<h1 id="addiction">Addiction<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#addiction"></a></h1>
<p>"Addiction is giving up everything for one thing. Sobriety is giving up one thing for everything"</p>
<p>ask yourself "is the behaviour I'm exhibiting right now the same behaviour I'd exhibit if I were in fact dangerously addicted to this thing?"</p>
<ul>
<li>In other words, imagine a scenario where things ended up bad for you. Are you current patterns reflecting the same pattern that this hypothetical would probably would have shown? </li>
<li>ex. Think WoW. When I started playing Classic WoW, I played a lot (9 hours in one day). I should have imagined the hypothetical scenario where I get dangerously addicted to WoW and stop working on my projects. would the pattern that caused the hypothetical still be there in my actual life? </li>
</ul>
<p>When can natural reinforcers become addictive?</p>
<ul>
<li>when they are a highly stimulating version of what our hunter/gatherer ancestors would find irresistibile.
<ul>
<li>ex. high calorie foods, high sugar foods</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>when something is available in limitless supply
<ul>
<li>ex. unhealthy food, porn</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>when it comes in many varieties (ie. the novelty factor)
<ul>
<li>ex. unhealthy food, porn</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>when we binge on it without realize that it's triggering brain changes</li>
</ul>

Addiction

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