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Making an Unconscious Act a Conscious One

How can you break bad habits?  If that habit is the product of an unconscious act, there is a clever way of breaking the habit.  From My Voice Will Go With You: A medically retired policeman told me, "I have emphysema, high blood pressure, and, as you can see, I am grossly overweight.  I drink too much.  I eat too much.  I want a job but my emphysema and high blood pressure prevent that.  I would like to cut down on my smoking.  I'd like to get rid of it.  I'd like to quit drinking about a fifth of whiskey a day and I'd like to eat sensibly."I said, "Are you married?"He said, "No, I'm a bachelor.  I usually do my own cooking, but there's a handy little restaurant around the corner that I often visit."He bought two cartons of cigarettes at a time...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on April 09, 2009 (boomark / email).