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Originally Posted by mrbeverlyhills
I have tried, in no particular order:
Hypnotism
Hypnotherapy
Acupuncture
Acupressure
Chantex
Gum
The Patch
Desert Island. Really.
Cold Turkey
Electroshock therapy
Smoke Enders
Other than the island, all of the above at least twice and I may be forgetting some.
Always went back until now. With vaping, I can V something in my hand and puff away, that certain element that nothing else provides. Even though there is no nicotine in my juice anymore, maybe the nipple fixation theory was correct after all!
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well, the obvious follow-on question is how long were each tried. Often times we psych ourselves out before even starting.
Most of those are short-term fixes anyway, focused on the symptoms not the underlying issues. Hypnotherapy is questionable at best for long-term efficacy, and acupuncture is mostly valuable to pain treatment rather than behavior modification. The patch/gum/etc are treating the physical addiction, not so much the psychological.
Not familiar with Smoke Enders - is that kind of a 12-step thing?
Strong attachment to a habit usually has some deep psychological roots. Getting to those can be time consuming, costly, and painful. Not everyone wants to, or even can do that, and I totally get it. Combine that with the fact that there are a lot of bad psychotherapists and you have a recipe for frustration. In the end, whatever makes things work for you and those around you. If vaping does it, great. Life is short so you have to pick your battles...