Six Bad Habits
Your bad habits limit your success in life. Below are six of the worst, with suggestions on how to break them. It is great if you can retrain your mind and develop good habits too, but just getting rid of bad habits is a great start to a better life.
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Do You Have This Bad Habit?
It’s likely that all of us have this bad habit to some extent, and I nominate it for the title of the worst habit one can have. What is it? Fighting reality rather than accepting and dealing with things the way they are. Here are some examples, and a few suggestions as to how to break this habit. (more…)
Bad Habit Is An Addiction!
Habitual activity: Smoking, Eating Fatty Foods, Gambling, changes neural activity patterns in a specific region of the brain when habits are formed. These neural patterns created by habit can be changed or altered. But when a stimulus from the old days returns, the dormant pattern can reassert itself. (more…)
Bad Habits And Urges, What Effort Is Needed?
Habits and urges go hand in hand. In fact, many people in the throes of an addictive behavior problem, whether it is overeating, drug use or alcohol abuse, claim that they derive no pleasure from their habit - that it is nothing but the relentless craving that fuels ongoing addictive behavior. (more…)
Recovery From Addictions, Part 5
In Part 1 of this series of articles, I defined substance and process addictions, and described the four major false beliefs that underlie most addictions:
1. I can’t handle my pain.
2. I am unworthy and unlovable.
3. Others are my source of love. (more…)
Stopping The Drug And Alcohol Temptations
The addiciton to drugs and painkillers has received more publicity after Rush Limbaugh spent a month in rehab for an addiction to painkillers. Celebrities such as Whitney Houston and Faith Evans also were in the news for drug rehabilitation treatment.
Studies at the University of Buffalo have shown (more…)
Vitamins And Smoking Cessation
If you have recently quit smoking, or if you are getting ready to embark on a smoking cessation program – congratulations! You have taken the first steps to improved health and a longer, happier life.
Years of smoking can take quite a toll on your physiology and appearance. (more…)
Don`t Hesitate To Get Addiction Treatment
In our day and age, it seems like you do not have to look far or long to find people that are struggling with addictions of all kinds. Sometimes you have to look no further than to yourself to find a tough addiction. When we hear the word, addiction, we immediately think of alcohol or substance abuse don’t we? But let me assure you, (more…)
Porn Addiction: Who Me?
How do you know if you’re addicted to porn? Answer the question, “Can you take it or leave it?” If the answer is no, if porn has become a regular part of your life and if you plan your day around it—you have a problem!
A porn addict may tell himself, “Every man is into porn. (more…)
Kick Porn: Don`t Be A Chicken
The biggest reason we don’t quit doing something we wish we could is fear! If you think you’re addicted to porn and have failed to take action it’s probably because you are afraid.
It’s healthy to admit that you are afraid, worried or anxious. To do so requires strength. If you need support, talk to someone you can trust. (more…)