# Professor Adam Alter shares tips for breaking a social media habit, from his book, "Irresistible"

1 Faculty News June 5, 2017 ![Thrive Global logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/thrive192x144.jpg?itok=VM17HX75)>

Excerpt from [Thrive Global](https://journal.thriveglobal.com/the-biggest-threat-to-trumps-presidency-is-his-own-twitter-account-7284681e7eec) -- "You can’t just delete a habit; you have to replace it with something. 'It needs to be different enough that it doesn’t fit the same habit loop,' [Alter](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-alter) says, 'but fulfills the same psychological need.'"

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