Post #33374
2025-12-05 15:53 UTC
Replies (29)
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@tophneal@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-05 16:04
Nicotine. Started as a kid, 25y ago. Smoked for about 18y, then switched to vaping when it was new. Started lowering my mg over the last few years, until I hit 0mg late last year, then put that down. Of course, stress doesn’t want to let me fully stop and I’ve learned that after all that time I can’t lean on just one cessation aid. But a combo of patch+inhaler+the right company have mad it easier to not think about as much. Hopefully I can keep that trend going 🤞
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@IWW4@lemmy.zip 2025-12-05 16:05
Cigarettes
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@Nemo@slrpnk.net 2025-12-05 16:57
Sugar. I’m prediabetic and this shit is everywhere. I know, medically, what I need to do: significantly cut back for 6-9 months until the insulin-resistant blood cells are replaced by normal ones, and start doing HIIT exercises to move that closer to 6 than 9. But like, doing anything consistently for 6 months is a challenge for me, much less avoiding something that gives me the happy brain chemicals.
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@some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2025-12-05 17:27
Smoking. Quit for seven years and picked it back up. Worst decision of my life. Was cutting back on vaping to quit when the pan happened. Allowed myself the vice for stress. Don’t plan on trying a third time. Too much effort.
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@HeadyBroccoli@lemmy.zip 2025-12-05 17:29
Weed. I kicked weed about 6 years ago and alcohol about 2, but relapsed recently and can’t seem to stop. It’s driving me insane, and my mental health is in the gutter. Hoping I can quit again before the new year.
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@LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-05 17:30
Benzos. Pretty convinced I had a minor seizure discontinuing that shook me awake with what I experienced as like a flashbang inside my brain. Psychologically it was quite easy to make the decision to stop and taper down etc. as the drug had accomplished what I wanted from it and I no longer saw the need for it, but physically it was an endurance marathon, didn’t unclench my jaw for what felt like weeks. Sleep was rare and awful. My leg was so restless I’d work up a sweat just shaking it trying to not freak the fuck out. It was like a panic attack that just didn’t go away for weeks. Other than that I don’t think I’ve ever had any serious addictions, nor any psychological addictions at all which is what I think people usually mean by “addiction” as opposed to physical dependence, but yeah.
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@ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2025-12-05 18:08
I wish I could stop chewing my stupid fingernails
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@favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 2025-12-05 18:13
Phone
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@HubertManne__dup_8041@piefed.social 2025-12-05 18:21
Ill agree with you on the direction of porn. One guy I think summed it up in that much of it seems like a lot has to do with titles. you search for big boobed blonde getting fucked hard and you see the same video with mother son titles as well as dad daughter and brother sister. So basically they make a porn and then market it in several ways. granted that does not work for more out there sex act kinks. I brought up how you will have these little but and cheek slaps that I can do without but they seem to through it in a lot and you don’t really know its part of it till its far into it. Call me old fashioned but I like a traditional gal taking it in three holes simultaneously. You know. Boring old porn. Ok. On to my hardest addiction. Soda, cola, pop, etc. Carbonated sugar water with caffeine. I have stopped a few times but it does not take much stress or such to have me back on it.
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@Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-05 19:18
Food. I’m a fat ass. :/
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@Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 2025-12-05 20:18
Gets better as you age and your dick doesnt run your life.
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@oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 2025-12-05 20:25
Fentanyl
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@communism__dup_7961@lemmy.ml 2025-12-05 20:37
I don’t have any answer to the “hardest addiction” thing but OP, I don’t think watching a lot of porn is inherently a problem. Sometimes people just masturbate because they’re bored, in which case you should try to get some hobbies you find more fulfilling. But if you’re masturbating because you’re horny, why not, it does no harm.
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@determinist@kbin.earth 2025-12-05 20:21
my ex-girlfriend
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@lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2025-12-05 21:09
going off caffeine is fucking me up
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@LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2025-12-05 21:16
Nail bitting.
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@ICastFist@programming.dev 2025-12-06 00:27
I don’t consider myself a gooner or coomer or whatever, but there are days where I really feel like a fucking waste of a person due to how much I beat it. Sometimes I’m doing something else, but if I’m not focused, sometimes horny will just happen and that gets focus quite easily. I know the best way for me to get rid of that is to block sites via hosts file, as it’s a slight annoyance to edit it in Windows (gotta open notepad as admin, then make it open c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts), which is already enough to make me give up and do something else. I have added a bunch, but there are many that aren’t blocked and it’s so damn easy to find them… My silver lining is that I don’t use the phone for porn, so I only need to step away from my computer to avoid porn altogether, but the PC is my main addiction that I’m not even trying to break.
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@Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 2025-12-06 08:29
To stop smoking is a tough road to walk for anyone. I say stop, not quit, because I’m not sure the urge ever leaves you. Been 25 years for me, and just typing this makes me want a cigarette. At least a heroin addict can’t buy a fix at the nearest 7-11.
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@UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2025-12-06 08:38
Housing. This addiction is crippling me. I’m spending thousands on it every month.
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@ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 2025-12-06 12:34
Sugar.
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@oyo@lemmy.zip 2025-12-06 12:51
Using the phone in bed. Before going to sleep. Immediately after waking up.
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@unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-06 14:23
Social media. I kicked out all the “algorithmic” stuff 6 years ago. Still find myself spending hours each day refreshing RSS feeds looking for a cheap dopamine hit.
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@claymore@pawb.social 2025-12-06 20:05
I wish I had the willpower to stop wasting days in front of my PC and go out more, but it always feels impossible, no close friends, no car, live in a small town with an average age that’s probably in the 50s. All I do is go to work and come home to sit in my room. I also hate talking to new people over voice chat (and it takes me some time to warn up to someone when only talking over text) so I don’t do much socialising when sitting at home. I’ve been thinking of moving to a bigger city but that’s a whole other can of worms and doesn’t fix my ability to hold conversions past pleasantries
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@Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml 2025-12-06 21:44
Following the news. Between internet sites, twitch, podcasts, etc I spend hours a day just following the news. What’s insidious about this for me is that following the news is a good thing. I feel I’ve found enough solid news sources that I can stay informed about what’s happening in the world. When I don’t follow along with what’s happening I feel anxious, like I’m going to fall behind and then I will somehow get behind and not be able understand what’s happening around me. So while following the news in itself is not a bad thing, it has negative consequences in my life, mainly around time. It cuts into my time with my kids a bit. And it definitely cuts significantly into my time for reading books, which is probably my #1 hobby. I’ve tried to reduce the time I spend on it all but it doesn’t usually work. So it’s a habit I’m trying to kick but not really being successful at it.
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@crash_thepose@lemmy.ml 2025-12-07 00:05
Three words League Of Legends
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@RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2025-12-07 01:10
Dabs for sure. I didn’t know that you could use it heavily enough to cause actual physical withdrawal symptoms, but I sure found out
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@blackroses97@lemmy.zip 2025-12-07 14:15
For me its was self harm , it took over 10 years to stop finally . Im truly blessed that I healed mentally and physically ( barely any scarring , infections or anything of that matter )
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@DeICEAmerica@lemmy.world 2025-12-07 14:45
Cigarettes. Crack was easier to quit. Removing yourself from bad places and bad people doesn’t help with cigarettes. They are on every street corner shop in every town.
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@Cattail@lemmy.world 2025-12-07 16:25
Alcohol. Quick nicotine multiple times. THC variant are hard to stop but once I run out I don’t have withdrawal symptoms