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Addicted g/u/rl
| Sorry to hear that. Sounds like it sucks bigtime.
| I nearly headed down this path myself. its important that you stop taking the medicine in order 2 rewire your reward pathways in your brain, so it learns to start enjoying things while NOT on drugs. itll definitely suck for a good while, but youll come out in the end.
admit you need HELP, dont do this alone. find a friend you can talk to that'll hold you accountable if you cant see a doctor. this is literally their job, and youll only find armchair psychiatrists on an online forum.
| Obviously, professional help.
But, a few things that helped me drop some of my addictions was just doing stuff without taking it and letting people I trust know that it's a problem so they can support me through it and get mad at me when I do it.
Withdrawals are hell. I mean, I quit painkillers, cigarettes and energy drinks at the same time and the withdrawals had me feeling hellish for a long time, but finally not having to rely on that shit to function is such a blessing.
| But, I do recommend that you take it slowly.
Because, the thing with addiction that a lot of people don't realise is that you can't quit if you don't want to quit. Like, I tried to quit cigarettes many times before I actually did it, and that's because those first times I was trying to quit even though I didn't see a point in doing so. Once I realised I didn't want it anymore, it honestly wasn't that hard. Sure, I had some physical withdrawals for a while, but it wasn't that bad.
| So, yeah. It's mostly just your mindset. As you said you don't think anything else is enjoyable, therefore you probably won't be able to quit even if you try right now.
If you want to your mindset to change you're gonna need to reach out to people, try doing different things and talk to a professional about it. I mean, addictions like these don't come from nothing. It's because of something that ain't right in your head, and you won't be able to fix that without putting in effort.
| That sucks g/u/rl, that kind of thing can really be a pit for your time. Lots of people have overcome it though and you can too, under the right circumstances
while I haven't had that problem with drugs, only video games which makes it easier, (and am still occasionally having problems) one thing i've found very helpful has been working on increasing my mindfulness and paying attention to the loop that sends me through the process of wanting to change to giving up on it and back
| For me, the pattern is that if i run out of tasks in front of me or feel too anxious about them, that leads to a further loop of dissolution -> bad feelings -> dissolution until i give up, and from there it's a short route to spending all day on the computer. So keeping busy and finding other ways to break that cycle are key
I'm sure the specifics are different for you but committing to finding your patterns and triggers is one valuable thing that i haven't seen mentioned
| >>743121
That's true. That is a very important thing, though it's sadly a little more complex than that if you have a physical addiction to it as well.
When it's simply bad habits then that's the way to do it, but when drugs are involved you need to fight the physical addiction that your body has developed to the substance/substances you're using as well.
It is certainly great advice though and an important part of getting through it after initially breaking it.
| If it's painkiller/narcotics addiction, it usually leads to death eventually. It's your life to live, so why go down that path?
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK7dkhgU4O8
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| Keep abusing my prescription medication and playing video games rather than doing important irl shit. Nothing else seems engaging or enjoyable anymore. I usually just want to head to bed after it wears off so I can do it all over again the next day for a few hours. Any advice other than "just stop."