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Atypical tips to quit smoking? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by 31415926535@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I know it's gross, unhealthy, a stupid habit, makes no sense.

Trouble quitting cuz it's something to do with hands, fidgety, restless, oral fixation I think, and it gets me out of the house. Can't find a habit to replace it with.

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[–] Necromnomicon@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A friend of mine is a Doctor. This is what he suggests to anyone who is truly interested in stopping.

Smoke as much as you need to
Start rolling your own, unfiltered.
Put the pack somewhere inconvenient, like car trunk or in a hard to reach box in the garage
Only every smoke outside, under an open sky. No cars, no houses, no awnings, no umbrellas, etc. No matter the weather.

He says this makes it accessible but inconvenient and not as enjoyable. Eventually the inconvenience will start to outweigh the need until you end up quitting. He says he has like a 80-90% success rate with those who actually follow through

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But how many actually follow through?

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the thing about quitting you kind of have to want to.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some will still want to quit, but the extra steps might have the opposite effect of just not being able to stick to those self-inflicted constraints. I know all too well how it won't happen until you actually want to quit, I've since quit as well, but I know it wouldn't have worked for me, I'd have abandoned this plan in a matter of days, not so compatible with my usual ADHD scatterbrain. Too much organization.

Vapes, going down from 8mg to 0mg over a while, then eventually just having the habit left to drop, was what worked for me. YMMV, of course.

[–] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

That's excellent advice. It's like training a dog - your brain stops associating the release of dopamine with cigarettes after a few bad experiences,