I thank covid for the finalization of my addiction to nicotine. Weened myself off of cigarettes through vaping. Got covid, took a puff from my vape and almost threw up due to the nasty taste. Stuck the vape pen in my drawer and promised myself I'd come back to it as soon as the covid was out of my body. Turned out I got parosmia, which is a defect in the olfactory receptors in the brain (thanks, covid!) Everything stunk! My waking breath was a pasty, yeasty smell at all times, (not my exhalations, rather, what I perceived). I swore off tobacco, nicotine, vaping, etc. from that day forward and never regretted quitting! And this is coming from someone who would consider murder as an acceptable excuse for nicotine withdrawals. I mean I had it bad. Neck scratching, "Y'all got any more of them cigarettes?" bad. How that ruled my life!

I thank covid for the finalization of my addiction to nicotine. Weened myself off of cigarettes through vaping. Got covid, took a puff from my vape and almost threw up due to the nasty taste. Stuck the vape pen in my drawer and promised myself I'd come back to it as soon as the covid was out of my body. Turned out I got parosmia, which is a defect in the olfactory receptors in the brain (thanks, covid!) Everything stunk! My waking breath was a pasty, yeasty smell at all times, (not my exhalations, rather, what I perceived). I swore off tobacco, nicotine, vaping, etc. from that day forward and never regretted quitting!