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5 contributions to Habit Hackers
How to quit your addiction for good?
When you have a porn addiction and other addictions do you get rid of it forcely or step By step?
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New comment Sep 15
1 like • Sep 15
Having a porn addiction in my case was that I had too many leizure time. But once I got myself occupied in productive work that I am happy to work on or makes me busy , It distracts me from thinking about the porn and stuff. I got a break from it for like a week, got into it once and now I am trying to increase the gap to 2 or 3 weekks gradually
Don't resist bad habits. Do this instead
Sure, being able to overcome your urges and staying disciplined is a crucial part of quitting your addictions, but what if the urge never existed in the first place? An important part of me quitting my addictions involved identifying the cues that were triggering me to crave. For example, I realized that if I simply put my phone in a drawer (rather than in plain sight), I would go by my day without ever even thinking about scrolling. We think that cravings are inevitable, but nope. They aren't. The EASIEST way to break a bad habit, or at least make tons of progress in improving your life, is simply by CHANGING YOUR ENVIRONMENT. No need for effort, no need of discipline. All you need is to check the course I made on this exact topic in the classroom tab ;) Question: Will you learn how to change your environment? (Choose wisely)
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New comment Sep 4
1 like • Sep 3
Since joining this community, I have seen a decline on bad habits. NO fapping since I have not watched the videos. Very less consumption of junk food. And I also attended your classroom - on how habit forms Even though I can read all the materials in a couple of days. I am reading it slowly and grasping the knowledge rather than to read to finish.
0 likes • Sep 4
@Thisath Kr That is the reason to be here. And I guess the purpose of making a community is to engage all as much as possible and encourage each other.
Cold Turkey vs Gradual Decrease
We all hate our addictions (for obvious reasons) which is why we prefer trying to quit all at once, AKA go cold turkey. But, after learning the path to breaking bad habits and making errors myself over the past 2 years, I might have to say that cold turkey isn't the way to go. I've tried both methods: Quitting all at once, and decreasing over a period of time. From experience, a gradual decrease seems more reasonable. Scientifically speaking, a gradual decrease also seems more reasonable. I tried going cold turkey on p*rn but faced relapse after relapse, however I kept increasing the number of days in a row I would abstain for. eg:- indulging thrice a week, then once a week, then once a month (over the course of a year) So basically, I was gradually decreasing, even though I was unaware of it. After analyzing all of my other habit-quitting journeys, I see that this pattern was always present. And, 450+ days later of being clean, I think this was a massive factor for my success. Yes, it took me a year to quit p*rn, but you could definitely speed it up if you stick to a written plan. I know, it might sound weird 'scheduling' your next indulging session, but instead think of it as setting small goals. Achieving these goals will push you and motivate you far better than a streak, that you expect to last for 10,000 days while you're at day 1, ever will. I've actually created a video where I discuss this more in depth (Check it out in the Classroom tab). Hope this helps, take action :) Have you ever tried a gradual decrease? If so, how was your experience?
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New comment Sep 24
1 like • Aug 31
so basically I got the idea that , we have to decrease the bad habit action by planning ahead when to indulge in bad habit next time.
1 like • Sep 1
@Thisath Kr glad to hear this one. thanks again
"How are you so disciplined???"
This is probably the most common question I get asked whenever people come to know that I've quit all of my bad habits. Ironically, it's also the question I have no idea how to answer. Here's the thing: I don't consider myself a very disciplined person. Most think that you require a huge amount of willpower to resist urge after urge, but that's really not the case for me. Well, discipline is built with consistent practice (doing things that are 'difficult', including cold showers, exercise, resisting urges to eat junk food, etc.) and although the initial stages of habit quitting definitely required me to become a more disciplined person, I now I understand that there is a way to ensure that cravings do not arise in the first place. You do this by REFRAMING YOUR MINDSET. People fail while on their diets because they still look at junk food as a reward. Instead, what I did was I looked at junk food almost as if it was poison, and every time I'd eat it, I felt sort of disgusted at myself (don't take this too far though!) In this way, the REWARD FEELING OF BAD HABITS DISSAPEARED for me. And when there's no reward, there's no craving, and thus you do not need discipline, or any type of motivation, to be the healthiest and happiest version you can be. I cover all of this in the MINDSET course in the classroom section. Hope this helps.
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New comment Aug 29
1 like • Aug 29
Let's get it on.. I am also trying to avoid using social media. but I want to try on this community(wonder if it is considered as a social media)
Welcome to the Habit Hackers!
Hello there. So excited to have you here. After doing the action steps below, check the 'classroom' tab to access the good stuff. To kick things off, please comment below introducing yourself. Let us know: 1. Your name 2. What bad habits you're trying to quit See you in the comments!
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New comment Oct 4
2 likes • Aug 29
hello, myself Sumit. Negative thinking, I don't know if even this counts as a bad habit, but surely I want to get rid of this thinking habit .
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Sumit Shrestha
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a guy from nepal . just trying to make myself better and happier

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