For the last few years, I've been trying to quit nicotine.
And I know it sounds cliche, but it has been one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life.
Like, when they tell you in those anti-smoking,
anti-vaping commercials that nicotine is incredibly addictive and incredibly challenging to quit,
they are not exaggerating to prevent you from smoking or vaping, okay?
It's true.
It is 1000% true.
As a young person, when you become introduced to the concept of nicotine,
you're like, how addicting can it really be?
It can't be that addicting.
No, it is.
It is.
And when you read the statistics that are like, quitting smoking is impossible.
Yeah, it makes sense.
Checks out.
My experience is aligning with the data.
It has been one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life.
I know some of you are familiar with my nicotine addiction
because I've made quite a few podcast episodes on it.
I haven't made one in a while,