How do I stop bad habits?

Remind yourself that they are actually unhealthy, and that there are much better ways to deal with something

Depending what the bad habit is will depend on how I will stop them. My most recent bad habit I stopped doing what smoking. I had smoked for about 15 years and for the last 5 years I knew that it was not something I wanted to do forever. I tried to quit using various methods but nothing ever stuck and I was beginning to feel defeated. The more defeated I felt the most desperate I became and then the more I smoked. It was a never ending cycle. In the end it was not just one thing that helped me quit but variety of factors. The timing was right because I felt desperate. I also had 2 other friends who wanted to quit so we were able to treat it like a game. I bought myself an e-cig which I used religiously for the first week. I still have it in my house just in case I get an urge to smoke a cigarette. Also, I wrote a list of my reasons for quitting and pinned it on the door leading outside. I stopped going to certain places that I knew were triggers. I kept gum on me always. I gathered up my support circle that I knew would be there for me in case I needed to call them. I told them some things they could say that would help me get through a craving, It has been 4 months now, which is my longest stretch. I do still get cravings but they are much easier to dismiss. I remind myself of my reasons for quitting and they put a smile on my face.

That completely depends on you that how determined you are about giving up your bad habits !! In order to overcome this You must indulge in activities i mean You must keep yourself busy !! This would enable you not to think about your bad deeds...

Set small goals for yourself. It's going to be hard and unrealistic to stop a habit, especially if it's one you have had for ages, immediately and suddenly. By setting smaller goals, you will feel a sense of accomplishment when you achieve it, and it will lead you up to slowly over coming your habit. For example, cut down the habit to once a day, then every couple of days, weekends, once a week, once every 2 weeks... thats just an example, but small steps and youll get there! Secondly, don't beat yourself up if you fail. No one is perfect, it is okay to mess it up, Just keep trying, You will get there eventually

It takes a lot of self control to stop habits because you do them so often. If you do break the habit you will feel like you've achieved something and it will be worth it.

Make yourself a timeline of when you'd want to get past it (not too soon, give yourself some time, but still with an end-line you can work towards). Try keeping a record of when you do the habit, to see how frequent it is. You can try giving yourself a reward when you don't do the habit, and a punishment (not too harsh!!) when you do it. Eg. reward could be buying yourself a little gift, a punishment could be not allowing yourself to have dessert.

Awareness is the first step to stopping a bad habit. If you are not aware, you can not take the necessary steps to stop. The next thing is creating a structured plan that will help you break that habit. Removing whatever external variables can trigger this habit such as purging junk food or simply unplugging the TV. Consistency is the key with forming habits and understanding how that habit was formed will help you break it..

The best way is to always try and keep them on your mind, pay them extra mind, and put in the effort.

Self-realization is the first and foremost step of the solution. Once you gain that self-control is the final step.

Do less. Just focus on fixing one thing at a time. If you try to transform everything at once, it tends to be very destabilizing. In general, what people should do is think of change as a project. It is a project that takes time. Now, it can be frustrating to say, "If you have ten habits you want to change, that means it will take eight months or nine months." The truth is, if this is really important behavior, the change will have a huge impact on your life. It is worth spending a month to change a behavior permanently. You will reap the benefits of this for the next decade. ” You don't have to review your life. Just kill a bad habit. Give it a month and then move on to the next.