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I feel the same way. I don't see it so much as an addiction as much as that the internet cratered everything around it -all the social is largely online, or was. Reading, entertainment -again, largely reliant on the internet in various ways.

Part of it, for me, is age and locale. If I was in LA or a large city I might feel like there's worthwhile things to do offline -but I'm not, and largely there isn't; not if you're single and older, at least.

So I hover around reddit, hn and various discords because what else am I going to do? Go clubbing? There's no clubs, and I'm too old beside.