The Craving Kill Switch
Shut down a craving in 30 seconds.
The in-the-moment tool at the core of Quit by Heart — your fast response the instant a craving hits. It’s drug-free, and it lives in the app, ready whenever you need it.
What it is
Think of it as the sword in a sword-and-shield approach: something to strike the urge or withdrawal symptom the second they creep in, so you act on your quit plan instead of caving in.
Quit by Heart pairs the sword — that crushes cravings on the spot, with habit-breaking tools — the shield — to reduce how often cravings fire in the first place.
How it works
The Craving Kill Switch is a brief guided protocol that helps the body return toward homeostasis — the state in which cravings and withdrawal symptoms subside.
Thirty seconds sounds too fast to be real. It isn’t — the Craving Kill Switch doesn’t fight the urge, it settles the neurotransmitters, peptides and hormones producing it.
Willpower runs out. Neurochemicals don’t. That’s the difference between trying to outlast a craving and giving your body a way to settle cravings and withdrawal symptoms at their source.
What it isn’t
Not a shortcut
A shortcut skips the work. The Craving Kill Switch does the work faster — a 30-second protocol that helps your body settle itself, so the craving eases instead of being fought.
Not a workout
This is not exercise you have to schedule or lace up for. One specific short burst of action is enough to take the edge off a craving. The point is a fast reset in the moment.
Not rationed
Use it again — there’s no limit. Cravings come in waves, and the switch is meant to be used any time withdrawal symptoms hit.
When and where
Anywhere, anytime — the moment you need it. The Craving Kill Switch lives in the app, so it’s always in your pocket — at your desk, bored at home, out with friends — ready for the exact second an urge shows up or withdrawal symptom creeps in. It can be performed on the spot, whether standing, sitting, squatting, leaning or lying down.
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Source
Taylor, Ussher & Faulkner (2007), Addiction, 102(4), 534–543.