What is nicotine withdrawal really like?

I quit on the 11th of September due to getting Covid and took the opportunity of being sick to stop smoking. Today is the 6th morning that I haven’t had a cigarette and today is the first day that it has felt great to wake up and not have to hurry up and go smoke my morning cigarette! I am so grateful for these videos, and I am a believer that quitting cold turkey is a very good way to quit. Yes, it’s been tough, but the cravings pass and have been getting easier to deal with. Deep breathing is very helpful! I am so happy to not be a smoker. I wish my dad could have quit. He had COPD & passed away this last April 2022. He was only 79 years old. It was my dream to quit before my birthday this year and it happened (miraculously)! Thank you God!

This channel deserves way more subscribers than 4k.

Thank you Joel you have been the greatest help to me to quit smoking, also think your a very nice person for using your time to help others, much respect.

I have tried many times before to quit smoking, but your videos have 100% helped me, as I am coming up to my first month. I know now never to take another puff. Thanks, Lee

Im on day 20! It’s getting easier. The pangs are subsiding. My dreams are still crazy. Im eating like a Hoover vaccuum but I’m not sneaking around smoking and feeling great!

Thank you for your videos. I started watching them months before I quit. The seeds were planted then and when I finally quit, the videos were very helpful! The most helpful part is simply the positivity and the rationality. It really is simple when you have the right perspective. Thank you for helping me realize I could quit !

Your information is so important to us , I hope ppl would listen and just try to follow your advice . My husband and I have both quit and we are both so surprised to find out that it was not as hard as we thought it would be. Thank you for all you've done .

Thank you, Joel. Started my quit a few days ago and these videos are fantastic positive reinforcement, keeping me motivated when I start to get that itch.

This is my 4th day without smoking and I'm loving life right now! I currently get a slight headache from time to time and often times its really not a headache its more like lightheartedness but its totally fine and much better than what I expected quitting cold turkey. Everyone struggling with quitting please remember cold turkey is the way to go in my humble opinion because if you want to quit than quit don't take any half measures, just have a positive attitude, load up on sugar free mints and gum LIKE SERIOUSLY LOAD UP ON THOSE TWO THINGS LOL, and have some good friends who you can speak with to distract your mind from time to time. As I said I'm 4 days in (smoked almost a pack per day for roughly 20 years) and I have no doubt I will never smoke again!

IM a weak useless human being. I get panic attacks when I stop smoking for a few days. I hate myself cause I can't seem to be stronger than my weakness. I don't want to smoke but I can't convince myself that smoking does help my anxiety.

I’m quitting smokeless tobacco and find your videos helpful. Thanks.

I quit smoking cold turkey on 31st January,2017....The craving and the other symptoms of the side effects of quitting had been bothering me for couple of weeks after I quit and during that time your videos helped me to cope with the situation.Today is 8th September,2017 and now,I feel that I did myself a great favour.....Your videos are really helpful...I hope more and more people will find motivation for quitting smoking through your channel..THANK YOU

Thank you for your videos Joel....I am on day 2 of my quit. I was diagnosed with COPD and REALLY want this more then anything!

Withdrawal for me, is just really wanting another one, not being able to quit thinking about it, being angry all the damn time, and thats about it.

Hello joel. Nice to find you somebody had told me when I was on utube to find you and tht way I could gather more HELP! I got copd n they found nodulars on lungs and n scared but your right its so most additive but I had made a quit day which is tomorrow! But thank you so much for helping ppl like you do and caring enuff not to charge. Wish me luck joel and say a prayer. Btw u got such a kind soothing voice. God bless you

I am that guy who waited until medical conditions hit me like a high speed train. I always knew I am going to quit one way or another. Either at home or in a hospital. On my terms or the cigarettes. What did I just learn? There really is a last pack. A last puff where everything changes from I will make a quit date to the quit date found me. I have been sober 17 years too. I am very familiar with one day at a time. This moment. I had the tools. This site. This man Joel has had me smoke free for 12 hours. Too me that's success. Going on 13. I will need 2 stunts in my legs and maybe bypass surgery very soon. It started with fatigue. Horrible. Then legs were burning. Not one doc said quit now until the cardiologist said. Dude your in bad shape. What? My pressure is great. I was surprised but not shocked. If this does take me out. I will go out a non smoker. Thanks Joel. AA taught me ya can't do it alone. With your support. I am not.

Thank you. Been 3 days, other than a few very strong urges to smoke, it was not hard at all, so far at least.

Thanks Joel. Im one of the few that get very intense withdraw symptoms. Most people that get those intense withdraw symptoms also have other issues like anxiety or depression that contribute to make it " intense " because they use smoking as a crutch to control it. I've tried to quit in the past and was successful twice - one cold turkey that lasted about 4 years and one with nicorette gum that lasted 3 years. Those times I quit I had a little and no anxiety or depression so I think that plays a major role in someone's decision to actually stick to a quit. Any advice on how to quit with these symptoms present ?

Thank you Joel Spitzer. I am again attempting to quit my smoking habit. I appreciate all the work and effort you have put into this channel to help me and others that suffer this horrible addiction. If I can breath easier and live a day longer because  I used your materials then it was worth.

Good point. I look forward to see if in your videos you will bring up social topics. What to do if my majority of peers smoke. How to deal with smoking passively if these people are important in your life even relatives. And so forth. Recalling some past attempts relapse triggers also contained quality time with these people etc.