Comment by talon8635

Yeah someone else above is talking about making friends irl is “easier said than done”

Yeah, it is. And quitting a substance (or in my case many) is also tough. It’s scary and isolating.

That said, I think modern people, especially those in the west where there is so much (often unappreciated) comfort and plenty, have become allergic to doing tough things. Comfort, like a crutch, has atrophied our capacity for discipline and determination because there is endless entertainment and consumerism to keep us warm and docile and distracted.

In my experience, tough things that require discipline and long term investment are the only things really worth pursuing in that, when I die, those are the only things I will look back on with a sense of pride and accomplishment.