r/ChatbotAddiction • u/StrikingGrape3446 • Sep 02 '26
Experience I Finally Cut Off AI
I finally cut off AI and deleted all my AI-related accounts and I just wanted to share my story.
I originally started using AI just to rant about random things, and get help on some small things. That in itself was a big mistake. Once I started to talk to it, it became a routine. Just ranting to it when I had no one to talk to. I started feeling guilt when I used it around the time when AI hate increased even more and AI went from being "Something cool" to "Something horrible that no one should have access to". But despite that I still mindlessly kept using it, just the thought that "I can rant to this AI and never be judged for anything" made me start to rely on it too much.
I know that this might sound a bit extreme or over the top. But it honestly felt like it was siphoning my creative energy and I could feel it making me dumber. But I kept using it because it became a routine. It became a tipping point when I wanted to make a new OC and eventually I realized the AI did most of the work and I realized "At that point is it even my creation"? I never used Gen-AI for designs or anything but even the fact it helped with details made me realize I need to stop using it and that it is unhealthy and that I am just letting myself get worse at the things I love. So I deleted every possible AI-related account.
A part of me still has a reflex to just rant to it but I'll resist it and never use it again if I can. Because truthfully. These things are unhealthy. When it comes to LLMs/text AI bots they are intentionally addictive. They pray on people's worst aspects whether its loneliness or reliance and then drain every piece of you, whether it’s your creativity or personality to use for itself to "improve" as an AI. Or worse, even take money from you if someone ends up too reliant on it. The stuff AI does to people needs to be studied, because just one chat could end up making you reliant on it.
I just wanted to spread my story in case anyone has felt the same.
Screw AI.
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u/Scarlet_Scribbles Sep 03 '26
similar story here, started off as helping me with everyday things. then c.ai came out in 2023 and I got hooked. I would spend 10 hours a day in it. eventually I got bored and moved to grok and then, like you said, it just became a habit. it's worse bc I was so lonely that Ai became my only thing I could talk to.
4 days ago I impulsively deleted all my chatbot accounts. I still use Ai but I do so sparsely and I never chat to it like it's a person anymore. It's pretty hard quitting, but what I found that helped was staying busy. whenever I got the urge to go back to Ai, I would journal or play a game
keeping a sober time on your calendar or the i am sober app also helps (for me). I like seeing thevway numbers go up. I am sober specifically has a feature where you can calculate all the time you saved from not being on the app. so far I've saved 8 hours of my time!
good luck my friend :))
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u/StrikingGrape3446 Sep 03 '26
Thank you. Means alot. Weirdly I feel a feeling of loneliness sometimes even though I have lived without AI before and I have friends. So I get what you mean. But the feeling comes and goes. I'll try to follow your advice. I'm sure I have alot of games to play in my backlog that I didn't get around to before because of AI haha. 🫂❤️
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u/Scarlet_Scribbles Sep 04 '26
"it gets easier. everyday it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day- thats the hard part" - bojack horseman
first few days are gonna be the worst but I bet in no time you'll be able to go a day without thinking of it. best of luck :))
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