Feeling extremely proud of my progress so far, but nervous about reducing NRT dosage – advice or motivation welcome!!

Hi all!

Title more or less says it. I've been trying to quit smoking for well over a year now, and I've failed multiple times (always cold turkey, always hellish). Finally, I decided to contact the national health service to access their free quitting programme, where they give you free nicotine replacement therapy and assign you a "Quit Supervisor" to meet regularly with and so on.

It's been working amazingly well, and it's now been almost two months since I had my last vape or cigarette. I even went to Berlin last week, partied like a degenerate in the techno scene, surrounded by smokers and cheap cigs at all times, and I didn't break down! I was terrified for the trip, because I genuinely couldn't picture a universe in which I would not accept a cigarette in Berlin of all places, but the fact that I made it through is genuinely such an exciting and proud moment for me.

However, I'm now nervous. It's coming close to the time for my Quit Advisor to reduce my dosage to start weaning me off the NRT. On the one hand, I'm excited to do this, because I don't feel like I'll REALLY be free of my addiction until I no longer have a daily dose of nicotine in me, but on the other hand, I'm worried that it's gonna suck and I'm going to have a horrible time during the process.

So far I've been avoiding the horror of nicotine cravings by simply using the highest dosage, but surely reducing the level of it in my body will make them come back, right? Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it difficult to wean yourself off them? Or does your body adjust to it pretty fast? NRT has made a hellish process very tolerable and not too difficult at all, but will the dose reduction feel kinda like going cold turkey? I've failed at that too many times and it really just SUCKS.

Any advice or motivation is welcome!!