I love you too CRUNGE Charle

BY THE WAY i still haven't smoked a single cigarette since I quit last october r u proud? :)

Just watch this every time you start craving to remind yourself of the hazard of Cigorets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAUXTl6fGVM

Another pretty solid option is to take a small vacation - a big part of addiction is the habit itself - so avoiding places where you typically smoked is a good idea. So, if you've got a day trip or something in mind I'd do it because the new surroundings wont trigger cravings, and your mind will be occupied with new experiences. You'll still have to come home and deal with the habitual behavior, but during the early stages I've seen a lot of success with new surroundings.

When I smoked more regularly I would crave it when I was at home, but never any place else. So when I decided to cut it down to special occasions only, I just peaced out for a few days lol.

Another option that I've seen people use in addiction counseling is to figure up how much money you're going to save in a month by not smoking (I'd figure it's around 20-50$ or more depending on how nice the cigs were and how much you used), and then spend that dollar amount on something you've wanted for a while as a reward once you make it to a certain milestone (a week, a month etc).

Well lads, it's been a week since I quit. The physical cravings are completely gone and the psychological ones are immediately followed by a realization that smoking is very very dumb

Thanks to everyone for the words of encouragement and all the tips, and a special thanks to hooli for the book that he linked, I would definitely recommend it to anyone that wants to quit. It's a big reason why I didn't crumble during the first few days.

Also, a big shoutout to my lungs for the abuse they've been taking for half a decade

Congrats brother.

https://i.imgur.com/vtexofP.jpg

nice job bro

keep it up :)

good job!!!!

honestly, vaping was a pretty good way for me to ween off of nicotine since you can gradually lower the mg content. everyone can call it "gay" all they want, it worked for me. iirc this is actually the intended purpose rather than being a fedora-wearing edgelord. plus, there's no carcinogens from tar so that's a plus as well.

i tried using gum but it didn't really help get the addiction to go away. just kind of stayed around in a different medium.

also eating food helps. just eating a snack (preferably something that's not total junk as that's another destructive habit) normally preoccupies my brain with other stimulus.

as far as i can tell, though, the true key to quitting is the gradual weening, otherwise your body goes into full holyfuckingfuckwherearemycigarettes mode. good luck staying away from stinky sticks my friend.