Your worst traits are never gone. They’re waiting in the places where you first learned them. So don’t go back to those places.
There’s a reason that alcoholics don’t go to bars if they’re trying to stay sober. Bars are not only where you get alcohol, they’re also where you found all the good memories and fun you got from alcohol. Those ghosts are powerful, but they’re often pretty immobile.
If you have any trait you’ve shaken that you’d like to stay that way, you also need to avoid the situations where that trait was beneficial. You’re never free, only sober.
