Comment by BoredPositron
1 day ago
You don't treat the symptoms; you treat the cause. dumbphones, minimalist phones, and crippled smartphones are as effective as a smoker throwing away a full pack, only to buy a new one when stressed or drunk. If you use doomscrolling as an escape, you will inevitably fall back to it when life hits. While a few may manage to change their habits with a restricted device if the stars align for long enough, it won't work for most. You need to first figure out why you do it.
“You must figure out why you smoke in the first place, before you will be able to quit” isn’t a universal truth.
This isn't universal but will tremendously help quitting. There will still be the nicotine issue, but it will help clear the other factors that can be as powerful as the physical addiction.
Or it could be - you figure out why you smoke in the first place, and have to accept that you can never quit
Because you know why you are smoking because you are addicted to nicotine.
so the symptom is the cause
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