Long-term users (like 10yrs or more) who have successfully quit, what does it ta...
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Long-term users (like 10yrs or more) who have successfully quit, what does it take?
It takes only two things. (this is the TL DR model, if you want more I'll share my experience)
Walking, start with thirty minutes EVERY DAY and build to an hour and a half. Bring an MP3 player not your phone (too distracting). Yes, the first week or two your feet will hurt, thereafter they don't. Increase to 1.5 hours in the morning and later, using the same method 30 min. first and increasing to 1.5 hours in the evening. All this will help you sleep like a baby and you don't need medication. If you have any further questions I'll be happy to share. Sometimes it rains, so if you have a mall or sports complex in your town USE IT. You can add other things like body weight exercises: pushups and lunges. But just simple walking does the trick and after a while people are saying, damn you look nice did you drop weight, of course that helps you feel better too.
While doing that, you have to find something in this world you like that is VERY hard to do. And step by step, day by day, pour your thoughts, dreams and desires into this "Hobby" (it could be a career later). Mine is design, build/operate CNC Routers. I get plenty of free help from internet and internet forums. When you get to the point that your good it's all you can think about. You don't have time to think of anxiety. Improving your knowledge REPLACES the worries and stuff. And when you solve a problem you feel like a dang Super-Hero...