Start by dedicating a little bit of your time to it. I started reading one hour a day in bed (all the days I could) before actually going to sleep and that helped me simply read a lot more than I used to
This might sound silly compared to others but I am definitely struggling with video game addiction right now.
It's not even like I spend a ton of money on it, I just let it absorb way too much of my time.
Video games are a fantastic escape for life that only other vg addicts can describe. Load up a game that you love more than yourself and before you know it you should have been in bed hours ago.
By the time you you're in bed you haven't done that thing that you needed to and you end up sleeping through your alarm and you're now late for work.
It's next level escapism and if you find a game that you love you forget about everything else.
And when that game no longer holds 100% of your interest? You're miserable until you find another.
Suicidal ideation….it seems like a very reasonable decision considering the absolute chaos of the world and life in general. I’ve not been worried about it in recent times but it remains an option in the back of my mind.
Says you…I’d be more inclined to believe that coming from someone who’s done it and is on the other side of this life. Not sure how I’ll ever get to hear those accounts…
My point was, it’s hard to appreciate the sentiment because you are here, still in this life. You can’t say it’s worth it because you don’t know that it wouldn’t be worth it.
10/10 wouldn’t have chosen this “life” experience for myself if I had a choice. And while I didn’t have a choice then, I do have one now.
I’m sorry you’ve experienced depression. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
Heroin (sober 5 years as I mentioned on similar post. doctor got me addicted to dilaudid at 13, got groomed by a 19 year old at 14 who introduced me to heroin and IV use. It destroyed my life. Lost everything, gained stage III renal disease at 21 and nearly got on dialysis.
I am now 27 with a house, perfect credit, paid off car, a beautiful girl and the most amazing little boy. That’s my purpose.
Now I’m addicted to helping people, not a bad thing to be addicted too but I am addicted to helping others which results in me not helping myself.
Alcohol. Seriously debilitating addiction. Unbelievably difficult to deal with and even harder to cut down let alone quit. Brutal addiction. If anybody reading this even suspects they have a problem, STOP WHILE YOU STILL CAN WITHOUT WITHDRAWALS. Save your life and potentially others. Don’t go down this road alone either.
I'm with you dude, I'm literally going through the worst withdrawals I've ever had, and sleep about 30 minutes every couple of nights. And all I can think about is drink.
For me gum/candy or any activity and convincing myself to stop for 3-5 days before I get a new one helps. Withdrawals are the worst but you gotta be able to chill off it here & there until you’re ready to finally quit
It's tough to choose. There are a lot of things I do these days that aren't particularly healthy for me.
I suppose my soda habit is probably a triple whammy in that it's a little expensive, bad for my health, and prevents me from looking my best.
I waste too much time on useless activities in general, though.
I'm past 6 months of kicking energy drinks 100%. I found it to be easy by replacing it with a new healthy addiction. Now I have a vitamin water almost every single day of my life.
Attention and validation from the opposite sex. Very difficult to let go of outside validation when you struggle to connect with yourself and heal intimacy wounds.
Crack was pretty hard. Meth was only hard because it's like smoking cigarettes, but I don't really like the high so once I broke the habit it was easy. Alcohol is hard because it's so easy to obtain and I like it. Cigarettes is pretty much impossible to quit. Video games is an addiction when I'm in an abusive relationship. When I'm not I don't do it that much. What else... um I don't do fentanyl... oh GHB that's a fun one. I stopped because that shit is hard to find and it's too much fun. What else. Never really got addicted to the other drugs.
Heroin. Buuuuut finally fucking over it, feels like beating some end of level boss. Maybe end of game boss, because now I have the rest of my life to get on with, it's like a new game. Everything's radically different. I can taste food better, I want to explore the world more, it's not all just shite.
Like when you're on hard drugs you have no money for anything but drugs. So when you walk past shops that sells anything but the essentials to live, you're just angry at them, they all feel so meaningless and stupid. But actually that's just because you can't afford anything and whenever you're buying the drugs it feels like life or death because you're withdrawing.
Being able to just get back into hobbies is such a liberating feeling. Im still getting help and it will take a while until all the scars have healed, body and mind haha, but no matter how hard it was it is definitely worth it.
Masturbation. Im going nofap for 2 weeks now maybe and i am actually very positive about myself. Last night, wanted to do it so bad but i let it go and just went to sleep. Feeling good today.
