{"id":1814,"date":"2014-06-30T22:40:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T12:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ddixon.me\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2014-06-30T22:40:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T12:40:56","slug":"alcoholism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixon.one\/?p=1814","title":{"rendered":"Alcoholism"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Alcoholic\"<\/a>
Drinking to make other people more interesting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I overheard an interesting statement made by someone recently. He stood proudly alongside the announcement he had just made, ‘… I am an Alcoholic…’, and when quizzed about how long he had been off the turps, he replied, “25 years”.<\/p>\n

“Oh!”, me thinks … if he’s been off the nectar for that long, why is he still scratching the surface of this scab. It just sounds so negative to be giving yourself a label when you have proven to be a tower of strength and a conqueror over a terrible dependency.<\/p>\n

I certainly don’t hear self-deprecating comments made by ex-smokers. I think they embrace the positive and say that they have quit, or that they no longer smoke when offered a ciggy. <\/p>\n

That seems to make a lot more sense to me.<\/p>\n

Did you know on average, it takes more than two months before a new behavior becomes automatic — 66 days to be exact. And how long it takes a new habit to form can vary widely depending on the behavior, the person, and the circumstances.<\/p>\n

If you want to set your expectations appropriately, the truth is that it will probably take you anywhere from two months to eight months to build a new behavior into your life. Not 21 days, which I believe is a misconception, or urban myth or feel good, short term target flaunted by so called do gooders.<\/p>\n

Most people believe that habits are formed by completing a task for 21 days in a row. Twenty-one days of task completion, then voila, a habit is formed. Unfortunately, this could not be further from the truth. The 21-day myth began as a misinterpretation of Dr. Maxwell Maltz\u2019s work on self-image. Maltz did not find that 21 days of task completion forms a habit. People wanted it to be true so much so, however, that the idea began to grow in popularity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s an interesting read, amongst a myriad of others about the 21 Day Myth<\/a><\/p>\n

I gave up alcohol 9 months ago, it was tough but I feel like a winner!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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