• not to interrupt
• not to angrily yell (rather, remain calm and civilly express feelings)
• not to eat while walking or standing
• not to cut in line or grab food
• not to jump to conclusions
• not to leave a mess after usage of whatever items
• to have the patience to tidy and order one’s home/room/possessions
• to return borrowed items promptly
• and so forth
Note: someone, addict or not, who is trying to increase willpower by this method, may require the input of others to best determine what manners or character traits need strengthening.
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As it happened, later that same day, I was to advise a woman who, also, had a cocaine problem. We were to meet at a coffee shop; and, ahead of time, I wondered if she had a similar lack of patience with her basic manners. … She did: she continually interrupted (which, from prior experience, I already …show more content…
and just doing one thing at a time ... *** IT WORKS!!!!***”
Also, he wrote that this method of increasing self-discipline via strengthening basic character traits helped him in other, non-drug-and-non-cigarette-related areas of his life where he had been struggling and where a greater amount of self-control and patience had been needed. This latter news was of special interest because it led me, also, to consider how greater patience naturally reduces stress; and, with lesser stress, drinking, smoking, and drug use should decrease since such behaviors, often, are triggered by stress.