Nicotine Withdrawal - Coping strategies?

Question

Hi! 
So my bf (4+ years) has decided to quit nicotine (thank gooooodnesss!!) but is going through withdrawal, whether he realizes it or not. He has anxiety and depression, sees a therapist, but clearly his withdrawal is emphasizing his negative mental health feelings. I am a therapist, but also have worked on separating being a girlfriend & being a therapist due to past situations related to his trauma. I am trying to figure ways to distract him during this time of emphasized negative feelings, but he’s riding the “I don’t think that will help.” He works from home, and had his vape with him obviously more than someone who works in an office would. It was never a thing that got in the way of our relationship also to note! 
SO if anyone has any advice, experience, strategies, PLEASE let me know!!! 
I don’t know if he quit for me, because vaping has terrified me incredibly with how no one really knows the long term effects, so I make it known how appreciative I am. We have a very good relationship, when it comes to mental health it just gets tricky when I have to turn off the therapist light. 
Thank you all🩷

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I think it’s more of mental and physical thing. I’m pregnant so I’m going through quitting. Been doing crafts to keep myself busy and hard candy helps as well. 
Pretty much I try to keep my mind busy

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I quit smoking cigarettes just over 5 years ago. I went into vaping and dropped down the nicotine levels until I got to 0 nicotine. My boyfriend at the time (now husband) hated it so passionately that he told me if he knew I vaped he would never have got together with me (we met online and I ticked no smoking as I didn’t think vaping counted) I’d already got to zero nicotine when I met him so was just the habit of vaping to get rid of. Anyway. When I realised how strongly he felt about it I stopped the vaping, I found crafting and having my hands kept busy took my mind off the need for putting something to my mouth. He might not want to do crafting but keep his hands busy and he will get through it. I also used a chart off the internet of what happens to your body on an hourly/daily/weekly/monthly/yearly basis when you quit nicotine and that was really inspiring and kept me motivated

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I quit smoking a few months back. Nicotine only takes 1-3 days to leave your system. After that its the habit that is the issue not the nicotine. There is nocotine products like gum spray losengers ect. I hated them and if hes passed 3 days there is probably no reason to even go on those as the nicotine need has already left his system.  A big thing that helped was acknowledging i wanted one but also why. So like yeah i want one but actually i only do because im bored. Its now the habit he is breaking not the nicotine.

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If he quit cold turkey it’s always harder. A lot of times the ritual of smoking or vaping is what people are addicted to more than the nicotine itself so when he’s getting anxious and overstimulated hitting the vape helped so if you get him something that’s non nicotine that will give him that same sensation of vaping or a new outlet it should help my mom always used Lolipops to replace the oral simulation of smoking but I’ve now days they make necklaces you can “fake” hit like a vape and there’s also nicotine free vapes. Also I would ask to see if he’s quitting for you if so that’s not good he needs to quit for himself cause if it’s just for you it’s liable he will start vaping again at some point and there maybe underlying resentment of some sort after I know from experience from a ex who made me stop it’s a big difference between stoping for someone and stoping for yourself.

Nicotine Withdrawal - Coping strategies?

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