Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Six Steps to beat the addiction

Addiction is the repeating the same thing or the activity again & again to the level that one becomes habitual. The addiction can be of anything such as drugs, alcohol, T.V., mobile games, using social networking sites & apps, music, eating sweets or any other types of addiction.

1) Self Talk

Talk to yourself that whether this addiction can help to give an answer to your depression, anxiety, pain & stress. Preferably you can sit & write down the following points:

•  Poor Life state
•  Deterioration of health
•  The embarrassment caused by addiction
•  Bad effect on your relationship 

2) Use substitute for the addiction

You can use a substitute for the addicted thing or activity; you want to divert your mind. Remember the alternative you are planning to use is not leading towards another addiction. For example, one boy was a chain smoker; he substituted smoking with the green tea. Whenever he felt the craving for smoking, he took green tea instead of cigarettes. Similarly, you can also think of some alternative to giving a breakaway to addiction.

3) Make changes in your daily routine

You have to make the changes in the daily routine. For example, start exercising and if possible take out some time to play with children or play any instrument. Make sure that your surrounding people are not disturbed by it... Read More

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