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What are your emergency strategies to deal with cravings? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I've quit smoking 3 weeks ago so the constant withdrawal symptoms are over, but I still get these craving pangs multiple times per day, where my brain tells me it needs a cigarette right fucking now, and it pushes aside all other thoughts.
How do you deal with that, especially since my wife still smokes so there are always cigarettes available?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I would concentrate on the "craving" feeling and kind of over pressure my body, sometimes I'd hit myself at the same time. Basically make myself as uncomfortable as I could, as if I was deeply constipated.

I punished my body for bringing it up in other words, part of me likes to think it learned. It sounds stupid but they stopped pretty fast.