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I'll start be saying, I'm no expert nor am I a doctor but here's my 2 cents worth: Yes, I have heard of people continuing to imbibe in various nicotine suppliments for years after they quit so you are NOT alone in that respect. From my experience of quitting, the issue of ridding my body of nicotine was not a major issue. The real challenge was gradually changing my lifestyle to not include lighting up a smoke every hour or so when going about my daily routine. That took a good year or more to really solidify my new lifestyle and feel comfortable with it. If you were to stop the nico lozenges all nicotime would be out of your body within roughly 72 hours (3 days). That's the phyiscal reality; not the mental/emotional reality. I'm going to suggest that perhaps your fixation with the lozenges is more mental than physical in nature. If I were in your situation I think I might try going to a registered hypnotist to seek help in adjusting your mental fiz=xation on using the lozenges. Either that on a psycologist for a few session only because I think this is more a mental thing than physical. Just my opinion. Food for thought maybe? Hope you find an answer to your situation. Perhaps others will have some suggestions as well? By the way ... I got use to sucking hard candies while I was quitting. Keeping my mouth busy I suppose? I still suck on candies from time to time today. A habit I picked up while quitting and never really got rid of. The only difference between me and you is that my candies don't have nicotin in them but clearly I also have a mental fixation now on having something in my mouth?

I think you're right about Covid being less of a threat nowadays than it was a few years ago. These days RSV is the deep lung virus that scares me the most. I've know a couple of people who've had it and it's really nasty!!

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Oh my! That's terrible!! I've had a bunch of shots, probably 5 or 6 maybe? They've all been Pfizer and I had zero issues. If I had the reactions you've had, I wouldn't go near another shot either. Some people I know took the Moderna shots had bad reactions to them. Not sure if that was wide spread or just my experience.

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@QuittingGirl, I forgot to ask you if you are vaxed or not? With the previous varients of Coviid, they say being vaxed usually helped minimize the severity of Covid, especially for those most at risk of serious health issues. I think the varient that's going around these days is not as dangerous as the original Covid was. Viruses tend to do that; weaken as more and more varients are produced. Who knows though? I'm not a Dr. or scientist. I was just curious if you were vaxed or not.

I understand you feel bad right now and feel you let yourself down maybe but don't be too hard on yourself becaue quitting is a process and sometimes it takes multiple tries to get it right. The most important bit is that you learned something from this quit attempt; in fact, you learned a lot!! Gather those thoughts around you next time you decide to give it a go and don't forget us all here. We will still be here to lend support whenever you're ready.

Get all the illness over now & then clear sailing for the rest of 2024

See all the honest support you have from your new non-smoking family @susie14. This place is special and the exact place a new quitter needs to be. Take in all the good advice and stories of what others have gone through in their quits. Those stories are all honest recollections of what others have experienced. Every one of us will tell you the same thing. The struggle is worth it & it DOES get better, that's no B.S. These struggles are what binds us together as one of the closest and most respectful virtual family you'll ever be a part of. Stay with us and let us all help you take back your life!

See! There's one positive thing already. You smell like a person again, not an ashtray!

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