A Pokémon Go player successfully quit smoking, he attributed this to the game’s assistance and posted on the forum to thank the developer Niantic.
This user, izmirnights from the Reddit forum, shared his experience of quitting smoking in a thread. For the past six years, izmirnights has been addicted to nicotine and has tried to quit smoking, to no avail.
Someone told izmirnights that walking/jogging/biking helps him get rid of nicotine from his body, but he doesn’t have the motivation to do it. Luckily, he got to know the game Pokémon Go, which became his motivation for walking/biking every day.
In the game “Pokémon Go”, players need to walk around to catch Pokémon, and Pokémon eggs also need to move a certain distance to hatch, which has become the motivation to encourage players to go out and walk.
izmirnights, now no longer addicted to nicotine, thanked developer Niantic for making Pokémon Go in a post. Commenters on the post expressed affirmation and encouragement, and some even shared their own tips and tricks for quitting smoking and drinking.