The Oral Fixation

A lot of the removing ourself from the drug nicotine seems to involve a strong oral fixation. I started out with those white mint lifesavers. That lasted for a short while as I sucked on so many that my throat got raw. I also tried jolly rogers, ich, too much sugar, so I bought sugarless mints of different flavors and ricola cough drops. Looking for more natural things, carrots didn't do it. I have lately been using dried apricots and dried prunes. I also have been chewing on sticks, toothpicks didn't last a minute to thin so I found some chopsticks in a drawer and broke them down in size. I have also experimented with other types of wood, walnut, cherry, oak and even sticks from raspberry bushes. To see if there was a difference. I find I keep going back to the softwoods. Usually when I am using a wood I don't have any mints or such, which is a good thing. I left the house today without a mint or stick even and it was like weird . I wonder what other people use, I'd like to hear some comments on that.
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