Thread

1. S0y · 1790118150 · focus · HN ↗

   Here's what I did to get rid of my nicotine addiction (vaping):

   - Gradually lower the strength of my liquid until it was at the minimum.

   - Stop all vaping and switch to nicotine gum

   - Gradually increase the time between each gum

   - Stop the gum altogether

   This process took probably 3 months and tbh it was pretty miserable the whole time. It's 100% worth it tho, You don't realize how much it controls your life until you stop. You will also still get random cravings for a year or two afterwards, Heck it's been 4 years and I still sometimes get dreams where I'm vaping.

   1. JKCalhoun · 1790122499 · focus · HN ↗

      Stopped smoking cold turkey when my first daughter was born.

      For the first year I wanted a cigarette every fucking day.

      Years later, I still had dreams where I would light up…

      20+ years on, a distant memory.

      1. ivanvanderbyl · 1790125957 · focus · HN ↗

         My father did the same thing. He used to smoke a pack a day and the day that I was born he quit and never touched it again, and then when I was old enough to understand cigarettes, he taught me to never start smoking and I never have.

         1. reilly3000 · 1790131568 · focus · HN ↗

            Stay that way. Your first cigarette will never let you forget it.

            1. madwolf · 1790145149 · focus · HN ↗

               Not necessarily. I’m over 40 now and had a total of 3 cigarettes in my life, all of them in my twenties, parties, hanging out with people smoking etc. Every time it was a terrible experience and I was amazed why people do this to themselves…

               1. JKCalhoun · 1790165969 · focus · HN ↗

                  Yeah, same for me—the first dozen or so sucked.

                  And then one day they were awesome and relaxing.

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.