How does it work?
Neat Snicket will reduce your smoking in steps. Each step is longer than the previous makes your task easier. The first step will last fore one day. Second for two days, third for three days. Etc. You will be allowed to smoke based on your base number and the actual step. Your base number will be calculated according your current smoking habits and it’s unit is minutes
In the first step, which is only one day long you will have to wait for your first cigarette one times a base number. Neat Snicket signals you may smoke but that does not mean you have to. You can postpone it as long as you wish. When you finished that cigarette for the next one you have to wait two times the base number and after that again two times your base number. For the next three cigarette you have to wait three times your base number for each of them. For the next four you wait four times your base number for each. And it goes on.
The second step is two days long. But this time after the day started you have to wait two times a base number before a first cigarette and again two times a base number before a second one. And the day in this step continues as in the first step The third step is three days long. For the first tree cigarettes you wait three times a base number for a next four you wait four times a base number … etc.
The fourth step is four days long. For the first four cigarettes … You probably got it by now. As mentioned: following Neat Snicket will not make you quit smoking just reducing your smoking.
Press Start day button for your first day with Neat Snicket. A day in this case is not an exact
calendar day but one day of your regular day. For example if you stay up after midnight the day
is not ended as a calendar day would it last as long as you up. Or for example if you working
and living in the night your Neat day can start whenever you wish.
When you first start a
day
Neat Snicket will ask how many times you smoke a day. From this it will calculate your base
number. You may also set the price of one box of your cigarette and a number of cigarettes in a
box. That is optional. If you set these values Neat Snicket can put your savings in it’s
statistics.
From now on Neat Snicket
will show a counter until the next cigarette and will signal with sound and notification when
you may smoke. When you finished your cigarette press the Confirm button. The timer will be
restarted for the next cigarette.
When you finish your day
press the end day button on the lower left corner of the screen. Neat Snicket will go to sleep.
You may see your progress if
you select Statistics from the option menu. (Three dots on the upper right corner. The top white
card represents your current day. Below that there is a scorllable list with each of your
completed days with Neat Snicket. The days you smoked the least will be gold colored.
Read more
Practically that’s all about basic usage of Neat Snicket. You may read about Extras dealing with additional settings and situations you may encounter.
If you wandering around in the app on day zero and started a day, you should probably reset Neat Snicket (Extras – Reset) before starting your “real” first day.
Alternative usage:
When you familiar with the app you may want to speed up your process. As an alternative way you may use Neat Snicket as follows. Reset the app and type in a really great number as your initial smoking number. 1.5 – 2 times as the real number. Then start a day and never press end day. Follow Neat Snicket as normal.