What is an addiction you are proud to be free from?

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What is an addiction you are proud to be free from?

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  1. Carpa-Diem-Tunnel420 Avatar

    Methamphetamine but I wouldnt mind a relapse

  2. mentally_ill_kitten Avatar

    Cigarettes, opioids, benzos and hard liquor

  3. Jaded_Anything2698 Avatar

    I had a pretty bad pornography addiction when I was younger. I grew up when the internet was relatively new and I had my own computer.

    Protip: Parents, DO NOT EVER let your child have their own computer. It will corrupt their mind.

  4. Slow-Perspective4454 Avatar

    Alcohol. I’m a much better person when I’m free from it

  5. TurdFerguson198 Avatar

    Alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine

  6. hello_reddit_332 Avatar

    Buying stuff just to feel something.

  7. CokBlockinWinger Avatar

    Smoking. 6 years this past April 13th. 

  8. Standard-Sand352 Avatar

    Soda it’s been about 15 years

  9. Large_Reveal4625 Avatar

    Meth.. I smoked it 4 months straight and stayed up half now I’m 4 years sober and kept my life together speaking out against what a POS I was! Wife left me bc I didn’t want to kids got taken away and destroyed any respect I had from others. Now the mom has full custody taken and they live with me in a drug free home healthy and happy except the trauma they get from mom not wanting to be around!! We got this and the kids

  10. Lady_Louise97 Avatar

    Vaping. It wasn’t nicotine vapes but weed ones. I was forced to quit because one day I was too broke to get a new one. Then after a few weeks I was still too broke. Now I don’t even crave them. Easy peasy I guess (luckily for me)

  11. Next-Mission- Avatar

    People pleasing, almost killed me. I do relaps now and then.

  12. Jasian1001 Avatar

    my ex. we got back together 3 times and tried a 4th time at the beginning of the year like idiots

  13. Appropriate_Sky_6571 Avatar

    Alcohol, drugs, cigarettes

  14. VeterinarianNo9886 Avatar

    Gambling, saved me a lot of money

  15. Kindly_Scientist9189 Avatar

    Please how can I stop masturbating??
    I really hate it

  16. Tonberryc Avatar

    Warframe the video game. Probably sounds weird to non-gamers and fans of the game, but it became a full-time job to be a completionist in that game. Even when I wasn’t in the mood to play or wanted to play something else, I would still login and grind.

    There was always a better Kuva weapon roll, a new build I hadn’t tried, or some arbitrary material that I only had 2 million of instead of 10.

    I quit almost 3 years ago, and I’ve never even been tempted to login since.

  17. Educational-Ad-4400 Avatar

    Cigarettes and heroin

  18. OldBanjoFrog Avatar

    Amphetamines.  

  19. Individual-Ad-9678 Avatar

    Smoking, drinking

  20. Skygazzershop Avatar

    Percocets I was taking 100 MG a day and I then became addicted to suboxone did I mention I was addicted to Marijuana the whole time but today I’m free of all of it

  21. CapitalDull8378 Avatar

    Nicotine free since 2016.. Alcohol free since February 2025 🤣

  22. bricowatty Avatar

    Smoke free for 12 years

  23. Elmer_dud_ Avatar

    Well I don’t know if you can ever really be considered “free” from any addiction. But for me it is alcohol and sex addiction.

  24. Former-Complaint-336 Avatar

    Meth. I’m a few months away from 3 years clean. Shit’s garbage. Fun. But garbage. Run far away if someone hands you a meth pipe yall

  25. kay_luuuh Avatar

    Lean

    Actually, upon reflection, I am not free from this addiction. Just began thinking of myself as such when discontinuation issues finally subsided. For years, I thought about the substances every few minutes. Eventually went from that to the blessing that is getting to forget they exist for long periods of time, thinking about them unprompted only every few months or years. Even so, I’ve had wildly concerning cravings up to nearly half a lifetime without any

    I’m proud, though, that I have not consumed any since I quit, that I’ve laughed out loud whenever anyone has offered to prescribe or share any since then, and that I have not consumed any similar substances in many years

  26. tahlyn Avatar

    World of Warcraft.

  27. OneTrueHutch Avatar

    Drinking,11 years free after 22 hard years.

