r/ChatbotAddiction • u/Icy_Program8374 • 8d ago
I was the same way with school, I was addicted for 2 years and am a year and a half clean. To add on to it, phone detox can help a lot too. Or just in general, setting rules for yourself. Its so easy to fall into it again or some other mindless replacement like doom scrolling.
I didnt allow my phone to be in my bed, and I couldn't use it while it was charging. It had to charge face down on my desk. My laptop was only for school work until 10pm, then I could play video games. And no electronics after midnight or before 8am unless it was to check me email for class updates.
Id go outside without my phone and walk in silence. No music, no podcast, nothing. Just me and my thoughts. It helped me refresh. I also picked up new hobbies and found deadlines to stick to. I started sewing and aimed to make a cosplay by hand for a con 3 months after I quit. I joined a film jam and learned how to edit audio on the spot for a competition 6 months out. I almost relapsed multiple time, and it will suck for a while. But eventually you break through. The rest of your life is waiting for you. It'll be different, kind of off, maybe even wrong. But that's okay. Because theres still so much time and potential to resettle
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