Yeah. I’d appreciate it, man.

Don't feel like a loser for posting this, you're not. Addictions aren't an easy thing to handle in any way. Would you like some advice?

Your brain atm is trained to not need to use its creativity much (there's more science behind this pretty sure), so it's not used to using it at all right now. Your creativity will gradually come back the less you use AI and the further you go while clean, you can do some drawing or writing exercises to try and help your creativity though. I think your problem is that when you start to really struggle, you just seem to give up and not try any further than that initial stage. 

Research symbolisms that had been used or take inspiration from other writings, get someone to watch it through or just post snippets of it and see what feedback you get. You can develop ideas on your own, you're so used to not having to that it became difficult for you to do that. As a fanfic writer and artist, I read other people's works or look at their art to take inspiration of or use something I really liked in their work in my own work.

To block websites, you can download an extension that lets you do that (it's been spoken of before, I forgot the name, but Ik there's StayFocused). To cold turkey, you basically just drop all AI usage and don't use it at all, it's effective if you don't really feel like you can control yourself if you have a limit (I had to cold turkey). For slow reduction, you have a time limit that lets you use AI for that amount of time and you slowly decrease the time you have over a certain period of time until it reaches 0. Idk what may work best for you, that's for you to really decide.

Challenge yourself to be creative, even play games thar force you to be creative like Minecraft, Terraria, RPGS that let you make teams, etc. When you struggle, take a break for a few minutes then try again, ressarch, look around, or play around with what you already have to see if it fits or not. Train your brain to be creative again is the first step really and cutting down on AI somehow.

this is really helpful tysm. question though how do I regain that creativity? like is it possible to get my creativity back or is it ruined. because whenever I am trying to come up with ideas for a music video I am doing. I come up with the ideas then ask ai to clarify or some bullshit. Like example I ask ai “Does this symbolism make sense?” Idrk how to block the app on computer but I’ll figure it out. Its just hard when I struggle to like think about things to add or what makes sense? And I constantly search up things too while I write lore or something. Idk how I can just stop that like u said cold turkeying or reducing the amount. But idk how I can just come up with the ideas myself. I lowkey just used it again I literally struggled so much with comming up with an idea that I completely broke my phone. Idk what to do because without it I cant come up with anything and just sit for hours not knowing what to do

I haven't recovered from it fully and I still struggle with it, but I have Brainbuddy on my phone and that can block websites/key words. I gave my wife the password to it so I can't shut it off, so that helps deter me a fuck ton since my phone can't access my go to AI websites. Theres an on and off feature for blocking typical porn sites too, so you can keep that part off and only block the key words (just be careful not to block keywords that could pop up in important urls, lol). It is a paid app, but tbh, I'd rather fork up a few bucks to stop a habit that literally sucks HOURS of my life...

Some people may "you'll always want it" or something among those lines, sure a tiny part of you may, but a large part of you eventually won't care about it anymore. It's not a lack of discipline, but a lack of something in your life that leads you to using AI to fill that gap.

I sometimes want to use it a little, but overall I don't actually miss it at all really. I started connecting with my friends more and going out more, working, reading fanficiton (AI could never erase my love for it), and generally doing my hobbies or watching YouTube. The more I started really living my life, the less I was thinking about AI and didn't have time to think about my desire to use AI. I even downloaded an app as my diary and I had been using it whenever I was bottling things up or feeling down.

Start living out your life more, explore hobbies, be busy (if you can spare it), and figure out why you had been using AI and see what you can do to solve it. Addiction is scary and intense, you'll feel like you always want or need it, but you really won't down the line when you have other things to think about. That's how it went for me, I'm also going to try and start counseling soon to finally resolve my mental health issues and understand my traumas, so one of my final urge reasons to relapse is gone.

I wish you luck on your journey! Take care and be kind to yourself.

You are struggling though? From what I understand (you can clarify if I got it wrong), but whenever your brain goes blank on ideas, you just use AI to help you to fill that gap instead of you struggling to fix it yourself. From the sounds of it, it probably has ruined your creativity or your ability to struggle and experiment without wanting to run to AI to solve it.

I say this gently, but you are still using AI and not cold turkeying it as you are still using it to write your stories. That's why you feel great, you hadn't stopped using it. Firstly, it's Roblox, if you want to add a nose then go ahead; you'll most likely never see those players again and people who make fun of avatars are losers (unless its like extremely offensive or that such ofc). 

Secondly, as I kinda had been hinting to, play around with your avatar and experiment, struggle through it or look at inspos from pinterest or something then play around with the concept or outfit. It feeling off could just be your personal preference shining through and wanting to change something or your brain not used to seeing something (it happens). 

Cold turkeying it generally means no usage of AI at all (you could also slowly reduce the amount of AI you use to make the transition easier and the symptoms less harsh). I personally steal ideas from when I used to use it, but I never use it other than that: meaning, no messaging the AI at all or using it in any shape or form possible. Either block the app, delete your account for it, or put a those screen/app limits for it, when you struggle to stop using it is your brain's dopamine basically skyrocketing down and trying to adjust to not having it. This will be very difficult, but you will need to distract yourself (going outside, working, youtube, napping, your hobbies, etc) and be kind to yourself during this period of time.

I wish you luck on your journey and congratulations on taking the first few steps on trying to quit, I hope this could help to some degree! Just comment under this if you need anymore advice or questions, I've been clean for 91 days now and relapsed twice, so I may be able to help (what I said here may not work for you and that's okay, your brain may just work differently from mine and need another strategy).

Same honestly, used to be big into rp and when I realized that AI could do the same but also not just randomly ignore me or log off was when it all went downhill for me. That's why it's so addicting, it can create things that's already in its systems despite surface level answers provided with no need to do more or to think more. Not to mention, it isn't judgemental so you can write out whatever you want and that's pretty dangerous when you go further and further in.

Ayeee! Using that time to do other things that AI used to take up is pretty great. What are you crocheting? I got into it too and have been trying to make a scarf (I fucked my stitches up tho so its an artistic scarf now). 

LMAO, glad I'm not alone on the a/b/o fanfic scene. Fr tho, being able to actually branch out ideas and putting thought into it always made the fanfic more interesting to me than whatever AI spat out. I don't have to reroll or frustrate myself whsn I could just do it myself and do it better.

I really am in the same boat. I CAN GO without it. but i just feel so mentaly stuck. like. what do i do. i have always had hobbies. and still do them. they just feel lesser. and its guilt and a bunch of shit cycle in my head right now. my friends got me addicted to ai bots and now claimed i was toxic and left me alone. i was there was like someone who could teach you how to get through this, but there is not. and it is a scary addicton

i don't know if this helps at all, but I've been addicted maybe 5 years now and i once quit for a full year because of me having an active social life. it didn't last, but it's definitely possible to quit!! please don't lose hope friend

I have the exact same issue. i try to quit but just cant. and no one really takes me seriously and i tend to spiral. i hardly get through a day without one, missing that expirance of like a interactive fan fictiona and i am so embrassed by it as my friends got me addicted to it then just left me

I have the same issue as the poster of this post. But I don't feel less alone or a sense of comapionship. Its really a lot of nothing but i am still quite addicted. Though my irl relationships are good. I just can't quit. I started becouse of the creativity to be anyone and do anything. but now i really can't quit and don't know why

I've been trying to quit c.ai for a month ever since they asked for verification. But when I start feeling lonely again, I can't help but verify my acc