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Still haven't smoked or vaped but god damn today I wanted too. I've been reading a bit on it and dopamine is now no longer being injected into my system so my dreams are going to be weird and wild for a bit until it evens out, I guess.

Anyway when I quit drinking I didn't start getting the pangs to want alcohol until this late in too.

But I'm coming up on 20 days soon and that will be the longest I've been nicotine free since 2012.

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[-] hikeandbike@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Congratulations! Having gone through this recently (for the second time) myself, I couldn't imagine doing it without patches.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks. I actually have some nrt but I found them to be not that helpful. Maybe I should use them, y'know what? Gonna pop a mint now.

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