I smoked in highschool, heavily through college, and then was a social smoker (smoke a pack or so while I was drinking) until I was 26. We threw a big Halloween party (you know, the kind where you are already smashed by 4pm and then you keep going well into the next morning) and I had like a 3 day hangover from all the smoking and drinking. That was the last time I touched a cig. So it has been 6+ years quit for me.

I find I can get drunk now and have only a little headache the next day, unlike the relentless jackhammer of a headache I would get had I been smoking while drinking as well.

Chewing and dipping have always disgusted me, so I can't relate there!

Now, all that said, I have struggled and still struggle to quit biting my finger nails since I was like 12. I don't understand nail biting. I catch myself biting unconsciously sometimes. I've tried everything, short of wearing gloves. The only thing that keeps me from chewing is dirty hands (working on the VX, cleaning fish tanks, etc). I'm a grown azs man with a child's nervous habit. ARGGGG!

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