Duhigg, and I would like to second this. That book helped me immensely with confrontation and setting professional and personal boundaries. Not so much for smoking, though.
To quit smoking, I used acupuncture. It may be complete woooo, but it worked incredibly to stop by cravings.
Re:Against Alcohol
by hospitalJail on Monday July 03, 2023 @04:36PM
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>acupuncture
People need to understand there is a physiological response even if the underlying idea is nonsense.
Also, dry needling can be freaking amazing. Would recommend for both acute and chronic issues at least 1 time. (If it doesnt solve it after doing it once, its not going solve it doing it 4 times)
Heck, I feel like people give me some respect for being able to avoid alcohol at an event packed with it.
Looking back on it, I always was jealous of the sober people at parties. They were having a great time and didn't need to drink or do drugs.
If we are going to plug our favorite ways of breaking addictions, I love Power of Habit by Charles Duggan. I can't give a summary because that would be doing a disservice, I don't recommend any summaries online either. Its a 300-400 page book on the brain science of the basal ganglia which is responsible for addictions. It can also be used for positive habits like exercise too. Its my number 1 or number 2 book of all time.