St. Bartholomew Catholic Church : Fort Worth, Texas

cursing

• Don't talk
• Do not cuss casually
• Do not listen to it (friends, music, movies)
• Cut out the negativity-be more positive
• Decide why you don't want to curse
• Think about who you hang out with
• Pray
• Make up fun, ridiculous words (Fudge buckets, Monkey brains etc.)
• Look at the people around you and the affect they have on you
• Enrich your vocabulary
• Get your friends to call you on it any time it happens
• Learn to substitute with other words
• Don't allow people to curse around you
• Avoid surroundings (TV, people) that encourage it
• Hold yourself accountable every time that you curse
• Do something positive in return or have a set "punishment"