Bad habits test for teenagers. Test on the topic "Bad habits

1. The formation of cancerous tumors in smokers causes:

one). Nicotine; 2). Essential oils found in tobacco; 3). Radioactive substances contained in tobacco; 4). Hydrogen cyanide found in tobacco.

2. A novice smoker quickly gets used to the substance contained in tobacco. Signs of acute poisoning are: dizziness, cough, nausea, bitterness in the mouth, weakness, malaise, pallor of the face. What substance are we talking about:

1) Nicotine; 2).Carbon monoxide; 3). Phenol; 4). Arsenic

3. Chronic respiratory disease affects:

one). 50% smokers; 2). 65% smokers; 3). 80% smokers.

4. A passive smoker is a person:

one). Smoker up to 2 cigarettes per day; 2). Smoking one cigarette on an empty stomach;

3). Being in the same room as a smoker.

5. Tobacco smoke in a passive smoker causes:

one). Headache; 2). Malaise; 3). Decrease in working capacity; 4). Rapid fatigue; 5). Rapid fatigue; 6). Desire to smoke yourself; 7). Exacerbation of the disease of the upper respiratory tract.

Find the mistake you made.

6. How does smoking affect the digestive organs?

one). Reduces appetite, promotes the development of gastritis and ulcers;

2). Promotes appendicitis; 3). Inhibits intestinal motility, causes degeneration of liver cells.

7. The effect of smoking on the respiratory system:

one). Chronic disease of the pleura;

2). Causes disease of the airways and predisposition to pulmonary tuberculosis;

3). Malignant degeneration of the tissues of the larynx and bronchi;

4). predisposition to diphtheria.

8. Effect of nicotine on blood vessels:

one). Sharply narrows small arteries;

2). Increases capillary permeability; 3). Dilates small arteries and can cause bleeding.

9. The most common diseases associated with the vasoconstrictive effect of nicotine:

one). myocardial infarction; 2). Experiencing lameness or gangrene of the limb;

3). Bleeding from the nose and ears; 4). Expansion of the veins of the lower extremities;

5). Hypotension.

10. In what organs does alcohol decompose?

1) - in the intestine; 2).-in the brain; 3).-in the liver.

11. How does alcohol affect the brain?

1) - exciting; 2) - improves memory; 3) - slows down.

12. Why is drinking especially dangerous during adolescence?

1) - the liver does not function fully; 2) - alcoholism develops faster than in adults; 3) - the development of the brain has not been completed.

13. By what signs can you recognize a person suffering from alcoholism?

1) - increased efficiency; 2) - high spirits; 3) - lack of measures when drinking alcohol.

14. The systematic use of alcoholic beverages for a long time, always accompanied by severe intoxication, is:

one). Drunkenness; 2). Alcoholism; 3). Alcohol intoxication.

15. Drinking how much alcohol can lead to alcohol poisoning:

one). 250 gr; 2). 400gr; 3). 500gr and more.

16. From the following symptoms, select those that are signs of alcohol intoxication:

one). Hearing loss; 2). dizziness, nausea; 3), yellowing of the skin; 4). Lack of pupillary response to light; 5). Reducing heart rate and lowering blood pressure;

6). Lack of speech; 7). Excitation and depression; eight). Temperature increase.

17. Alcohol that has entered the human body:

one). It dissolves in the blood and spreads throughout the body, having a destructive effect on all tissues and organs;

2). Rapidly excreted with urine; 3). Never excreted from the body.

18. The negative effect of alcohol on human organs is characterized by:

one). Violation of the protective function of the liver, cerebellum, the development of tuberculosis; 2). The development of diabetes mellitus, an increase in the bladder; 3). Decrease in the protective function of the body during hypothermia.

19. Effect of alcohol on the digestive organs:

one). Promotes the development of gastritis, ulcers, stomach cancer;

2). Dramatically inhibits the function of the pancreas;

3). Contributes to the development of tuberculosis of the large intestine.

20. The effect of alcohol on the liver:

one). Causes direct damage to the liver by alcohol or its metabolic products;

2). The products of its metabolism destroy the gallbladder;

3). The products of its metabolism destroy liver cells.

21. The effect of alcohol on vision:

one). Decreased visual acuity;

2). Violation of color perception;

3). Possible inflammation of the optic nerve.

22. Effect of alcohol and other drugs on the vestibular apparatus:

one). Inhibition of function, imbalance;

2). Growth of the epithelium inside the semicircular canals;

3). Hearing impairment.

23. Effect of alcohol, nicotine and drugs on metabolism:

one). Inhibit the metabolism of proteins and carbohydrates; 2). "Introduced" into normal metabolism and, remaining poisons, become necessary for the body - there is a dependence on them; 3). They poison the body without interfering with the metabolism.

24. Name the factors associated with the risk of alcoholism:

one). Irregular meals; 2). Poor school performance; 3). Availability of alcohol consumption.

25. Name the factors preventing the emergence of alcoholism:

1).Regular exercise; 2). Proper nutrition; 3). Walks in the open air.

26. The use of intoxicating substances leads to chronic poisoning of the body:

one). The nervous system is affected; 2). The brain is destroyed; 3). Heart and liver failure develops; 4) The complete degradation of the personality is growing; 5). Slightly increased performance

27 . Getting into the internal environment of the body, narcotic substances have a strong effect, primarily on the brain. Over time, two main signs of drug addiction and substance abuse appear, grow and become fixed in a person. Determine these signs from the given answers:

1). Psychic dependence. 2). Taste addiction; 3). visual addiction;

4). Physical addiction; 5). Change in drug sensitivity.

28. Diseases resulting from the abuse of substances that cause a short-term feeling of a favorable mental state are:

one). tobacco smoking; 2). Addiction; 3). Substance abuse; 4). Food poisoning

29. What effect do drugs have on the body?

1) Stimulate metabolic processes; 2). Cause dependence on their application;

3). Activate the brain.

30. What diseases are associated with drug addiction?

1). Diabetes mellitus; 2).AIDS; 3). Dysentery; 4). Hepatitis.

31. What psychological factors can cause drug use?

one). Inability to resist the opinion or actions of the company; 2). Increased emotional reaction; 3). Closure.

32. From the following drugs, select a narcotic drug:

one). Aspirin; 2). Codeine; 3). Cocaine.

33. From the following signs, select those that indicate drug poisoning:

one). Nausea and vomiting; 2). Increased muscle tone; 3). Dizziness; 4). Constriction of the pupils and weakening of their reaction to light; 5). Bleeding from the nose; 6). redness of the skin; 7). Runny nose;

eight). Bitterness in the mouth

34. The three main signs of drug addiction and substance abuse are:

one). Mental and physical dependence, changes in drug sensitivity; 2). Taste and biological dependence, 3). Visual and chemical dependence, change in financial situation.

35. Find among the given names of substances those that have a narcotic effect: one). Salt; 2). Cocaine; 3). Opium; 4).Ephedrine; 5). Sucrose; 6).Ethyl alcohol; 7). Starch.

Answers:

1. (3); 2. (1); 3. (3); 4. (3); 5. (5); 6. (3); 7. (2); 8. (1); 9. (1,2); 10. (3); 11. (3); 12. (2); 13. (3); 14. (1); 15. (3); 16. (3); 17. (1); 18. (1); 19. (1); 20. (3); 21. (2); 22. (1); 23. (2); 24. (3); 25. (1); 26. (1,2,3,4); 27. (1,4); 28. (3); 29. (2); 30. (2); 31. (1,3); 32. (3); 33. (2,4,6); 34. (1); 35. (2,3,4,6).

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1. How often do you drop into the kitchen for a bite to eat?

A. Yes, I really love doing it.

B. I strictly follow a certain diet.

B. No, I have no such desire.

2. What place would you choose for your holiday?

A. A beautiful northern country.

B. Megapolis with its sights and bustling life.

B. Sea resort, with beaches and yachts.

3. You are offered to drink a couple of glasses "for the company." How will you do it?

A. I will refuse, citing health problems.

B. I will leave the company, "remembering" the urgent matter.

B. I will accept the offer without reservation.

4. What kind of sport do you consider the most suitable for you?

A. Volleyball.

B. Football.

B. Fencing.

5. Unexpectedly for you, friends come to you with a bottle of champagne and offer to have a good time. How will you do it?

A. I will pick up excuses and look for different ways to get them to leave me.

B. I can react differently, depending on my mood.

B. I will certainly be delighted.

6. You were invited to a celebration and, having appeared, found that there were a lot of people there. How will you react to this?

A. How cool! I love communicating with different people.

B. It's better than staying at home.

B. No good. The large number of people gathered around me is starting to annoy me.

7. What kind of transport is more convenient for you to travel long distances?

A. By bus.

B. By plane.

8. On the train.

Calculate what happened in the end: if you scored from 7 to 11 points, your inclination is minimal; if from 12 to 17, it is at the middle level; If she exceeds 17 points, be careful: with your impressionability, you can easily find yourself in a ring of bad habits entangling from all sides, or “make friends” with one of them, but begin to show an unhealthy interest in it.

The problem of addictions on a global scale was formed on the basis of ignorance, selfishness of people and greed.

Ignorance lies in the lack of understanding of true needs, as discussed above. Meanwhile, by and large, such material substances as water and food are enough for us. All the rest must necessarily be at least partly spiritual means. Man has risen to such cultural heights that both food and clothing, in a sense, have become an art that is in the niche of culture. It is also associated with material things that help a person get aesthetic pleasure. But these concepts themselves are in principle incomparable with the mental disorder, addiction and illness that bad habits cause. Therefore, what brings harm is not part of the spiritual - that without which a person cannot live.

