Originally Posted by
PaulDaveSmithJo 
Layali,
“Would submitting to this temptation provide an authentic happiness? If I were intoxicated, could I be fully present in this happiness? Wouldn’t the sorrow that always follows my giving in to this temptation undermine the maximization of my happiness - i.e., wouldn’t it inevitably involve the loss of some period of happiness and replace this with sorrow and regret instead, in the days, weeks, months, or years ahead?”
The next step is simply to state my intention.
I want to thank you, so much, for this. I'm going to carry this quote around with me. I'll be facing something similar to Layali shortly after the 1st of the month and have been having some difficulty coming up with a plan. I'll be running out of food by then and will need to go to the grocery store. I'll need to walk past the beer and the wine. I'm going to handwrite that quote on top of my grocery list.