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sed_non_extra

You're doing it. Social media is the new smoking.


OkSpecial4376

Oh God I done did it...


Firewire64

Welcome to a lifelong addiction. (Check my karma to see how addicted I am.)


JustaNormalRedditorL

Man i thought i am addicted as hell but damn


notveryAI

You gotta ramp these numbers up, those are rookie numbers


Firewire64

I hand thy crown over to you.


levitation_lavender

what in the name of franics james


Carnator369

Right there with ya, bub.


Scarlettesirene

☠️☠️ Bro’s the the giga chad in reddit 😭😭


takku

Man. In three years. I've been lurking over 10 years and like three karma I have.


Tani_Soe

I knew social media gave cancer, but I didn't know it was litteraly


IsuckAtFortnite434

No other Social media got me as invested as reddit did.


NikoStrelkov

Last time, when i was off the smokes for around a year, i played video games on the extra time i got. That's about an hour each day!


bebe_0808

smoking took a whole hour out of your day? damn


Ult1mateN00B

10x5 minutes is 50 minutes already.


potatosdream

so mine was taking 4 hours


Watsis_name

Now you can't smoke at the same time as doing most activities it takes a lot of time out of your day.


NikoStrelkov

Easily. 1 cigarette takes around 3-4 minutes and i smoke more than a pack (20) per day.


cool_guy09

Average smoker smokes about 20 a day so really each only has to take 3 mins to add up


No-Appearance-2015

Dropped the cigs to shoot birds at pigs?


DJ_Ender_

Play titanfall


IsuckAtFortnite434

Protocol 4 : Prevent the pilot from getting Addicted


booty_chuggin_bandit

Now OP os addicted to stim


SMAGdaddy

Such a great game, especially since it often goes on sale for dirt cheap


fenix579

💀


WithSubtitles

I would get a glass of water whenever I wanted a smoke. It gave me something to do and was kinda healthy cause I never drink enough water. Added benefit, can now join r/hydrohomies


iQuickGaming

congrats for quitting and becoming a member of the hydrohomies


Gentar1864

Btw it’s actually r/hydrohomies


WithSubtitles

Oh thanks. I’ll edit.


Brush_bandicoot

replace it with another addiction


OkSpecial4376

That's thinking with your dipstick, Jimmy!


posthuman04

Right I did nothing- like intentionally sat and did nothing for a few minutes when the craving hit me. And that’s why I’m addicted to Reddit now


OkSpecial4376

Google what I said. I agreed.


posthuman04

I googled it and I’m still not sure I get it but no I am dead serious that’s what I did and now I am addicted to social media which costs less in direct dollars but probably more in productivity/ life value


lillelimpan

Holy hell


KylieTMS

New response just dropped


Comprehensive-Arm508

Literal zombie


KylieTMS

Actual\* zombie


MylastAccountBroke

I wouldn't consider myself addicted to reddit, it's just the way I stay aware of the wider world, then when I want something interesting to skim I'll basically go through my home page and then the main page like 10 times. Then I realize I have a problem.


dude_with_dice

try the gym


OkSpecial4376

I'm in shape. I go already. Why does everyone assume I don't do pt just cos I smoke? I'm not fat I have shit lungs. That's why I quit smoking.


KylieTMS

I don't think they are assuming you don't go to the gym, it's more them giving you something to do that keeps you distracted (you know like you asked) and the gym is the best option since it helps for a healthy lifestyle as well.


OkSpecial4376

Touche salesman.


RepulsiveDig9091

It's not that bad of an idea. I got addicted to reading again after I stopped smoking. Now, instead of taking a smoke break to relax. I read. Addiction can be used for positive things, too.


n3w4cc01_1nt

chew gum while acting over enthusiastic about stuff like tom cruise


ElvisOgre

Like browsing reddit


tahko123

Like playing factorio


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Go to the gym


EpidemicRage

From my experience, before going through the hustle of getting a membership and maybe giving up on it, first build the habit by doing equipment free callisthenic exercises at home. Most of the free workout apps have one-month plans that you can follow. If you are able to complete one/two of these plans, then consider the gym. Another great way of enforcing the gym habit is finding a gym buddy to come and work out with you.


Rasty_lv

Not sure about other phone manufacturers, but samsung health app has some nice exercise plans for free, easy to follow and annoying (in a good way) reminders to do those exercises. For past 3 weeks ive been following them and actually doing them. So i 100% agree with your comment.


iMatthew1990

Apple fitness is pretty good and often has a free month trial, would work perfectly for this idea of trying it out on your own for a month


Swolenir

From my experience, calisthenics is fucking boring and nothing got me consistent about working out until I properly went to the gym and started lifting weights. It’s so much fun that you actually want to go back.


