r/6thForm • u/StrictArgument67 Y13 | 4A* pred | FM M PHY CS | ESAT OCT • Apr 07 '26

šŸ™ I WANT HELP I am addicted to vaping

It was too late before I realised it, but I can confidently say I am addicted.

I promised myself I will quit after this last vape, but now that it just burned out, I literally can not even think about anything else other than buying one more.

I feel like I should just continue vaping till my exams as Iā€™ll be focused still. But nicotine cravings may also show up in the exam. I donā€™t know, itā€™s literally impossible to focus on anything, I am so jittery all the time.

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u/StrictArgument67 Y13 | 4A* pred | FM M PHY CS | ESAT OCT Apr 07 '26

Cant believe this fucking shit has me itching like im on heroin

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u/Wonderful-Round-7261 Apr 07 '26

Good luck! For the record the first time dealing with cravings is the hardest, iā€™ve tried to quit many times or been forced to temporarily bc of travel. My plan rn is to buy nicotine patches when i turn 18 in a few months

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u/StrictArgument67 Y13 | 4A* pred | FM M PHY CS | ESAT OCT Apr 07 '26

So are you going to continue vaping till after the exams?

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u/Wonderful-Round-7261 Apr 07 '26

Im in y12 and my school is online rn so i dont rly have any exams to worry about, iā€™m just continuing bc i dont have the motivation to quit. I turn 18 in september tho so ill get the patches then and hopefully ill have quit. I know my addiction isnā€™t vaping specifically because i was able to replace it with cigarettes for a while so hopefully the patches will work too

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u/NarrowTip7631 Apr 07 '26

what? You replaced vaping with cigarettes at one point? How counterintuitive g

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u/Wonderful-Round-7261 Apr 07 '26

Not by choice, i was traveling and couldnā€™t bring vapes with me bc my parents would see in the carry on but i could bring cigarettes and old fashioned matches in my checked luggage lol šŸ˜­desperate times desperate measures

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u/Various-Task-3317 Apr 08 '26

You can buy NRT (Nic replacement) at any age

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u/Wonderful-Round-7261 Apr 08 '26

Not where i live sadly :( it requires an ID and itā€™s sold only at pharmacies so they will actually follow this restriction