Take Action
- Avoid or remove triggers. In your records you have already identified those triggers. Now remove them, or if they cannot be removed, work out how you can avoid them.
- Break your behaviour patterns. Substitute other behaviours for the one you need to change. Deliberately plan those replacement behaviours.
- Learn relaxation methods.. Do some deep breathing. Drop your shoulders. Relax your tongue. Just close your eyes and imagine yourself in the most peaceful place you can think of. Go to our page, Take a Peaceful Moment.
Reward yourself. Just make sure the reward is in keeping with the habit you are trying to break -- there is no sense in a chocoholic rewarding him/herself with a bar of chocolate!!- Plan small steps. Set yourself "mini-goals" to the ultimate reaching of the major goal (except for addictions, which must be a complete stop).
- Use imagery. Watch people who are non-smokers, non-drinkers, good walkers, etc. Then imagine yourself as a non-smoker, a non-drinker, a good walker, a slimmer person. Act that way, too.
- Get help from others. There is no shame in asking for help.
Now, it is important to know how to Maintain Your New Behaviour.