  28. lil_liberal Avatar

    Food. My mom made me start a diet at 9 because she didn’t want to diet alone, and that started a raging eating disorder for me. I ate all of the time—the food noise was constant. I can safely say today that I am no longer addicted to food! I still eat some foods purely for enjoyment, because I love food, but I’m not addicted and don’t feel the need to eat my every emotion or boredom.

  29. outkastedd Avatar

    Alcohol, and a video game i was addicted to.

  30. Kriskao Avatar

    I have tried at least 10 different types of drugs and never really liked any of them and never did a second time.

    My only addictions are coffee and sex.

  31. Tough_Drive_9827 Avatar

    Fentanyl meth benzod and cigarettes

  32. NewYogurtcloset22 Avatar

    Nicotine. Smoked for 5 yrs. Then vaped for another couple. Feels so good to finally be done.

  33. thestupidstillburns Avatar

    World of Warcraft

  34. diajean112 Avatar

    Drinking ~ 14 years sober ~ 65 y.o. now

  35. barelyartistic Avatar

    Alcohol. My god how I thought I had everyone fooled except I was only fooling myself. 5th a day to running my first 5K race this Thursday!

  36. M0NSTERDUNX Avatar

    All of them.

  37. gamblingfiend27 Avatar

    Gambling. Took over my life for 5 years. Ruined every friendship I ever had. I am so happy and grateful to know that I will never do it again.

  38. Orgasmo3000 Avatar

    OCD. I had it pretty badly for many years, but finally kicked the habit.

  39. Willyworm-5801 Avatar

    Cigarettes. They enslave you. I stopped maybe 50 times. Haven’t lit up in 4 yrs. I am free!

  40. wetnippl Avatar

    Alcohol weed and cigarettes!

  41. foolishintj Avatar

    Cigarettes, I quit 10 years ago this month. One of the few good decisions I’ve made.

  42. OshawattLover47270 Avatar

    Porn, and I’m trying to stop cutting but we’ll see how that goes

  43. bDips412 Avatar

    Alcohol. Year and a half clean. Started drinking when I was 15, got sober when I was 39 because the ER doctor gave me 6 days if I continued to do so. Absolutely ruined my entire life. Never had self esteem, lost the love of my life and don’t have a single thing to show for any of my time being on this earth.

  44. No_Button_9112 Avatar

    Cigarettes and coke

  45. returned_UNREPENTANT Avatar

    Alcohol and various drugs, but alcohol was DOC, sober since 5/4/06 and just realized I totally forgot about it yesterday… What a great feeling

  46. MikeTheImpaler Avatar

    Alcohol. My mid to late 20s are an absolute haze. Depression and drinking are a bad mix, friends.

  47. No_Egg5179 Avatar

    Sports betting…well I’m manifesting it

  48. Recent-Guitar-6837 Avatar

    I smoked a lot of tar during Vietnam. The product got delivered by a kid on a bike from a local bar. It was like 3/4 of the size of a stick of butter for $5 US. Pinch off a pea size chunk and smoke it off a K ration can lid, or put it in my actual tobacco pipe. We could make pipes out of fifty caliber spent cases too. I came home and it took me like two weeks to overcome the physical issues but I craved it for about 4-6 months.

  49. rubberloves Avatar

    Alcohol! So thankful for my sobriety. 18 years and I haven’t been homeless since.

  50. GrogStrongjaw Avatar

    Facebook and Twitter. I kept only a select few forms of social media that are either much easier to curate or don’t run on force feeding content. I’ve been genuinely happier.

  51. Dry_Purple2810 Avatar

    Porn addiction. One year porn free and living my best life. Either I hookup with someone when I’m horny now or just fuck my pringles+socks combo. No more porn

  52. BrantMagneil98 Avatar

    Drinking. I used to be a veryyyyy very bad alcoholic because i used it to cover my traumas. In fact the only reason I met my husband was I was drunk and decided to invite him over for a hookup while I was drunk af.

    The way he cared about me from the second he came over made it easier to start caring about myself more. I felt cared for in a way I hadn’t before, and being honest with him made it easier to be honest with what I needed for myself. We ended up just talking the whole night and he stayed for at least a week, having asked me out by day 2. No one had ever really been interested enough to get to know me like that. It was the first time I actually thought oh shit maybe someone cares and if I continue like I am that might actually hurt him.