The largest tobacco companies take care of their financial potential by conducting PR campaigns and various advertising campaigns. At the same time, they understand that smoking is not just harmful. It leads to dire consequences. The number of deaths caused by cigarettes, alcohol and drugs is increasing every year and reaches unimaginable numbers. These super slow-acting poisons, bought voluntarily and allowing their manufacturers to receive money, could become illegal by law. The sale of tobacco products is legal for the simple reason that otherwise many large, influential businesses would collapse, people would be out of work, and the owners would lose their income. The state cannot allow this.

A person does not know himself, his needs and capabilities. He believes that breaking bad habits is as easy as shelling pears and trying a couple of times is not at all harmful. At the same time, he does not realize that he is at the very beginning of the path leading to addiction, or that he wants to test himself and get some adrenaline. Thanks to active propaganda, the simplest means of achieving pleasure, which everyone is in a hurry to use, are now the most popular.

Selfishness and an irresistible desire to satisfy one's own needs now rule the show, and it is impossible to find a refutation of this fact. Overcoming oneself is the most difficult and at first glance inaccessible accomplishment for the majority, especially if temptation is pursuing everywhere. Nobody usually has to think about others: what does a guy who is passionate about cigarettes care about the fact that the girl with whom he communicates receives even more nicotine as a passive smoker than he does? Things like this are worth thinking about.

Whatever era you look into, everywhere you will see the desire of people to create and invent various means with which you can achieve a certain moral "ecstasy" - a state of unusual and transcendent everyday life. Representatives of each culture came up with their own methods, among which were harmful, but not all of them were.

Miracles, sacraments and spiritual guidance - these are the three things, according to the 19th century classic Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, that allow a person to get maximum satisfaction from life and act much more powerfully than various material goods. People who suffer from one of the many types of addiction have no spiritual guidance but believe they find everything else in their addictions.

Spiritual crisis sooner or later overtakes everyone. Each individual reacts to it in his own way, depending on the circumstances and personal inclinations, as well as worldview. Unfortunately, in our time there is a tendency to focus more on the material, which negatively affects life in general. It is likely that the reason for this was the removal from religion. The search for a new stable and reliable moral support is a complex process, and not everyone can go through it, but everyone strives for it. As a result, one has to face many problems.

The more a person receives, the more he wants to acquire - this is a trend that is constantly confirmed in practice. In the middle of the 20th century, no one could have imagined that cars would travel around the cities in such quantities and would be in the garage of almost every member of society. It was impossible to imagine that someday it would be possible to wash clothes using a special machine or fly to a neighboring state by plane, and watch TV while traveling, choosing one of 150 channels to watch. Now, when all this is achievable and is considered the norm of life, we have to look for something even more. Indeed, science and progress do not stand still, but develop at a tremendous speed.

About 50 years ago, people still did not believe in the possibility of the impossible, but the assumptions of scientists gave hope for a better future. When another time came, they gradually realized the possibilities of the present and wished to move on - to new benefits, to which they go from the very beginning of evolution. But what to do if almost everything is already there and it is not clear what else you want? TV, cars, mobile phone, all kinds of items to ensure the comfort of home and office. Everything that was unimaginable half a century ago has come, but has lost its value and ceased to be important. Why? Because it already exists and is an integral part of everyday life - it's time to move to a new, more progressive level.

As you know, the indicators of the security of citizens living in our country leave much to be desired, and not everyone has access to the benefits of civilization. In pursuit of a prosperous life, in striving for it, spiritual values are somewhat lost. They are depleted, smaller and devastated, remain behind the scenes and hide from the eyes of the people, who are slowly but surely degrading. And one of the foundations of this decline is the bad habits that the masses spontaneously indulge in.

For those who have not achieved financial well-being, advanced developments and innovations remain out of reach, and this causes deep grief and suffering. A significant part of them are dependent people, which is true both for Russia and for the United States and European countries. Wanting to get away from their "shame of poverty", citizens with a small income find solace in smoking, drinking alcohol and drugs. Having found themselves at the stage characterized by spontaneous attachment to "problem" substances, representatives of the lower social strata are left without means of subsistence: as you know, you have to pay for everything. Health is leaving, and with it the opportunity to work and earn.

Addictions have many faces, both negative and positive. Love for music, painting, sports, culture is great and exciting! For many, they become an integral part of life and make their adherents better than they would be without them. The main thing is to find your path so that you want to follow it without indulging in distracting addictions that actually interfere with life.

Wealthy people indulge in pernicious pleasures with no less zeal: no one is immune from them. For example, a successful businessman who has earned an insane fortune in 15 years of work can buy absolutely everything he wants. But he doesn't know what he really needs. You have to spend money on acquiring a typical mansion, a banal summer house by the sea, a yacht and garages with cars of the latest models, as well as a mobile phone with super-powerful functionality. What is the use of this and what is the final result? Zero self-realization: only satiety with earthly material goods. Where does the spiritual life find itself? Has it not sunk into the abyss? If a person does not know what he wants, then he does not have specific goals and the ability to exist not only in the everyday, but also in the spiritual world. What does he resort to in order to fill the void that has involuntarily formed inside him? Of course, to the simplest and most accessible: to what is in plain sight, the implementation of which does not require the work of the brain, to what everyone is fond of. The use of drugs, alcohol and promiscuity are not the satisfaction of physical needs at the root, their cause lies deeper, inside.

How to distinguish bad habits, which can easily turn into diseases, from minor weaknesses? The passion for them is comparable to the mania for serials "with eternal continuation." If you watch them every day, but do not think about the characters of the plot at other times, then for you this is just a way to relax and get distracted. It is quite another matter if you live in thoughts about them and your life is just a break, spent in anticipation of new turns of events in the film. Similarly, with bad habits: existence in the interpretation of "from cigarette to cigarette" or "from glass to glass" is a real addiction.

A strong personality will be able to overcome confusion and hesitation in himself, to remain impartial in relation to attractive temptations. But the weak also want to live well. For them, there are many different ways to get rid of bad habits, including public ones.

We must not forget about another factor that is the source of the habit and, possibly, the disease. Few think about the presence of genetic information inherent in us, which determines the predisposition to addiction. Meanwhile, it would not hurt everyone to know about its existence, because not everyone has it. That is why you can’t take an example from a friend who smokes exclusively on holidays or drinks for several days, and then quits abruptly and for a long time. Maybe he does not have a genetic predisposition to addiction, but you do? It is difficult to figure this out on your own, but it is worth trying by looking at the family genealogical tree and comparing the general characteristics of temperaments.

Genetic dependence has never been and will never be one-sided, since it applies equally to absolutely all types of harmful objects. It is impossible to escape from it - it is not in our power to remove what is given by nature, a person is not a robot and does not understand interchangeable parts.

However, the fact that the greatest propensity for a particular bad habit is determined by nature is a moot point. Many scientists claim this, at the same time, reality shows that one can draw a conclusion only on the basis of individual character traits, which, contrary to popular belief, are not always inherited.

From all of the above, it is clear that the habit exists at the psychological level, but is not an addiction, but its closest relative. Addiction, in its essence, is a disease characterized not just by the presence of a strong craving for something, but by the desire to constantly, spontaneously absorb “doses”, to perform certain actions, to direct all efforts only to achieve them. Any organism that regularly receives the same chemicals over time will adapt to them and lose the ability to function normally without them - scientists know this for sure. They concluded that under such conditions, psychological dependence usually also becomes physical. A person has frequent breakdowns, invariably accompanied by headaches, nausea, fever and pessimism, which, even if he embarked on the path of recovery, disappear far from immediately, but after a certain time.

Dependence develops under the influence of various factors. All possible ones were listed above, it is very difficult to judge any others. It remains only to deal with the peculiarities of various kinds of bad habits and diseases, as well as with the tendency of people to their particular types, due to character traits and temperament.

Our society is tired of talking about various problems and the fight against them, but so far few have managed to achieve a visible tangible result. Separately, there is the question of human health, on which life expectancy and its quality completely depend. It's no secret that today people die too young, although in the 20th century things were much better with this. There are many reasons for this: polluted environment, increased background radiation, etc. One of the first and most basic is the presence of bad habits - such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drugs and pathological overeating.

People who do not want to pay attention to their health and think only about momentary pleasure, are in the dark about why they have bad habits, and do not think about their inevitable impact on the body. Finding out the true reason is a big deal, because it is thanks to this that a person realizes a lot and often embarks on the path of deliverance.

Do you know for sure what is harmful for you and what is useful, why you are irritable and annoying others, what is the reason for the many small troubles that make you resort to self-soothing means that allow you to distract yourself from worries and problems? It is very difficult to live among injustices, passions and vices. But it is worth looking around, looking back and understanding that you live in the present, where every moment is beautiful and unique, that earthly problems are invented by ourselves and shrouded in prejudices. It is not proper to become isolated in yourself - it is better to try to change yourself for the better and help others. If every inhabitant of the planet thinks about this, the world will become much better.

Addiction to bad habits is a consequence of a variety of life circumstances and fear of them, of the future and the past, of oneself and others. Very often, people begin to “play around” in order to get away from the psychological trauma that has arisen, and gradually habits become an integral part of their lifestyle. At first, potential victims easily and at any time give up both cigarettes and alcohol and drugs, and therefore do not consider themselves addicted, despite the fact that they use all this quite often.

This state of affairs is a sign of the initial stage of the disease, and it is important to eliminate it in time in order to prevent the transition to the next, more serious stage.

The appearance of bad habits is influenced by many factors: spiritual and static, moral and immoral, personal and social. In addition, some psychologists believe that many of them come from childhood. Already at the age of 5–6 years, tendencies are laid for one or another external manifestation, even then problems and discomfort overtake the child at the instinctive level, which is reflected many years later.

