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quitting smoking: replacement stimulant
duus | Jun 5 2006
Hello. Any GTD smoking quitters out there? I'm quitting, and, well, I'm used to the constant stimulant. Of course, I'm still drinking coffee (and the constant imbibing of stimulants is bad for you and I exercise and that helps your energy more in the long run etc etc). Is coffee the only replacement stimulant for the cigarettes? It's really cutting into my productivity, and it will be very hard to maintain quitting if I'm at a permanently lower tier of work effort & focus. thanks! 10 Comments
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 I know all the advice...Submitted by experimental on June 17, 2006 - 6:36pm.
I know all the advice says nicotine replacement is not the solution, and that's the truth, it isn't. The solution is psychological. But I couldn't quit successfully until I decided to screw the advice and use whatever helped me get to the psychological solution. I really missed the stimulant effects of smoking, and nicotine gum supplied the "little high" of smoking-- less intensely, but closer than anything else I tried. The other thing that was close was guarana gum, but I found that stopped working for me after a few weeks. I eventually went off the gum, and then off caffeine too, and I feel fine now without it all (and sleep much better, and get sick much less). Good luck. :) » POSTED IN:
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