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What's the hardest addiction you've tried to break or are trying to break? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 1 week ago by flamiera@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine is porn addiction. I don't ever want to become a coomer but I think I've became that already a few times in my life. I shamefully have watched porn, saved porn images and visualized people who're probably not as into porn as I was.

I really do wish to be done with porn, it's done nothing for me. I've masturbated for many years and I feel like it has hollowed out my mind. I don't even get that much enjoyment from masturbating as much and the porn hasn't really gotten any better so I guess I can say that I've seen porn when it was at its best when I was younger and everything.

Now all of it is just loli shit, artificial shit and that's gross or the fetishes have gotten too niche and unappealing. I look around me in porn communities and I haven't found anyone worthwhile to speak to or associate with. Everyone is six feet under in porn that there's no way for them out.

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[–] tophneal@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Nicotine. Started as a kid, 25y ago. Smoked for about 18y, then switched to vaping when it was new. Started lowering my mg over the last few years, until I hit 0mg late last year, then put that down. Of course, stress doesn’t want to let me fully stop and I’ve learned that after all that time I can’t lean on just one cessation aid. But a combo of patch+inhaler+the right company have mad it easier to not think about as much. Hopefully I can keep that trend going 🤞

[–] jif@piefed.ca 12 points 1 week ago

"It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times." Mark Twain

[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Good luck friend, I had a very similar progression and after decades of addiction, I am now over 2 years without any nicotine of any kind. You can do it.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just quit nicotine again for the 3rd total time. Sucks a lot. And I feel like the nicotine pouches are significantly more addictive than cigarettes or tobacco ever were.

My secret this time was nicotine lozenges. They taste so terrible that it even overcame the positive association I have with nicotine. Good luck out there!

[–] Dimand@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Never heard of this but are they deliberately made to taste bad? Seems like a clever idea. The nicotine is there if you need it but the terrible taste puts you off.

That said, cigarettes smell awful to me and people keep going so I can't imagine how bad they would have to taste.

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago

I don't think they are supposed to taste bad. They are just an alternative to nicotine gum. You can get them at pharmacies. I don't like the gum because it's bright yellow and leaves little stains in my teeth so I got the lozenges this time instead.

They do taste absolutely terrible though. And yeah, cigarettes smell awful but for whatever reason, I like the taste of them. I quit those a long time ago specifically for the bad smell though.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

I’m 10 years without a smoke-

I still want one every time I have a beer at the bar or a morning coffee.