stop cracking my knuckles

Definite backsliding these past few weeks – my hands are cramped from incessant cracking combined with typing and guitar playing. I’ve got to stop!

Instead of cracking my knuckles, I would stretch each finger joint ‘till it almost cracked. This would loosen the joint and I wouldn’t feel like I “needed” to do it. After a few VERY DIFFICULT weeks, my knuckles wouldn’t crack easily. This whole plan went south when something stressful came up (I forget what.)