Many are of the opinion that people who drink or use drugs are hopeless and want nothing but pleasure from life. You can safely refute it. There are those who understand that a person who has been drawn into the abyss of false pleasures is actually looking for something new for himself - a replacement for an existence that is bored and fed up with its tediousness and problematic existence. He just, without realizing it, is moving in the wrong direction. For example, so many people turn to alcohol in pursuit of a carefree life, trying to get away from problems that need to be addressed, not ignored or pushed aside.

Everyone knows that many great people - poets, musicians, sculptors - were very fond of alcoholic beverages, used other harmful substances and, under their influence, created outstanding works that later became classics. Such people are extremely rare and almost impossible to change, but in no case should you take an example from them. For example, jazz musician Charlie Parker was a heroin addict and infected his fans with this idea. He created incredible music, and the best melodies were born not at all during periods of addiction. However, it was believed that it was the action of heroin that allowed him to plunge into another world - unknown, but insanely beautiful and work wonders. Many musicians wanted to be like him. They used drugs in order to experience what was available to the great virtuoso and become just as successful, but they did not achieve anything, but on the contrary: they only significantly shortened their lives. Many people look for happiness in alcohol and drugs, but it is not there, if only because these are material things. They are able to create only an illusion and ghostly sensations.

The main book for all Christians - the Bible - speaks of man as a being, for whose life it is not enough to have material goods alone. Spiritual satisfaction is also necessary, and not as an addition, but as one of the foundations. It also speaks of the possibility and even temporary necessity of serious restrictions on food and water. The commandments of all other religions are characterized by similar ideas, and this is not unreasonable. A person feels this, and his life is wonderful if he not only does good deeds, but also cleanses his flesh from the inside. Each of us can confirm this. From this follows the conclusion: our external state and spiritual disposition directly depend on the biological functioning of the body and physiological activity, and vice versa.

Sometimes people neglect their inner needs or do not attach importance to them. But it is with their help that the restoration and return of spiritual values \u200b\u200bto their places, to their owners, usually takes place. Only those who have not gone astray have the opportunity to correct the situation. Destroying real life, the material approach to things (including the soul) makes itself felt and is expressed in a tendency to bad habits, which, as you know, also lead to ruin.

People who are not aware of the global need to acquire achievements in the spiritual realm have a wrong idea about the needs of the spirit. They find many effective means to relieve emotional and mental stress, denying themselves true pleasures, forgetting their taste. But this forgotten one alone can cause inexpressible sensations that a person needs for a full life, just like air and water, without which he withers and slowly but surely dies.

Each person should know about everything that he needs for a full existence, in order to find the right directions in life and set his priorities depending on them.

Test number 1. Addiction to bad habits

1. How often do you drop into the kitchen for a bite to eat?

A. Yes, I really love doing it.

B. I strictly follow a certain diet.

B. No, I have no such desire.

2. What place would you choose for your holiday?

A. A beautiful northern country.

B. Megapolis with its sights and bustling life.

B. Sea resort, with beaches and yachts.

3. You are offered to drink a couple of glasses "for the company." How will you do it?

A. I will refuse, citing health problems.

B. I will leave the company, "remembering" the urgent matter.

B. I will accept the offer without reservation.

4. What kind of sport do you consider the most suitable for you?

A. Volleyball.

B. Football.

B. Fencing.

5. Unexpectedly for you, friends come to you with a bottle of champagne and offer to have a good time. How will you do it?

A. I will pick up excuses and look for different ways to get them to leave me.

B. I can react differently, depending on my mood.

B. I will certainly be delighted.

6. You were invited to a celebration and, having appeared, found that there were a lot of people there. How will you react to this?

A. How cool! I love communicating with different people.

B. It's better than staying at home.

B. No good. The large number of people gathered around me is starting to annoy me.

7. What kind of transport is more convenient for you to travel long distances?

A. By bus.

B. By plane.

8. On the train.

The problem of addictions on a global scale was formed on the basis of ignorance, selfishness of people and greed.

A person does not know himself, his needs and capabilities. He believes that breaking bad habits is as easy as shelling pears and trying a couple of times is not at all harmful. At the same time, he does not realize that he is at the very beginning of the path leading to addiction, or that he wants to test himself and get some adrenaline. Thanks to active propaganda, the simplest means of achieving pleasure, which everyone is in a hurry to use, are now the most popular.

Miracles, sacraments and spiritual guidance - these are the three things, according to the 19th century classic Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, that allow a person to get maximum satisfaction from life and act much more powerfully than various material goods. People who suffer from one of the many types of addiction have no spiritual guidance but believe they find everything else in their addictions.

Addictions have many faces, both negative and positive. Love for music, painting, sports, culture is great and exciting! For many, they become an integral part of life and make their adherents better than they would be without them. The main thing is to find your path so that you want to follow it without indulging in distracting addictions that actually interfere with life.

How to distinguish bad habits, which can easily turn into diseases, from minor weaknesses? The passion for them is comparable to the mania for serials "with eternal continuation." If you watch them every day, but do not think about the characters of the plot at other times, then for you this is just a way to relax and get distracted. It is quite another matter if you live in thoughts about them and your life is just a break, spent in anticipation of new turns of events in the film. Similarly, with bad habits: existence in the interpretation of "from cigarette to cigarette" or "from glass to glass" is a real addiction.

People are different, but habits are the same

So why do some people tend to smoke, others to overeat, others are madly in love with coffee, and others prefer stronger drinks? Is it just a matter of genetics? Unlikely. Still, the decisive role here is played by the type of temperament and the corresponding character traits of each individual. There are 4 main types of temperament: choleric, sanguine, phlegmatic and melancholic. Certain characteristic features inherent in them can be combined in one person - then, when determining, you need to focus on the number of prevailing qualities. But most often, belonging to one type or another is obvious and such problems do not arise. Below are descriptions of all these temperaments, along with an indication of their most vulnerable "places" in relation to bad habits.

Cholerics are temperamental people, they love the speed of performing actions and events, they are strong and emotional. It is not difficult to discern them: it gives out behavior characterized by cheerfulness of character, frequent manifestations of outbursts of feelings. It's all about the unstable type of nervous system. Cholerics are distinguished by a loud voice and a manner of quickly pronouncing phrases, not always pronouncing them. They are quick-tempered and often unable to restrain feelings that suddenly rush in, which tend to evaporate every time after 3 minutes after they rushed. Such behavior brings disappointment to loved ones and friends.

Cholerics put work and career above everything else. They are characterized by selfishness and narcissism, they are capricious and often conflict with others, as a result of which they often change jobs, get divorced, fall in love and intrigue.

Outbursts of positive energy can be replaced by manifestations of negative and hostile, provided that the case ended not in their favor or, for example, they did not receive the main prize in a modeling competition.

Cholerics have a craving for computer and gambling addictions, love information and buy magazines from the shelves of bookstores and kiosks in batches. In addition - which is the most dangerous - they are easily addicted to smoking and become coffee addicts.

Addictions are necessary for these quick-tempered people in order to relieve stress, relax and calm down. They are not able to sit still or lie on the couch - they must always have their hands full. Such is their inner essence and physiology. They even see rest as an occupation, otherwise problems with themselves begin. You can find a replacement for bad habits and start searching better from an early age. Recommended "distraction therapy" in the form of conversations on extraneous topics: it is necessary to take such breaks in work. They stimulate psychological activity and set you in the right mood: they give you the opportunity to get distracted as much as possible and accumulate strength in order to catch up. Even the most urgent work will be completed on time if the choleric person acts in accordance with such a plan. Walks and sports, computer games and Internet sites are his true friends. The combination of all pleasures, combined and taken in a certain amount, is especially beneficial. It is highly undesirable to dwell on one of them (especially if it is potentially harmful), it is better to take a longer walk and leave less energy for spending time in front of a captivating and alluring monitor. In addition, you need to monitor the moderation of the amount of coffee you drink. The daily norm is 1 cup, but ideally you should use it no more than 2-3 times a week. It is advisable to completely abandon cigarettes and alcohol, and this is available to the choleric because of his strong-willed qualities. However, if a person is overexcited, they seem to him the most powerful means of getting rid of this symptom, which often haunts choleric people. It is very difficult, almost impossible, to control oneself at such moments, so it will not be difficult for them to get involved in addiction.

The first theory about the types of temperament was put forward by Hippocrates. It was he who suggested giving them such suitable names, but his ideas themselves were completely different, far from today.

A sanguine person is a person who gets excited as quickly as he calms down. Change is his friend. Sanguine people have a strong and stable nervous system, energy bubbles out of them, they are purposeful, they are distinguished by expressive speech and active gestures. Most often they are in high spirits, have an interest in public affairs, even the most complex ones that require ingenuity and perseverance, strive to bring everything they start to the end. Sometimes they show haste in making decisions and therefore make mistakes, but they are easily corrected.

People of this type show their emotions brightly and actively, but they also noticeably lose them and switch to the mode of imperturbable calmness. They are most often firm in their beliefs and have the same habits for years without changing them. No matter what, like any other person, a sanguine person can become addicted to alcohol or cigarettes. Most often this happens if in advance, as a teenager, he was not familiar with the full information about the dangers of this kind of products and the undesirability of their use.

