For two years, I had a dipping tobacco addiction. Prior to quitting smokeless tobacco, I was going through one tin each day, which is like going through four or five packs of cigarettes a day.
Because mouth cancer is very common among long-term dippers, many of whom have to get part of their jaw removed after getting cancer and look disfigured for life, my parents were very concerned. They decided to get me a substance abuse counselor, who has helped me tremendously.
With the advice from my counselor and also support from my parents, I was successfully able to quit dipping tobacco, but only because I've switched to nicotine gum. This is a great accomplishment, and it will surely spare me mouth cancer that would have happened in the future had I not quit, but I still have the nicotine addiction.
When I initially switched to the nicotine gum, I went through ten 2 mg pieces a day, which is equal to about one pack of cigarettes. Now I'm only going through three 2 mg pieces a day, which is equal to about six cigarettes.
When I woke up this morning, I made up my mind that I would quit the nicotine gum. After about an hour of being awake, I became distressed and agitated, and then took one 2 mg piece of nicotine gum to get relief. Now I feel angry at myself for lacking the discipline to go through with quitting the nicotine gum.
I went to the bookstore yesterday and bought a Christian book for quitting addictions. The book contains good advice for quitting any addiction, whether it's alcohol, nicotine, hard drugs, or anything else, written from a Christian point of view. I will begin reading it today.
By posting this thread, I am seeking advice from other Christians for quitting nicotine addiction. Did you have a nicotine addiction in the past? If so, how were you able to successfully quit? What advice would you give to a fellow Christian who very much wants to quit nicotine?
I do feel like I'm making progress in quitting nicotine, namely because I successfully quit dipping tobacco and take in significantly less nicotine content per day with the gum, but I really want to take the next step and be off this awful drug forever.
Because mouth cancer is very common among long-term dippers, many of whom have to get part of their jaw removed after getting cancer and look disfigured for life, my parents were very concerned. They decided to get me a substance abuse counselor, who has helped me tremendously.
With the advice from my counselor and also support from my parents, I was successfully able to quit dipping tobacco, but only because I've switched to nicotine gum. This is a great accomplishment, and it will surely spare me mouth cancer that would have happened in the future had I not quit, but I still have the nicotine addiction.
When I initially switched to the nicotine gum, I went through ten 2 mg pieces a day, which is equal to about one pack of cigarettes. Now I'm only going through three 2 mg pieces a day, which is equal to about six cigarettes.
When I woke up this morning, I made up my mind that I would quit the nicotine gum. After about an hour of being awake, I became distressed and agitated, and then took one 2 mg piece of nicotine gum to get relief. Now I feel angry at myself for lacking the discipline to go through with quitting the nicotine gum.
I went to the bookstore yesterday and bought a Christian book for quitting addictions. The book contains good advice for quitting any addiction, whether it's alcohol, nicotine, hard drugs, or anything else, written from a Christian point of view. I will begin reading it today.
By posting this thread, I am seeking advice from other Christians for quitting nicotine addiction. Did you have a nicotine addiction in the past? If so, how were you able to successfully quit? What advice would you give to a fellow Christian who very much wants to quit nicotine?
I do feel like I'm making progress in quitting nicotine, namely because I successfully quit dipping tobacco and take in significantly less nicotine content per day with the gum, but I really want to take the next step and be off this awful drug forever.