Addiction VS Habits Are They The Same?

The web explains Addiction and Habits this way; A habit is a routine repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. While we all have a few bad habits it's whether or not that habit negatively affects your relationships, work, or school that is usually the determining factor, and if that’s the case we now call it an "addiction."

So In My Estimation, Addiction And Habits Are The Same!

It seems that the brain gets tweaked into doing the same thing repeatedly, and it seems to pick up speed in the sense that it remembers you should be doing something. Something you did many times before, like a natural body reminder.

Our mind can easily be trained and hooked on MOST something.

When the addiction word comes up, it always refers to an adverse effect of drinking, smoking, or drugs. We are disciplined to take our medicine on time. (And that's a good thing) Go to school on time, etc. Can we be a creature of habit like our pets?

I think we are kinda and a big maybe. But are you hooked on anything else? Sure, everybody is. That's why they're all habits, and according to extensive research, all habits can be broken.

Take for example; Dr. Liisa Hall a Chiropractic Philosopher says it takes “21 days to break” or make a habit. (LINK HERE)

Latest NEWS Flash! A new study from a University in Wisconsin shows it now takes 66 days to break a habit instead of 21 days as previously thought. However, the changing of the numbers still implies that the science sways more to the habit end of the spectrum and not the addiction.

Sure, smoking is addictive and hard to quit. Even if you follow the 66-day rule, you still get cravings. Everybody, doctors included, tells you it's an addiction and could be treated with "other drugs. Then, when you beat the smoking habit, you find yourself saying, "but I sure like that shit the doctor gave me." Can I have more I feel a craving coming on?"

You traded one habit for the other.

Domestic house cats are a fine example. They are repetitious, and they like routine. Are they addicted to waking you up at 6 am every morning? Do they watch that clock? Can they even tell time? But your fur-ball is on time, every time. Are they addicted to the time or just in a routine? Maybe they are just habit freaks?

So, I'd like to believe that everybody standing upright is more intelligent than our little furry friend, well, in most cases. I want to think that we're smarter than our cats and if it's a habit, train your mind to think differently.

It's only a habit so remember the 21-day rule or 66-day rule.

Here is another example: Corporations spend big dollars to convince you their product is more superior and cheaper than the rest. Their strategy is for you to get used to their product and eventually, you'll keep buying more.

HOOKED ... Is It Addiction Or Habit? ...

Here is another story: A few years back, car manufacturers came up with this interesting thinking on hooking young people. They believe you will always go back to driving the FIRST original car you ever owned. So they target graduating college students to go to a local dealer and pick out the car of their dreams.

But only one stipulation the dealer had, that they've never owned a car before, and this would be you’re very first. They believed in habits.

The idea behind their thinking, “everybody goes back to the first car they ever owned” and that’s the one they were betting on that you’ll drive the most in your lifetime. By the way the car wasn't free, the student did have to pay it back or send it back. Because “they never even had jobs and it turned out to be the latter.”

I'm not sure if the car tale falls under Addiction Or a Habit?

I myself, try not to get into any habit, like having a cigarette after sex. The sex is ok, but the cigarettes have to go. That's a joke because I don't smoke!

So I'd like to think humans are more intelligent than repetitious animals. As loving as they are, they are still routine habit freaks. And I believe we fallow close behind.

Exchanging one drug for another, I think I would give the 66-day rule a chance first.

So, after saying all that, Meet you at the coffee shop tomorrow at the same time, the same place as we always do, you buy this time eh! … "HABIT" ...

Final Thought

As this article might come off as an easy-to-do solution to breaking habits, I'm not trying to convince anyone that it will be a laid-back slam-dunk task. Some deep-rooted problems might have to resort to the 66 day rule. The point is to show you that it is possible; if you think along the lines of the 21-day rule and it's only the brain tricking you into thinking, there's something you should be doing. “David, David it’s that time for you to do something” Maybe you can change your ways by believing that's all it is. "HABIT."

Are Addiction and Habits the Same, you decide?

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