Every person has bad inclinations, but someone succumbs to passions, and someone fights with them. Of course, they are expressed differently for everyone, but people with a bright temperament who easily succumb to bad habits also usually have much more energy to cope with their vices. The main thing is to direct it in the right direction.
Instructions
Step 1
Bad tendencies are not only things like addiction to drugs, alcohol or smoking, but also good habits that are over-expressed. So, an immoderate need for love leads to corruption and loss of awareness of one's own body, and a subtle taste and the ability to evaluate the quality of food, if you succumb to the desire to constantly enjoy it, will lead to gluttony. Any positive quality or action, if abused, can turn into a bad inclination. So work becomes workaholism, and spirituality turns into fanaticism. It is very important to understand that adherence to the measure is the basis of counteracting bad habits.
Step 2
To overcome a bad tendency, one must first become aware of it. Until you realize that you are addicted, you will not start fighting it. Almost all people tend to deny that they are possessed by harmful passions. Recognizing the presence of the latter is very simple: if you cannot give up something, if even the thought of stopping doing it scares you, then your inclination has power over you. Admit to yourself that your life has become unmanageable, because there was something that became stronger than you.
Step 3
Make a decision to return to yourself and overcome any form of addiction, overcome any bad inclinations. To do this, you need to realize that a habit does not shape you. It is an external force that temporarily commands you.
Step 4
They say "A holy place is never empty," and this is a very true saying. Instead of bad habits, make yourself good ones. For example, if you are prone to feeling discouraged, don't just try to stop yourself from thinking sad thoughts - that’s not possible. Instead, try to think positive things and you will succeed. The most important thing is to truly experience new feelings. This is possible if you make an effort. If you are overwhelmed by a negative desire or emotion, repeat the opposite, positive phrase several times. You will see how it immediately became easier.
Step 5
Control your thoughts, suppress internal dialogue. Often the problem is that a person tries to justify everything, argues with himself, endlessly leads an internal dispute with himself. Thoughts are just spinning in circles, and it is very difficult to break out of them. This makes people weak and vulnerable. Believers say that it is much easier to end internal dialogue if you turn to prayer. And unbelievers deal with this by using a willful effort. You argue with yourself, but you know which point of view is correct?
Step 6
If you have succumbed to a bad tendency once, this is not a reason to give up. Even if it happened the second and third time, don't give up. They say that the Japanese have a proverb: "Fall seven times and rise eight times."
