I am doing patches for the most part and trying to stay sane. Which isnt easy as most of you know. With the new year everyone has the gum on sale. Trying to recruit the newbies to a life of debt and dependency. Heard the other day that Obama is a member of the club. During a speech yesterday I saw him chewing away in a gum like bliss honoring Dr. King.
But the gum is fresh!
Chew Chew Chew...
From the annals of NGA notes:
But on the other hand we are rapidly making nicotine in any form unattractive. The cigs leave a nasty aftertaste that lasts for half a day. My teeth are worn out from chewing nicorette and the patches just irritate my armpits and make me tense…
So on the unf@cked side of life we maybe approaching a nicotine free lifestyle after just 40 years one doing it one way or another…
I am so enamored with Mini ZuD!
I hope this guy doesn't mind me ripping his entire post, it just seemed so calm and thoughtful even though he is going through nicotine withdrawal. Wish I had that kind of brain, I would of never had to pick up the evil gum!
People are often surprised to find out I am, or was (depending on when you catch me), a smoker. I've never been a pack-a-day kinda guy - more like a pack-a-week - but still enough for me to feel it in my lungs when I'm smoking, and feel it in my gut when I'm not.Right now, I'm not. It's been a few days, so the hard part should be over. But it's the routine stuff that's hard to change. I miss the excuse for a walk. The multi-tasking when walking the dogs. The reward for a task well done. The selfish pleasure of taking a few minutes out of every day to do something just for me.
The strangest part is, for the last few days, I've had this constant nagging feeling that I've forgotten something. I'm sitting on the couch wondering, what was it? I took out the trash, moved the car, paid the bills. What did I forget?
It's every nicotine-addled cell in my body crying out for a fix. It's my dopamine-starved brain, pinching me in the back of the neck, yelling, "Hey stupid! Go do that thing! You know the one."
I'm not willing to say I'll never smoke again. But, for now, I've had enough. And I've quit enough times to know that this feeling will pass. New routines will develop. And, for a while, I might be able to live up to everyone's expectations of me.
I quote ExAddict cause he has a strong message in his Blog called ExAddict
or Addicted to Nicotine Gums on December 2,2006 his last entry states:
Another quick update - still "free" at 5 months. I did have a period where I chewed normal gum like it was going out of fashion, but that's stopped now too. Thanks to those commenters who have commented, makes me feel enormously happy. If I could package up some strength and willpower and UPS it to you guys, I would...Inspiring dude, we could all learn from, suffice to say, There is Hope!
Yes it has been awhile since a text entry graced this site. That hasn't kept fellow addicts away. Just read the comments on this post to see that I am not alone on this Hellish mission. The mission? To some day give up this dresded addiction to Nicotine products. If you are new here welcome, if you are checking back in how has it been going?
On my side it is the same, except of late I have been getting into the candy coated Nicorette. It is so refreshing!
Yet it carries the craved for Blow of nciotine I crave every minute of every day. Candy coated Goodness!
The Fruit Chill is my favorite, It's like eating chicklets with a kick to 'em.
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