Going through smoking withdraws

[Andara Bledin]

You just fall into a different regular routine, one without cigarettes. I don't see why smoking needs to be a part of that.

Two components: Physiological and Psychological.

Physiologically, you need something that provides some effect. This is one of the various reasons that people often turn to eating to replace smoking. Many foods provide chemical effects that can be used to replace the effects of nicotine.

Psychologically, you need something to replace the entire routine. Something that you can do with the same sort of regularity, and in the same sorts of situations where you would otherwise have a cigarette. If you can't do it during a time when you're craving a cigarette, then it's not an adequate replacement. Gum is one of those things that can help, although once it's in your mouth, you've got nothing to do with your hands again.

There's no "just falling" into a different routine. You can make yourself a different routine and hope it is enough to replace the less desirable one. After all, if it were just that easy, you wouldn't have had to quit more than once.

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[Boozy]

I didn't say it was easy. What I was trying to say is that your smoking routine can be replaced by another, one that provides the same "calming" effects.

It's really only in the first few months that people feel the need to "replace" smoking with something, anyhow. After a while, you just go about your business. I no longer have the need to punctuate everything I do with some ritual like smoking.