Well you have come this far. Congratulations. You are come farther than most.
Your dependence at this point , as you pointed out , is psychological. As a physician, I am not certain if we can actually say it this cut and dry. What it means is that physical withdrawl symptoms are over with. That is all.
I would have expected that you would immerse yourself in work/activities or picked up additional activity like exercise, music, or something that you get to doing when cravings come in. It is not too late to start.
In the mean time, if the patches helped, you should go back to the lowest dose again and see if that helps.
Do not rule out short term vaping. There are no good studies from Canada and USA on vaping. UK has done long term research and actually recommends it as a means to get off cigs.
There is also another natural substance on Tabex.net that may help you. You can buy their stuff perhaps even on eBay.
In short what I am saying is to replace nicotine and plan your life/additional indulgence into something healthier as a distraction and a focus point.
Please also look into a local hypnotist. A few sessions may help a lot.
If you need reference on the landmark study published in UK on vaping let me know or go through my blog. It is there somewhere.
I've been losing my mind the entire time. The patch helped, but I'm really not any worse off now that I'm done with it, so I don't see much point in going back on it.
As for the vaping, I worry I'll just end up replacing one addiction with another, but you say there are studies to show it's a proven thing? I'll be digging through your blog over the next couple days to find this. I may reconsider.
You're probably right about keeping busy...I have been so lazy and I guess it just gives me more opportunity to lay here thinking too much and feeling sorry for myself lol.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/behindtheheadlines/news/2017-02-07-long-term-vaping-far-safer-than-smoking-says-landmark-study/
Let me know if you don’t find my blog.
I sent you the link to the study. Use it only with plans to quit it. Plan now to use it, get back in the swing of life and wean off of vapes.
Thanks! I coudn't find it, but I had planned on looking again today. I managed to hazily get through the article and I think I'll hit the vape shop.
I can't keep going like this, but I can't start smoking again and it's the lesser of two evils. One cigarette in the morning would make my day normal, so that's really the only time I plan on using the vape. I don't want to replace my previous habit with it, I just want it to get me through those one or two moments until I can do it on my own
Now to research the actual vapes. I know nothing about them and the shop will see me coming a mile away lol!
Good luck Mel.
Thank you :) And thank you for all of the help too!
Pursuant to our interaction, I want to memorialize your commitment. Mornings only, get back to living, then get off vapes.
More power to you brother.
Good plan. I have a habit of setting loose goals so I have room to screw them up. I don't want to do that this time