I may be young but I want to quit

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Permalink Reply by Stubbs on November 24, 2008 at 12:24pm

Hi Jen,

Thanks for posting your comments here. I hope we continue to grow this forum and get more people involved. Over time, we will all help each other quit and stay off the "addiction", as you put it. Nail biting may not be a classic addiction, and so there is no money or research to help with the problem. But, ask any person seriously affected by the problem and they will tell you it feels like trying to quit the worst addiction problem. Personally, I know people who have quit drinking and smoking, but still bite their nails.

The first thing you have done to help yourself is to acknowledge the problem and reach out to try and find help. I don't believe anyone can quit until they muster the strength and resolve that they are seriously going to quit. In other words, you have to want to quit more than you want to bite your nails. As long as the biting habit remains supreme over your shame of bitten nails and desire to rid yourself of the habit, you are not going to get lasting results.

I think anyone can quit for a while using sheer willpower or some products like those you mention. To quit for good, you have to replace the old habit with something new. In a vaccuum you are sure to relapse at the wrong time. That is what happens when you don't have a system or reliable techniques you can use at the moment you are tempted.

I wish you the best of luck in gaining the upper hand on your nail biting problem.

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