But what about those seemingly benign habits we don't even think about, like rubbing our eyes or sleeping on our side?
It's a fast and easy way to determine the presence of addictive behavior, but it doesn't reveal anything about the different structure of benign versus pathological habits.
For one thing, I have an exercise habit, a benign addiction that compels me to run, swim or bike for at least half an hour a day, or I grow restless and irritable.
It explained Jerry Seinfeld's comedic formula of pointing out the outrageous things (violation) in everyday life (benign), and Sarah Silverman's hilarious habit of rendering off-color topics (violation) harmless (benign) in her standup routines.
Usually, it's as benign as a sneaky cigarette habit.
How do you explain this?" Behind changing room doors, so much misinformation about the benign effects of steroid use is in circulation, and dangerous habits are potentially passed on to new users and to members of their respective social circle.
For the majority of patients presenting to primary care, symptoms such as rectal bleeding and change in bowel habit are attributable to benign, self-limiting illness.
Many respondents regarded cannabis use as more or less benign compared with the heroin and crack cocaine habits that other service users presented with.
However, sCD26 was related to non-inflammatory benign pathologies (excluding rectal bleeding, changes in bowel habits, haemorrhoids, diverticula) and to inflammatory benign pathologies.
Wine reveals how a warming world challenges us to find new, more benign production methods and also to rethink our consumption habits.
