How do you get rid of bad habits?
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Try to create a habit that's not as bad to substitute for it.\n\nTry to find the worst consequence that could come out of your habit. Think about it every time your habit occurs.
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Just wash your walls once after about a year that will help you with the idea to quit I also liked the answer by varakei, makes some sense. I sure wish you luck, I haven't had much luck at it, but who knows with time you just never know what can be done. One habit broken, then another. You know how it works. One step at a time I guess. Good Luck to you....Just dont do it  right before the end of April baddddd timing
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.\nFriend\nWe get into a habit easily and then the habit controls us.... once it becomes a habit, it destroys our Will Power\n\nThere are numerous web sites offering help in a professional manner..... there must be some help you could get in your town as well\n\nI have tried to find some helpful websites for you\n\nHope you soon get rid of this habit and find your health and happiness\n\nhttp://www.nicotine-anonymous.org/\nhttps://www.stopsmoking.ucsf.edu/index.aspx?src=GIndiaOnline&gclid=CKTzkJHgtIUCFQKIIgodVBKU0Q\nhttp://www.quit-smoking-guide.com/quit-smoking-product-reviews.htm\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/how2quit.htm\nhttp://www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact24.html\n.\n\nI found 12 useful TIPS\n\n1--- Get professional help\n\n2--- Prepare mentally\n\n3--- Understand what to expect… Most people find the first few days difficult and for some it can be a long struggle, but things will typically start to get better after the third or fourth day.  Nicotine withdrawal may make you restless, irritable, frustrated, sleepless, or accident prone - but these things will pass and you will quickly start to feel the benefits.\n\n4--- Make a list of reasons why you want to stop smoking\n\n5--- Consider the money spent on smoking\n\n6--- Set a date…  Some people make a New Year’s Day resolution, others pick their birthday \n\n7--- Involve friends or family…  If you live with someone else who smokes, it will be much easier to quit if you do it together.\n\n8--- Deal with nicotine withdrawal.... you can roughly double the chances of successfully quitting smoking by using nicotine replacement therapies such as patches, lozenges, inhalers, and/or gum.  The idea is to come off nicotine gradually by using a low nicotine dose to take the edge off the cravings\n\n9--- Other treatments may help… Hypnosis, acupuncture or other treatments\n\n10--- Find a (temporary) substitute habit…It might be an idea to use chewing gum, drink more water, fruit juice or tea,  or to chew or eat something\n\n11--- Avoid temptation… In the difficult first few days you can change your routine to avoid situations where you would usually smoke. \n\n12--- Watch out for relapse… You will need to be on your guard especially in the first few days and weeks...You could lose everything you've achieved just in a momentary lapse.\n.
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just delete them you will be pschologically relaxed to do so. Take care of your mental health by deleting out what that stupids send you
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Habit. It can be broken like any other habit.  I loved TV, but after going a year without it and doing other things, I now can't stand the thing.
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chew tobacco\neat something nasty
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Eat small frequent meals throughout the day.  Big meals are 2 easily purged.  Drink more water.  And seek professional help
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Biting your nails is a nervous bad habit.  Try polishing your nails to make them more noticible to you before they reach your mouth.  Replace this bad habit with a good one.  For example, chewing on celery, baby carrots, or sugar-free gum.  Try keeping your hands busy with something you find relaxing, like drawing or knitting.  Exercise is the best way to get rid of nervous energy: swim, ride a bike, walk briskly, dance, skate, ski.  Share some time with a friend.  You CAN do it! Best to you.
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Get rid of the snacks.  It takes 30 days to break a bad habit.  You have to be strong during that time.  Get a hobby--try scrap booking.  You can do that when the baby goes down for a nap.  Call a friend, read a good book, wash clothes (I'm sure you have plenty of laundry with a baby).  So many things you can do to busy yourself so you don't eat.  Instead of eating 3 big meals a day, eat 6 very small meals.  That, too, will help you not to snack.  Just keep your portions very small.
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Find an accountability partner -- a spouse or a good friend that's around you a lot.  Make sure that person calls attention to you every time to swear.  You're probably swearing more than you think you are.\n\nCome up with some sort of "fine" for every offense; perhaps a quarter or a dollar that will eventually go to your favorite charity.  The combination of a partner and some "skin" in the game should give you the proper incentive to rid yourself of the habit.
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Read the Bible and pray first thing every day.\n\nThe impact varies but at least the habit expresses ones priorities.
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be true to yourself.  come clean and make amends if you can.  When that is not possible, write down the things you've done that bother you on little pieces of paper and say goodbye to them as you bury them in your garden, or toss them in your lit BBQ. then forgive yourself and forget about it.
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1.  Be organized\n2.  Take time for yourself (do something you enjoy:  read, light candles, take a bath, do your nails)\n3.  Be positive\n4.  Learn to say "NO"\n5.  Listen to music (ie. classical or something relaxing)\n6.  Get a massage\n7.  Exercise (helps clear your mind)\n8.  Don't dwell on past mistakes\n9.  Learn to diffuse anger rather than bottle it up (talk to someone, write in a journal, speak your mind)
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Break the Habit\n\nBy isolating why you are biting your nails — and then briefly monitoring yourself under the same conditions — you will be able to stop your hands from automatically going to your mouth at certain times. If willpower isn’t enough, consider some of the following remedies and aids: \n\nPut a formula on your nails. There are several foul-tasting formulas on the market aimed at making your nails taste awful enough to turn you off of biting them — or at least alert you to when you do it unconsciously. Try CONTROL-IT! from stopbitingnails.com or MAVALA Stop. Be sure to apply the product regularly, so that the taste remains strong.\n\nKeep your hands busy. Idle hands will only serve to fuel your habit, so keep them busy. If you've found that you bite your nails when you are on the telephone, keep a pad of paper by the phone and doodle with a pen instead. Or get a desktop basketball game to keep your hands busy. We found one at http://www.exclusivegifts.com/html/executive_toys.htm. \n\nIf you bite your nails when you’re tense, consider adding a "stress ball" that you squeeze to your collection of desk toys and play with that instead. Or try Process Putty®, available from QPC Inc. The key is to do anything that keeps your hands busy and out of your mouth.\n\nChew gum or mints. If you are already chewing something else, you’ll be less likely to chew your nails (nail bits and chewing gum — eeew, bad combo). Keep gum or mints with you at all times, and when you find your hands going to your mouth, pop in a stick of gum or a mint instead.\n\nUse nail clippers. Nail biters are always tempted to bite off a sharp edge on a nail or a nail that is a little longer than the others. Keep nail clippers with you and use those instead. \n\nTry meditative cassettes. If all else fails, there are several meditative cassette tapes on the market that claim a high success rate in combating nail biting habits. Try Overcoming Fingernail Biting from Mind Over Matter or Stop Biting Nails from Talk Unlimited.
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Remove ALL junk food from your house. Make a deal with yourself that if you are going to get up, get dressed, get in the car, go to the store, walk EVERY aisle, you can have some junk food. I guarantee you are not going to want to do all that for a cupcake. ;-)\n\nAt work, it's harder because it's considered "rude" to not indulge. The way I handle it is to take ONE piece of something and eat it throughout the day.\n\nIt also helps if you keep a case of water under your desk and drink at least one bottle of water before indulging. It's almost impossible to pig out that way.\n\nAlso, use your lunch break to go for a walk around the building or run errands. You can't pick up junk just sitting around in the kitchen if you are not in the office.\n\nGood luck
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Unplug your pc..\n\nand get something to do to fill-in for your addiction \n\neg. go out for a good exercise.. good for your mind and body
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How do we get rid of people like you?