How to root out a bad habit? Instead of mentally trying to restrict it allow it to happen and then be very attentive how it makes you feel, use mindfulness to feel all of its consequences. This is much more sustainable way of dealing with it because eventually you stop want doing it.
from The Way to Love
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Epistemic status – Probably yes (~80%) Evidence: I don’t know any scientific evidence for this. Certainty: From experience and reading the The Way to Love I am 80%certain it works this way. Epistemic effort: I practice approaching bad habits this way. I read this book around three years ago and this thought came back to me over and over again and strikes me as sensible. Antithesis: In The power of habit Charles Duhigg talks about avoiding using will power, adding friction and substituting bad habits for good ones as the most effective ways to get rid of bad habits.