Is Your Commitment Device Using Electrical Stimulus?

Makers of the advice say that it works by associating the habit you want to change or improve with a, and I quote, slightly uncomfortable electrical impulse. The website promises that in as little as a few weeks with consistent use, your brain will actually begin to say, hey, wait a minute, maybe I don't like smoking or hold on. It's kind of like squirting your cat with a spray bottle when it does something naughty. But look, with a commitment device, no matter what it is, we're just acknowledging that our capacity or our willingness to follow through on our plans is likely to falter.