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Alcohol. I never drank until I got an IT internship and the boss was big into craft beers. I started drinking craft beer every night just to have something to bond with him through to try to turn the internship into a full-time job. I did get the job, but then struggled for years with alcohol dependence.
After my dad died I nearly drank myself to death and managed to quit for an entire year. Then I got cheated on, and home was no longer a safe space, so I hung out at the bar every day instead. It's been 6 months and I've gone from ~75 beers / week to ~24. Just tapering myself off slowly. Wegovy helps - I can't have more than a few drinks without feeling super bloated now.