Kicking the Bad Habit
Kicking the Bad Habit | Del Monte Philippines : " It is often hard for adults to admit to having a bad habit--whether it�s smoking, eating fatty foods, drinking or even seemingly common habits like staying up all night on social networks. However, if it becomes detrimental to one�s well-being, the habit needs to be stopped. Then again, how do you stop doing something that you have been completely accustomed to�in a way that you really can�t do without it? Patricia A. Farrell, PhD, a clinical psychologist in Englewood, N.J. and author of How to Be your Own Therapist, suggests a three-step solution: 1. Be conscious of it. The first step is to figure out when and why you do the bad habit. Identify what triggers it. Why, for example, do you smoke a pack of cigarettes every evening. �If you can take note of when you are doing it, under what circumstances ,and what feelings are attached to it, you might be able to figure out why you are doing it and be able to stop it," says Susa...