Went cold turkey for smoking about 15 years ago. I still get a crazy urge to smoke if i walk past a smoking pad or a designated smoking area. It only lasts for about 10 seconds but its not enough for me to take it back up.
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Stopped smoking 7 years ago. I tried it two times before without success. This time was easy. Mindset is everything.
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COVID kinda forced me to do it with weed after I developed a THC allergy. Even edibles trigger it.
Yes. Have you?
Oh sure, a lot of things actually. I tried to stop biting my nails throughout my life but it was only possible a couple of years ago. I think it's because I was taking good care of my body and was spending a lot of time with people. Whenever I did bite them I would spit it out immediately. I also learned how to take proper care of them.
Weed Like 45 days ago, I still see myself going back to it but not for a while, and ideally not as a habit. Everything else sorta fades in and out pretty easily so far.
I know this is pretty light weight but soda is my back monkey. Cold turkey has worked but the headaches. Granted it was really a caffeine drop because I don't like coffee and am not super wild about tea. I have done better with gradual, however its easier to relapse I think and I have never kicked it permanently.
I always go cold turkey cuz my stash runs out.
last year I went cold turkey on video games for about a whole year. This year I started playing video games again, but started making better choices on video games not designed to addict me into playing repeatedly for days, weeks and months online.