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SaraLee · 10-03-2011, 10:48 AM

Hi, I want to kick the nicotine habit without taking pills or the patch. For those who have quit an addiction, is it better to sit with the withdrawal symptoms till they pass and allow the feelings to come and quietly let them flow through you till they disappear or is it better to immediately focus intensely on an activity you enjoy to avoid feeling the withdrawal symptoms?

SaraLee

36burrows · 10-03-2011, 11:41 PM

What I do is try and find something new to do with my time which the habit used to fill. Now that you're trying to quit, there's a "hole" that needs to be filled, if you don't fill it with something, your desire for the nicotine will just get stronger and stronger because it's all you can think about.

Nicotine's a tough one, but focusing your energy on an activity you enjoy so you can get your mind off it will definitely help. Getting bored will only make you relapse.

codenamesmiley · 10-03-2011, 11:44 PM

Sit with it. Replacing it with something else is only healing the symptom, not the problem.

36burrows · 10-04-2011, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by codenamesmiley

Sit with it. Replacing it with something else is only healing the symptom, not the problem.

So replacing it with something else which is positive and empowering is only replacing the symptom?

Don't take this advice, you'll end up relapsing.

codenamesmiley · 10-06-2011, 05:21 AM

Sitting with it allows you to acknowledge why it is there in the first place. (and release it). But don't take my advice, that guy up there knows the outcome. lol.

10-03-2011, 10:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
SaraLee Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 14	re-focus or sit with withdrawal symptoms Hi, I want to kick the nicotine habit without taking pills or the patch. For those who have quit an addiction, is it better to sit with the withdrawal symptoms till they pass and allow the feelings to come and quietly let them flow through you till they disappear or is it better to immediately focus intensely on an activity you enjoy to avoid feeling the withdrawal symptoms? SaraLee

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10-03-2011, 11:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
36burrows Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Utah Posts: 84	What I do is try and find something new to do with my time which the habit used to fill. Now that you're trying to quit, there's a "hole" that needs to be filled, if you don't fill it with something, your desire for the nicotine will just get stronger and stronger because it's all you can think about. Nicotine's a tough one, but focusing your energy on an activity you enjoy so you can get your mind off it will definitely help. Getting bored will only make you relapse.

10-03-2011, 11:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
codenamesmiley Family Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,639	Sit with it. Replacing it with something else is only healing the symptom, not the problem.

10-06-2011, 05:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
codenamesmiley Family Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,639	Sitting with it allows you to acknowledge why it is there in the first place. (and release it). But don't take my advice, that guy up there knows the outcome. lol.

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