I need to rant about this shit because it's driving me up a wall. So I recently quit smoking and switched over to nicotine pouches. They're a lot cheaper, and I'm not coughing up black shit anymore so that's pretty fucking cool. However, the addiction from pure nicotine products like pouches and vapes is WAY worse. I was able to go about 3 days without a cig and all I dealt with was insomnia, but now the anxiety from not having nicotine is way worse. I had gone months without biting my nails, and just absolutely obliterated my nails last night because I had to go without nicotine for a day. I'm gonna start taking biotin so it's harder to break through my nails, but I'm really upset that I fucked up all of my fingers yesterday
good luck with it, it's one hell of a habit to break. i quit smoking by using nicotine gum and patches, one or the other ususally, but sometimes both at the same time i ended up chewing the gum for about 3 years until covid hit and i got to stay home every day and not worry that i'd rip someone's head off at work, so i finally quit the gum too
definitely the hardest habit to break.. even quitting drinking was easier