Why Nicotine Withdrawal is Actually Good for You

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Day 2 cold turkey. Watching this while chewing viciously on 2 pieces of Dentyne Fire. Anxiety is through the roof but freedom is just over the horizon. I’m done with this hellish habit. Good luck everyone.

I think withdrawal severity depends on how hard you were a smoker. I used to smoke 2-3 packs a day. When I quit, I literally lived in a hell for about 3 months. Thank God those days have passed, and I've been smoke-free for almost 3 years now. Edit: As of May 2023, I'm 5 years free from smoking now.

This is exactly how i stopped was by enjoying it. Every time i had a craving i closed my eyes and embraced it and the craving disappeared. This was 6 years ago. Good luck if you are quitting.

25 hours nicotine free! I cried the whole way to work but I did it!!!

When pain becomes your friend, transformation follows

I tried to stop probably 20 times, the past 5 years.. I relapsed after a few days.. 4 weeks ago I got Covid, and I felt I started having trouble breathing and I got scared.. I am terrified of getting sick because of the cigarettes, so I finally quit! 😀😀 I am getting close to 4 weeks smokefree ☺️ so proud of myself ☺️❤️

Embrace each symptom. Your body is healing one step closer to freedom!

35 days into non smoking, just wanted to give hopes to those starting, the worst is the first 3-4 days, then it gets exponentially better. Trust me! Stay strong

i quit smoking cold turkey 3 years ago after many attempts. What worked for me fighting the withdrawals was just a change of mindset. I kept on telling myself "i've been through so much sh!t in my life, withdrawal is nothing"... yeah that helped a lot. Instead of being afraid of the withdrawal symptoms like in previous attempts, this time I challenged them. When the withdrawal symptoms attacked, I remember I would challenge them like "bring it on, is that all?"... Surprisingly enough, I had minimum to none symptoms after the 3rd day..... on previous failed attempts they lasted longer than a week, something I cannot explain - maybe because a lot of the symptoms could also be in the mind.. Another thing that I believe it had helped was to consider myself an ex-smoker from day 1 and that made me extremely happy and I kept on going... Some people might find this a bad idea and I understand, but what I also did, I did not clean my ashtray, I did not throw away my cigarretes, and I kept on hanging with smokers. They were right in front of me on purpose.. this way I found easier to challenge myself. I would see the dirty ash on the ashtray thinking that all this was going inside me.. I kept my cigarettes to challenge myself...and I hang with smokers because I just knew "they want to be in my shoes, as ex smokers" - so I never got jealous, they were. I did not avoid my triggers, I challenged them! Today, looking back at the time when I was a smoker, I just don't get the point why I smoked...it was so stupid and a waste of money and health.., simple as that. oh yeah, and one more thing (sorry for the long post), my worst withdrawal challenge was when I was thinking "what would I do without a cigarette? how would I spend my life from now on?" -simple answer, thinking of it as of today...... -> "nothing would change, you'll do the same things as you did before. remember when you were a non-smoker? keep that thought, how was life back then? did you miss out anything? no - but certainly you did miss a lot after you started smoking" I hope I helped someone with this.. take care

I quit marijuana with 0 problems, i left cigarettes alone and sat in the bed for 3 days couldn't even wash dishes or take my trash out. Those things should be illegal.

To everyone else that's thinking of going back remember how far we've came and why we stopped. Do it for YOU because YOU deserve freedom <3

Been a smoker for 27 years 1-2 pks daily . It’s been a week and I’ve barely had any withdrawals yet , the cravings have been pretty mild and have been passing relatively quick . This is my 3rd serious attempt and the previous attempts were much more challenging . At this moment I feel I can really quit this time and finally be done with this expensive , gross , and deadly habit ! Update : 4-25-23 day 77 still going strong no patches or any nicotine replacement for at least 2weeks

Day 10 for me, and no one talks about the severe fatigue. Still with 8 hours of sleep, im waking up exhausted and zero energy during the day.

Mindset is everything. I'm going to embrace the withdrawal. No pain no gain. Starting today.

God bless all who are trying to quit! You got this, fight that voice!

4 days cold turkey, no nicotine therapy. And on the 3rd days, I felt muscle pain in all part of my body like when you have the flu, I have dry mouth and throat but these are freedom signs !GOOD LUCK TO ALL QUITTERS! WE’RE GOING TO DO IT!!

I quit on May 1st. Literally the anxiety and depression is compounded by the coronavirus shutdown and recession fears. But this is as good of a time as any to get healthy.

Here's a tip: dont let your body feel like you need nicotine. Remembering a time when you didn't smoke or vape whatever will make you realize you don't need it and you carry on a little easier.

After 14 years of smoking at least a pack a day (I’m 28) I stopped cold turkey. Today is day 2. I can’t stop bugging out for a smoke no matter how much I try. But. I will not fold. I hope 🙏