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Kicking the catheter habit can be difficult. Indwelling urethral (or Foley) catheters are readily available, are easy to place, provide tempting fixes for inconveniences (such as wet sheets and obtaining urine samples), and are often forgotten about during the hectic nature of clinical care. The article by Knoll et al [1] in this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases describes a 5-year hospital-wide ‘‘catheter quit program,’’which is similar in its successes and challenges to aspects of other habit-changing programs such as treating an addiction to tobacco or chocolate chip cookies. The investigators implemented multiple educational interventions designed to increase awareness of the problem and to stigmatize it in order to motivate change. They limited access to the catheters by specifying appropriate catheter indications and requiring catheter orders, while acknowledging that catheter restriction is challenging given the …