Quitting an Addiction
Addiction is the fact or condition of being addicted (physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance, and unable to stop taking it without incurring adverse effects OR enthusiastically devoted to a particular thing or activity) to a particular substance, thing, or activity.
Thing you need to do to get out of any addiction.
Thing you need to do to get out of any addiction.
- Be deliberate about it
- Know that you cannot help your self (Acknowledge the fact that only God can help you)
- Get to know God deliberately and be ready to walk with Him
- Choose whom you walk or work with (People who can help you out and not people who can ruin you)
- Check into your values, what’s important to you – the things that mean more to you than remaining addicted;
- Develop and practice the skills you need to manage your life without relying on addiction;
- Learn how to control addictive urges through mind management techniques;
- Find and appreciate the rewards that come from a “sober” (non-addicted) lifestyle;
- Build and appreciate personal relationships and turn to positive communities for companionship;
- Find your purpose and plan a future that leads to accomplishing your life goals;
- Mature into a new, non-addicted you — a person who simply and naturally rejects addiction in all forms.