How Long to Overcome a Bad Habit?

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The discussion revolves around individuals sharing their experiences with quitting various habits and behaviors, highlighting the challenges and successes associated with these changes. Many participants mention quitting smoking, with some noting that maintaining this commitment requires significant willpower. Others discuss quitting alcohol, unhealthy eating habits, and excessive gaming, emphasizing the positive impacts on their lives. The conversation also touches on the difficulty of breaking habits tied to emotional responses, such as cursing at inanimate objects or expressing frustration verbally. Participants reflect on the nature of bad habits, the time it takes to quit them, and the ongoing struggle with willpower in other areas, such as maintaining fitness or managing driving speed. Overall, the thread captures a mix of personal anecdotes, humor, and insights into the process of changing behaviors.
  • #31
dlgoff said:
Okay. You're right. I do curse at people who make stupid mistakes that should be obvious, albeit under my breath.
Talking about stupidity, I realized yesterday that the couple in Ann Harbor in Michigan did also think I was an idiot to truthfully report issues to customers and claimed that would probably lose them if further reports were made. A report of a tiny issue can keep away a client ? Their risk management is too severe! Being blunt is my bad habit and I can't quit, so many people may think being stupid is also a bad habit and many can't quit!.
 
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  • #32
Sleeping.
 
  • #33
Sleeping is a schedule 0 controlled drug. I'd be careful who I admitted such careless behavior to.
 
  • #34
Pythagorean said:
Sleeping is a schedule 0 controlled drug. I'd be careful who I admitted such careless behavior to.
I realize that none of the PF'ers will hire you as they know you well inside out, so please feel free. :biggrin:
 
  • #35
Sleeping; having breakfasts, lunches;
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  • #36
dlgoff said:
You don't know how much I appreciate hearing this. Now I know these damn things have this ability of jumping out of your hands and know how to hide just to ... with you. They deserve being cursed out IMO. It's been going on a while with me; I just didn't want to say anything. But now it seems the objects are getting better at it. Hence more WTFs here.
Man said to the universe:
"I exist."
The universe replied:
"The fact does not create in me a sense of obligation."
It paused, then added "But I am going to mess with you a bit."
apologies to Stephen Crane
 
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  • #37
jim hardy said:
apologies to Stephen Crane
Damn Universe!
 
  • #38
Does anyone else ever think that thoughts that tend to be wrong in the end but which you still entertain for months or years before finally abandoning are like drugs? In that sense, a transition out of one immediate goal to another is like like quiting a bad habit.
 
  • #39
As of today, I quit working. I will probably go back to that bad habit after my vacation is over next week. :biggrin:
 
  • #40
Aero51 said:
I stopped eating refined carbs and sugars about two weeks ago and I feel great! Pretty much just eat turkey, chicken, pork, fish, fruit, veggies. I completely lost my taste for red meat.

Do not lie to yourself. I stopped eating wheat for 7 years yet I had a taste for wheat last week when my college was giving away burgers and sandwiches free of charge. Unfortunately I paid for it the following morning on the toilet, but it was delicious the day before.
 

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