The scourge of people of this type is an excessive love for food and, especially, for sweets and delicacies. Often they use food as a pleasure, temporarily distracting them from problems and dampening their bad mood. Sometimes, if there are no other things to do, there is a desire to eat. However, it is better to find other activities and means of recreation. In principle, a sanguine person is not prone to addiction, but is not immune from it either. If a person of this type knows how to properly control himself and turn on self-defense signals in time, he is allowed to indulge in coffee and cake, but infrequently and only in the most discouraging, hopeless and - especially - deadlock situations. These pleasant "little things" help him cheer up, give him a new charge of energy, allow him to look at old problems and worries in a new way, and find a solution to them. The trend of "just a little - just for a cigarette" is a pathology that should be avoided by all possible means. That is why it is better to look for pleasure in other areas, and to stop a bad mood in the bud. What does that require? First of all, to establish what I would like to change, and each time resolutely proceed to resolve life's difficulties and troubles. You should fight them until a clear result appears, which will certainly happen if you make every effort for this.

Phlegmatic - a slow person, not prone to a vivid manifestation of feelings. Calmness allows you to constantly stay in a balanced state, but no one has yet been able to protect themselves from stress and problems. They haunt everyone and overtake at the most unnecessary moments. Another thing is how to respond to them and treat them.

Phlegmatic people have a weak stable type of nervous system, so they are inactive, self-possessed in everything, do not like bright bursts of energy and emotions, they are distinguished by leisurely speech and smooth movements. They can handle any monotonous work, since they are the complete opposite of choleric people.

In the early days of dating, a phlegmatic person is often perceived as a closed and unsociable, and sometimes even insensitive person, although in reality this is not the case. The seeming indifference is actually the result of the inertia of mental activity. They think and digest the information received for a very long time, and therefore, later than everyone else, they express their reaction to events.

Tolerance is one of the best qualities along with compromise. However, phlegmatic people are far from always able to defend their rights and establish contacts. It is difficult for them to get used to innovations, change their place of work and lifestyle.

The terms denoting the types of temperaments are of foreign origin, which is easy to guess. It is very interesting to learn about their origin. The word "melancholic" came to us from Greek and goes back to the words "melanos chole", which translates as "black bile". "Sanguine" - "full of life", comes from the Latin "sanguis" - "life force". The word "phlegmatic" comes from "phlegma", translated from Greek as "mucus" and having the concomitant meaning of "impassionate". "Choleric" has the same etymological roots: the Greek word "chole" means "bile".

People of this type tend to fulfill the promise, to bring things to the end and, if possible, to finish them as early as possible - today, not tomorrow. Phlegmatic people do not have a tendency to bad habits, but with chronic stress, misfortune or conflict, they appear and develop very actively. To avoid this, during periods of problems and emotional stress, it is worth switching to less harmful, but effective “rescue” measures, even if they are non-standard and incomprehensible. These include, in particular, drawing, physical activity (working with a rope, a hoop, etc.), which are always lacking for slow people. A walk around the block or along the embankment will also bear fruit - they are recommended for phlegmatic people who are in an agitated state.

Games - both computer and gambling - often become a weakness of people of this type, so everything connected with them should not even be approached. It is easier for them to give up alcohol, drugs and cigarettes. The use of these substances in small quantities does not bring any benefit, but in large quantities it leads to the emergence of a disease called addiction.

Melancholics are people with a calm, slightly excitable temperament, showing feelings and emotions for a long time, but only after previous deep reflections, which usually also take a lot of time. This type of people is the opposite of sanguine, its representatives have a weak unstable nervous system, are very shy, especially in the presence of strangers. They like loneliness, because it gives them the opportunity to relax and unwind, but even at such moments they do not leave a feeling of self-doubt, not only internal, but also external: they try to control their movements and actions. The result of the presence of all these qualities is a quiet voice and constantly slipping sad intonations in phrases, as well as touchiness and vulnerability. Melancholics desperately need outside support, but they take reproaches and criticism too close to their hearts.

Imagination, compliance and excessive demands on themselves and others prevent them from happily existing, therefore their usual state is sad and depressed.

A person of this type is almost never hyperactive and prefers not to touch on other people's problems, not even to be interested in them. He is a little closed and at first glance seems unsociable, and therefore does not pretend to be central in this or that society.

To raise their working tone and good mood, melancholic people often listen to music, but on days when problems pile up one after another, filling their entire existence, they indulge in unhealthy “soothing” ways: they smoke without measure, constantly pull their hair or bite their nails. This list of addictions is not limited. Melancholics are equally susceptible to the influence of all products that lead the body to discord. Their self-control must constantly be at the peak of activity.

People of this type are pleased with much that gives pleasure and does not bring any harm. The main thing is to maintain a good mood, then all difficulties will evaporate, and the goal of quitting smoking, among other things, will become easily achievable. Alcohol and cigarettes really calm the melancholic, but you should not take them every time it becomes “unbearably nervous”: you should remember the degree of addiction to bad habits. It's good if they are a one-time medicine, but, unfortunately, this can only be asserted in exceptional cases, and real things need to be looked at soberly. It’s bad if habits become an end in themselves: problems won’t run away anyway, but addiction will come and it will be difficult to drive it away.

Melancholic people are not recommended to drink alcohol to eliminate anxiety, especially if some important business is planned. So it can only be spoiled, and not brought to a decent state. They are very sensitive and after such procedures they become inattentive, distracted and even clumsy.

Now that the basic descriptions and tendencies have been presented, it is worth recalling that temperaments can coexist in one person in different proportions. In order to develop only the best qualities in oneself and suppress, smooth out the negative ones, it is necessary to know what is given by nature and what is characteristic of a particular individuality. We suggest you take a test that will give the desired results and make you think about something.

Test number 2. Types of temperaments

Answer “yes” or “no” to each of the given statements. If you disagree with the statement, even partially, answer in the negative. Record all data.

1. I don't like monotonous and monotonous work.

2. I change my mood easily and often. Now I am cheerful, and in 5 minutes, perhaps, I will suddenly be sad, thinking about something.

3. I love attention work that requires perseverance and concentration.

4. I do nothing without thinking and weighing the pros and cons.

5. Everyone thinks that I am a bully.

6. I love the movement, and therefore I like the work associated with fast action.

7. I flare up easily but return to normal very soon.

8. In the eyes of others, I am a kind and sociable person.

9. At times I am haunted by thoughts of troubles that can no longer happen, since everything has already passed.

10. I usually speak first and think later.

11. It is more convenient for me to receive information from books, magazines and newspapers than from the radio or from another person.

12. I love taking risks, getting my adrenaline pumping and going to great lengths to get it.

13. I quickly lose my temper under the influence of even the most insignificant circumstances.

14. My mood is always good and rarely changes, I am an optimist.

15. I have a tendency to insomnia, often my head is occupied by disturbing thoughts that do not allow me to fall asleep.

16. Sometimes I think that life is not so beautiful.

17. I do not like big holidays, many guests in the house and noisy companies.

18. It is quite easy to make me doubt.

19. I rarely share my feelings and experiences with others, even relatives, and by nature I am a secretive person.

20. It happens that I feel guilty about something, but for what and why, at the same time, I don’t know myself every time.

21. I am active and enthusiastic.

22. I easily find a common language with everyone around me.

23. I rarely feel happy, although there is no reason to be sad.

24. I have no problems with diction and the ability to formulate thoughts: others always understand me.

25. I am a dreamy person.

26. I do not like any changes and I am a conservative in life.

27. I am slow and do not like fast movements.

28. I make decisions without hesitation or fuss.

29. When meeting new people, especially of the opposite sex, I always feel embarrassed.

30. A business that I started with interest is often not brought to an end, because my desire for this disappears.

31. Thoughts such as: “I did it wrong” or “Looks like I said something wrong” disturb me from time to time.

32. I definitely need a person who always supports me and helps me cope with insecurities.

33. I try to resolve any conflict peacefully, without quarreling or getting angry at other participants.

34. I do not like speaking in public and always try to avoid such situations, because this is not my business.

Now you need to find out the results: based on the decoding below, determine which type of temperament applies to you to a greater or lesser extent.

Sanguine: in agreement with statements 1, 6, 8,

14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 33 and disagreeing with 3, 9, 11, 15, 16,

On the 17th, 18th, 20th, 26th, 30th, give yourself 1 point.

Phlegmatic person: for each positive answer to statements 3, 4, 11, 17, 19, 26, 27 and negative - to 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25th, also add by 1 point.

Choleric: Score 1 point for yes to 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 21, 23 and no to 3, 9, 11, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 26th.

Melancholic: assign 1 point if you agree with statements 2, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18, 20, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34 and disagree with statements 5, 6, 14, 19, 21, 22, 24.

Calculate which type got the most points from you, which one got a little less, which one got almost nothing. It is so easy to establish the degree of belonging to one or another temperament, which can be combined in one or another ratio in one person.

Comprehensively developed people often face such a result that the qualities of 3 or all 4 types are inherent in them in equal quantities, but this is not always the case.

Naturally, an adult person plays a certain role, and not just one: he can be on the bus and not respond to the speeches of his fellow traveler, “presenting himself” to him as a phlegmatic person, but once at work, “become” a choleric person and show his activity to the fullest, however, coming home, relax, read poetry and "turn" into a melancholic. It depends on the self-education of a person (both social and psychological), the level of his work on himself and the influence of those who raised him. But there is something that is laid down by nature and it most often dominates, and in childhood it completely betrays itself.

True temperament manifests itself in extreme situations, when you have to quickly and immediately think and take certain actions. The choleric person will immediately orient himself and begin to do something, although he will not find a way out right away: it will take some time to think about where to find it. But a real phlegmatic will think for a very long time and will not do anything at the very first moment. The sanguine will think a little and immediately begin to implement the first decisions, while continuing to "develop a plan of salvation." The melancholic will begin to panic and is unlikely to cope with the matter.

In order to determine the dominant type of temperament in the event that, according to the test results, your score for none of them prevails, answer the questions again, weighing your capabilities more objectively and presenting real situations more clearly.

