I smoked for about 10 years. At the beginning of this year I decided I was finally ready to quit. I went out and bought my last pack, smoked the whole thing in a few hours, woke up the next morning and haven't had another one yet.

I never tried the substitutes route
To me I always felt like I was addicted to the habit of smoking rather than the actual nicotine, if that makes sense. For instance, get in the car and its time to smoke. Bored at work, time to smoke. Drinking, time to smoke. The list goes on. Using substitutes would have done nothing to kick the bad habits and I'm sure eventually I would have replaced the substitutes with cigarettes again. It's all mental.

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Posted by Boats n Hose

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Posted on 3/25/14 at 9:41 am to Propagandalf

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To me I always felt like I was addicted to the habit of smoking rather than the actual nicotine, if that makes sense. For instance, get in the car and its time to smoke. Bored at work, time to smoke. Drinking, time to smoke. The list goes on.

I agree. It was easier for me to quit dipping this last time cause my routine was changing a lot (went from working to full time school) so I just didn't include dipping in my new routine. It was tough for a couple weeks. It also helps that there's nobody around me in med school who dips and half the people judged the shite out if me for it.

I bought 2 cans this past winter break when I was hunting. Both times I chucked the can halfway through. After months away from it it made me feel sick. After I chucked the last can I don't even get cravings for it anymore.

One of the times I quit I replaced it with smoking when I drank. Don't do that. Terrible idea.

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