Being Bitchy
Saturday, May 5th, 2007 11:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddyman*Phui*
I am less than impressed by the efficacy of these nicotine patches; I know that it's a reduced amount from the patch compared with lighting up, but I have just had the biggest nicotine fit I can recall from any of my (admittedly failed) previous attempts at quitting smoking.
I am beginning to wonder if it's all a marketing ploy to extend the withdrawal period. I have always found it to be less the need for nicotine and more the physical habit and various rituals and tranquilments that makes it hard to stay off the cigarettes. If I am still craving the nicotine after three or four days when I traditionally feel the lure of the ciggy, this may be harder than I thought. Normally the physical craving has gone by then.
I need a TARDIS to go back and kick the 18 year old me up the arse for ever starting.
I am less than impressed by the efficacy of these nicotine patches; I know that it's a reduced amount from the patch compared with lighting up, but I have just had the biggest nicotine fit I can recall from any of my (admittedly failed) previous attempts at quitting smoking.
I am beginning to wonder if it's all a marketing ploy to extend the withdrawal period. I have always found it to be less the need for nicotine and more the physical habit and various rituals and tranquilments that makes it hard to stay off the cigarettes. If I am still craving the nicotine after three or four days when I traditionally feel the lure of the ciggy, this may be harder than I thought. Normally the physical craving has gone by then.
I need a TARDIS to go back and kick the 18 year old me up the arse for ever starting.