Is there a way to prevent touch event from firing a lot of times before a value is set to false?

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Hello. I made a block which when you touch it it will award you points. It all works fine, but the event is firing multiple times before the debounce is set to false. I’ve tried many ways to prevent it, but none of them fully helped to prevent it.
Here’s my code:

local part = script.Parent

local debounce = false

function on_Hit(hit)

if not debounce then
	
	if hit.Name == "LowerTorso" then
		
		debounce = true
		
		local succed, failed = pcall(function()
				
			local character = hit.Parent
			
			local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)
			
			local leaderstats = player.leaderstats
			

			local pointsValue = leaderstats.Points.Value

            local pointsAdd = 1

			local result = coinsValue + tonumber(pointsAdd)
			
			leaderstats.Points.Value = result
			
			local model = script.Parent
            
            model:Destroy()
			
            local waitTime = 0.6

			if hit then
				
				local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
					
				player.PlayerGui.PointEarned.Enabled = true
				
				wait(tonumber(waitTime))
				
				player.PlayerGui.PointEarned.Enabled = false
		   end
		end)
		
		if succed then
			
			warn("Code ran succesfully without any error..")
		else
			warn("Code failed to run; error: ".. tostring(failed))
		end
	end
end

end

part.Touched:Connect(on_Hit)

The player is being awarded points multiple times before the debounce is set to true. What can I do to prevent it?

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Never mind! I found the function :Disconnect() and it seems to work.