Trying to kick nicotine for good! The final boss: vaping 55mg nic salts

[crookshanks]

hi! I'm new to this, about 2 hours and 45 minutes into my quit and I could really use some support right now. I'm trying to stop vaping nicotine salt solution at a 55mg/ml concentration. I don't know if they have those in the UK. it's very powerful and I would vape it from the minute I opened my eyes to the second I went to sleep. It's my five year sobriety birthday today from drugs and alcohol today (it's almost 3 am here in California) and I want desperately with everything in me to stop. I tried to quit smoking cigarettes in 2016 on my 2 year birthday and made it 90 days and then got sucked in again. I remember those 90 days were some of the most difficult days I'd ever had in my life and that was with nicotine gum and occasional hits off of someone's vape at work. This time I'm trying to go cold turkey. I was able to get off of cigarettes by getting onto this stuff but the withdrawal is just so much worse. do you know someone I could talk to?

for those of you who don't follow the news in the US, vaping has just come under nationwide fire for a variety of vaping-induced illnesses (you can read about it here: buzzfeednews.com/article/st...

I've been trying to "wean" myself off for the last 24 hours and my symptoms so far are a feeling of serious unease and discomfort, like my skin is crawling, tension headache, irritability, tearfulness (although this might just be because I'm going through a breakup, still my emotions are more labile), trouble concentrating, and I just can't even put a finger on this particular feeling. It reminds me of what Allen Carr would say about smoking cigarettes being like putting on too tight shoes just to take them off. My whole body feels like it's being squeezed inside a too tight shoe. One puff of the vape and that would go away. At least I earned myself another 5 minutes by writing this post.

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee]

Hi Crookshanks, Please have a look at your private message as I have replied to you on there. x

[crookshanks 5 MONTH WINNER in reply to jillygirl]

thanks jillygirl. I had basically panic messaged everyone in the daily chat who was up UK time to see if they could give me some direction. I'm slowly working my way through some of the "related posts" vaping (searching "nic salt" or something through the HealthUnlocked search bar doesn't really work that well).

I'm starting to think really seriously about weaning down instead of trying to go cold turkey. I'll report back with more info.

[Corrina125 LONG TERM WINNER in reply to crookshanks]

Keep us close crookshanks, quitting is better with support from others who know what you are going through xxx

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee]

If you have an exact quit date please let us know, we can then assign you an achievement badge. Whatever way you decide to quit remember to keep hydrated as this helps your body recover quicker. xx

[crookshanks 5 MONTH WINNER in reply to jillygirl]

9/27/2019 (today!)

[jillygirl Administrator Queen Bee in reply to crookshanks]

Great stuff! thank you. I will add you to our database so your badge gets updated from today. xxx

[Happybear LONG TERM WINNER]

Hey crookshanks sending good vibes from across the pond. You can do it. We can all do it.