Yes. On a compounded semaglutide. I can finally control my hunger and a nice unexpected effect has been losing a desire to drink large quantities of alcohol. I don’t drink during the week anyway, but it seems to be the volume that turns me off to drinking. Thus a few cocktails are all I can tolerate. For context, Im 30, male, would be defined as a binge drinker on weekends. Oh, and I’ve given up nicotine entirely. I can’t tell if the drug is helping or it was just a point in my life that I finally decided I accept it makes me feel ill most of the time.
I'd hazard a guess that nicotine is one of the two or three most addictive substances known to humanity. Opiates/heroin is probably worse, world of warcraft is probably third :-)
Society makes it hard as well. It’s unacceptable to be falling asleep high on opiates. Hitting a vape on a video call with coworkers is considerably more acceptable.
As a fully remote employee for years who now lives in zoom I have never seen a coworker hit a vape on a call and it would be very off putting if they did, in the same way smoking a cig while on a call would be.
I've seen coworkers do it accidentally, forgetting their cameras are on. It's a super hard habit to quit, too, since it's innocuous (except you can't leave home without your vape!).
Nicotine was the hardest thing I have ever given up - three years later and I still get the occasional craving or dream where I have an excuse to smoke. This tracks with the experience of other smokes I have known. All else being equal and given you have reason to believe the drug reduces cravings, I'd guess that it is a strong factor
