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Snaab OP t1_jbokcjk wrote

Reply to comment by iamCaptainDeadpool in Hi there — I don’t know you, but I am grateful you’re alive, happy to have reached you, and wanna throw some positivity your way. [Discussion] by Snaab

I admitted I don’t know you, but wasn’t lying when I said I am happy to reach you. I figured someone like you would show up to doubt my authenticity, and that’s okay. I myself have seen comments similar to my post and rolled my eyes at strangers “pretending to care about each other”. But I’m in a different place now.

I really do care about you, despite not knowing you, and even if you don’t care about me back. I hope you are doing okay, and I highly doubt that you’re a “Caligula like figure” in most people’s lives that cross paths with you. Try not to let unhappy people jade you against the rest of us.

If you ever wanna talk, feel free to reach out. Take care, stranger.

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e_dcbabcd_e t1_jbo7gg1 wrote

Reply to [Discussion] Give Suggestions to Quit Smoking. by worldofjaved

make it strictly scheduled so that it feels more like a chore. slowly reduce the amount

that's a strategy i feel might work but it's only a suggestion. i personally quit altogether, with only one slip up, when the amount of cigs i was smoking in a day got very high, but i didn't smoke for long so imagine it'll be much more difficult for you to go cold turkey

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Harmonials t1_jbo32wv wrote

Reply to [Discussion] Give Suggestions to Quit Smoking. by worldofjaved

Alan Carr's Easy Way To Quit Smoking will always be a great suggestion. People we're giving that recommendation out 10 years ago on here and still are for good reason.

Other than that, there's something about nicotine addiction I had to discover for myself that maybe wasn't in that book. It's that you should try to replace nicotine with something else. Not another chemical substance necessarily, but a new habit in general. I've had luck with exercise and language learning myself. Being able to associate sobriety from nicotine with something actually beneficial helped me feel doubly convicted to stick to a quit.

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