It's almost unbelievable as it seems like yesterday I flushed my last Apple Skoal can down the toilet, but it's now been three weeks off the cancer leaf!
The first week was definitely the hardest.
I've started to (informally) wean myself off the nicotine gum, using biting off half a piece of the 4mg piece now, sometimes less, and supplementing it with regular ol' sugar-free gum. In a week I plan to formally start weaning myself off the gum, taking half a piece at a time of the 4mg no more than once an hour. Then I'll set a date to go even less.
I don't mind that I'm on the gum right now. It has been a tough three weeks. The past week I was struck with crazy road rage in my car that set off an urge to chew. I often put a cat turd in my mouth to relax when I was angry. Now I get angry and just get more angry, so it seems I need to get some coping skills without the Cope.
That's all folks
14 years ago