Addictions and Habits

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100% commitment for the rest of my life:

Completely abstain from:

- Alcohol

- Nicotine

- Caffeine

- Any drugs

- Video games

- YouTube

- Junk food (when alone)

- Social media scrolling

- Porn

- Streaming services (when alone)

- Online music (when alone)

 

Daily habits:

- 20 pushups, abs, and squats

- SDS meditation (+20 minutes)

- Writing 200 words

- Reading 10 pages

 

I have been working on these things for 10 years.

Alcohol and nicotine have been the hardest addictions, but I have already overcome them.

My next big challenges are quitting gaming, junk food, and social media content, mainly YouTube.

 

These addictions and habits represent the minimum standard I will maintain for the rest of my life. They will give me access to the personal power to do anything I want in life.

 

From now on, I will be posting my streak of success in maintaining these good habits and abstaining from bad habits and addictions on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

[Someone here]

Very good .that's inspiring. I'm hitting rock bottom as well and trying to change my habits and conquer my addictions 

Good luck 🤞 

[XXXXXX]

@Someone here Thank you! Let’s make it happen 😊

[XXXXXX]

Day 2

 

Perfect streak: 1 day

 

Yesterday

I successfully abstained from all addictions and completed all my daily habits.

First day is usually not that bad when quitting addictions and you are motivated. First challenge is getting through 3-5 days and then 2 weeks. I'm looking forward to pushing through these challenging 2 weeks.

- Feeling urges to play video games and watch YouTube.

- Irritated.

- Less procrastination at work.

Weird to go home from work and not escape to YouTube, gaming or any entertainment. Cleaned my home, ate, shower, did journaling, did my habits, and went to sleep while listening to white noise—naturally wanted to do something healthy because no unhealthy escapes were possible.

 

 

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Day 3

 

Perfect streak: 2 days

 

Yesterday

I successfully abstained from all addictions and completed all my daily habits.

Slept +12 hours. Crazy dreams.

I’ve been thinking and journaling a lot about my life’s purpose. With nothing to distract me, I feel a strong desire to do something meaningful in life rather than just consuming.

I’m feeling urges for junk food, YouTube, and video games.

I’ve been free from alcohol, drugs, nicotine, caffeine, and porn for months now, so I don’t experience any urges for those anymore.

Streaming services usually become tempting after I’ve quit YouTube, but no urges to watch series or movies have arisen.

I quit social media (other than YouTube) a long time ago, so my I don't feel the need for platforms like Instagram anymore.

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Day 4

 

Perfect streak: 3 days

 

Yesterday

I successfully abstained from all addictions and completed all my daily habits.

- Urges, cravings for video games and content

- I had a dream about playing video games, and someone had sent food to my home. There was ice cream, and I threw it in the trash.

- SDS meditation is going great. The challenge for me is consistency. I am an experienced meditator; my longest SDS sits have been 4 hours straight, completely still, staring at a dot on a wall while doing mindfulness exercises and self-inquiry at the same time (those 4-hour sits were 8 years ago).

- My muscles are actually sore from doing 20 pushups, abs, and squats because I haven't trained in so long.

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Day 11

Perfect streak: 10 days

For 10 days, I have successfully abstained from all addictions and completed all my daily habits.

Last week has been hard, but I pushed through:
- Tired
- Bored
- Anhedonia

- Writing is going well. My routine is to write in a Drive doc until the word count reaches at least 200 words; sometimes, I go longer.
- Reading 10 pages every day is going well. I’m currently reading Strategies of Psychotherapy by Jay Halen.
- My only criteria for success in SDS meditation is to sit still for +20 minutes. It hasn't been easy every day, but I have and I will complete 20 minutes every day no matter what.

- This is not my first rodeo quitting any of these bad habits and addictions, but quitting all of them at once is a different beast.
- I have quit all these addictions several times. For some of them, I only abstained for weeks or months, while for others, I stayed clean for up to a year.
- I think I’ve pushed through the hardest part of withdrawals. Now I have the rest of my life to go.

- Battling with addictions can be addictive.
- Battling with addictions has become the comfort zone. It’s time to fix this rookie-level problem of addictions and go do more exciting missions in this game of life.

 

People unconsciously hold on to the struggle with addictions as part of their self-image, making it harder to quit addictions.

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Day 19

Perfect streak: 18 days

-  I am so 100% committed that failing is simply not an option in my mind.
-  Very little cravings anymore.
-  I am already starting to recover from anhedonia. Reading, writing, walking etc. feels "enough”.
-  Now starting to do stretching, breathing exercises, yoga, and more exercise (gym, walking/running).