I switched to vaping as well, and when I switched from VUSE pods to nicotine free vape juice I didn't miss it at all. I'm still addicted to vaping, but in my case the actual nicotine was probably the smallest part of my addiction
I did the same except I just started chewing smaller and smaller pieces of nicotine gum until one day I was taking such tiny nibbles that I thought to myself, "this is stupid", spit it out, and that was that. Been nicotine-free for 8 years now.
Didn’t you get post-a-few-months cravings? Not physical but mental ones. I swear my brain manipulates me, one time I even took a piece of paper and started weighting the pros and cons AND “I” FOUND MORE PROS???
Unfortunately I can't relate. Never had any issues with feeling the need to have something in my mouth or in my hands. But that's probably cause I was smoking (and then eventually vaping) weed for a lot longer than I was a tobacco smoker. So I guess the cannabis takes care of the oral fixation. I basically replaced cigarettes and Juuls with joints and live resin pens.
Honestly I don’t really understand the “cool” thing, my problem was especially the habit, and the associations. Like I’d associate watching a great movie with nic, or even some recurring events like weddings for example. That’s what made me relapse too many times.
31 Comments
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 67 pts · 42d
Mix in some cannabis edibles, hallucinagenics and ecstacy pills to make a proper RNG lootbox.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 41d
For a proper RNG lootbox you need those to be like a 1/1000 chance or worse though
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 41d
That is way too much gum.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net · 45 pts · 42d
I think, I'd simply quadruple my gum intake.
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 41d
Right or you'd do Mulligans.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 41d
What's that?
Glitter_Storm@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 41d
Like a reroll
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 41d
Do over. Like you slipped on a banana peel while bowling so you get a mulligan so that you can bowl properly
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 41d
Are bananas on bowling alleys such a widespread problem? /j
greenbit@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 41d
If you're playing with all items
starik@lemmy.today · 42 pts · 41d
I quit by mixing my own vape juice and tapering down to 0% over the course of a year. Was painless and took zero willpower.
kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 41d
I switched to vaping as well, and when I switched from VUSE pods to nicotine free vape juice I didn't miss it at all. I'm still addicted to vaping, but in my case the actual nicotine was probably the smallest part of my addiction
starik@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 41d
Yes, the mental part of the addiction is real and powerful. I continued to vape 0% for another year until my mods broke.
kutt@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 41d
Same, then I stopped completely. And I was back again after a few months because quitting nicotine is the first and easiest step
Psythik@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 41d
I did the same except I just started chewing smaller and smaller pieces of nicotine gum until one day I was taking such tiny nibbles that I thought to myself, "this is stupid", spit it out, and that was that. Been nicotine-free for 8 years now.
kutt@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 41d
Didn’t you get post-a-few-months cravings? Not physical but mental ones. I swear my brain manipulates me, one time I even took a piece of paper and started weighting the pros and cons AND “I” FOUND MORE PROS???
Psythik@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 41d
Unfortunately I can't relate. Never had any issues with feeling the need to have something in my mouth or in my hands. But that's probably cause I was smoking (and then eventually vaping) weed for a lot longer than I was a tobacco smoker. So I guess the cannabis takes care of the oral fixation. I basically replaced cigarettes and Juuls with joints and live resin pens.
heartSagan5@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 41d
Yup, the habit and optics of “cool” can play with your head too.
kutt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 41d
Honestly I don’t really understand the “cool” thing, my problem was especially the habit, and the associations. Like I’d associate watching a great movie with nic, or even some recurring events like weddings for example. That’s what made me relapse too many times.
brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 41d
I think you got the concept of weddings wrong. It's "Till death do us part" and not "Until I crave a smoke".
kutt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 41d
I don’t mean my own weddings!!! But I had a laugh thank you
And it was an example to illustrate, in reality it’s other events but I’m not going to give every detail of my life on here
brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 40d
Sorry, but when I find a joke so well prepared for me, I just can't resist.
Wren@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 41d
This is why everyone should mix coffee beans into their trail mix.
heartSagan5@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 41d
I’d be okay with Reindeer Droppings/chocolate-covered beans.
FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 41d
Sounds like it would be nasty to eat. Is it nice?
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 41d
Seems like a skinner box to me. Like you'd simply pull more gum to increase the odds of getting a nicotine hit...
I could see that it would synergize with the slow nicotine uptake of the mouth. Apparently the method you take drug depends on how addictive it is
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 41d
So mix in a little gambling addiction?
TheSambassador@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 41d
It's more just random schedule reinforcement, one of the strongest behavioral reinforcement strategies there are.
topherclay@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 41d
"You may call this salt, but it's in fact sodium chloride."
Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 42d
Hold up. That's how those gum containers with that flap are supposed to work?
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 42d
As someone currently trying to kick nicotine, that's a wonderful idea