What if I told you there’s a hack, that’s backed up with academic research, that can teach you how to stop smoking weed (or cigarettes) for good? That’s right, for good!
This simple technique was first used to teach people how to manage their money more effectively, but inadvertently helped reduce drinking, consumption of of junk food, save and earn more money, and improve work and academic performance.
It’s so effective that I instructed all of my clients and even close friends who are trying to stop smoking weed to use this technique.
Almost all of them informed me how they were either able to completely stop smoking for weed within a month or two or they were able to effortlessly decrease the amount of weed that they were smoking.
It’s not an instant fix, but its definitely effective over the long run.
The Backstory
In the book The Power of Habit, author Charles Duhigg explains how researchers Ken Cheng and Megan Oaten conducted a four-month experiment in order to improve spending habits. The participants were instructed to write on a piece of paper every penny they spent within the four-month period.
The only issue they had was making tracking their expenses a consistent habit, but once that was ingrained in their system, they experienced incredible results!
After the study concluded, participants reported smoking less, drinking less, and increased productivity at work and school. Oh, and an increase in their bank accounts (obviously).
Charles Duhigg attempted to explain why the participants experienced so many benefits from tracking their expenses:
“As people strengthened their willpower muscles in one part of their lives — in the gym, or a money management program — that strength spilled over into what they ate or how hard they worked. Once willpower became stronger, it touched everything.”
Not only does tracking your daily expenses increase your willpower to stop smoking weed, but it also helps the brain associate pain with smoking and pleasure with not smoking.
The Pain Pleasure Principle
If you’re trying to change a behaviour, rather than using willpower, find a way to associate pain with the unwanted behaviour and pleasure with the new and empowering alternative.
Through The Weed Tracking Technique, you’re going to train your brain to focus on the pain that you normally suppress and use that to help you quit smoking weed. You’re going to have to face the reality of how much you spend on weed (I know, it hurts).
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