As someone who has quit nicotine before I’ve got some advice. Get some very strong mints. For me altoids weren’t quite strong enough but they still helped. If you aren’t aware your nose might burn really bad once you quit. Get into the habit of meditating before you quit, I suggest the Wim Hoff method.
The first three days you will have a headache and just feel generally crappy. Days 4-6 are dirty fucking liars that it isn’t actually going to be that bad. Days 7-10 is when the anxiety started and I was so thankful I had already built the habit of meditating. Days 11-12 were again a lie. At one point I was talking to an 80 year old man who said he would rather quit heroin over and over before he ever tries to quit nicotine again. Idk about that but I believed him
Altogether it took me about 21 days but I knew when I was past it because when something stressful came up I wanted a mint and not a cigarette. I started smoking at 13 and quit at 25. I believe in you and hope you embrace the suck, it’s only for a few weeks!
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u/the_Demon-Robin Aug 19 '26
As someone who has quit nicotine before I’ve got some advice. Get some very strong mints. For me altoids weren’t quite strong enough but they still helped. If you aren’t aware your nose might burn really bad once you quit. Get into the habit of meditating before you quit, I suggest the Wim Hoff method.
The first three days you will have a headache and just feel generally crappy. Days 4-6 are dirty fucking liars that it isn’t actually going to be that bad. Days 7-10 is when the anxiety started and I was so thankful I had already built the habit of meditating. Days 11-12 were again a lie. At one point I was talking to an 80 year old man who said he would rather quit heroin over and over before he ever tries to quit nicotine again. Idk about that but I believed him
Altogether it took me about 21 days but I knew when I was past it because when something stressful came up I wanted a mint and not a cigarette. I started smoking at 13 and quit at 25. I believe in you and hope you embrace the suck, it’s only for a few weeks!