The 7-Word Question That Has Helped Me Overcome Every Addiction in Life
And can hopefully help you do the same.
I’ve had my fair share of addictions in life and the same method has helped me overcome each one of them.
In my first year of college, I was addicted to anime. I would stay glued to my laptop late into the night, going to bed as late as 4 AM and waking up the next afternoon, only to continue the binge. With munchies for company, I put on a lot of weight as well.
With a deathly pallor, deep bags under my eyes, and a paunch, I not only looked but also felt like shit.
I eventually quit it. But last year, when the lockdown started, a new one sprout up — porn and masturbation addiction. This wasn’t near as bad as the previous one, but not a single day went without me feeling the itch to watch porn and get off to it.
A Simple Question to Recognize an Addiction
Sure, I didn’t act on the urge every single day but nevertheless, the urge was present and that’s what characterizes an addiction. As Psychology Today says:
“The focus of the addiction isn’t what matters; what matters is the need to do something when that emotional stress makes itself felt. Ceasing the addictive behavior…
