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When Quitting an Addiction Creates Mental Obsession

I quit smoking six months ago using willpower and patches but now I obsess about cigarettes for hours every day and I feel like my mind has been hijacked.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Behavioral change was achieved through suppression rather than understanding the underlying patterns and needs.

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