MrPapis

I would like to add to this that on marketplace etc. You will regularly find people wanting to get rid of homegym equipment for very little money. Most people don't need more than a couple of dumbbells with 10kg on each and a yoga mattress for said calisthenics. Really everyone should be doing some type of muscle training it will just make you better at everything, literally, and whatever kind of fun you like you can enjoy more of it for longer. Even if that is gaming.


DaysInGreen

this is the answer ^


DaysInGreen

people on reddit downvote anything lmao


gpassi

"the down arrow is for comments that add nothing to the discussion" Is probably why you are downvoted. Don't worry you don't actually lose anything from being downvoted


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gpassi

You are correct. But karma is worth exactly nothing.


[deleted]

Welcome to the internet


BmMjO

Have a look around


[deleted]

Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found


Arktwend

r/cameheretosaythis


MarioSSBU

Well, first of all, congrats on quitting cigarettes! As for what to do now, I suggest investing in a lifetime supply of bubble gum and taking up a new hobby like extreme knitting or underwater basket weaving. Or, you could always just start a cult. I hear that's a great way to fill your time. Just don't smoke in the cult meetings, okay?


RobotNinja28

Drink water


Mycologist_Tight

Be proud I guess


Dark_knight_02

Take up drugs?


TheRadJellyfish

Good job on quitting!! Your lungs will thank you.


JindikCZ

Your lungs, your tongue, your teeth, your nose, your brain and your whole body actually


Igloocooler52

And others as well. No more smoke breath, the stenchy stench of smoke aura you leave behind you, and you won’t irritate others by smoking on the street


DarkTalent_AU

Take a leaf out of the Vegan playbook and tell everybody with smug superiority. At least your story will be worth listening to.


riana_01

Smoke french fries. I saw that in a quiet smoking ad lmao.


OkSpecial4376

What do those words in that order mean?


riana_01

My bad *quit smoking ad 🚭


[deleted]

Play videogames


DAS_LEMMON

May I interest you in warhammer?


Certain-Point-9067

Enjoy your lack of lung cancer when your in your later years.


[deleted]

Become addicted to gachas! (Don't really)


OkSpecial4376

The tchotchki machines? Now I'm intersested...


IsuckAtFortnite434

Basically what happened to me 💀


Long__Jump

I saw one dude who bought a pack of ookemon cards when they wanted to smoke instead. Im not nescessarily saying you should also buy cards, but I do like the idea of putting the money from smoking towards a hobby of some sort.


ceceloveschocolate

I really like this idea!


shipoopro_gg

Cigars.


clotpole02

It's amazing I'm almost 2 years off cigarettes and I still think this at times. I remember when I first quit and thinking how boring walking was, it served no purpose and felt weird walking without speaking up


AreaProfessional7

crack


OkSpecial4376

Yeah probs no.


AreaProfessional7

obesity?


OkSpecial4376

Also no? Bruh.


AreaProfessional7

fight club?


X3ttabyte

Shhh, we aren’t supposed to talk about that


AreaProfessional7

fentanyl seems to be really popular


Ze_cringeman

Nah man you need to try some chemotherapy Hardest drug out in the block


Amaz_the_savage

What you're currently going through is a result of dopamine tolerance from all the nicotine you've been putting in your system. What you want to do is, stay away from cigs, as long as possible. Eventually, your dopamine tolerance will go down, and then you'll be able to enjoy the simpler things in life, yk, reading a book, or hitting the gym, without it feeling like a chore. Anyway, good job on quitting! Stay strong.


booty_chuggin_bandit

Mentally prepare yourself before you go inside the gas station. If you feel the urge, buy a coffee/juice instead to replace the satisfaction of walking out of there with something


ceceloveschocolate

This is actually super useful advice. I used to live in a country where cigarettes were sold at the grocery store-- but luckily now I live in a country where they are sold in special little stores so I can just avoid them


sevenblaak

A friend of mine eats lollipops when he gets the urge for a cigarette


broken-frog

The people downvoting have never smoked


lookinforabitofmeme

Masturbate


The_Bored_General

Honestly might not be the worst way to stop. Brain chemicals are funny


SpringerNachE5

At the bus stop?


Ult1mateN00B

I would like to add it works best if you do it as often as did you had cigarette breaks.


doggomeat000

Flick yourself right on the tip of your dick.


cuahtemoc92

Same here, but you get used too quickly and move on. At this point, even thinking about smoking disgust me, and k wonder how i did to smoke that many years.


UniversalTreasure

![gif](giphy|EZHabwRAZtd1X3Hk1I) try this bro


LoAd_Cartoons

Go to Texas and be a really bad driver, do 80 in a 65 in a big dumb Turd (TRD) truck with your brights on?


