Interesting article. I have done something similar to the delayed gratification techniques described in it for years, but I never knew they had a name for the

Interesting article. I have done something similar to the delayed gratification techniques described in it for years, but I never knew they had a name for the concept. Usually I just think about it like "tricking" myself. Like, when I was smoking a lot more, I would tell myself, "I'll have a smoke after I finish this task" and would then start something that I knew would distract me until the craving passed. Or with a friend of mine's Dad, I still see him visiting their apartment while wheezing as he struggled to open his lungs enough to get a breath. Died a week later, and she still smokes a pack a day. Boggles my mind, as for me, that was absolutely terrifying, and I almost can't not hear that sound when someone offers me a cig.