Rewire to Quit: A Brain Retraining Guide to Breaking Free from Nicotine Addiction

By: Amy Salzman

Quitting nicotine is not simply a matter of breaking a chemical addiction. It is the process of untangling thousands of deeply wired connections between cigarettes, stress, routines, emotions, environments, relationships, and the physical rituals your brain and body have practiced for years.

This book takes you inside the neuroscience of nicotine addiction and explains why cravings can feel automatic, why so many quit attempts fail despite strong motivation, and how your brain can be retrained through neuroplasticity and behavioral rewiring. You will learn how smoking becomes linked to everyday moments like driving, finishing a meal, taking a break, feeling overwhelmed, or simply needing something to do with your hands and how to systematically dismantle those patterns and replace them with new ones.

Through practical exercises, trigger mapping, environmental redesign, behavioral substitution strategies, emotional regulation tools, and a structured 90-day retraining plan, this book gives you a clear and realistic framework for lasting change. Special sections address the unique challenges of quitting with ADHD and why traditional approaches often fail for ADHD brains.

No shame. No lectures. No empty motivation.

Just an honest, science-based understanding of what nicotine does to the brain and a practical roadmap for building one that no longer depends on it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H224CJM7
• ISBN13: 9798196740565
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 85 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.2" x 7.0"