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RE: 5 Mistakes We Make When Trying to Master Addiction
Quitting cold turkey worked for me when it came to cigarettes. It seemed to piss me off so much I focused the resentment on the drug itself and not myself or others. Sort of gave me the perseverance I needed to see it through.
Was it the only time you tried though? I think many people HAVE quit cold turkey, but I also think that many more people have difficulty quitting even smoking. Obviously everyone is different though. I just think we often try to do the quick solution, and don't spend time building our perseverance and our ability to deal with failure. These are skills, for example, you might naturally have.
I do recognize though that many people get sober using the cold turkey method and I don't completely knock it, but I think if someone is having difficulty they might want to spend some time weening their habits, and other preferences down, as a way of generally calming their general lifestyle.
Thx!
Quitting alcohol never physically affected me. And I drank hard for a long time.
Yes I think it has to be a severe problem and habit to really have severe withdrawal problems, but certainly thats another example of being effected differently by different things.