Every person has bad inclinations, but someone succumbs to passions, and someone fights them. Of course, they are expressed differently in everyone, but people with a bright temperament who are easily amenable 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.
Instruction manual
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Bad inclinations are not only things like addiction to drugs, alcohol or smoking, but also good habits that are overly expressed. So, an immoderate need for love leads to corruption and loss of awareness of one’s own body, and a delicate taste and ability to evaluate the quality of food, if one succumbs 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 compliance with the measure is the basis for countering bad habits.
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To overcome a bad inclination, you must first realize it. Until you understand that you are addicted, you will not begin to fight it. Almost all people tend to deny that they are possessed by destructive passions. Recognizing the presence of the latter is very simple: if you can’t give up something, if even one thought to stop doing it scares you, then your tendency has power over you. Admit to yourself that your life has become uncontrollable, because there was something that became stronger than you.
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Make a decision to return to yourself and defeat any form of addiction, overcome any evil inclinations. To do this, you need to realize that habit does not shape you. It is an external force that temporarily commands you.
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They say, "A holy place does not happen empty, " and this is a very true saying. Instead of bad habits, get yourself good ones. For example, if you are prone to despondency, do not try to simply forbid yourself to think sad thoughts - this is impossible. Instead, try to think about positive things, and you will succeed. The most important thing is to really feel new feelings. This is possible if you make an effort. If you are embraced by a negative desire or emotion, repeat the opposite phrase that is positive in meaning several times. See how it got easier right away.
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Manage your thoughts, nip the inner dialogue. Often the problem is that a person is trying to justify everything, argues with himself, endlessly leads an internal argument with himself. Thoughts just spin in a circle, and it is very difficult to break out of them. It makes people weak and vulnerable. Believers say it’s much easier to stop internal dialogue if you turn to prayer. And unbelievers cope with this by applying volitional effort. You argue with yourself, but you know which point of view is correct?
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If you succumb to an evil addiction once, this is not a reason to give up. Even if this happened the second and third time - do not give up. They say that the Japanese have a saying: "Seven times to fall and eight times to rise."