Hiccups

To cure hiccups you have to understand that your brain is in control. You have to get your subconcious focused on something more serious than the hiccups. The olny thing I came up with when I was 15 was to get my subconcious mind focused on my lack of oxygen intake instead of the hick-up reflex. I would exhale half a breath and hold it as long as I could, then exhale the other half breath and hold that. You can't but for a second. Then inhale half a breath and hold that as long as you can. Next inhale the full breath and hold that as long as you can. When you can't hold that anymore exhale your entire breath and hold that. If hick-ups return repeat procedure as needed. This cure worked temporarily at first then years went by with no hiccups. Maybe three times in 40 years have I had to remember how to make them go away.