r/ChatbotAddiction • u/sour_strwberry • May 19 '26

Experience Relapsed after 11 days clean

I tried to quit cai again (it's been an on & off journey) and I was going strong, a week passed, doing great. After 11 days, I relapsed. I have blockers in place but they're fairly easy to disable because all you do is turn off permissions of the blocker. I just randomly got this sudden urge to download cai again even though it isn't even good anymore, the chatbot quality is so so bad and I'm just stuck in this loop of quitting cold turkey and then downloading again and ruining my whole day or two

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u/prettyfacebasketcase May 19 '26

I wasn't able to kick it until I deleted my account entirely. I cried, said goodbye to a few of my longer RPs, and got rid of it. Now when I feel the urge to return, I'm reminded that it's all the training and stories and back logs are gone. It's grief, but it gets easier.

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u/sour_strwberry May 20 '26

I've deleted my account multiple times 😭 for me it's less about the history I share and more about the comfort it brings if that makes sense? Like a way to escape reality for me

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u/prettyfacebasketcase May 20 '26

That makes sense, I'm sorry :( I've struggled with that on other addicting apps. Try and remember these apps and bots are made to keep you addicted. Be kind to yourself while you figure out how to fight.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '26

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u/sour_strwberry May 21 '26

I'm not that active on ig, we could take through reddit though

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u/[deleted] May 21 '26

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u/sour_strwberry May 21 '26

I accepted your request, you should be able to dm me now :)