How is it that we don't know we have a problem, until we see the evidence for ourselves in a picture of a video.

We think to ourselves...  "now that is embarrassing"

The Greatest thing you can do for yourself is admit that you do have a problem.  This is the first step.

The second step is that you eliminate all the areas of your life where you fall back into the hole.  For me, the hole was when my friends would light up a cigarette around me.  I sat there, wanting so badly a cigarette, that once I took a puff, I would convince myself that one more cigarette and THEN-pack wouldn't matter.  What a lie I told myself, and the worse part is I knew it was a lie.

Addictions are so powerful sometimes that you need to know to avoid putting yourself in the situation where you are going to slip.

Leave the room when people are lighting up, or drinking or taking drugs.  Sometimes for YOUR OWN sake, you will need to not hang around a particular crowd to avoid the temptations until you know you are confident enough to say no. 

If you are able to draw up a plan of attack covering all angles where you might possibly slip, you are going to succeed moreso than the person (Read More....)