Could use some prayer.

I very recently tried to quit tobacco and I'll just say, it didn't go well. I only lasted maybe around 8 hours, though I honestly wasn't keeping track of when I stopped and when I went back to it. I started feeling the typical fidgetiness from quitting after only an hour or so. Then came the slight anxiety which led me to say some things I wouldn't normally have said in some texts and partially forget about giving up secular things. I think I've only tried to quit maybe 3 times. 2 I can remember vividly because they gave slight hallucinations on top of panic attacks which made me instantly get some tobacco to stop the issues. I'm definitely no fan of hallucinations and I had a few years back due to severe insomnia so I'm no fan of them lol. But anyways, after getting some tobacco and coming out of my assumed withdrawal state I realized that I tried to brute force it on my own. I prayed once and then completely forgot about God afterwards and just tried to rely on myself. Obviously, that didn't go well.

I now realize it's impossible to do with my own strength and by not relying on God, which should have been very obvious to me. Now I'm confused if I should go right back to trying to quit or should I try to figure out a game plan of sorts? Like pre-make some way to focus on God and prayer when I try again or figure some other things out to add as well? My addiction to tobacco is pretty severe in that when I have the money for cigarettes, then I usually smoke a minimum of two packs a day. I can't afford that monthly so usually in the latter half of the month I fall back on chew. When I'm using chew I use it all day unless I'm eating or drinking something. So I'm almost using tobacco 24/7 for each month. Any other former addicts that can give me some advice would be appreciated, as well as any prayer people are willing to send my way would be appreciated. Thank you all.

If you go to a pharmacy there are patches that you place on your body. The patches come in steps and help the body slowly wean from the nicotine addiction. They most common brand is Nicoderm.


Talk to the pharmacist, they will explain it to you.

Using a nicotine patch together with a fast-acting type of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) such as gum or lozenges improves smoking cessation rates compared to using only a single type of NRT. Higher-dose nicotine patches are also more effective than lower dose ones, this NIHR-funded review suggests.

https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/u...her-improves-the-chances-of-quitting-smoking/

Also there is gum that you can chew.

Thanks for reminding me of another option. I actually forgot about patches because the last time I checked roughly around 7 or 8 years ago, the cheapest was around $50 for a small amount of patches. I haven't checked since then so there might be some cheaper ones nowadays. I'll have to look into that.