The tendency of choleric, sanguine, melancholic and phlegmatic people to bad habits has already been discussed, and it is the dominant type of temperament that should be taken into account.

Our children are our future

The younger generation requires special attention to itself - this is our future, the continuation of life on Earth depends on it. Small children see the world as pure, their contemplation is not entangled with prejudices, they are carefree and do not think about business. Schoolchildren, on the other hand, have duties and concerns that fill their thoughts and memory and gradually change their worldview.

Quite often, teenagers find themselves in the grip of bad habits and hide this fact from their parents, because they are afraid of condemnation and harsh punishment on their part. Meanwhile, a weak, unformed organism is exposed to a detrimental effect and its work is denormalized, which inevitably leads to health problems in the future.

Unfortunately, not everyone is familiar with such material values, which also have a great spiritual function and are called cultural. A person must get used to and accustomed to them from childhood - this is an ideal age. If you send a child to a sports school, an art school or take him to a house of creativity, that is, to give him the opportunity to find himself, then the likelihood that he will be drawn into street life will be significantly reduced.

In adolescence, each person seeks himself, forms his own worldview, image and lifestyle. There is a formation of personality and in this period it is especially influenced by public opinion. It is very important that the child communicates with people who set positive examples. In their environment, he must grow up uncomplexed and free from prejudice. Each individual has his own view of things, but, unfortunately, not everyone becomes like that. Children who receive poor quality and insufficient education absorb information through television, radio, newspapers and magazines. There you can find, see and hear a lot of colorful and attractive junk, designed specifically to clog their brains. Another source - no less powerful - are friends, often dictating their own specific "rules of the game." It has been proven that adolescents tend to trust their peers more than their parents, since the latter can punish them for their misdeeds and cause a sense of shame. The elders become "enemies", exploiting them and forbidding them a lot. At the same time, representatives of the younger generation do not think about whether their desire is harmful or beneficial. They just go with the flow. This is where bad habits come from.

Boys and girls, trying to imagine themselves as adults, begin to adopt everything that their mothers and fathers are fond of, use drugs, alcohol and smoke. In companies, there is a common opinion and "traditions" that none of the friends can refuse. The only way to protect a child from the harmful effects of such communication is to stop it and find a new, more suitable entertainment. However, this is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. The old way - "lock in the pantry" - will not have any effect, its use is in vain. It is safer to resort to other, less harsh and more effective measures: to gain confidence, to explain what is good and what is bad. And this can be done with the help of television and radio, magazines and newspapers, which can also teach, and not just lower mental abilities. It is important to direct children in the right direction, to open their eyes to delusions. An equally effective way is to introduce the child to faith, send him to Sunday school, where he will find many new, interesting friends. If the parents are convinced atheists, it is possible to conduct conversations with the child, only not dressing them in the form of morality, but, as it were, inserting between things: give examples from life, draw conclusions and solve problems through joint efforts. It is enough to offer your help and promise that they will not scold him if he commits a misconduct, but on the contrary, they will help to fix everything and deal with friends, from whom, by the way, aggression should be expected.

A trifle, but harmful!

Smoking, drinking and drug use... is this the limit of a number of bad habits?

Some will answer yes and say that such trifles as biting your nails or the tip of a pen, tapping your feet on the leg of a chair, and throwing dirty things around are insignificant trifles that do no harm to anyone. "Hanging up" on the Internet and spending a lot of time on computer games, according to many, belong to the same category. This can be argued, and first of all, you should understand the reason for the occurrence of such trifles.

Everyone knows what stress is. But not everyone understands that it has negative consequences - such as cravings for smoking, alcohol and drugs, which easily turn into diseases and are invisible at first glance. Meanwhile, most of the "harmless" bad habits come from here.

Where does stress come from? He is to blame for the same life problems and troubles, not too serious and voluminous, but potentially dangerous.

Stress tends to gradually develop into neurosis, and this is already a rather dangerous disease that can lead to the most devastating consequences.

Nervous tension manifests itself in activities such as constantly playing with a pen, keys and other objects, walking around the room, chewing gum frequently, winding hair around fingers and pulling it out (this is called trichotillomania).

Why does a person resort to them? They allow him to calm down, but they can have negative consequences if this or that action is constantly performed.

The actions caused by neurosis are organized with uniform frequency in a person at the muscular level. Usually such rooting is the result of constant use of them to relieve tension. The habits themselves come from distant childhood and inevitably pop up in memory - this is a natural process. We do not notice it, and most often this happens due to being in a painful state.

If during stress a person bites his cheek, and after the crisis is over, he “ties up” with this, he does not have a bad habit. But if every day for 2-3 weeks or a longer period of time he resorts to the same action of this kind, unnerving and others, he is already addicted, but he himself does not notice it yet.

Of course, everyone has good old habits that are part of the character. They have a different origin and are very different from those listed above, although they also bother others: scattered socks, rugs moved from their place, unsealed tubes of toothpaste. Little things like that are not considered unhealthy. They can only be eliminated through continuous self-monitoring.

Sometimes it is difficult to understand what is the result of a little stress, and what is the consequence of neurosis. The test below will help determine this.

Test number 3. How to distinguish neurosis from obsessive habits

You must answer "yes" or "no" to each of the questions.

1. Do you constantly comb and fix your hair, although there is no need to do this?

2. Sitting at the table, do you click a pen, rub your palms, bite your lips or cheeks from the inside?

3. At the most exciting moments, you get hiccups or your eyelid starts to twitch.

4. Are you always afraid that the brakes of the car you are driving will suddenly fail, or that the elevator where you are at the moment will collapse?

5. Do you often smoke during the day, or does your hand reach for a bottle and a glass every evening?

6. Are you superstitious to the point of absurdity, do everything strictly according to the schedule, and when you get out of bed in the morning, step exclusively on your right foot?

7. Do you pay too much attention to strangers and objects around you: counting cubes on a concrete sidewalk, making assumptions about who liked your T-shirt and who did not?

8. Do you constantly think about what awaits you in the future: what troubles and troubles can overtake you, although at the moment there is no reason for frustration?

9. Is your heart rate often fast?

10. Throughout the day, do you think about the same problems that keep you awake at night?

Count the number of positive responses. If it is not exceeds 3, you don’t have bad habits, and obsessive states are the result of a little stress, or rather, a way to relieve it.

If given over 4 positive answers, it is worth thinking about correcting the emotional state, perhaps taking infusions of motherwort, valerian and hawthorn and be sure to replace potential bad habits with useful deeds. For example, do drawing, knitting, some other kind of needlework or reading books.

If there are more than 7 "yes" answers, you should seek help from a specialist: perhaps this is a neurosis, but it needs to be treated.

There is such a thing as a nervous tic, sometimes little different from the manifestation of bad habits. It's actually easy to define. Involuntary winking and hiccups are the most common, but by no means the only types. Most tics occur in the upper parts of the body: the arms, neck, and face. Vibrations of the respiratory muscles are possible, causing coughing and sneezing, as well as breaths similar to those that occur with a cold. All these manifestations are reflexes, that is, they appear not as a result of external actions taken by a person, but as a result of processes occurring inside the body.

A fairly common bad habit - nail biting - is often inherited. It appears in childhood, like many other habits that need to be addressed as problems, and is an indicator that a person feels uncomfortable. It is noted: if a mother bites her nails, at certain moments her child will do the same in order to relieve stress. Beating the baby's hands is useless: the problem will hide inside and make itself felt, pouring out in a more serious form. It is necessary to find out the reason - he lacks something, perhaps maternal care.

Too frequent use of obscene words can also be attributed to bad habits. The reason for this is nothing but constant depression. A person “scolds” his upset emotional state outwards and calms down somewhat, and after a short (or even too short) period of time, everything repeats. Such behavior irritates others and is contrary to generally accepted norms of behavior in society.

Pill addicts

Severe deviations in the work of the nervous system are treated: in any hospital or clinic there are doctors who prescribe various drugs to their patients that help restore the nervous system. At the same time, the strength of the effect of the prescribed drug depends on the stage of the disease. At the end of the course of treatment, problems disappear far from everyone and constant pills begin, not only of natural origin, but also antibiotics.

A person feels tension and grabs them, not trying to re-refer to a specialist (after all, these drugs help him), loses a sense of proportion and any control.

Gradually, the same dependence arises, equivalent to nicotine and alcohol (they will be discussed below): the body gets used to them. Due to certain social problems, this mostly affects middle-income people or those who are not self-assertive and do not have the opportunity to solve their problems. Despite the fact that it is difficult to count their number, pill addicts exist invisibly and there are many of them.

Pill dependence develops over a longer period of time than that caused by cocaine or heroin. The main symptoms of this disease are chronic depression and inadequate reactions.

A person addicted to pills is like a drug addict. The only difference is that he begins to feel the harmful effects of chemicals later than people who use heroin and other such substances.

In recent years, the fight against drugs has been actively carried out, which has led to a reduction in the number of drug dealers and dependent people. But is it possible to keep track of pill addicts? It is unlikely, and therefore in connection with this, all hope is for the prudence of the people themselves.

Access to drugs is open and unlimited, they are dispensed without a doctor's prescription, and not every consumer will pay attention to the content of the instructions: what consequences may appear, whether the drug is addictive or not. Many pharmacies break government regulations and sell active drugs to anyone who asks.

There are many cases when people exceeded the norms of taking medicines prescribed by a doctor by dozens of times, which led to the most terrible consequences - from disorders of the nervous system and brain to death.

Adherents of the idea of getting rid of addiction by taking pills will not find confirmation of their ideas. By resorting to false treatment, they simply replace one misfortune with another and aggravate their situation.

