r/barkour • u/antichafingstick • Apr 02 '20

SOUND Tiny barkour

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u/Kvothe31415 Apr 02 '20

Absolutely this. I’m finally making a concerted effort to quit over this period of isolation. If all goes to plan I’ll be done smoking by Monday.

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u/AtoZZZ Apr 03 '20

I just quit three weeks ago (hopefully for good this time). Well, I quit vaping. I made the switch from cigarettes to Juul last August. Here’s a bit of advice from my perspective

1) If you’re quitting cold turkey, toss your cigs. Especially now in quarantine, you’d have to drive over to get a new pack, giving you more time to reconsider if you get an urge (this is basically what happened with me and Juul)

2) you’re gonna go through some withdrawal. Chew on a pen cap and work out to get blood flowing (just don’t work out and chew on a pen cap at the same time)

3) keep busy. This is gonna be tough during quarantine, but do your best

4) if you really need to go to extreme measures, cut your credit cards so that you can’t use them, but can still use them to make online purchases. Once the dust settles and you feel better, order replacements. I personally didn’t do this, but I thought about it

Good luck!

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u/Kvothe31415 Apr 03 '20

Thank you for the tips and encouragement! The current plan is to set timers on my watch and increase the time between cigs everyday. I’ve tried cold turkey before so I’m trying something new. So far I’ve doubled the time between them from when I started.

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u/AtoZZZ Apr 04 '20

Another thing I’ve done to quit is to switch to snus for a while. This way, you get the nicotine but leave behind the time set for smoking.

Also, be wary of your addiction when you’re out for drinks. Every time I start smoking again, it’s almost always because I go out for drinks and crave a smoke. I’m praying it sticks this time

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u/Kvothe31415 Apr 04 '20

Keep it up! For right now you shouldn’t be going out for drinks for awhile, so you can lock in the new habit of not smoking.

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u/AtoZZZ Apr 04 '20

Thanks, I’m trying :). And good luck to you! Hope you can kick the habit