I am grateful to be alcohol free for 23 days now, and also nicotine free for 9 days. I decided that nicotine has no place for me if I want true happiness. After 8 years of heavy nicotine, alcohol and weed use I decided this time it’s for good. It just makes depression worse I think, to use nicotine, be it vapes, zyns, or cigs. And alcohol/weed obviously makes it worse. I just want to feel better, it is why I started all these things in the first place. But they were just a mask. I don’t even want the drugs they want me to take for the mood disorders. I don’t feel it’s necessary, it is the setting, scenery and mindset I believe. I will feel better one day, and without the need for “medications” I find that word irritating, they’re drugs, medication is just a pretty word to make it sound better, as “drug” would turn someone away from using it. Anyways thanks for reading my update. Have been feeling quite trash, but I try to keep telling myself it is normal. I felt trash before ever using, during and after. So it is just life. It will workout someday
Hope you’re doing okay.
Thank you, I hope you are doing good as well. I am feeling better now days now that the acute withdrawals are over. Still lonely a lot but I just listen to music and keep going. I never want to pick up again. This is the cleanest I’ve been in 10 years
I was ready to quit smoking cigarettes during my early sobriety but my sponsor asked me to consider that nicotine helps us deal with anxiety and that it might be best to just focus on quitting alcohol for a period. I’m sure I have had ample opportunity since then to give up the nicotine but it’s hard to do.
The withdrawals are not a fun time, but they pass as do any other withdrawal. The motivation for me was my health, and wanting to live as long as I can. I didn’t use cigarettes but vaped heavily, and used 2 packs per days worth of nicotine and more some days. It’s really not bad after 2 weeks. Just depends how bad somebody wants to quit
Nicotine actually exacerbates anxiety, it's just that some of us have trained ourselves to think the opposite. Either way one baby step at a time for me!
This is some real sh*t man. Thanks for speaking your truth. I needed to read this.
I’m glad your here
Tackling both of those at the same time is tough. I couldn't...had to tackle tobacco after a few months of sobriety 🤷 Good job