Giving up my worst addiction

[u/JohnAMcdonald]

I've given up various addictions throughout my life, and I always seemed to have pretty good control. It feels like giving up most anything for a month is trivial. Internet addiction is different though, giving up abusive usage for a day is painful, a week just about impossible. I've always known I'm an addict but it has only recently dawned on me how much it is to blame for so many problems I have.

I've realised that I'm in a position in life where I have a lot of ability to help others and live a fufilling life if I could just kick this overwhelming addiction, which steals more of my time than every other addiction has combined. So I dunno, I'm going to start, I'm listening to "Smart Phone, Dumb Phone" on a recommendation here as a first step.

I do not want to give up the internet completely, my ideal is to use the internet in a controlled and utilitarian way.

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