What conclusion can be drawn? It turns out that a neurosis that causes bad habits is curable, but the panacea itself threatens to become a drug? Perhaps this! And so that this does not turn out to be a reality, you need to use the willpower that everyone has without exception, as well as an optimistic view of the world and your life.

Is overeating scary?

Overeating is a serious problem. In Russia, as well as throughout the world, there is an active promotion of a healthy lifestyle. Active and careful research conducted by scientists has shown that many of the foods we eat and love are actually not suitable for this purpose at all. Much of what has always been the norm, and still is, is not really good, even if it is aesthetically pleasing.

Cooking is developing more and more actively every century, and at present it has become an art, which is owned only by specially trained artisans. They mix a wide variety of products, focusing on the resulting taste, and not on how the human body will digest such a cocktail. In Russia, confectionery is very common, although carving, the art of cutting vegetables and fruits, which is now being actively introduced, would be much more useful. These products are harmless and very useful, unlike pastries, cakes and cookies, which always ask to be in your mouth, but they are made from harmful shortcrust pastry and fatty creams, and therefore are poorly perceived by our body.

Of course, it is very pleasant to sit down at a delicious table set with many mouth-watering, attractive-looking dishes. But at the same time, you need to think about the benefits of the foods you eat: why load the stomach with food if it still won’t digest it, or is there something that slagging the intestines and does not give the body vitamins? In an effort to try everything and as much as possible, people sometimes lose any boundary between “can” and “enough”. This leads to problems with excess weight and overeating, which are the same bad habits as smoking and alcoholism. And the reasons for them are on the psychological level. They do not have to think about the meaning of the meal, since they have known from childhood about its necessity and are not convinced of anything else. Every meal becomes a tradition, a ritual, anything, and that's okay: that's the knowledge and observance of cultural ideas about food. However, against this background, people, for various reasons, often have a desire to "ask for supplements", the amount of which, ultimately, exceeds all possible and impossible norms. Speaking about the reasons, it should be noted that they are all quite different, but lead to the same problem. However, a person can move from one form of addiction to another. For example, quit smoking and start eating packs of nuts and cookies every day. However, there is nothing good in this. Our grandmothers' ideas about healthy eating - the more the better - are fundamentally wrong, and this has long been established. One has only to turn to the results of the studies of the most famous doctors: for everyone, eating in moderation is taken as the basis in the first place. Without compliance with this condition, the body will not be able to exist safely. By constantly violating it, we shorten our lives and literally destroy ourselves.

Why is it that some people are constantly haunted by an indomitable desire to eat as much as possible? Is this a manifestation of greed? Perhaps, but not always. It is unlikely that someone will overeat every day because they are ruled by such a quality. Rather, he will hide the products, save them, put them aside for a rainy day, and he himself will be limited to small things. The problem has other sources. It is human nature to make up for what he has not received. And if in childhood or adolescence he was deprived of something, he lacked something, becoming an adult and having the opportunity for this, he will certainly begin to make up for everything and, perhaps, even overdo it. That is, children deprived of sausage or chocolates, Barbie dolls or supernova games, in the future will feel some kind of infringement that has been ingrained in them for a long time, and will rush to eliminate it. Thus, candies, cakes and waffles eaten for dessert after a delicious dinner at a time represent nothing less than such an attempt.

Another reason for overeating is persistent stress and eternal depression. Problems at work, in personal life, lack of friends, loneliness, etc. may be to blame for them. For some, in order to calm down, it is enough to eat gingerbread or ice cream: there is a clear parallel, similar to cravings for smoking and alcohol. Yes, there is the same craving for food, leading to detrimental consequences. However, it does not always become a disease, often people use such a means of sedation all their lives, without overdoing it and without harming themselves.

Another motivation is the well-known “nothing to do”. Constant snacking develops a tendency to overeat. Deviations from the diet are just as unacceptable as excessive excess of the norm of the amount of food taken at one meal.

In connection with the "trifle" bad habits, it was said about their genetic continuity. This factor really plays an important role. What else can be evidence to explain the fact that some people get comfort from a hearty meal, while others do not. Someone does not tolerate the state of "overeating", but can smoke for a long time and a lot, while others have the opposite.

Overeating becomes a terrible habit. It manifests itself in the fact that a person, by his own efforts, cannot stop his hand, by inertia reaching for the next sandwich, while the stomach is already full. This is not just harmful, but leads to serious health problems: obesity, disorders of the cardiovascular system, and the gastrointestinal tract. There are cases when people suffering from excessive overeating, even died from too much food eaten at one time!

The greater the weight of a person's body, the less he has the ability and desire to move, and the more complexes due to public opinion that need to be somehow muffled. And the simplest is the same plentiful meal. So the victim of overeating drives himself into a corner and enters a stalemate, instead of immediately finding a real way out - to get involved in suitable sports or join a fitness club, where, by the way, you can find a lot of friends.

Not so long ago, the media began to inspire people that malnutrition is one of the causes of many diseases, including serious ones. There is a real diagnosis - pathological overeating. It leads to obesity, which is not only very dangerous, but also makes a person ugly, and as a result, constrained and notorious. If treatment is not started on time, other devastating diseases will develop against its background.

Alcohol and tobacco: both are the enemy

Of the many types of harmful substances, the most accessible and common are distinguished - cigarettes and alcohol. You can buy them in every stall and shop. Cigarettes are sold even in magazine kiosks. Among consumers - people of different ages and social status - from elementary school students to pensioners who "have nothing to do."

The state of alcoholic intoxication brings the brain into oblivion: it ceases to think clearly and its work changes direction: first, the “soul opens”, then incredible and seemingly pleasant thoughts and desires come, and after drinking a hefty dose, the head practically turns off. This is, first of all, a search for moral values, directed in the wrong direction, and, secondly, a way to distract from problems, but only for a while. However, this is precisely what alcohol is used for. But there are also other reasons: the desire to have a good time and have fun, to drink “when there is nothing to do” (this category, as well as the tendency to stress, is present in the list of causes of all addictions), in adolescents - to keep up with friends.

People who smoke or drink can explain their addiction to cigarettes or alcohol by the fact that, with all their desire, they do not find other things to do. In reality, they are lazy or have no imagination and life philosophy. When a person has nothing to do, he under any circumstances has a lot of opportunities to find something to do. Let not very useful, but not harmful. For example, she can grow flowers, have pets, get carried away with cooking, in the end - try to write a memoir! In a word, you can find something you like, the main thing is to start and not stop halfway.

Now about smoking: you may like it and be a bad habit, or you may not like it, but also be a bad habit. But neither in the first nor in the second case, the dependent person is not immune from the development of a habit into a disease.

There are 4 main reasons that push a person to smoke not as a disease, but as a bad habit:

1. Global permanent stress.

2. Compliance with the "ritual".

3. Smoking "for the company."

4. Smoking from "nothing to do" or in order to reduce the level of some fear and gain confidence.

The habit can then progress at different rates. At the same time, it develops into a disease of varying severity, the degree of which depends on the number of cigarettes consumed per day.

So, for the majority of its adherents, smoking is a great way to relieve stress, for a minority it is “just a habit”, and a cigarette is just an object to occupy their hands. If two friends smoke, the third one also joins in: he shouldn’t stand next to them and sniff the smoke. To smoke on the balcony is an attempt to temporarily get rid of bad thoughts and worries, to imagine life in a different light, to get pleasant sensations that compensate for unpleasant ones, and in the end - to withdraw into oneself. Smoking every time after a meal is a “ritual” that some cannot do without, the same is the presence of cigars at a business meeting, meeting, important meetings and receptions. The worst thing is that even teenagers suffer from alcoholism and smoking. It is they who succumb to the influence of older friends and begin to drink and smoke “for company”, without getting any pleasure from all this. And yet there is an interdependence.

As we can see, understanding the essence of the problem and the principles of its growth is not as easy as it might seem at first glance. And to eliminate it seems to many an incomprehensible task, although they are fundamentally wrong. The consequences of both smoking and alcoholism are the most terrible and also half shrouded in the darkness of mystery.

In our country, about 40% of boys and 30% of girls smoke among teenagers.

Beware of drugs!

Drug addicts are like alcoholics: the same wandering people, looking not only for pleasure, but also for values. They drown out the moral inner self in themselves and plunge into a “new life” - attractive for them, unpleasant for others, erasing memory and clouding reason.

There are many types of drugs. Powdered cocaine is in the highest category, crack is cheaper, followed by amphetamines. Heroin and opiates are used by everyone, regardless of belonging to one or another segment of the population.

Drug addicts live next to us, and we do not know about them: such addictions are carefully hidden. They plunge into the “other” world only for a while, but often, and their usual state changes, they become different people. Initially, for a certain time, potential victims of such a disease take drugs deliberately in order to get rid of discomfort, but after a certain amount of time, the desire turns into a need, without which the body feels very bad.

Gradually, chemicals take root in every cell of the brain and contribute to the growth of apathy and dulling of attention and reason. The well-known experiment with rats and cocaine proved just that. This is the extent to which drug addiction narrows the circle of interests of its victims and, as a result, destroys the personality, turning it into a subtle nondescript creature (drug addicts have no appetite and look terrible), which cannot even be called an animal.

The consequences of drug addiction are perhaps the most devastating among all the others. And what was mentioned above is only part of them. Most addicts who inject drugs with a syringe become infected with HIV and become incurable. Under such circumstances, it is most difficult to inspire a person to give up drugs.

Stopping the use of chemicals in people with addiction is accompanied by painful conditions, and in some cases, as well as an overdose, leads to death. Many victims explain their indecision in giving up this or that chemical substance by this, although in fact they are afraid of something completely different - shame, problems that will have to be solved. That is why it is important to choose the right method of treatment and find the right approach to the patient.

