Originally Posted by mirrorball
I've done this before though, the deleting numbers thing, and it is not enough on its own, it needs the mental commitment never to use again as well.
Amen to that!
When I finally quit, I did similar things to distance myself from the using part of my past and I did feel less uncomfortable.
Looking back, though, I see that it was really the commitment that made all the difference, and the severings were pretty much just logical reactions - feeling somewhat vulnerable, having switched sides from protecting IT to killing IT off.
With these natural emotional responses in mind, Addictive Voice Recognition Technique recommends arbitrarily and very deliberately taking a position of 100% confidence about your decision to quit. Anything opposing that is your Addictive Voice.