Thanks Hussam – glad you found it helpful.

Yes, I totally agree. Each of us when replacing a bad habit must choose the correct ‘good’ habit in its place. The important thing with smoking as an example is to recognise that it’s a physical habit as well as a mental one. It needs to be replaced with some combination of physical and mental alternative. You hi-light a good point. :)

Hi Stuart, we are in agreement concerning a replacement habit but we might have some points of discussion in terms of choosing the right replacement habit. I believe that it is important to first understand why you are doing the bad habit because it must be giving you pleasure in some way even if it leads to a negative consequence. Without recognizing the positive intention of your bad habit, it is difficult to find an appropriate replacement habit. Unless the replacement habit fulfills the positive intention, you will fall back into your bad habit to fulfill it. Exercise might be a good replacement habit for smoking if someone was trying to smoke to lose weight but might not be so good if someone smokes because it is a way to be social with his co-workers or a way to relax (unless they find exercise relaxing). I don’t think it will be as effective if an arbitrary positive habit was put in to fill the gap. What do you think?