iteach contest: How to break addictions and destructive habits

Addictions

Are very tricky and equally many like the number of bacteria in a bathroom.

This topic garners a lot of chemistry between the Human psychology and the will of action. The aim of this iteach article is to aid human decisions and make one realize they have will over their own lives.

Every good thing could suddenly turn to an addiction, an overstep and something that just crossed the overboard line
Watching movies are great but watching too many movie leads you to live life on Tv
Wearing makeup is good but wearing makeup all the time will make you insecure when the rain beats
Having shoes and bags and possessions are very good but living life on things that you would leave behind is only beneficial to your generations or relatives
Meditation is good but always meditating without any action would be fruitless
And so on …

Source

In the book, The Power of Habit, the author is specific on something called the Habit Loop . This loop has 3 components; a cue , routine and then reward .

For example the cue to go meditating may be a situation that is out of one’s control like family feuds .
The routine is then meditating without end .
The reward is the calming effect which loses its power after going back to the same home .
Another example is of a loner who really does want friends ( cause I know people who are alone and not lonely) . At home , there’s no one to actually talk to and no parent is around to cater for his needs.
He reaches school not knowing how to reach out and whenever he tries , he is turned off or insulted in the worst case, “ who would want to be your friend?” you know how bullying kids are…rude .
He begs for headphones at home and sooner realizes that music could aid him in being aloof.
He continues school alone, with his headphones although he still longs for friends. Whenever that loneliness crops up like a bitter plant, he blocks out the growth by playing rock and RnB. He continues his life this way but only now it’s an earpiece or Bluetooth pods.

The Second stage of the habit loop is perhaps the most important if one can decide they want a different reward.
The routine…the routine…the routine.

If the meditator for example decides that he’s fed up of feeling calm then absolutely repulsed all in one day , she has changed her reward because the former one was no longer… rewarding.
She can decide that instead of just meditating without action, she can make an ultimatum that of this family feud continues , she would move out to a friend’s place or study abroad.

If the musician decides that he cannot continue life alone with his headphones, he has changed his reward.
He can decide that instead of walking around with headphones and a straight face , he could go to events or sites that people who also love music reside. Or some sport or fashion he loves.
There he would probably find that he is truly not alone.

Additionally, all the ideas written here are practiced perceptions gotten from The Power of Habit book by Charles Duhigg , a sort of review not written anywhere else.

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And I would like to thank @etimfon for inviting me to this innovative contest and Steem for this amazing community.

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