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Hey !!! Good to see you P Well done for taking your seat back on the Train … Stay close ..Post post ..it does help keep you focused … Use the SOS if you need us …someone will come running to help you along …

Hi T, I do agree it’s a case of keeping your mouth busy You are still putting nicotine in your body ..therefore you still have cravings when the nicotine wears off If you could find something to suck or chew on for a while till your body adjusts Your right going back to smoking is a huge NO NO… I used just regular sugar free gum ..it worked for me

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Great to see you back posting @Pilgrim! The prize at the end of your journey will be worth all the struggles!

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Thank you all so much for the support. I have stayed strong and not given in to the urge, despite being on the brink a few times.

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Thanks mate. Think I'm gonna take a look at fisherman's friends. They're small and of similar size and have quite a few different flavours. I can't do mint, they seem to do something to me aswell.

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To all the Dads out there ... have a Great Day!

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When I was quitting I wanted to have something in my mouth to suck on and found mints did it for awhile, then I found a cheap g7hard candy called "Crystal Mints" plus a small hard candy thathad a butterscotch flavour. Don't think it really mattered what it was as long as I kept my mouth busy. Seemed to woek for me and eventually, I just got tired of buying them all the time so stopped. Hope you find a suitable alternative that suits you!

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I don't know whether becoming addicted to the lozenges is actually serving me well. The fact I have turned back to lozenges rather than succumbing to ciggies is reinforcing to me that the addiction is most definitely nicotine and not the physical act of smoking. Smoking is what left me feeling like crap more than lozenges. Smoking is the act with the most downsides. It's why I didn't want to dally with vapes, it's too akin to smoking with the physical long term effects on the body still unknown. I don't want to be stuck on lozenges for the rest of my life. I just need to find an alternative to the lozenges now. As I say I'm a very active person, always on the go so I am feeling the positives of not smoking on my body and that's with still eating the lozenges. I just need to be free of the drug that is nicotine. I think I will do as you say my friend and find myself the alternative to these Nicorettes and set a pack in date for these. Anyone got any alternatives to Nicotette fruit lozenges? Same taste and same size minus the nicotine?

Your thinking is right on in many aspects that you have found/find yourself in. I also went through the "phone calls" where one of them was definitely reading from a written script to me in a dull bored voice (yawning included). One even told me if I get cravings while reading posts on-line in their dedicated community that I shouldn't go on-line then. Those experiences served me well later when I became a certified volunteer to teach an 8 week smoking cessation course to individuals. Personal experience and giving a sh!t does make a difference for successful outcomes. Until you are nicotine free your body will continue to crave even more of what you are feeding it that's why it's so addictive. You might try alternating the lozenges with some other substitute (ie cinnamon hard candy) to gradually taper off the lozenges. Otherwise "just" choose an end date for the lozenges and end the active addiction using the other tools you chose to use when you quit smoking from your "Quit Kit" (distractions, activities, self-talk, substitutions, etc.). Once nicotine free, your body and mind will eventually find its new normal. Time and patience heals & recovers you. Smoking thoughts/cravings will lessen but may/will still pop up from time to time (fewer and further & further apart). The difference is we made our choice and once the physical addiction is dormant it becomes easy to acknowledge the thoughts/triggers (even laugh them off) and just move on from them. You're doing great! Keep it up!