"I'll hang a little more": Internet mania

More and more people are experiencing symptoms of "internet addiction" - a relatively new disease that has appeared as a result of the active spread of the Internet and, in particular, the abundant advertising of dating forums. So far, many doubt that this is a disease. Indeed, here it can be difficult to draw a line between a banal bad habit - daily entertainment carried out using the network, and an unhealthy interest in the Internet and a computer.

Statistics show that 90% of people who “surf the Internet” daily and for a long time are members of forums and dating sites.

American specialists, who first encountered such a problem, at first did not find any mental abnormalities in patients who turned to them with the problem of irresistible craving for the Internet. Therefore, no one had the right to recognize them as sick and put this or that diagnosis. The researchers believed that the computer could not be addictive, unlike drugs and alcohol. They only talked about the dangers of spending a lot of time in front of the monitor, but continued to work, the results of which made them change their minds. It was found that Internet addiction is not a bad habit at all, but the same disease as alcoholism and drug addiction.

For several years now, doctors have been talking about such a disease as Internet addiction. A tangible part of Internet users suffers from it: people begin to feel comfortable and communicate with pleasure only on the Web, and when they return to real life, they feel discomfort, and therefore they no longer strive to go there.

A bad habit becomes destructive when the user abuses the Internet, leaving real life for it and half ceasing to exist when he is constantly in the “case” and from there watches the world through the screen. A bad habit develops into a disease when a person does not sleep at night and cannot work and study normally, spends all the money he earns on the Internet, forgets about his family and loved ones.

Among other things, chatting contributes to the development of the qualities and traits of character that brought him there. It is quite natural that a closed existence extends to all spheres of life and the way of thinking of a person. He is changing dramatically and resolving any issues that arise before him in a new way.

There are two types of gambling: computer and associated with gaming machines. The first is part of Internet addiction, but the second - very common and very serious - stands in a separate row and is subject to mandatory treatment.

The computer itself is certainly harmful to the human body. It has been proven that prolonged and constant work with it disrupts the work of the immune and endocrine systems, as well as higher nervous activity, in addition, it contributes to a decrease in vision and disruption of the musculoskeletal system. In fact, the reason for this is not only the radiation emanating from cars, but also everything that determines the wrong lifestyle: inactivity, unbalanced nutrition, lack of proper rest. If we add to all of the above the fact of an abnormal mental state caused by the abuse of games and the Internet, we can assume that Internet addiction brings double harm.

As already mentioned, the most popular on the Internet are dating sites and various forums that provide the opportunity to communicate. But can a computer monitor replace a living person? Even a screen with a "live" image remains only an object and cannot claim to be anything more. Who is attracted to such a game from which you can always get out, in which it is permissible to play any role, impersonate a superhero or a beautiful stranger? Energetic and sociable? No, people who are closed in themselves and limited by their own complexes, who do not want real communication and cannot overcome themselves, their shyness and shyness, and - most importantly - do not know how to raise low self-esteem. This applies to most Internet addicts - they suffer when they eventually become addicted. The vast space beckons and calls, and human life fades into the background, disappears. He falls ill, and the disease reaches enormous proportions, becomes incurable. The victim develops a fear of reality and a great reluctance to return to it, even if friends and relatives try to contribute: he becomes uncontrollable, begins to access the Internet even using the phone, considering himself a completely normal person living by his own rules.

Pathological fear is also a bad habit that manifests itself not in a material, but in a spiritual form. But it really exists and matters, because it interferes with normal living and enjoying life. The same can be said about constant anxieties, that is, phobias: they eat us up and must certainly be eradicated.

And back to the game!

What is gambling addiction? Bad habit? Addiction cannot be just a habit. As mentioned above, it is its consequence, the emergence of which was facilitated by certain circumstances. At first, the desire to try your luck and get a share of adrenaline can indeed be called a bad habit, but only for the time being. It is too likely that it will turn into a disease. Yes, disease is what gambling addiction is! At its core, it differs little from alcoholism and drug addiction.

Recently, such terms as ludomania and gambling have become widespread. They just denote a gambling addiction that appears in a person for the same reasons as all other diseases of this kind. Both temperament and genetic dependence play a role here. It is extremely difficult for a person who has it to control himself. The decline of the psychological and spiritual state is also an indicator. But, in addition, there is such a social factor here as the desire to join the ranks of a certain social group that has the means and is fond of visiting elite casinos, communicating with influential people.

Gambling is included in the International Directory of Classification of Diseases, that is, it is officially recognized.

Thus, anyone can become infected with gambling addiction. In this regard, it is inappropriate to talk about social status and place in society. Once upon a time we saw casinos only in films, and they seemed to us something inaccessible, not playing any role. But now we, in Russia, have not only roulettes, but also street machines - “boxes” designed for people with low or average incomes, on which the victims go bankrupt and lose large sums of money.

In any country, a significant part of the population is people with an average or low income. That is why, after gambling became available to everyone, the number of slot machines began to grow.

Ludomans are divided into two types:

1. Runaways - people running away from reality and looking for peace or thrills.

2. Gambling people who are able to control themselves, but have an erroneous idea of \u200b\u200bexistence in the game world. They believe that the loser can and must win back.

It is known that even the most worthy people, the great classics, suffered from gambling (there was no such word in the Russian language in their time): Dostoevsky and Krylov also played and lost, losing large sums of money.

The game is tempting. Winning is perceived as a real victory, and failure is perceived as an event, usually preceding it. Even if the win does not come and the player loses all his funds, it is already difficult for him to stop. He hopes to win back, justifies himself by this, and even after several unsuccessful attempts continues to defend his position: there is no sobering up. There is only an increase in rates and, as a result, ruin. At the same time, a person may not experience any external physiological abnormalities, but he stops criticizing himself, even if he once did it all the time, concentrates all his strength and attention on the game, is ready to give away his savings and leave his own children hungry for her sake, forgets about work. The joy of winning is a real euphoria, which you usually want to experience again and again.

Gambling is a disease that is a difficult object to treat, which is why it is much easier to prevent it or at least not bring it to an extreme degree.

Getting euphoria occurs precisely at the physiological level. It is associated with an excess amount of the generated "hormones of joy" - endorphins, due to which its depressed state (pessimistic and passive, causing stress) is replaced by joyful and excited. It has been established that the lack of such hormones leads not only to the appearance of depression, but also to the exhaustion of the body, insomnia and disruption of the organs of the cardiovascular system, as well as to an increase in the risk of developing psychosis.

When players, like cigarette and alcohol drinkers, become addicted, their personality begins to degrade. All the values that were very important for him recently (sports, creativity, work, etc.) turn into a penny and are worth nothing compared to the opportunity to play one more game or touch the gaming machine again. Ludoman forgets even family and relatives. At first they are in the background, then they move even further. Meanwhile, their place is steadily occupied by slot machines or roulettes.

What does gambling lead to? Its consequences are no better than the results of long-term use of narcotic substances: this is excommunication from the family, and theft and other crimes. Moreover, for the vast majority of addicts, slot machines and card tables proved to be more "valuable" than cocaine and heroin, the cravings for which were much easier for them to eliminate.

Addiction changes people beyond recognition, makes them completely different - new, but not the best, but rather the opposite. It is able to turn a smart, kind, talented person into a thief, a swindler, a "subject" that means nothing to society. Confirmation of this can be found at every step - so many destinies were ruined by a terrible disease.

Codependency? What is it?

Dependence on chemicals that affect the psyche is otherwise called "chemical dependence", which is a diagnosis, a disease. Everyone has a family, or at least relatives, close friends. If this ailment opens up in one, all the rest almost immediately feel discord and disharmony in relationships or in the general atmosphere that reigns in the house. So the disease directly affects the whole family.

A huge misconception of relatives of dependent people is that some of them perceive the fact of the disease as a personal oversight, not trying to help the person lean towards ethical standards.

It should be understood that patients with alcoholism, drug addiction or Internet addiction need treatment, otherwise they are not far from complete degradation and serious health problems. Relatives, on the other hand, want to achieve something with the help of reproaches and reproaches, constant monitoring and surveillance, and sometimes they even sign up as “personal guards”!

An addicted person makes his wife, mother, father or children suffer - everyone who is close to him. Children of negligent parents, adherents of bad habits or carriers of diseases are especially unhappy: they grow up in a tense emotionally repressive environment, which leaves an indelible mark and a disfiguring imprint on their psyche.

Life partners and parents of addicts often become co-dependent.

Codependency is a quality of a person, characterized by his preoccupation with the life of another, close person, emotional and social dependence on him, as well as renunciation of his own affairs. It can become pathological, that is, painful and move on to relationships with other people.

Who are codependent people? It is always relatives of addicts who give advice and try to manage their lives, guide them to the true path for a long time, but achieve nothing, because they do it wrong and try too hard, which leads to the opposite result.

Why do people become codependent? This pathology can manifest itself in relation to anyone: husband, child, son, friend. Firstly, the matter is in the low self-esteem of a person who is subject to it: he takes into account the opinion of the majority, which plays a decisive role for him. Secondly, codependents are critical of their own personality, but do not like it when others do it: in this case, they become self-confident. At the same time, they cannot accept a compliment, rejoicing and showing dignity, but on the contrary, they feel unworthy. In fact, praise for them is a big support. Thirdly, co-dependent people have problems with distinguishing between their own and other people's emotions, they think for others, make plans with them, talk about what someone is doing, not them. They do not allow themselves to express or even experience feelings that naturally arise in them and often repeat statements to themselves: “I should not think about this…”, “You should…”.

