Hi Bub. We meet briefly at steemfest, I'm not sure if you'll remember me, I think we chatted in the salt mines if my memory serves. Or maybe it was after the poker game. Anyway, I've been through the give up everything at once thing and it is a kicker for sure. Unfortunately, it often is ok nicotine wise for the first 3 days until the last of the chemical starts to leave the blood stream, that's when the real battle begins. Probably about a month to 6 weeks of really difficult cravings before they ease off somewhat.
What got me through was a combination of nicotine patches and daily exercise. The exercise is good for working out the anger and irritabiliy that comes with the cravings. I also find that it disturbed my sleep at first, I'd be up from 3am -7am so I used to go to the swimming pool first thing in the morning when it opened at 7, swim for an hour and then go home for a few hours sleep before college.
I hope some of this is useful. I think the exercise thing is the most important. Psychologically you need to transfer the stress relieving properties that having a drink and a smoke can bring. The endorphin rush from exercise can help provide that outlet for some people. It worked for me.
God luck with the turkey 😉
Phew...just had a look at your posts, my problem is suddenly a luxury one. I think i do remember you :-) (i wonder if we talked about scuba diving as i used to be fully into that)
Thanks for the help! The 3 day nicotine thing makes sense and gets me to understand why today is so much more difficult. And some exercise to work out the anger is another very good tip!
So very useful, thanks man!
Glad I could help Bubke, giving up smoking is no joke!
Yes, I think it was scuba, ha ha I could talk about that until I'm blue in the face as it is my favorite hobby. Where is the best place you've dived? I'm seriously missing diving as I've been unable to do any for around 2 years now. Last place was in Yucatan in mexico.
You must have seen the post about the back injury. Thankfully I have got meds now that have numbed the pain. The only thing now is to make sure I use them sparingly otherwise I'll end up too high to do anything 😆
i had my own diving centre in North-Grenada, Caribean island, nobody else there except for some fishermen to show us the most pristine places, definitely the best spot i've been.
I also saw the other post about the intestine and the wrong IBS diagnose. Where are you staying in UK? London?
Man.... that sounds perfect. One day that would be my dream to live somewhere away from the maddening crowd and dive every day. I had plans many years ago to get my dive master but it never came off. I've got everything b4 that level, rescue Diver, advanced open water etc. 180 dives under my belt including more advanced stuff like fast drifts. I think Egypt red sea has to be my favourite because I've been so lucky with sightings there.
I'm based in Liverpool in the UK m8. The health issues have surely been a struggle and I always try to look at it this way; if/when I finally get it sorted, I'll never take my health for granted again.