I am replacing Addiction With New Habits, how? One of the genuine challenges most recovering addicts have is to face not knowing what to do with all the time they now have on their hands. Previously this time or void, would be filled with indulging in the addictive habit, and now that the effort is made to no longer indulge in the addictive habit, the individual is lost and unable to decide what to do, to occupy the time slot.