Habits........

[Furryanimal]

Which habit are you proudest of breaking?

 

[Wren]

Smoking, after 27 years, (I’ve never been the same since though) !

 

[chic]

I'm still waiting for it.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Smoking was a tough one for me.

Breaking the habit of getting up and going to work every day is at the top of the list.

 

[toffee]

still thinking on it !

 

[Lee]

Keeping everything even if not needed. While not exactly a hoarder I did have a habit of hanging on to stuff, just because.

Now I follow the something comes in, something goes out rule.

 

[Mike]

Heavy smoking and heavy drinking 60 years
at least for both, I now have a couple of drinks
on a Friday or Saturday evening.

Maybe the alcohol pickled things and the nicotine
coated tubes to keep illness at bay.

Mike.

 

[Gary O']

Haven't thought about it in a long while, but not stepping on cracks, and counting steps.

I'm very very proud of breaking those habits, and on my own, no drugs
I didn't need a shrink to tell me how nuts that was

More relieved than proud

 

[Packerjohn]

Lucky Me, I never smoked & never did drugs! Don't think 1 glass of wine at lunch time is a sin so I'll keep doing it.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Like most everybody- SMOKING. The strange thing was, quitting was no big deal. I just stopped buying them. Watching how other people went through hell trying to quit, I thank my lucky stars.

 

[katlupe]

Being married.

 

[moviequeen1]

Smoking,I started in my teens.I was never a 'heavy smoker',usually took me 2-3 days to finish a pack.
When I started a pack was 35 cents,when I quit a pack cost $1 My favorite was Winstons.When I quit, the nictoine patch or gum wasn't on the market yet.

 

[Ken N Tx]

Smoking was a tough one for me.

Ditto...Still working on it!! Only smoked 2 packs this year!! I have smoked for 60 years!! Used to enjoy it but no more tobacco in them!!!

 

[Ken N Tx]

but not stepping on cracks,

 

[Ronni]

Yeah same here....smoking. I've heard that the nicotine in cigs is more addictive than heroin. Whatever. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to quit, and I relapsed three times before I the last quit back in 2008? I think it was. Anyway, so far so good!!

 

[Marlene]

letting people waste my time by saying yes to things I didn't want to do just to be polite.

 

[RadishRose]

Smoking
Nail biting

*congratulations to all of you who quit the smoking habit!

 

[Ronni]

I need to add a habit here, because I have to keep reminding myself that it IS a habit.

It's eating indiscriminately and thoughtlessly. Eating when I'm not hungry, or overeating when I'm already full, or eating just because it's yummy or because I don't want to waste food or any of the other reasons I've found myself stuffing food into my mouth other than for sustenance and health.

Don't get me wrong, I love enjoying what I eat, and eating is a fun and enjoyable thing to do (I really am SUCH foodie!!!) but it's taken me a long time to realize that there are all kinds of reasons that I eat that have nothing to do with A. sustaining my health and B. having a binge meal as a reward for having eaten responsibly.

It's habitual to eat when others are eating, to eat at regular mealtimes because the clock says it's time for breakfast/lunch/dinner etc, to eat when a host offers you food, to eat mindlessly just sort of snacking through the day...at least it is for me.

As part of my commitment to sustaining my health and keeping a healthy weight, I've had to recognize all the ways in which eating is an habitual ritual, and to become a mindful, thoughtful consumer of food. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be!!! But I'm winning the battle!

 

[rgp]

Like most everybody- SMOKING. The strange thing was, quitting was no big deal. I just stopped buying them. Watching how other people went through hell trying to quit, I thank my lucky stars.

Same here for me as well..........

 

[Aunt Bea]

Ditto...Still working on it!! Only smoked 2 packs this year!! I have smoked for 60 years!! Used to enjoy it but no more tobacco in them!!!

If I could be happy with a pack a month I would still be smoking!

I would go with the 80/20 rule, the stuff you do 80% of the time will kill you and the stuff you do 20% of the time will make life enjoyable.

 

[Devi]

(Moving this here, as I originally put it in the wrong thread!)

Quitting smoking after 37 years. That was a tough one.

I actually carried a sealed carton and one pack around for ... at least a year(?) ... because I figured that, if I flipped out somewhere along the way, I'd blame my husband and demand that he go out instantly and get me more no matter the time of day. <wince>

Then came the day I could toss them. That was eleven years ago.

 

[jujube]

Keeping everything even if not needed. While not exactly a hoarder I did have a habit of hanging on to stuff, just because.

Now I follow the something comes in, something goes out rule.

I'm with Lee. I've always had that "maybe it'll come in handy sometime" tendency, but I've pretty well licked it.

 

[Keesha]

Can’t think of any .
Must still have them all

 

[Pecos]

Keeping everything even if not needed. While not exactly a hoarder I did have a habit of hanging on to stuff, just because.

Now I follow the something comes in, something goes out rule.

Oh that is a tough one for me, and the day after I get rid of something is when I discover that I really need it.

 

[Gaer]

Memories of my first abusive first marriage kept interrupting my dreams and my life. I FINALLY forgave him and LET GO of all the bad thoughts!
The past is GONE I feel SO MUCH BETTER!
I'm sure I have other bad habits but I must enjoy them too much to break them!