[jti107]

i'd suggest reading Dopamine Nation, essentially the premise of the book is modern society has hijacked our natural reward system and we havent figured out how to moderate ourselves. author suggests 30 day dopamine detox so whatever you think you're addicted to (social media, sugar, sex, news, drugs, alcohol, etc.) force yourself to not use it for a couple of weeks and see how you feel. you should go thru intense withdrawal but in the latter weeks you're body and mind should be reaching a new equilibrium. she also mentions usinng challenging things (cold showers, exercise, etc) to reset your hormonal reward systems

[dandanua]

Practicing self-restrictions is a good advice in general, but I wouldn't equate the addiction problem with dopamine levels. There is a meaning in everything you do, including your addictions. Sometimes this meaning is very deep. And you won't solve the problem without understanding roots of it.

[jti107]

Yep totally agree, you will need need to solve the root issue at some point. The detox is just to meant to give you a chance to look at the situation clearly and hopefully put you in the path to addressing the root issue. which hopefully means you won’t need to medicate thru ur addiction