I ' ve never done a harvest festival before . It was so fun ! I got the last two fruits I needed as well <| sep |> Find some help <| sep |> First let ' s reframe this . It ' s not a crash and burn . A guy who used to chew nails 365 days out of 365 days in a year now does it 1020 days . This is not a crash and burn . This is what success looks like . You do great for while , then suffer a set back . Then you get on track again then another set back . Long term the gains made through all of the effort eclipses the losses experienced in the set backs . This set back you are having is just a moment in time on the path to success in conquering your issue . Something that helped me personally was learning about neuroplasticity and how the brain works . When you do a thing , that habit gets reinforced each time , this forms new structures in the brain . Your brain physically changes from this . Each time you do that habit , those neural pathways fires . Each time these pathways fire , they become stronger and have more power over you . When you change a habit or stop doing something , each time you resist you are firing a new completely separate neural pathway . But it is weak at first . The don ' t do that thing part of your brain gets stronger each time you resist and eventually overpowers the old do do that thing part . Pretty soon you are forgetting that you are doing the new thing . It feels natural . Here is the tricky part , the old neural structures , they get weaker over time , but they are still there . This is why addicts who can go years without a relapse , find themselves giving in and it leads to a days , weeks or months long bender . They reactivated those old brain pathways . So somehow the stress of life caused you to fall into an old habit . Don ' t let this become a weeks or months long bender . The neural pathways you built to resist this are still there . Use them . Even if you fail many more times , don ' t give up . Your observation about stress making this harder is spot on . Any long term self improvement strategy also needs a how to deal with stressful times component . There are many ways to go about this , find something that works for you . I have been eating right , excercizing , managing stress and sleeping right for four years now . My wife and I are remodelling our house while living in it and I work full time . It has turned things upside down . I have put on 15 pounds due to letting some habits slide . This is not a crash and burn scenario , this is life punching back after a few years of smooth sailing . I have recognized the problem and am incrementally working to get back on track and some of the steps may not be fullly in place until we are done remodelling . But it ' s okay , I am in this for the long term . Just remember people love sharing thier highlight reel , for every person here with 49 Xs in 49 days , there are ten or twenty who are more like you and me .