Codependency is the subject of research by many specialists, and they all came to the conclusion that it, in essence, is also a kind of disease that disrupts the development of the individual. Recovery is possible: a person must comprehend how he lives and understand that, no matter how hard he tries, he is still unable to change the course of events, to turn them the way he would like: all efforts are always in vain.

Redemption is possible!

You can find a way out of any situation, because nothing is impossible in the world! Even if the disease has gone too far in its development, even if it is already at the last stage. This has been proven by the experience of millions of people who have recovered and taken the right path.

Many programs have been developed to combat bad habits, which are used in various clinics. There are drugs that also have an active effect on the human body and are able to help it, and many other equally effective methods. But everyone chooses his own, the most acceptable and suitable. All people are different, and therefore, their treatment cannot be the same either. As mentioned above, genetic dependence plays a big role, but mainly temperament.

Very rarely getting rid of bad habits happens immediately. Usually it is a long process, most often - the search for an effective method. The main thing is not to interrupt this search, but to gradually select what you need. And the result will be, and the efforts and financial costs will definitely justify themselves. You just need to believe in it and really want it.

Bad habits are a direct manifestation of selfishness, sometimes unconscious. When a drug addict or smoker talks about the neutrality of his position, using expressions like "I'm not bothering anyone", he does not think deeply about what is happening, but only tries to move himself away from the outside world that prevents him from doing everything he wants.

Now treatment in expensive clinics is very popular. In fact, it is not at all necessary to seek help there: there is no guarantee that you will spend money not in vain. In the body of every living being, by nature, everything necessary for survival is laid. We simply do not know how to use our resources, they are inaccessible and inaccessible to us. You can get them, the main thing is to have a great desire and support from close people: friends, relatives and acquaintances. It is very important to realize your necessity and indispensability, especially for family members, and to understand that you need to get rid of addictions at least for their sake.

Even if a person is lonely and has no family, he must have friends and acquaintances who will support him. Our whole life is built on this: one helps the other and waits for a return.

In addition, in the pharmacy you can buy a quality drug that will give a positive effect after application. This book also offers many other ways and techniques that can be a good help to the main treatment.

Often bad habits are faithful companions of those who work very hard and do not have time for proper rest. Hearing fair objections and warnings, they thoughtlessly point out that they are subject to mental and physical overload and should at least somehow rest. This seems to them the easiest, and sometimes even seems to be the only way. Such motivation is quite successful, and most importantly, not everyone will be able to object in response. It's about the people themselves, their gray and limited views of the world and things. What are the walls of their offices or official, formal planes of business relations and business, causing stress, which, in turn, lead to the emergence of bad habits? Why do they not pay attention to the surrounding real world? Any girl or boy aged 3-6 years, going outside, enjoy everything: the sun, rainbow, houses, flowers, birds. Do adults pay attention to all this? Unfortunately, more no than yes. Especially when you consider that now the pace of our life has accelerated significantly, and the cases and worries have only increased.

Of course, it is very difficult for any successful man or independent woman to enter into the image of a child, but it's great to walk down the street and cheer yourself up, rejoicing at the blue of the sky, the beauty of the trees, the originality of the architecture of the houses. And it is available to everyone who can see, especially since everyone was once small! The vision of the outside world, inherent in us at the age of 2-8 years, differs from its perception by adults, because at one time we experienced happiness from visual objects and sounds caught because we were tuned only to have fun. All this is true as long as children still do not know much and do not have the goal of obtaining practical benefits from this or that subject. As responsibilities appear and increase, they also move to a different level of existence, they see the surroundings in a glimpse and more generally, that is, they become adults. As they move through the streets, they are already focusing on only one problem, the most difficult of all that is currently facing them, and on nothing else. Where does happiness come from in such conditions? It is more likely to be eclipsed by the formidable shadow of another turmoil standing in the very center of the black spot.

But imagine that a person suddenly saw a large banknote lying on the road. From its acquisition, he will experience only pleasant sensations, feel enlightenment and joy of life, after which he will find a use for it and think that he has become happier. And he will be mistaken, because true happiness, in principle, is not based on any thing, but is the result of a positive perception of the outside world and is formed regardless of the material environment. Emotions surging over the one who became the owner of a round sum are temporary. It can be joy, surprise, satisfaction, a premonition of a better life - anything but happiness.

We experience joy from many things - buying a new car, receiving another salary, going to a club, other pleasures. But this is not enough for the happiness that everyone so strives for. Happiness is something more. This is a feeling of life, hours, minutes, seconds, one of the foundations of existence. That is what you should strive for.

Most bad habits, according to psychologists, come into adulthood from childhood in an unconscious way. So why is it impossible to return the ability to see the world in all its beauty, only in a conscious way? A person who truly considers himself happy simply because he lives will never neglect his health and resort to dubious means of obtaining pleasure. Why smoke when it is much more pleasant to go outside and breathe fresh air, go into the forest, taking a camera with you, and wander along the clearings?

As for the above example with a banknote, everything is clear here too. In search of a real feeling, people embark on different paths. Having found his pleasure, a person is unlikely to refuse it. Most likely, he will want to experience it constantly and as often as possible. If this pleasure turns out to be a bad habit, after a while it will become a need, both psychological and physical. Something similar happens when you are passionate about a particular sport, but there are still differences, and the main thing among them is the result. For example, when a person gets on skis for the first time, he still does not know what he will experience during the very process of movement, how difficult it will be for him to control skis and his own body, whether the trip will be pleasant for him. In his imagination, he sees three outcomes: positive, neutral, and negative. The positive one is characterized by a feeling of satisfaction and comfort: physical and aesthetic, neutral - by the usual state of health, which means that skating did not make any impression, negative - by poor spiritual and physical well-being. One of them will definitely prevail, and if it turns out to be positive, then skiing may become a good habit.

Thus, any action performed remains with us after its completion: it moves to our brain and provides food for thought. Having drawn a conclusion, we determine whether we need it or not, but if we answer “yes”, then we motivate the answer. This approach is valid for the attitude of a person to all things and actions without exception. Each of us has a "code" that guarantees a similar reaction to any action. It also applies to bad habits. It was on its basis that a special program was drawn up to get rid of them with the help of positive feelings caused by some useful deed. The well-known doctor, American endocrinologist Chopra Deepak, who put forward a new, completely unexpected approach to the treatment of addiction, speaks about it in his books. In one of them, he told the story of his patient, who, with his help, found the strength to get out of the environment of drug addicts and prostitutes, to switch to a normal lifestyle.

The girl, conventionally named Ellen, at 17 years old looked, to put it mildly, very bad. The explanation for this was her lifestyle: constant drug use and prostitution. Heroin pushed her to the most terrible steps, which she decided only for the sake of getting it. In addition, she was engaged in theft and recklessly ruined herself.

At the first stage, the doctor decided not to touch on the topic of addictions, which was painfully familiar to her and did not lead to anything: before that, there had already been attempts to use therapeutic intervention that had no effect. But he immediately found out what her favorite pastimes were before this hobby, and it turned out that she loved horseback riding, but now she does not imagine herself a rider. Her pessimistic mood arose as a result of a certain barrier, a block that separates a person from the environment and people. The wall itself is formed as a result of the combination of internal and external, moral and physical decline.

First, a course of body cleansing was completed, which is an important step on the road to recovery, necessary to regain the lost ability to smell and remove the dirt that has accumulated inside. Only after that the main classes began: the girl got on a horse and rode. This was done on the advice of a doctor, who hopes that the “code” for the transition of a memory into a desire will work. Indeed, afterward she spoke about it vividly and enthusiastically, although at first she was afraid of the impossibility of resuming horseback riding.

For comparison, immediately after the trip, she was asked to recall and at the same time describe the sensations that she experienced during the injection of heroin, and with all the details (how the syringe is filled, the dose is injected, what you feel in the process and in the end), and those that took possession of her during riding time. The girl clearly realized what exactly was happening to her then. After a detailed story, strong emotions flooded over her, because drug addicts do not clearly understand what they are doing, and all actions are performed mechanically. For her, the curtain opened with real information about what she had been doing over the past 3 years. This was followed by a repeated and very detailed account of the riding, at the end of which she was asked to choose between the two experiences and was reminded that it was virtually impossible to combine them.

The result was positive: the patient finally stopped taking drugs and made her choice in favor of a healthy lifestyle. At the same time, not a single lecture was read (it has been proven by experience that such methods of struggle are useless). With all the risk of returning to heroin, the method described above had an effect. And this is understandable: common sense won, because along with drugs, misfortune and suffering come into life, and horseback riding is very pleasant and brings health benefits.

If a person is given access to true pleasures: deep and healthy, he will refuse all the others, even if he was once dependent. We tend to strive for perfection, although some do not want to know this.

In the traditional Indian doctrine of health, on which Dr. Deepak mainly relied, it is said that in every cell of a living being there is a model of perfection. It can understand it only if nothing prevents it from doing so. Today's conditions contribute to the pollution of the natural environment inside a person, and leave little chance for their restoration. A disastrous ecological situation, poor-quality nutrition, an unhealthy lifestyle, the presence of many artificial objects that drown out everything natural in us - these are the main problems that hide us from ourselves, which is why it is extremely difficult to return back.

Advertisements for beer and cigarettes are everywhere, foodstuffs have become substandard, but are advertised and sold as first-rate, and therefore readily consumed. Against the background of all this, people have a craving for financial well-being, turning into an obsession and a willingness to do anything to achieve their goal.

Many cases are known when those who lost a lot of money moved to the environment of the lower social classes and indulged in harmful addictions. These are weak people who did not find the strength to fight reality and went to where it is easy for everyone to find themselves. The way back is not easy, and only a few manage to step on it without outside help.

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