Habit can be something you noticed about yourself or something that people had to keep telling you about yourself that was true.

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    2 hours ago

    Smoking. I smoked for 13 years before I finally quit after multiple attempts. So glad I did too, because the cost of cigarettes has become insane.

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    7 hours ago

    Smoking. Took a few tries over many years, but got there in the end.

    Also reddit. That was easy when API fee came in. Lemmy is becoming a similar habit though…

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    8 hours ago

    It’s way too early to say that I have fixed it yet, but I quit a severe, two decade long porn addiction and a decade long daily weed smoking cold turkey a little over month ago and haven’t looked back. I might go back to occasional weed smoking at some point once I’ve truly tasted what life feels like without but with porn I’m not sure if I can go back without it spiraling out of control again.

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    10 hours ago

    Cancer. Incurable and inoperable, then somebody invented a thing and now I’ve been in remission for five years.

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    17 hours ago

    Not taking care of myself. I’ve felt so much better and more confident (and practically reversed type 2 diabetes) since I’ve maintained a consistent strength training routine and eaten healthier.

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    14 hours ago

    Used to drink 3+ cans of caffeinated soda/day, kicked the habit this year and down to only drinking them when eating out or if I need to stay up for work or sumthin. Pretty nice that regular bottles of caffeine soda can work like an energy drink used to. Still drinking like 2 cans of soda/day but it’s not caffeinated.

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      12 hours ago

      Nice, same! Switched over to bubbly water first but after my dentist told me too much of that is also not great, I’ve cut down to a couple of sparkling waters a week and a very rare soda once every couple of months.

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      12 hours ago

      A good start. Caffine is the most common drug in America besides tobacco. Neither one is classified as one thanks to good ol FDA

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        7 hours ago

        Caffeine is classified as a drug by the FDA lol. The FDA monitors caffeine levels in products and takes action when the levels are unsafe.

        Same with tobacco lol.

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    16 hours ago

    Biting my nails. I’m not even sure how or when I quit it.

    I remember when I was younger and one of my mom’s cousins told me she would buy me anything I wanted if I stopped biting my nails. I think it was around that time I did but I’m not totally sure. I do remember that I didn’t see her often but the next time I saw her, I did stop and she didn’t buy me the LEGO set I asked her for.

    I see her every now and then (this is like 15-20 years later) and I’m always tempted to ask her about that old ass LEGO set she never got for me that I really wanted 😂

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      12 hours ago

      Do you even remember the exact set? Depending on rarity, some of them SKYROCKETED in value.

      Hey cousin! Remember that $20 lego set you owe me? Yeah. It costs $4,000 now.

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          12 hours ago

          I quit at 25 because I had brackets and two years after I no longer had brackets I started again, quit three years ago thanks to my now wife.

          At 25 I also stopped smoking and drinking soda and alcohol.

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    17 hours ago

    Oral fixation.

    Boy friends loved it, my husband was the first person who encouraged me to go to therapy and address my emotional and anxiety issues.

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    14 hours ago

    Energy drinks, namely Red Bull. Loved the blue and yellow ones. Drank one every morning for years.

    Then in May of last year I started getting toothaches. A root canal, eleven fillings, an extraction, and $6,000 later, I stopped drinking energy drinks and cut down drastically on sugary drinks.

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    15 hours ago

    Idk if it’s fixed, persay, but I’ve finally realized how much me overthinking things was sabotaging my life, so I’m trying to take actions to fix it.

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    11 hours ago

    you use to have

    You can’t use something in order to have it. Once you use it, it’s gone.