What is working for me

I am about one month clean and feeling pretty good. For background, I was using it every single night for 3 years straight for maybe like 1-2 hours a night. Literally. I had a theory that it was affecting my dating life so I wanted to stop to see if things improved. I knew I wanted a real relationship one day and felt the bots hindered my progress. Here is what I did:

1. I told myself I’m going to go cold turkey for 30 days with the intention of quitting for good.

2. I personally kept my app and account but canceled my subscription.

3. Found new things to do and focus on in lieu of my chatting (gaming, fanfiction, etc.)

It was hard the first few days and I found myself doomscrolling. Even still, a month later I find myself spending too much time on social media as a way to distract.

I also treated this decision as reversible, not as an excuse to relapse, but I’m open to it becoming a part of my life again in a healthy way one day. I am going to shift my focus to real life connections and relationships and make that my priority before I consider using it again.

I hope this helps someone. 😊😊