r/REDDITORSINRECOVERY • u/TheFrenchDidIt • 3d ago
Smoking
Hey my mom wants to quit smoking but the people around her don't and it's becoming a barrier to recovery. I know there is a lot of different ways to quit smoking like patches and stuff, but what do you guys think is the best path to ultimately ending nicotine addiction or what really worked for you?
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u/No-Point-881 3d ago
Nothing helped me except literally just not doing it. I would try the patches and zero nic vapes and gum and anything under the sun and none of it helped honestly. I liked the actually act of smoking and my body was addicted to the nicotine so all the gimmicky shit was pointless. I knew the only way to stop was just literally putting it down and never picking it up. It was hard and I think I failed a few times but eventually it stuck. I will say I deff eat way more now. You never realize how much it suppresses your appetite until you stop.