle

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I've only been chewing tobacco and smoking for 3 or 4 months. But I've done it daily since the start, even when I didn't really want to. Just because I was bored. Well today I threw away my can of dip and I'm out of cigarettes. I shouldn't have any issue coming off this, right? I mean I haven't been using nicotine for very long. Thoughts? Experiences?
 
Shouldn't be too bad ... but depends on the person and how many cigarettes / pouches of dip a day.

In general, 'addiction' ( like a typical 'high' ) can be quite subjective.

You can always try chewing gum, or cinnamon sticks, etc.

I did it with patches and e-cigs ( which I really liked as I could take a single puff and not feel like I was 'wasting' any...) MANY TIMES.

:-)

Good luck.
Cold turkey ... without taper...can be awful.
 
nicotine really doesn't have that bad physical dependence symptoms, well and there the positive ends cause for most people it one hell of a addiction. May come from the fact that we use in so many places that out reward pathway gets constantly triggered. Best of luck.
 
If you are determined to quit, at your stage in the game, I wouldn't say there would be much any issue in doing so. Going cold turkey might cause a few days where you might be a little irritable and impatient, be a bit more 'on edge', have a little bit of an issue with sleeping, possibly sleep more than usual, be a bit more tired than usual, have a bit more of an appetite and eat more, maybe experience a little restlessness. These ought to be rather mild and generally able to be soothed some with a good attitude about quitting, realizing these types of symptoms will last for only a few days. One thing that might be the seemingly most bothersome, or maybe not (it does vary from one person to the next), could be the general cravings to use tobacco. But, really, if you've only been using tobacco for a few months, you likely still very well remember getting up in the morning without using tobacco, going to bed at night without using tobacco, not using tobacco after a meal, so like I said if you are determined, have a good attitude about it, and realize the symptoms are going to fade in a couple days, you should be successful in quitting. Like the above poster said, nicotine doesn't have significant symptoms of a physical withdrawal syndrome, and that is generally speaking; because with you, you've only been using regularly for a couple months, that will be much less than it would for a regular tobacco user of a few years, for example, but even still nicotine wd's are not really packed full of awful physical symptoms in any case. To be quite frank, I do not subscribe to the very popularly accepted idea that nicotine is 'very addictive' - it is addictive, and I wouldn't argue that, but I cannot see it being 'very addictive' or even 'moderately addictive', when comparing it against other commonly used addictive drugs. What makes it seem more addictive than I believe it to be is on account of the fact that when smoked, tobacco will permit the active drug of nicotine to take effect very, very rapidly, and if a smoker 'needs' a cigarette, he or she usually will get relief with the first puff. So, it have a rapid onset of action in the very common form of smoked tobacco, but the drug itself is not nearly as addictive as society seems to think, or even as smokers who have tried to quit and failed so many times seem to think. Another thing that makes the drug seem more addictive is the fact that a nicotine addict, will use tobacco (or vaporized nicotine or whatever) multiple times throughout the day with extreme ease - it is very handy to do if you feel like it; so, this leads to problems when someone quitting nicotine feels so many times in a day the urge to smoke (or use another form of tobacco), and sometimes the urges seem to pound away at the addict causing relapse. But, in those points, I am really referring to much more season nicotine addicts with a LOT more time having been using the drug, so for you, I wouldn't worry about it - I think anticipating this very hyped-up thing of cutting out nicotine from an addict's life being some sort of living hell leads to the one trying to quit feel it is so much harder than it really is. In short, you will be fine - you MIGHT feel the subjective symptoms of withdrawal, but they will be VERY mild if you accept them as temporary annoyances which are soon to pass - determination, attitude, and understanding of what you might feel will all lead to much better results. I am very confident you'll be able to quit it. And, just so you know, this advice and input is coming from an habitual smoker, himself. For me, I just do want to quit altogether, and while I sometimes look like a hardened smoker when I smoke a lot, I can go a day or two without my cigarettes and feel no bothersome effect, yet I do, for the vast majority of the time, smoke regularly throughout the day and have been for much longer than you. Hope this helps.

Incidentally, I don't mean to undermine any one else's personal experiences; I am just giving my frank opinion with regard to what the original poster has written.
 
I advise anyone with a nicotine habit to switch to vaping. I was a smoker for 10+ years and recently Gave up cigarette altogether with my Vape and a variety of high nicotine, delicious e-juices. It's actually a lot easier to catch a nicotine buzz and is much healthier for you. Not to mention it saves me a lot of money.

I love being able to recharge and refill my Vape. I love vaping huge clouds in public and best of all I'm no longer out of breath and smelling like death everywhere I go.
 
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