Asklemmy

43950 readers

1904 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
[email protected]: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_[email protected]~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

How did you break your addiction? Was it hard? Any tips for those waging a war against addiction? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

30 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Thank you very much! Know that I really appreciate your help, even if I can't Thank you individually!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] foggy 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Addiction is so hard. It's also so easy.

You just need a fucking purpose. Get into something that will consume you in a positive way.

Buy a nice backpack, and get into a group with some novice backpackers. If you find the right thing, weaning off addiction is kinda cake. If you don't find the right thing, it's impossible.

Hiking worked for me.

For me it came down to feeling seen within a group and feeling connected to that group through some higher purpose (hiking).

[–] moistclump 3 points 1 year ago

Yes! And to add to purpose, human connection sounds like an important part of your story there. We’re meant to live in community and connect with other people. Stopping an addiction in isolation and without a sense of purpose is very, very, very difficult.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I quit smoking, because I started college again. It had been my dream for ever, to get a bachelor's degree. Finally got the oppertunity to do it, so I convinced myself I couldn't afford it if I didn't quit smoking. I'm actually proud of that one and I'm not one who feels proud easily.