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Day 4 of quitting nicotine:

- Sorry no post yesterday, but rest assured I remained strong

- I'm learning that life is currently really boring without nicotine. My mind keeps thinking about how nice it would be to put a Zyn in, how it would help pass the time.

- Time is moving a lot slower now, and chewing gum is getting boring and doesn't last as long. Thinking of trying non nicotine pouches, but part of me also wants to break the habit entirely, remove the dependance on the pouch

- Hoping that these feelings pass in a few days/weeks. I'm really looking forward to having no more cravings and feeling normal again

Day 2 of quiting nicotine:

- woke up and was pretty petty all morning. Cravings were bad but mostly i was upset at the smallest things. Can't find my left sock, pissed. Left the house 5 min late, angry. Hitting a red light, livid.

- was really focusing on my breath and being conscious of my mood

- I was lucky that most of the day was busy hanging with friends. As an extrovert this gave me energy as well as a good distraction.

Heading into night time now but happy to report that we are another day down.

Even through the mood swings are still there, I'm kind of enjoying the fight. Still in the stage of feeling proud I'm not relapsing.

Day 1 of quitting nicotine:

- I've been a Zyn/snus user for about 2 years now, and decided that yesterday was going to be my last day

- I realized that NY had imposed a 75% tax on nicotine products (started in Sept), and i didn't want to be paying that tax anymore

- I had recently made the switch from 6mg pouches to 3mg, and so the timing just felt right for me to quit

- TODAY SUCKS!!!! My brain is feeling foggy as hell, plus I'm getting mad at the smallest things lmao. My computer froze for a few minutes and I almost started crying 😭.

- Gonna keep you all updated on how this goes. Day 2 tomorrow

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