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The complete idiot's guide to breaking bad habits / by Suzanne LeVert and Gary McClain.

By: LeVert, Suzanne.
Contributor(s): McClain, Gary, Ph. D.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Complete idiot's guide: Publisher: New York : Alpha Books, ©1998General Notes: Includes index; Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 308 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780585089331; 9780028621104.Other title: Guide to breaking bad habits | Breaking bad habits.Subject(s): Compulsive behavior | Vices | Substance abuseGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 616.85/84 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Over and Over Again -- What Is a Bad Habit? -- Understanding the Habit: Good and Bad -- When a Habit Turns Bad -- Pick a Habit, Any Habit -- Top Ten Bad Habits -- But You Love Your Daily Rituals -- Is Your Life Interfering with Your Habit? -- It's Not Me, It's My Life -- Self-Test Challenge: What's Your Lifestyle? -- Or, Is Your Habit Interfering with Your Life? -- Separating the Good from the Bad -- Walking the Fine Line -- Courage to Change -- Why You Do the Things You Do -- Slowly but Surely, the Habit Formed -- The Devil Made Me Do It -- The Pleasure Principle -- Practice Makes Perfect -- When You Can't Give It Up -- Will the Real You Please Stand Up? -- But I Like It Like That -- Go Figure -- What Kind of Idiot Are You? -- Constant Cravings -- Tempting Tendencies -- Compelling Compulsions -- Striving for Balance -- New Year's Resolutions -- Just Say No! -- Okay, So How Do You Stop? -- Rome Wasn't Built in a Day -- Learning to Live with or Without It: The Biology of Habit -- The Scarlett O'Hara Syndrome or "I'll Think About It Tomorrow" -- Facing Your Fears -- Erasing the Tape -- Writing It Down -- Take One Step Forward -- Step 1: Identify the Behavior -- Who, Where, When, Why, How? -- Uprooting Your Bad Habit(s) -- Reruns with a New Cast -- Be Your Own Bad Habit Detective -- Your Daily Habit Log -- Read It and Weep -- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall -- Step 2: Evaluate Risks and Benefits -- So What's Stopping You? -- What's Good About Your Bad Habit? -- In the Short Term -- In the Long Run.
Summary: "There are currently 130 million caffeine abusers in America today, not to mention the multi-millions of choking smokers, perpetual dieters, procrastinators, nailbiters, knuckle crackers, and tooth grinders. This ... offers serious, helpful advice for anyone who has struggled to kick an annoying, chronic habit, and presents all the available remedies in an objective, easy-to-follow style."--Publisher description.
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Includes index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Over and Over Again -- What Is a Bad Habit? -- Understanding the Habit: Good and Bad -- When a Habit Turns Bad -- Pick a Habit, Any Habit -- Top Ten Bad Habits -- But You Love Your Daily Rituals -- Is Your Life Interfering with Your Habit? -- It's Not Me, It's My Life -- Self-Test Challenge: What's Your Lifestyle? -- Or, Is Your Habit Interfering with Your Life? -- Separating the Good from the Bad -- Walking the Fine Line -- Courage to Change -- Why You Do the Things You Do -- Slowly but Surely, the Habit Formed -- The Devil Made Me Do It -- The Pleasure Principle -- Practice Makes Perfect -- When You Can't Give It Up -- Will the Real You Please Stand Up? -- But I Like It Like That -- Go Figure -- What Kind of Idiot Are You? -- Constant Cravings -- Tempting Tendencies -- Compelling Compulsions -- Striving for Balance -- New Year's Resolutions -- Just Say No! -- Okay, So How Do You Stop? -- Rome Wasn't Built in a Day -- Learning to Live with or Without It: The Biology of Habit -- The Scarlett O'Hara Syndrome or "I'll Think About It Tomorrow" -- Facing Your Fears -- Erasing the Tape -- Writing It Down -- Take One Step Forward -- Step 1: Identify the Behavior -- Who, Where, When, Why, How? -- Uprooting Your Bad Habit(s) -- Reruns with a New Cast -- Be Your Own Bad Habit Detective -- Your Daily Habit Log -- Read It and Weep -- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall -- Step 2: Evaluate Risks and Benefits -- So What's Stopping You? -- What's Good About Your Bad Habit? -- In the Short Term -- In the Long Run.

"There are currently 130 million caffeine abusers in America today, not to mention the multi-millions of choking smokers, perpetual dieters, procrastinators, nailbiters, knuckle crackers, and tooth grinders. This ... offers serious, helpful advice for anyone who has struggled to kick an annoying, chronic habit, and presents all the available remedies in an objective, easy-to-follow style."--Publisher description.

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