REASON # 3 of 15 why you have addictions: elf esteem!

Self sabotaging behavior often is a sign of low self esteem -- or I guess that would be elf esteem, because it's low esteem -- about as low as this joke -- although addictions are no joke.

If you want to break an addiction, you must heighten your self-esteem.

Interestingly, in studies on happiness the happiest people are those with high self esteem.

And just as interestingly, the happiest people are reported to be those who do consistent acts of altruism.

There's a do-good-feel-good-do-good-feel-good cause and effect.

My belief: the more good you do for others, the more you raise your self esteem, and the better you feel about yourself, and so the more you want to do good, and on and on the upward cycle goes.

Ironically, the more you do your addiction, the worst you feel about yourself, and the lower your elf esteem, then the more you seek your addiction, which further lowers your elf esteem, and downward do you go.

In other words, you create a do-bad-feel-bad-do-bad-feel-bad cause and effect.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT: If you have a bad habit you're trying to break, start by doing more positive habits: donate time in an old age home or read to the blind.

And keep in mind the words of Abraham Lincoln: "Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

Aren't you worthy of happiness?

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