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Sorry for the late mega, I couldn't post it yesterday due to some life stuff but we are now back!
After a setback over the weekend, I'm planning on quitting vaping again. I still have some nrt that will help with my quit so that's helpful. I just have to make it over three days to avoid the pangs of wanting to vape. I'll update this post tomorrow when I chuck this disposable out.
Other news I've started to cut back on coffee. I was drinking way to much, so I'm going from a whopping 8 down to 6, then I plan to tapper down even further to 4-3. The 6 cups I kind of need to get moving since I've been drinking coffee for well over a decade now and on top of the meds I take at night for my mental health making me all groggy in the morning.
2-4 cups sounds like a nice healthy amount for a professional coffee drinker, plus the price of coffee is astronomical thanks to trump.
Good luck with quitting, you got this
As for coffee, have you tried replacing it with tea? There are a lot of different kinds of tea, I've heard that some people managed to replace coffee with yerba mate