Besides the obvious, being abstinance, what are some other helpful ways you can overcome an addiction or any self-destructive or self-defeating compulsive behaviors? Maybe some mental tricks you can use, or even a step-by-step process? What can be done by ones’ self, without resorting to therapy or counseling? Also, for the sake of yours truly, please no advice on turning to God or using religion, thanks.

The key here is to foster long-lasting behavior change, behaviors which are deeply rooted or ingrained can be tough to change without some kind of plan or mechanism (“just stop” is not good enough advice most of the time).

Please let me know if you have any experiences regarding this, or even websites or books you may have used.

Topics: psychology, addiction, self-help, behavior change, compulsive behavior, coping mechanisms, mind tricks