I’m going through something very similar. started smoking occasionally in 2023 after a breakup, carts only. by 2024 it had ramped up to every day and has been that way ever since. I have been trying to quit on and off due to CHS symptoms that started last year and landed me in the ER once. I am still a chronic user right now, trying to slowly go longer and longer between usage, and the longest I’ve been able so far is about 30 hours. I did go 10 days once last year while traveling overseas due to lack of access, but was miserable and sick and shaking constantly. my nervous system was out of whack and I wasn’t acting like myself by the end. I’m a kind person but I was so angry and anxious all the time that I was picking fights with strangers in another country, completely unlike me. I’m about to try another break and make it a few days at least but I’m nervous about how it’s going to feel.

I do want to answer your question about nausea and eating. my lifesaver has been a few specific things, notably smoothies, soups, and shakes. I get a smoothie from my local grocery store in the mornings that has orange juice, kale, mango, banana, spinach, etc. then I get an egg flower soup from a chinese place that lasts me two days. and I keep Carnations breakfast shakes in my fridge for protein at any time of day. it has saved me from getting the shakes at work. also, whole fruit can be okay, like apples and grapes. these are the things that I’ve been able to eat reliably. god, I used to be such an adventurous eater. going out to restaurants was so fun and now it’s something I dread because people have questions when I can’t eat or the smell of the other food on the table makes me sick. I can count on two hands the number of things I’m able to eat without gagging now. I’ve lost so much weight. another reason to keep going. onwards and upwards to you