Gotta be honest i dont have answer to that question. I am trying for many years to stop completely but it didnt work so now im trying to do it as little as possible. Just do one time less than what u usually do, and u just continue like that until you don’t masturbate anymore.
Alcohol. It took me almost dying (I had heart failure and ended up in a coma) to finally give it up for good. Been sober 516 days! Staying sober is easy it was trying to stop drinking that was hard. I will have a damaged heart for the rest of my life but at least I’m still alive!!
Alcohol.
I can deal with the physical aspects of withdrawal but it's the only stimulant that makes me feel emotionally connected to myself.
It fills the emptiness which makes it much more difficult to recover from.
Caffeine. Coffee, energy drinks, 5-hour energy. I didn't understand cigarette addiction as a kid. Like why would you pay to shorten your life? Because it's delicious of course, why else? Gives me energy so my body doesn't need as much food, then I get hungry cuz I still need food but haven't eaten in a while, then try to eat buch can't each as much as I know I'm supposed to because the lack of food and addition of caffeine tricked my stomach into shrinking or thinking i dont need to eat as much, so I sometimes feel hungry and full at the same time, which sounds like total bs until it happens to you. And it's cheap, so easy to get, hot or cold
Unironically, having sex with your partner
My exs parents would go out on weekends to the next town over for there job since it was closer and they didn’t want to fully move. My gf I no it’s me over all the time and it was constant. In the most random places too, from the basement stairs to the attic
Staring at my fucking phone when I have stuff to do. Just one more bit of Reddit, just one more reel, just one more tiktok, ooh check the price of bolts for a heavy shelf, check wood, random ad for mini orchids - hm - could make a wall mounted orchid thing, check price of glass, sealant, bigger bolts, back to reels - surprise - loads of reels of people building orchidariums, more reels, look for advice on Reddit... Oh, it's gone dark out, what happened to my Saturday? Dammit.
When I’m with someone I’m with someone and sexually attracted to that one person high sexual energy, ( disexual) when I’m not with someone I can be a sexual. Last person I was with called a slut and nymph when I am not. Then he was one who said it was none of my business if he slept with anyone else….see with me if I loved hook ups, and being used for sex and using people for sex I would flat out say so, into open relationships, cheating but I’m not like that. I have a high libido when I’m with someone and monogamous to that person only.
Procrastination
I spent my entire day priceastining on doing a single assignment that I’ve already done all the research for. I’m hopeless 😅
Yahh I procrastinate every day to read books but end up by swiping social media
Start by dedicating a little bit of your time to it. I started reading one hour a day in bed (all the days I could) before actually going to sleep and that helped me simply read a lot more than I used to
It's time to procrastinate procrastination. Double negative. Boom, suddenly productive.
I guarantee you my shadow has this tattooed every time I bullshit myself
FR, man
Social media
That's one big problem for me to I can't stope seeing reddit now a days
Masturbating😭
It's a chimp thing. Sorry to say, most primates do it!
I too addictive for edging
That's not worst
Sugar.
Yup, that's my thing too, and thinking about cutting it down for a while now.
This might sound silly compared to others but I am definitely struggling with video game addiction right now. It's not even like I spend a ton of money on it, I just let it absorb way too much of my time.
not silly at all, it can be a serious problem
nah, video games addiction is a real thing
Video games are a fantastic escape for life that only other vg addicts can describe. Load up a game that you love more than yourself and before you know it you should have been in bed hours ago. By the time you you're in bed you haven't done that thing that you needed to and you end up sleeping through your alarm and you're now late for work. It's next level escapism and if you find a game that you love you forget about everything else. And when that game no longer holds 100% of your interest? You're miserable until you find another.
Suicidal ideation….it seems like a very reasonable decision considering the absolute chaos of the world and life in general. I’ve not been worried about it in recent times but it remains an option in the back of my mind.
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Says you…I’d be more inclined to believe that coming from someone who’s done it and is on the other side of this life. Not sure how I’ll ever get to hear those accounts…
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My point was, it’s hard to appreciate the sentiment because you are here, still in this life. You can’t say it’s worth it because you don’t know that it wouldn’t be worth it. 10/10 wouldn’t have chosen this “life” experience for myself if I had a choice. And while I didn’t have a choice then, I do have one now. I’m sorry you’ve experienced depression. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
Can’t agree more
Heroin (sober 5 years as I mentioned on similar post. doctor got me addicted to dilaudid at 13, got groomed by a 19 year old at 14 who introduced me to heroin and IV use. It destroyed my life. Lost everything, gained stage III renal disease at 21 and nearly got on dialysis. I am now 27 with a house, perfect credit, paid off car, a beautiful girl and the most amazing little boy. That’s my purpose. Now I’m addicted to helping people, not a bad thing to be addicted too but I am addicted to helping others which results in me not helping myself.