    In our time together, I’ve had a healthy relationship with drinking. I’ve occasionally had a beer or nip with him here or there, but I don’t ever feel compelled to get drunk drunk. He loves the person I am when not drunk, and that person loves him, and it’s been easy to remember that he’s so much more important than a bottle of vodka.

    That’s not to say it’s always easy. There’s been a few times where I’ve been stressed and wanted to drink heavily, but thankfully with him I can be honest. I can tell him I’m having those thoughts and why and it makes them feel less heavy and important. He also isn’t afraid to call me out if he feels I need to be reeled in, even if it’s just me asking if we can and he feels it’s an excessive amount. Sometimes I don’t love to hear it, but it’s always from a place of care and concern and that bluntness is warranted because it’s scary to think of me relapsing for both of us.

    Me hating to hear it is good though, it reminds me I’m scared to lose him now, reminds me it’s not just my life anymore that’s affected, and reminds me of all the reasons I don’t WANT to be that person anymore. I don’t want to be the type to isolate and push people away anymore. I was never close with my family, but his while family has made an effort with me, they treat me like I’ve always belonged there and I like having a family dynamic. I also have a healthier relationship with my best friend (basically my brother), the only person to only have my back, finally being clear enough to see how much he’s been the only family I’ve had before now, and he’s known that and always done what he can to support me. As far as just being one person, he did amazing, he’s done more for me than I could’ve ever asked of him and finally being able to become someone he’s proud of means a lot. And him and my husband get along great, my husband accepts he’s a non-blood relative which is amazing because most guys don’t like me being that close with my guy best friend. And I think this is what I’ve wanted all along. A family that actually cares. I met my husband because of drinking, but in the end, he gave me something I wanted and needed more than that and it’s been easy to pick him every time. The thought of losing him, especially over something stupid like picking drinking, scares me in a way that’s new.

    Tl;dr Alcohol used to rule my life because of trauma. Now I’m able to control myself because I’m in a safe environment with someone who keeps me grounded, someone who listened to my struggles and didn’t judge them, and is willing to work with me on them. I know I can say no and have the option of expressing cravings, and I know he’ll call out and discuss red flags he sees or is unsure about. The honesty makes it easy to keep control over it because I know someone else is affected by me now, and I love him too much to be unfair like that. I know if I relapse, he’ll do whats needed to ensure and support my recovery, but for the first time there’s no part of me that wants to relapse because it’s not worth it to hurt him and this new life and family we’re building together. For the first time, I’m scared of the idea of a relapse and how it would hurt my life now, something the old me would’ve never cared about. But I’m proud to have built a life where I’m happy and loved enough to have stuff to be afraid to lose. So while the fear can be overwhelming and suck, it’s a good reminder that im not alone. And even the times I’ve had slight cravings, it’s finally felt worth the fight to keep building our life together

  53. killabeesattack Avatar

    Vaping. Almost 2 years free of it. Quitting improved my life in ways I couldn’t imagine.

  54. Ornery_Dot1397 Avatar

    Alcohol. It seems so prevalent and I could have easily been addicted if I went down the wrong path.

  55. oilman300 Avatar

    2 pack per day cigarette habit.

  56. Keefer1970 Avatar

    Smokeless tobacco aka “dip.” Gave it up for good, after numerous tries, thirteen years ago.

  57. isle_say Avatar

    Alcohol. On May 13 I will observe 13,000 days sober.

  58. buttahsmooth Avatar

    Chewing tobacco. Was pretty addicted for like 5 years. I saw my gums starting to feel the effects. That scared me into quitting.

  59. mushmu77 Avatar

    Haven’t had a smoke in a few weeks.

  60. LizagnaG Avatar

    Everyone’s got real stuff but I came here to say Facebook. I used to use it for hours a day and post so much. Now I check it from my computer for a few minutes every other week or so. It’s crazy the difference in time wasted!

  61. ImNotAPoetImALiar Avatar

    Nicotine. Shit was (and is) so crazy. It was so insanely hard to quit I’ll never forget the first 3 weeks. I still want a cigarette… every. Single. Day. Been almost 3 years!

  62. Hot4Dad Avatar

    Sugar. But I’m not sure that I’m actually free of my addiction. Stick a box of Krispy Kreme donuts in front of me, and they’d be gone in no time.

