Reddit reviews Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Be a Happy Non-smoker for the Rest of Your Life

And that's why I quit smoking nearly 4 years ago, after 17 years going nuts. I read this book, btw. Took a few more years to finally sink in though.

Nicotine and alcohol are both addictive drugs, if you can't quit then it's a dependency problem not a discipline problem. If you ever feel like you 'need' a drink, see a professional - just because you're not a full blown alcoholic doesn't mean you have a healthy relationship with alcohol.

As for smoking, not sure if you mean weed or cigarettes. If it's the former, mixing weed with tobacco means you're probably addicted to nicotine anyway. I personally quit smoking with this method, I'd recommend it, but whatever works is fine. Weed isn't chemically addictive, so if you quit tobacco and buy a bong you'll be able to keep using it in moderation. It will fuck up your ability to be productive though, so it's probably a bad idea until you're back on your feet.

As for sleeping, just set your alarm early and stay awake when it goes off. Move your alarm so you have to get out of bed and stand up to turn it off. I'm a heavy sleeper, so I have an app that means I have to answer math questions before the alarm stops too. Find something that works for you - do not stop looking until you find it. When you change your sleep pattern, you'll be exhausted for a week or two. That's just how it is, you can't change it, you just have to suffer. No naps, no days off.

Finally, if you've been unemployed for a year, you need to watch out for depression. Stay active every day, even if it's just walking around your neighborhood. Stay social every day too, face to face communication is hugely important to your mental wellbeing. Find a creative hobby to keep your mind active - writing is free if you already have a computer, everyone has a phone camera so there's photography too, drawing, guitar, whatever interests you. Just staring at a screen all day pushing buttons on a remote/gamepad is not healthy, make something new every day even if it's just an insragram photo or a doodle to start off with.

EDIT: Finally, don't beat youself up when you fail. Everybody who tries, fails. If you want to succeed, don't use failure as an excuse to stop trying.

Read the book.

I went from 30 a day to none without any side effects, patches or vapours about eight years ago and haven't craved or relapsed since.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Allen-Carrs-Easy-Stop-Smoking/dp/0718194551

http://www.allencarr.com/

So this is probably way late and you may be gone, but perhaps someone can relay it to you some time:

I'm gunna be a bit pig-headed and assume you haven't read this book otherwise you would be over the struggle. I wanna just tell you it's magic, it feels like it. It's basically CBT, anyone who has believed me enough to read it has quit smoking - it's beautiful, it's genius.

I wish you luck regardless.

Also, you're fucking brill at what you do. I appreciate your skillz.