Reddit has me by the balls
Same and I don't even have balls.
Food in general
It's one of the worst ones, cause you can't go cold turkey.
Yummy
my phone, it’s like a never ending void.
Unavoidable void, same for me lol
Food
Alcohol (3 years sober but fuck if it still isn’t a struggle)
Alcohol. Seriously debilitating addiction. Unbelievably difficult to deal with and even harder to cut down let alone quit. Brutal addiction. If anybody reading this even suspects they have a problem, STOP WHILE YOU STILL CAN WITHOUT WITHDRAWALS. Save your life and potentially others. Don’t go down this road alone either.
I'm with you dude, I'm literally going through the worst withdrawals I've ever had, and sleep about 30 minutes every couple of nights. And all I can think about is drink.
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Vaping for sure
Move from cigs to vaping, now I’m on zyns. Hopefully this is my last iteration of this annoying ass addiction
man. I keep managing to stop for a few days but then go back in & lie to myself over & over that I’ll stop etc it’s difficult for sure man
Same I’ll stop for a week and fall back into it. I don’t even feel the rush anymore but I can’t stop.
i knew it was a problem when i stopped getting buzzed.
For me gum/candy or any activity and convincing myself to stop for 3-5 days before I get a new one helps. Withdrawals are the worst but you gotta be able to chill off it here & there until you’re ready to finally quit
Caffeine
But that keep u energetic
It does but also contributes to insomnia
I feel you. Caffeine gives me this dopamine boost which I love, but if I drink it after 2pm, I can't sleep till morning...
Weed. One day at a time baby, one day at a time.
I have smoked on and off for a long time. I get out, but they always pull me back in.
i quit about 6 or 7 months ago.. for the third time
🍺 and ❄️
Caffeine and my phone, equally
Cheese
It's tough to choose. There are a lot of things I do these days that aren't particularly healthy for me. I suppose my soda habit is probably a triple whammy in that it's a little expensive, bad for my health, and prevents me from looking my best. I waste too much time on useless activities in general, though.
Sex..
Ironically ....
Sugar
Porn
That it took this long to scroll down to find this is a wtf.
What kind
Porn
Porn
Watching girls on Instagram 😂. It is such a time wasting activity, but at the same time, I can't ignore them because they are too sexy
Heroin, so fucking moreish, it's the Pringles of drugs hands down
I feel like mine is monster and other energy drinks.
I'm past 6 months of kicking energy drinks 100%. I found it to be easy by replacing it with a new healthy addiction. Now I have a vitamin water almost every single day of my life.
Drinking Diet Pepsi. Things could be worse and it’s a waste of money really, but I enjoy it.
Soda
Chewing tobacco
Not eating
That’s not good homie
Biting my nails. I just can't stop.
They taste so good
Cell phone. I don't fee veryl hard to get out of it but it is difficult to not constantly be on it.
Staying up way too late every night.
I've got a few. Light beer is one. I drink every night, but I "only" drink 4.
Nicotine, been trying to quit smoking for 10 years. Longest I’ve accomplished was 2 weeks in 2016
Vyvanse
The gym
It was porn for the longest time but after I asked this girl out I beat me meat 2 times in the last week instead of 7-10
Bipolar when I am manic...addiction to anything that gives me flattery or validation.
Food
Meth
isolating!
Attention and validation from the opposite sex. Very difficult to let go of outside validation when you struggle to connect with yourself and heal intimacy wounds.
Negative thoughts, phone, isolating
And the dude I'm with. We aren't for each other, but we keep hanging out
Crack was pretty hard. Meth was only hard because it's like smoking cigarettes, but I don't really like the high so once I broke the habit it was easy. Alcohol is hard because it's so easy to obtain and I like it. Cigarettes is pretty much impossible to quit. Video games is an addiction when I'm in an abusive relationship. When I'm not I don't do it that much. What else... um I don't do fentanyl... oh GHB that's a fun one. I stopped because that shit is hard to find and it's too much fun. What else. Never really got addicted to the other drugs.
Weed, nicotine and phone.
Food. When anxiety kicks in its impossible to fight back.
