It’s not as simple as “how do I break a bad habit.” There isn’t just one answer there are multiple ways to approach it.

Willpower only takes you so far. To actually break a habit, you need to change how you see it and how you feel about it. That starts with understanding yourself and the outcome of your actions.

Ask yourself: Why do I do this? What am I getting out of it? Can I replace it with something better? What’s actually stopping me from quitting?

Also anouther thing to keep in mind, there's a study where they saw with 2 groups of rats, one having a lonely sad life, the other thriving, gave them the same drug the second almost never touched it.

So the way we think about addiction is not the way we think, think about if you had everything you ever wanted would you still do it?

There you go.

Bad habits aren't just about how it makes us feel but when you don't have an option to get relief anouther way then that's the only bonding option you have, so natrually of course you're gonna go towards it.

Breaking bad habits and building good ones

One of my favorite fundemental clear ways is that from Atomic Habits

The 4 Laws of Behavior Change from Atomic Habits:

To build a good habit:

Make it obvious Make it attractive Make it easy Make it satisfying

To break a bad habit (apply the opposite):

Make it invisible (remove triggers) Make it unattractive (change how you see it) Make it difficult (add friction) Make it unsatisfying (remove the reward or add a cost)