How to practice self-control

2020-05-13T18:21:35+00:00

Have a higher purpose. For example, even though I might want to hang out with my friends, I skip drinking and go home early if I have a long run next morning because I know that my run is gonna suck if I stayed up and drank too much.

You'll need to learn to focus on what is truly important in your life, and discipline yourself not to be impulsive or succumb to urges.

Meditation helps. It's simple. Pay attention to your thoughts. Don't follow them. Just recognize and say OK and ignore. Everytime you wander off on a thought train and you recognize it, pause and get off the train and get back to focusing the present moment, which is you are breathing.

But the important piece is to know where you want to spend your time and what is worth it for you. You can't say I just don't want to drink. You need to say I want to spend time on writing my novel and hence don't have time to drink. Be specific. Look up how to set and achieve goals on the sidebar.

ViolentInteger · 2020-05-13T18:53:09+00:00

Some people don't have the ability to do things in moderation. Sounds like that's you.

Your only option, then, is to avoid those things entirely... including the people who tempt you with it.

Don_Draper27 · 2020-05-13T18:23:47+00:00

Alcohol is a hard one because it lowers your logical decisions. Usually what I do if I’m going out and don’t want to get too drunk is I’ll go for dark beers. Brown ale or Guinness. These aren’t beers you chug so just sip on them and enjoy them. I sometimes do a double shot of whiskey on the rocks and just slowly sip on it throughout the night. Being DD and not an idiot can help you pace yourself and know when you’ve had too much.

In regards to weed just continue not being around it. Don’t purchase it yourself and if someone offers you some then decide if you’re ok having a hit or 2.

Swimming-Syllabub · 2020-05-13T19:59:17+00:00

Every time you want to go to the toilet wait a few hours. Do this until you have internalised self-control

Title	How to practice self-control
Author	bleepbloopdrama
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Date	May 13, 2020 5:57 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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