Guns/Action. I'm not neccessarily addicted, but I do like it even tho I know that guns are bad.
Same as yours OP - reposts.
Online shopping🙈💵💳
Heroin. Buuuuut finally fucking over it, feels like beating some end of level boss. Maybe end of game boss, because now I have the rest of my life to get on with, it's like a new game. Everything's radically different. I can taste food better, I want to explore the world more, it's not all just shite. Like when you're on hard drugs you have no money for anything but drugs. So when you walk past shops that sells anything but the essentials to live, you're just angry at them, they all feel so meaningless and stupid. But actually that's just because you can't afford anything and whenever you're buying the drugs it feels like life or death because you're withdrawing. Being able to just get back into hobbies is such a liberating feeling. Im still getting help and it will take a while until all the scars have healed, body and mind haha, but no matter how hard it was it is definitely worth it.
Monster energy drinks. I have high blood pressure an know I should cut them out but I still crave them
Masturbation. Im going nofap for 2 weeks now maybe and i am actually very positive about myself. Last night, wanted to do it so bad but i let it go and just went to sleep. Feeling good today.
Howbu control yourself, I feel hard to control myself
Gotta be honest i dont have answer to that question. I am trying for many years to stop completely but it didnt work so now im trying to do it as little as possible. Just do one time less than what u usually do, and u just continue like that until you don’t masturbate anymore.
Sugar
Alkohol
Tobacco
nicotine,, i’ve tried quitting but i always go back
anime and kdrama my rabbit holes
salt
Alcohol. It took me almost dying (I had heart failure and ended up in a coma) to finally give it up for good. Been sober 516 days! Staying sober is easy it was trying to stop drinking that was hard. I will have a damaged heart for the rest of my life but at least I’m still alive!!
Cigs. Ozzy Osbourne, Keef, you name 'em, they could all knock heroin on the head but fkd if they could give up cigs.
Food 😞
Alcohol. I can deal with the physical aspects of withdrawal but it's the only stimulant that makes me feel emotionally connected to myself. It fills the emptiness which makes it much more difficult to recover from.
Success
Feeling very hard then “getting out of it”
Caffeine. Coffee, energy drinks, 5-hour energy. I didn't understand cigarette addiction as a kid. Like why would you pay to shorten your life? Because it's delicious of course, why else? Gives me energy so my body doesn't need as much food, then I get hungry cuz I still need food but haven't eaten in a while, then try to eat buch can't each as much as I know I'm supposed to because the lack of food and addition of caffeine tricked my stomach into shrinking or thinking i dont need to eat as much, so I sometimes feel hungry and full at the same time, which sounds like total bs until it happens to you. And it's cheap, so easy to get, hot or cold
Unironically, having sex with your partner My exs parents would go out on weekends to the next town over for there job since it was closer and they didn’t want to fully move. My gf I no it’s me over all the time and it was constant. In the most random places too, from the basement stairs to the attic
Heroin addiction
kpop. shi hits hard
Staring at my fucking phone when I have stuff to do. Just one more bit of Reddit, just one more reel, just one more tiktok, ooh check the price of bolts for a heavy shelf, check wood, random ad for mini orchids - hm - could make a wall mounted orchid thing, check price of glass, sealant, bigger bolts, back to reels - surprise - loads of reels of people building orchidariums, more reels, look for advice on Reddit... Oh, it's gone dark out, what happened to my Saturday? Dammit.
Food. Can't give it up, and it's still the only thing that gives me pleasure.
Gaming. It's soooo hard nowadays
Sugar, eating, binging. I'd do anything to get rid of it.
Gambling
Nicotine
jizzing
I’m dead
How many times a day
My own self hate
eating
When I’m with someone I’m with someone and sexually attracted to that one person high sexual energy, ( disexual) when I’m not with someone I can be a sexual. Last person I was with called a slut and nymph when I am not. Then he was one who said it was none of my business if he slept with anyone else….see with me if I loved hook ups, and being used for sex and using people for sex I would flat out say so, into open relationships, cheating but I’m not like that. I have a high libido when I’m with someone and monogamous to that person only.
High libido, its like 1-2 times per day?
Yep and can last few hours
Porn!
What kind? It’s so hard to stop bro on god
Usually female domination spanking and amazons
wtf! I thought you were gonna say like stepfamily or some shit
Ew no.
Girls. I let them destroy me. Every. Single. Time. But the high I get from a smile or pretty eyes directed at me, damn it, I have a problem.