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Hello,
I had this little fight quiet some times in my life - I think I stopped and began smoking around 20-30 times by now.
Usually I started again through the weed pipeline. Sometimes I stopped the weed smoking directly, or it went the longer route with transitioning into a cigarrette smoker before stopping again.
The answer may sound ridiculous - what worked for me the last 2 times was:
1:Exercise + Cycling (makes lung volume easier to grasp) and extended walking/wandering.
That usually does the most for me - the last time stopping I literally started to smoke daily again n the same time I began my regular workout in the gym cycle.
At some point I found my behavior so ridiculous that I managed to transition back to the "preferred addiction":
2. Nicotine Gums
Yes these things have the right amount of disgusting to them that you don't get completely addicted to them, as they tend to have something that makes your stomach acid increase.
3. As I still need something for my mind and I haven't tried fidget spinners yet - this time I also transitioned from the nicotine gums to regular gums.
My jaw is quiet well trained now, beware!
Going to the gym or doing something of similar physical exhaustion is the greatest lever for me, with the cognitive dissonance of being into healthy food and supplementation and all that - while smoking - yeah that helps too
Anyways, I thought I'll start this thread here for anyone with similar issues,
with additional advice.
For me it was always 100% switching to something for the most part - no less and less addiction x.
Have a good one!
I had this little fight quiet some times in my life - I think I stopped and began smoking around 20-30 times by now.
Usually I started again through the weed pipeline. Sometimes I stopped the weed smoking directly, or it went the longer route with transitioning into a cigarrette smoker before stopping again.
The answer may sound ridiculous - what worked for me the last 2 times was:
1:Exercise + Cycling (makes lung volume easier to grasp) and extended walking/wandering.
That usually does the most for me - the last time stopping I literally started to smoke daily again n the same time I began my regular workout in the gym cycle.
At some point I found my behavior so ridiculous that I managed to transition back to the "preferred addiction":
2. Nicotine Gums
Yes these things have the right amount of disgusting to them that you don't get completely addicted to them, as they tend to have something that makes your stomach acid increase.
3. As I still need something for my mind and I haven't tried fidget spinners yet - this time I also transitioned from the nicotine gums to regular gums.
My jaw is quiet well trained now, beware!
Going to the gym or doing something of similar physical exhaustion is the greatest lever for me, with the cognitive dissonance of being into healthy food and supplementation and all that - while smoking - yeah that helps too
Anyways, I thought I'll start this thread here for anyone with similar issues,
with additional advice.
For me it was always 100% switching to something for the most part - no less and less addiction x.
Have a good one!