Breaking The Habit

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. -Aristotle
You would be surprised to know that I was an alcoholic a few years back but I broke the habit, yeah!!!!
You would be surprised to know that I was addicted to social media but I broke the habit, Yeah2!!!!
I know some questions are popping up in your mind that either I’m lying? or I got drunk before writing this? or Indeed, have I broke those habits? Let me answer one by one, neither I’m lying nor had drunk but surely I broke those habits, That’s it!! then what is the Habit?
Layman definition of Habit
A habit is a routine of behaviour that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously.. more at Wikipedia
We all are capable of changing our habit to upside down and this is the only thing we can change rest will follow, but the question is how to change the habit?
I would be telling you one way out of two, which worked for me and I believe that this will work naturally for every human being.
1- Strong willpower (Can be developed through point #2).
2- Train mind subconsciously.
I tried point #1 but did not work then I went for option #2 and I achieved whatever I wanted to. If you want to know about how the subconscious mind works then you can read the book The Power of Your Subconscious Mind.
Here is what I did for two months to train my subconscious mind to broke these two habits.
About Social Media:
The very first thing I did was I asked lots of questions to myself about my additive use of social media few of them are.
Is this adding any value to my life or life around me?
Is uploading my photos and then expecting likes and comments making me really happy?
Are my social media connections real?
Do I really feel connected to my social media friends?
How much time I’m wasting just to check likes/comments, following other craps and scrolling through?
Why do I even post my pictures and euphoric moments on social media? is that making any sense?
Should I believe in my friend’s happy life shown in the feed?
What if I made a real connection with my friends, my family instead of social media connections?
About Alcohol:
Similarly, I did ask lots of questions about alcohol consumption and a few of them are.
Is this impacting my health?
Is this adding any value to my life or life around me?
Is this really necessary?
Is this the only high in life?
Is this impacting my relationships?
Is this taking my precious time?
Is this the only way to enjoy and connect with friends?
And I’ve gotten answers to all the questions I asked to myself and then I just reminded myself by asking those above questions, again and again, every single day in the morning, in the evening, in the night before going to bed for around two months, and then I realised that I’ve broken those habits. now I’ve lots of things to do, spend quality time with family and friends, think about making an impact by doing great work etc.
I hope you will relate this and will promise to yourself to live a healthy and awesome life.
Deepak,
Hugs