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Is It The Routine Or The Reward?

JonesCarpeDiem
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      Hoggie's treats are on a shelf parallel with and, 18 inches above the bed.

He will come close, throw himself into my arms, and then, get up, walk to directly below where his treats are and sit in an upright position waiting for my response.

He gets dopamine from those "treats."

So what if I took the nicotine off the shelf?

His routine would change, right?

think about this

(How can you subconsciously not think about not being able to get your fix while you are still physically addicted?)

      This is why I believe getting off the nicotine is the first and easier of the addictions to relinquish. (each has to reach this conclusion or remain addicted.)

      The routine (psychological addiction) works itself out on it's own with varying  times for each individual.

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Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.