Keep your hands off the retainer. You can put gloves or mittens on since you wouldn't want to touch it with those on. Trust me, they feel strange when wet. If you absentmindedly mess with it while you do something like watching TV, put a rock in each of your hands. When holding this, you won't have a free hand to mess with your retainer. When you go so long without messing with it, reward yourself with a little treat. That could give you something to work towards.
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you don't have to but in my experience the retainer messed with the air flow so i got freaky sounds on my trumpet. if it sounds fine don't worry about it.
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Beethoven didn't stop playing piano until the day he died :) Actually, on his death bed, he said to his wife, "Bring me a piano, that I may play one more tune before I pass on to the other side." And she did, so he was literally playing piano as he died.