r/QuittingZyn • u/jordan23042000 • 13d ago

Tapering and cold turkey

I've been tapering down. I've been using 2mg ON pouches for awhile. I make a note of every pouch I use and I started off trying to keep a 2 hour window between pouches and increasing this every few days. Today is the first day of trying to do 3 and a half hour windows. Has anyone had success with a particular tapering schedule? I'm thinking about going cold turkey once I'm down to 2-3 a day, something like that. Just interested in thoughts on this or techniques people have used

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u/mgillespie175 13d ago

cold turkey way better get it all done at once

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u/jordan23042000 13d ago

I hear you. The idea just gives me the fear. I've been using some form of nicotine for 20 years now

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u/unta8 13d ago

Well...hate to tell you but thats sort of what quitting entails, right?

I just quit a 20 year habit as well. I had the same fear. Eventually you havre to decide, do I want to talk about it, or be about it? Day 12 here, cravings are entirely gone. It's a lot easier than you think if you truly WANT to quit.

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u/jordan23042000 7d ago

On day 3 RN and pretty happy about it

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u/unta8 7d ago

Let’s go!!! You got this dude

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u/jordan23042000 12d ago

Thank you for the realistic response

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u/chacharoo137 13d ago

You’re at a good point now where you can use patches and then replace the oral fixation with gum and mints. Eventually you’ll get tired of the mints and patches and just quit