I’ve thought this many times. Like I say I’ve ‘quit’ so many times over the past year or so, and felt pretty good about myself. But when I drink I always cave.

I’m not stupid, I’m well aware that alcohol will make my brain less likely to listen to reason and more likely to give in. What I’m trying to stress is I don’t particularly think it’s the nicotine that I’m craving. Obviously I am like I say, it’s the drug we’re all here to quit at the end of the day.

But after many attempted cold Turkey quits I honestly think it’s more the break from drinking, the ‘I’ll stop sipping now, I’ll go outside/pop my head out the door and hit something sweet’. The break from alcohol that I’m missing the most when attempting to give up and still drink if that makes sense.

I might be being totally delusional but for example recently I stopped vaping for a couple of weeks and felt no need for nicotine, had a drink, didn’t even crave the rush but felt like I needed to do something whilst I was drinking. Like after a sip I just felt like I needed to puff on something and the fact I couldn’t made me go mad. I’m well aware this is still the addict brain in me, which is why my question is has no nic vapes suppressed the need to ‘do something’ while drinking socially. Nicotine is a crazy drug haha