    I just can’t keep sweet things in the house. For my husband, I buy flavors I can’t stand, like coffee, chocolate chip, cherry, and strawberry.

  63. Cheezitflow Avatar

    Was diagnosed opioids of increasing strength at 18 for a chronic illness. Eventually ended up on fentanyl, before my doctor left for Alaska permanently with 2 days notice.

    After the nurse practitioner stopped prescribing them 2 months later, I was left with one massive bottle of percocet and weened myself off, starting at 5 a day, weening every week or other by half a pill

    Thinking back on it I can’t believe I did it at that age and didn’t end up a casualty of the Opiate Crisis

  64. mmmmyeah1111 Avatar

    Adderall and cigarettes

    Pretty good album title right there

  65. Grouchy_Way_4286 Avatar

    TikTok, it was actually so much worse than I thought

  66. Suitable_Sandwich_ Avatar

    Internet. I just bought a device to block it.

  67. intersexy911 Avatar

    Porn. I never had an addiction to porn, but I am proud to be free of it.

  68. RandomKnifeBro Avatar

    Gambling. I was a poker shark in highschool. Started to get out of hand, realized pretty quickly that “just one more game” state of mind was a bad idea.

  69. Pleasant-Valuable972 Avatar

    Crack, meth, cocaine and smoking. Had well over a $100 a day habit in the late 80s. Quit everything cold turkey and have been sober for over 30 years. It was easy, quit or die or end up in jail.

  70. A_Time1980 Avatar

    Alcohol. Just couldn’t see how it was not only destroying my life, but the lives of all those that truly care for and love me. It’s the most selfish thing a person can do and I truly didn’t even see/realize what I had become/was doing. Will have 2 years in July and I couldn’t be more proud and I’ve never felt healthier/happier. And those loved ones are RELIEVED and can breathe a little easier now. All you gotta do is make the choice. Make the decision and make it 100% of the way. Just say, “I’m done.” And mean it.

  71. _BacktotheFuturama_ Avatar

    Heroin. Twas a hell of a drug

  72. yahwehforlife Avatar

    Meth!!! Almost 5 years sober. 🥰

  73. Courtaud Avatar

    Alcohol.

    next thing to conquer is screens and sugar.

  74. skiertimmy Avatar

    Nicotine.

    That’s a monkey I’m glad to be done with. It took a long time to finally be done with it.

  75. BladeFancypants Avatar

    Tobacco. Cigarettes were incredibly difficult for me to kick after decades of smoking. Now free of them for many years.

  76. FlickasMom Avatar

    Nicotine!! I smoked like a fiend for 18 years and finally quit after my mom died of lung cancer. I wish I’d never started, and quitting was the hardest thing I ever did, but I did it!!!!!

  77. AnotherBodybuilder Avatar

    Weed. I used to use it every single night for relaxation and sleep. I feel so much better without it and actually getting to root cause of my anxiety issues and dealing with it rather than just numbing myself every night

  78. Decent-Slice-1419 Avatar

    4 months in quitting alcohol. Feel like a new person.

  79. superpimp2g Avatar

    Is there one for just saying fuck it and avoiding responibilities? I do that a lot.

  80. natronmooretron Avatar

    Nicotine and alcohol. Mmmbye bye.

  81. fuksickle Avatar

    Coffee. My sleep is much better now.

  82. GreenPears33 Avatar

    Cocaine is a hell of a drug

  83. writerkyle Avatar

    Soda, 10 years without it. Stopped because of the sugar. Saw huge health benefits without it in the first year.

  84. userrrrrr22052 Avatar

    Weed, it’s insanely addictive for me, and very accessible. I miss it but I’m better off without it.

  85. Critical_Dot6979 Avatar

    Smoking! Took 7 years to truly quit. I feel like my life is mine again. I thank the universe everyday.

  86. RampagingBadgers Avatar

    I’ll be ten years without any nicotine as of next month.

  87. SpareAnywhere8364 Avatar

    Map-based video games. It’s like a tax on the time of people with autism.

  88. bigmansteveg Avatar

    Porn. It can ruin your life in multiple ways. (But it’s great in small healthy doses.)

  89. CazzoNoise Avatar

    Smoking cigs

  90. jasonwright15 Avatar

    Free from Heroin and Cocaine and my addiction is cigarettes and I feel like it’s actively killing me.

