Podcast worth listening

[Cbefree]

Hello all -I'm a huge podcast listener, it's great company when doing chores. NPR "Hidden Brain" landed 4/15/24 titled "The Curious Science of Cravings".  If we haven't heard it before and we will hear it again, smoking is the most difficult addiction to kick, I swelled with pride that I have joined the many who continue to succeed one day at a time. One point Judson Brewer discussed was; if the strategy is avoid the triggers imagine a smokers lighting up 20 times a day and try to avoid that. Anyway he said it better than I just did...

[YoungAtHeart]

Maybe it's because my work life involved an almost constant noise bombardment- phone ringing, people stopping in and talking, boss needing things, crises one after another....but I cannot stand to listen to podcasts.  I ADORE my silence and listening to the birds and bees and other nature sounds.  I thought I would get over it, but 12 years in, I still like my quiet.  

Glad you have found something that you enjoy that also educates you a bit.  ALL good!  I had heard that nicotine was as difficult an addiction from which to break free as cocaine and alcohol.  I had not heard it was more difficult.  WOW!

We all, then, do have a reason to be proud!  Yay, US!

[Barbscloud]

@Cbefree I've always heard nicotine is as addictive as heroin.  Don't know if that's a reality, but it is highly addictive.  You have every right to be proud of your success.  You're doing the work and you're seeing the results.

Not a podcast listener, but I enjoy listening to music when I'm doing chores.  It keep me moving.

Barb

[JonesCarpeDiem]

Self talk rewrites the neural pathways

"I don't do that anymore"

[SuzyQ411]

@Cbefree 

@JonesCarpeDiem 

@Barbscloud 

@YoungAtHeart 

YAY TO US!

NICOTINE -FREE : THE WAY TO BE!!

❤️ 

[SuzyQ411]

@Cbefree ~ I just love NPR!!

[Thyme]

@Cbefree 

I like podcasts too, I will have to see if I can find this. I think what’s really helped my quit this time is understanding nicotine as an addiction instead of just a habit. I would love to learn more about what is going on in the brain because I think that helps me to counter the delusional thoughts that addiction can produce that justify and rationalize smoking. Thanks for sharing and congrats to everyone on your continued success.

[biscuit9]

@Cbefree   "I swelled with pride....", you should be proud.  This is not an easy addiction to overcome and I have heard this addiction being compared to a heroin addiction many times and I have no problem, whatsoever, believing that it is.  Don't ever take your quit for granted.  Stay vigilant.