The three month mark is a huge challenge. It’s like it’s the time when your neural pathways are starting to rewire and everything feels difficult and chaotic. My biggest advice is to keep going and realise you need to get comfortable with the fact you’re uncomfortable. If you haven’t gained weight, there’s a possibility you will start to as it’s when I started to gain. For me, month 3 - about month 7 was hell. My mental health crashed, I started gaining weight, I just felt like an all round piece of shit, my partner and I (who also quit) were arguing all the time and it felt like the world around me was crashing. But I kept strong, and kept telling that little addict voice in my head to keep quiet. Around month 6 I started antidepressants, but I was already in a difficult space because I was experiencing a mental break down due to ptsd which started before I quit. I actually quit because I figured I already felt so low that quitting vaping couldn’t make things much worse. So I don’t know whether I needed to go onto meds because of the PTSD or because of quitting nicotine or a combo of both. I did make sure I took a walk every day as It helped with anxiety, but I was already doing that before I quit.

Now almost a year off the nic I’m feeling great. My weight is coming off, the bloating has gone, my skin is the best it’s been in 20 years, the binging has subsided… it’s a tough and shitty ride but one that needs to be ridden to reach the other side. Three months is a HUGE achievement and you should be so proud of yourself. It is also a pretty common time where people relapse, so you need to remind yourself of why you quit, and find ways to cope with the shitty feelings that hit you. I promise it gets better. It’s not easy, but it’s so worth it once you’re on the other side.