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Me, the first week was pretty hard, the next 6 months were still hard, the next year was a lot easier -- but I still want a cigarette with some frequency! It's
by throwaway990909 5y ago
Me, the first week was pretty hard, the next 6 months were still hard, the next year was a lot easier -- but I still want a cigarette with some frequency! It's just a "want" I can, now, after two years, fairly easily choose not to fulfill.
But when I see other people smoking in a context I remember being enjoyable, OR when I am especially stressed or depressed -- I definitely still want a cigarette. I don't especially think I'll ever never want a cigarette again.
They are so addictive!
- sammalloy 5y agoI’m curious, have you ever used psychedelics in a therapeutic context? Such as, I’m going to take x dosage of y drug to work on myself? Psychedelics tend to break the addiction chain of thought and habit, and as long as you do the work over time, the feeling and emotional content of addiction basically disappears. I don’t want a cigarette because it no longer has any hold over me. Psychedelics helped me get to that point. You basically retrain your brain intentionally, by working through bad habits and emotional attachments. When you get to the bottom of those, you realize that the tobacco addiction itself is just a placeholder masking other issues altogether. That’s just the first step. The second step is to overcome the psychological addiction, and that takes time. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And when you get there, you make a choice to keep moving on into the light or to go back to the darkness. Psychedelics helps you make the right choice and to stay on the path.