5 simple strategies anyone can use to overcome unwanted bad habits like smoking, drinking, or watching porn...even if you’ve already tried and failed 1000 times.
(A thread on how I successfully managed to quit alcohol and porn after YEARS of trying and failing)
(A thread on how I successfully managed to quit alcohol and porn after YEARS of trying and failing)
My bad habits used to cause 90% of my problems.
Despite KNOWING this, I struggled to give them up for years.
I’m grateful for the struggle because it forced me to understand the problem.
Here are the best tips I discovered from years of trial and error (and eventual success).
Despite KNOWING this, I struggled to give them up for years.
I’m grateful for the struggle because it forced me to understand the problem.
Here are the best tips I discovered from years of trial and error (and eventual success).
#1. You must get out of your pleasure bias
Develop a healthy fear of what could go wrong.
Recognize that consequences are a real possibility.
I was terrified of getting myself or someone else killed while drunk. I was terrified of waking up in jail and losing my freedom.
Develop a healthy fear of what could go wrong.
Recognize that consequences are a real possibility.
I was terrified of getting myself or someone else killed while drunk. I was terrified of waking up in jail and losing my freedom.
-Porn use can end in divorce, limp dick, or long-term loneliness
-Smoking can end in lung cancer
-Alcohol can end in killing someone drunk driving
Accepting potential consequences is the starting point of change
The stronger and more tangible the fear, the greater the leverage
-Smoking can end in lung cancer
-Alcohol can end in killing someone drunk driving
Accepting potential consequences is the starting point of change
The stronger and more tangible the fear, the greater the leverage
#2. Discover how your bad habits are causing the problems you think they solve
For example, maybe you drink because you are unfulfilled.
But if you didn’t drink, you’d have more time, energy, and money to do the things you love.
Alcohol isn’t the solution, it’s the problem.
For example, maybe you drink because you are unfulfilled.
But if you didn’t drink, you’d have more time, energy, and money to do the things you love.
Alcohol isn’t the solution, it’s the problem.
Maybe you think weed helps you relax, but in reality you only can’t handle stress because your brain and nervous system are shot from pot.
Remove the cause of the problem and you don’t need a fix for it.
Call a spade a spade and get honest with yourself.
Remove the cause of the problem and you don’t need a fix for it.
Call a spade a spade and get honest with yourself.
#3. Discover what you REALLY want
Most likely you want something that you believe will give you:
-escape
-adventure
-freedom
-acceptance
-joy
You think your vice is the most effective way of getting it.
But it’s actually just the cheapest and most fleeting way.
Most likely you want something that you believe will give you:
-escape
-adventure
-freedom
-acceptance
-joy
You think your vice is the most effective way of getting it.
But it’s actually just the cheapest and most fleeting way.
#4. Find a healthy way to get those positive feelings.
Make sure you know how to get pleasure AND ease stress naturally
Sooner or later, you will move into pleasure and away from pain.
If you don’t have a productive way to accomplish this, you’ll revert to your bad habits.
Make sure you know how to get pleasure AND ease stress naturally
Sooner or later, you will move into pleasure and away from pain.
If you don’t have a productive way to accomplish this, you’ll revert to your bad habits.
#5. Put yourself in supportive environments
There’s no greater force for shaping your habits than your environment.
Initially, your environment will have a strong impact on your behavior.
It’s easier to change your environment than it is to change your level of willpower.
There’s no greater force for shaping your habits than your environment.
Initially, your environment will have a strong impact on your behavior.
It’s easier to change your environment than it is to change your level of willpower.
In short, that's all there is to it!
Every area of my life improved when I quit drinking.
I immediately had more:
-time
-energy
-money
-self-respect
Quitting my bad habits was the hardest thing I ever did. Yet it was the best decision I ever made.
Every area of my life improved when I quit drinking.
I immediately had more:
-time
-energy
-money
-self-respect
Quitting my bad habits was the hardest thing I ever did. Yet it was the best decision I ever made.
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Inside you’ll get access to:
-More content like this (but MUCH more in-depth)
-live calls with me
-a private community for support
-and more
Check it out:
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If you enjoyed this perspective, you'd love my Stoic Street Smarts Newsletter where I discuss emotional control, human nature, and how to deal with the monsters of the world without becoming one.
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