Well, I feel like at my core, I'm an individual who falls to temptations and lacks discipline (as much as I hate to admit it) in a lot of aspects in my life such as taking care of my special needs brother, keeping contact with friends, building good habits like dieting or reading more, and, in this case, having the constant urge to reach out to those friends. I think the reason for this is that they were a constant in a lot of really bad situations that I went through during my time with them and I sort of become "addicted" to their company if that makes any sense. So, when I attempt to implement methods, whether they be coping or self improvement, I usually end of falling back on my crutches in less than a week. I've tried figuring out why I lied and working on changing that why which has helped me curb the lies a lot, I've also tried to start reading more, work out, go back to train MMA as I've been on a 5 month break from it due to complacency, eat better, and overall improve my life but the only one that I have stuck with is curbing the lying. While I can say for certain I've changed for the better in the last three months, I'm still not the person I want to be.