Perfection, Reality and Honesty

If the world were perfect, no one would bite their nails. We would all be some kind of fictional characters with no problems or physical deficiencies. Well, we know that is not accurate, or even close to being so. The same is true when it comes to conquering nail biting. It is an uphill battle to fight off the impulses we have lived with for years.

I have a discussion I just posted here. It is about my book now being available in paperback. I hope you will give it a try as I sincerely believe it offers the best chance for sustaining your self-restraint when it comes to nail biting. I also believe it gives you a really strong foundation upon which to quit for good. There is a link to buy it on Amazon.com on the top left of the home page of this site.

As I write this, I think of the late Peter Jenkins. What a class act, I still miss him at the helm of the ABC Evening World News. He comes to mind because he wasn't perfect either. He had quit smoking years earlier, but when the 9-11 attacks came, he succumbed to his old habit for a period of time. The lesson here is if someone like him can falter to weaken to an urge to smoke, which has far worse health implications than nail biting, then those who bite their nails and quit can be subject to a relapse under the right conditions.

I don't make any bones about it on my Web site at: www.howtostopnailbiting.com. I tell you straight up that you won't quit nail biting just by reading my book, or doing any of the other things available to help you quit. It takes a committment from you. A deep committment. What I will tell you is should you give in and find yourself picking your cuticles or biting your nails, that if you have read my book, you can revisit the chapters on using the easily applied self-restraint methods I teach and quickly get back to being clean from your biting habit again. And, in a few days or weeks, you will have put it behind you and have fully recovered.