It all depends on people who have acquired a habit they wish to break and cannot because of will power.
Let me tell you about my experience in acquiring two bad habits, one in nail-biting and the other smoking. Nail-biting stemmed from childhood trauma, and when I was under duress, I let it out on my fingernails. I had this habit as an adult, and it was always under stressful situations that this habit was prominent.
I took an interest in ceramics, and when I cleaned the moulded green ware, and before firing it, I had my hands immersed in powder most of the time. With powdered fingernails, I broke the habit of chewing my nails. I do it sometimes more out of convenience when I do not have a file or scissors with me to cut off or smooth the nail.
Does the explanation above give you some idea on how to break the habit of chewing your fingernails?
Smoking, like any other habit, is hard to break.
How it all began was being introduced to cigarettes attending parties, and I thought one wouldn’t hurt if I have never smoked. That would be actual providing if I stopped at one, I would not have acquired this addiction.
Over seven years, I found myself increasing the cigarettes by chain-smoking. I knew that I had to quit smoking because it started to affect my health by causing me to start coughing upon arising from my bed every morning. I was fine once I had my cup of black coffee with six teaspoons of white sugar and another cigarette I stopped the cough.
The exercise was and still is essential to this day, but I found climbing a short flight of steps caused me to gasp for air when I reached my unit.
My smoking habit had to stop and in the days that I quit there was no support that I was aware of; I suggest you see your healthcare professional before embarking on a “STOP SMOKING” addiction.
Unbeknownst to me at that time I stopped cold turkey and was advised later that I could have died doing it this way.
Before you go, watch the video below – it was broadcasted all over the world in 1985, I watched it, and I was thankful to have quit smoking in my mid-twenties.
To the very best of your health,
Julie Eden