"I'm not addicted, I can quit whenever I want."

We've all heard it in media if not in person. Some of us have heard it from our own face-holes, I know I have. But what if we're not aware of our addiction? What if you haven't been called out, it hasn't hurt you yet-- it's just a perfectly acceptable, accepted exception to your otherwise exceptional life? Well, you can still feel it eating you alive, can't you?

Hubski, I want to talk about habits. Bad habits, good habits, and how you moved on from them. Have you moved on from them? How? Are you even trying? Are you struggling to kick it? What are you kicking? Why? Do you even want to? Do you care? Is your life on the line, or you just can't get it off your mind? You can't get him or her off your mind?

What habits are you trying to start? Well, why haven't you started yet? No, seriously, what's the real reason you haven't started.. or maybe you've succeeded and you haven't even noticed! Congrats then, you willpower-packed warrior of goal-setting... but what was your secret... Do you think you can keep your habit consistently? How are you going to try?

Why did you quit trying? Should you have given up? How did you succeed?

Do you regret succeeding?

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blackbootz:

I had this exact recurring thought in regards to smoking:

I know I can quit whenever I wanted to, it's just never appealing enough to quit. It's always more appealing to smoke whenever I'm out with my friends, drunk, a handful of nights a week. I know I could if I wanted to, it's just... I don't want to.

But of course I knew I wanted to quit. So I signed up for a program where I'd travel and do community service and interrupt my lifestyle. That change of environment was enough for me to meaningfully quit going out so much and quit smoking. I rid myself of my triggers, and now it's been about 6 months without cigs. Feels good man. I ran a 5:50 minute mile Thursday, and I was smoking a pack a night 7 months ago.


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