  91. Skellingtonia Avatar

    Gambling.

    I’m an addict who has kicked most substances except booze.

    But glad I never got into gambling. Even seeing how I’ll constantly roll the dice on some free loot box shit in games terrifies me.

  92. fucktrek Avatar

    Rust. For nongamers I probably sound crazy, but the adrenaline this game gives you is next to none. I’ve dabbled with some pretty hard drugs, but none get me going like Rust. Only game I’ve played that kicks your brain into that fight or flight mode. Logged 5000hrs + (Over half a year in real time) used to sleep with my headphones on in case someone was raiding my base. I’m glad i’m done my life was miserable.

  93. CosmicCalicoBTD Avatar

    I wouldn’t say I was addicted, but I quit pot for like the 4th time.

    A fucked up hit that was essentially butane while clearing bong at a friends house was the final “nope” in my hat. Led to the most instant barf of my life.

    That was January. I’ve sold all my stuff. I was clean for 2 years before my previous relationship.

    Money saved is money invested in crypto and well, living.

  94. Mrlustyou Avatar

    Cigarettes. And social media although admittedly I do use Reddit but don’t have facebook or anything and I’ve been like that for years.

  95. princessroxydiva13 Avatar

    Drugs-I’ve been clean for a good few years now, and vaping i stopped almost 2 years ago.

  96. vertraumt Avatar

    Smoking. I quit almost 5 years ago and I feel extremely relaxed. better taste, lung capacity and stress free.

  97. RandomBloke2021 Avatar

    Gambling (actual casinos) I still play fantasy football and daily fantasy on draft kings but i limit myself to 100 bucks a year. Fun fact i banned myself from the closest casino (1 hour away) for life by signing papers.

  98. OkPainter6232 Avatar

    arguing with assholes on gossip sites like TMZ, wasted more time then I care to admit doing that in the 2010s.

  99. lxnelyjess Avatar

    Whippits, I was a really stupid teenager

  100. newtype06 Avatar

    Tobacco. It’s insidious how it hooks you. The “just one more”-isms that keep you there. It sucks.

    Everyone around you thinks you stink to high heaven, even if they don’t say so. You become nose blind to it, so you don’t understand how strong it smells to non-smokers. It makes people avoid you. It makes some people sick.

    The tar ruins your nails, hair, and teeth and takes forever to get rid of when you quit.

    To anyone reading this, just stop before it’s too late. By any means necessary. I did it cold turkey and never turned back.

  101. BlueMacaw Avatar

    Reddit^^just ^^kidding, ^^still ^^going ^^strong ^^after ^^13 ^^years

  102. WeightFlaky2913 Avatar

    Self harm, don’t want my arms to look uglier.

  103. menellinde Avatar

    Crack… been clean 34 years and counting. I can’t even imagine what my life would have been.

  104. World71Racer Avatar

    Caffeine. I used to get a bad headache whenever I didn’t have some kind of caffeinated drink in the morning. Working early mornings too, I would feel great with a cup of coffee each weekday but then crappy if I didn’t have any on a weekend day.

    This year, I committed to weaning myself off of it by waiting to have my first drink and then either doing an 80/20 decaf/regular or Earl Gray tea. Eventually it got to where my weekends are much better and can even go days without caffeine. Best part is, it now takes less coffee or Earl Gray tea to get the same energy

  105. nero-finis Avatar

    Opioids, cocaine, alcohol and sex. Now if I could just drop nicotine. I’m on day three right now in bed reading and want to throw some sweatpants / shirt on and grab a pack. I’ve tried hundreds of times to no avail

  106. Ommen_Banal Avatar

    Masturbation to alleviate the shitty life I have. I didn’t get rid of it completely but I’m already much better than before… I usually hit about 8 a day, I only stopped after 3 where my penis was already hurting to the point where I couldn’t feel any pleasure, and that was almost a year straight every day

  107. NIN-pig Avatar

    Fuck cocaine

  108. Sirenafeniks Avatar

    Heroin. I shot up for 11 months. Clean and sober for 20 years now. So glad!

  109. exzactlyd Avatar

    Xanax. And my doctor prescribed them like candy for 10 plus years. Have been fully off them for 3 years now. Just gotta tackle this alcohol problem I have and having a few too many after work some days. That’s my last vice though