[winchling]

Cold comfort to some, but I think there's at least one real advantage that the addict or anyone with an acknowledged mental disorder or personal problem has: addressing this is a path to enormous self-realisation and growth. By comparison, most people are sleepwalking through life.

[dorchadas]

Agreed. I realized I was addicted to checking Facebook and Reddit even though I rarely got anything out of them. I've since deactivated (I need Messenger to chat with some friends, so I can't fully delete, sadly) my Facebook account and pared back my Reddit subscriptions to only academic ones so I can at least learn while on it. It's made me want to check Facebook/Reddit a lot less.