How to change bad habits

Habits are hard to break because of the simple fact that they are habits and the body and mind are used to such actions or thoughts at certain periods of time. Habits obviously form addiction at the end. 

It can be said that the best cure for habits is prevention. Not being in any habitual addiction is one of the greatest freedoms. Any addict trying to recover will tell you that the worst day was the day they picked up the first whatever to use it and get in a habit of using it that they cant stop and may have to go through hell if they don't do what ever it is they do.

If a person is determined enough and divisive enough, it is possible to break bad habits. Here are a few sensible ones.

1) Admit that you have a problem:- What is meant by admitting is admitting to oneself. By admitting one will definitely will be eager to find a way to tackle the problem.

2) Be serious about wanting to break the habit:- Just admitting to self that you have a problem may not be enough. But admitting and wanting to change the habit is the kick start to breaking the habit. One has to be serious about wanting to break the habit or the inner stamina will not be high enough to seriously tackle it.

3) The main thing is changing your driving motor :-  This is the main potent weapon of all. This is for addicts. It has recently been argued that addicts are born addicts. Well it doesn't matter. Once one wants to change bad habits one should try any way to stop those habits. But the enduring change will come when one changes one's driving motors. Meaning to say, goals, desires, aspirations, philosophy towards life etc. When the mindset of one is in a mindset that doesn't allow such bad habits, one is for sure to stop the habits for good. This is a total shift in mind so is not easy to do and not something that happens in a short time.

4) Don't be around agents that will tempt you to fall off the wagon:- One has to be in an environment where triggering agents of the past habit are not around. Otherwise during times that one is trying to change habits, the temptations would be too hard.

5) Get involved and sink in to a life style that doesn't tolerate such habits:- Be around and be involved with people and environment that are totally against such habits and create a life around that environment. That would prevent one to return back to old habits because one would be afraid of loosing one's life.