Used to smoke 2 packs a day. Quit 20 years ago. Quit because I figured I always smelled like smoke which greatly diminished the dating pool. I missed it every day until I managed to get hooked on nicotine pouches. Was using 10-15 of the 8mg On every day. Managed to do that in secret for years. Quit those about a year ago after my wife found out. Now I get to miss smoking AND nicotine pouches every single day. I love nicotine. I miss it every single day. I think about it all the time. If I ever found myself single again I would go back in a heartbeat. I am salivating just writing this. It is evil shit.

[–] Roopappy@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I quit smoking and got on the nicotine lozenges. I was eating a bunch of lozenges, almost constantly. Then I started kinda smoking again, but didn't stop the lozenges. Then I had a stroke which left me with a permanent disability, likely partially caused by wild blood pressure swings due to high levels of nicotine.

I quit by default after 3 weeks in a rehab center. The lesson here is... quit before the hospital. It's worth it.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just imagine how cool you would have looked with supplemental oxygen dependency.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I was semi-related to a guy who would drag his oxygen tank to the kitchen so he could smoke by the window.