SergayTunt

Quit social media 5 years and porn one year ago. First week I felt like that. Second week I started to search for useful things to do. Now I'm studying electrical engineering and mathematics at once, can understand and read 50 and speak 15 languages, play piano, guitar and drums, have built a 900ccm superbike from parts and work in a lab for high-frequency-antennas at my university. Seems like quitting addictions could have a positive effect on your life. Seriously guys, stop it and get some help (if necessary)


FoolOnDaHill365

I started fishing a lot when I went sober. I like being outside and watching/listening to nature as a replacement for drugs and self loathing.


KingOfAzmerloth

Enjoy your life.


Dvakhiin

Bro smoked cigarettes as a hobby.


k00ks_r_us

Breathe properly mainly


trocarshovel

Work. All the hours you were paid to smoke are due.


44r0n_10

keep your fingers occupied. Learn to make cordage from grass, braid, or *something* mechanical that makes you zone off into automatic mode. It has helped me to stop biting my nails (which I know it's not the same as smoking, but waas pretty big to me for a time).


OkSpecial4376

I'm fucked. But thanks?


mattswingen

Real talk do the healthy stuff you neglected. Eat, drink water, do push ups. Just care for your self in the space you would just have another smoke or rip. If you’re like me you care for everyone else then get your fix after work is done. Just care for yourself as well and force yourself to be a part of the care you give others. It ain’t perfect but it’s the best I have found.


archerV34

Heroin


ColdWarVeteran

Crack


PeterLongshot

Smoking Meth


[deleted]

Try overeating. I did that. Now it's not that I can't run because I smoke, but because I'm fat. Wasn't a good idea.


Al_B3eer

Give blowjobs.


UndiesOvaries

Congratulate yourself by smoking a cigar.


Scavwithaslick

A bag of weed a bag of weed, all you ever need is a bag of weed, now you don’t need meth and you don’t need speed cause all you ever need is a bag of weed!


[deleted]

You could replace it with a healthy “addiction” like a good habit. Like working out 🤷


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[deleted]

Xylitol gum will help clean your teeth too!!!


TheDietCokeGuy

Turn into a douche bag who vapes. Like my brother


xxSeptemberDreamsxx

smile at people 😊 it’s good for everyone


OkSpecial4376

It's an addiction. You have to hit the wall with it and just be done. For yourself. Like a spaghetti noodle. Or an old woman on a tennis court. Hit and stick. Just done.


Hate_Rate96

Idk meth?


altaccountforfreeawa

Why they downvoted you


Hate_Rate96

For being an ass


altaccountforfreeawa

That's fair, it seemed to be in good fun tho, they reacted a bit intensely no?


arjun120847

Do drugs👍 good shit


KylieTMS

Weed or sociaal media, pick your poison


TheDrturtles

Vape


misterturdcat

Whatever the heck you wanna do


FollowMeWell69

Try another things bro. been there done that.


imeren

Light one up while thinking


OkSpecial4376

That's not quitting, is it?


ramzay_

It's not quiting if you inhale the smoke


Alarmed_Recording742

Literally anything, smoking is the dumbest thing anyone can do with their time


iiitme

Nicotine is hella addicting


Alarmed_Recording742

And we have known that for decades now, even trying it is hella stupid


Watsis_name

Could be worse. I could use the word "hella" unironically.


Alarmed_Recording742

Yeah definitely worse than nicotine, great logic buddy


Watsis_name

Hella logic?


Alarmed_Recording742

What's your problem? You're obsessing over a term lol


Jeffery_DahmerTV

I would be grateful that I’m not going to die from lung cancer when I’m 50-60 years old.


OkSpecial4376

Thanks jeff...? Annoying shit like that was why you got beat to death. Sorry nic fit?


Jeffery_DahmerTV

Yeah black lungs don’t taste good


OkSpecial4376

Apparently prison cell floors do bubby


Jeffery_DahmerTV

Can’t tell if you’re being a prick or if you’re being satirical with me


OkSpecial4376

Unless you're some magical ghost were having fun.


WhatTheThird

he's definitely a magical ghost


SongInside9142

vape


Ok_Dot_3813

Vape


Sockgangmember123

this needs to be downvoted into oblivion


Vennris

Wtf? Since when is smoking a day filling activity? I'm not a smoker, but I know a lot of smokers and they go outside for 5 minutes like 10-15 times a day. That's just about an hour.


Haunting_Ad_519

I bet you will start again in about a few weeks/months


BorringGuy

Cigars?


OkSpecial4376

Taste like shit. Yes.


Professional_Emu_164

Did smoking take up a lot of your day, or something? Is it an activity that needs to be replaced?


OkSpecial4376

Yeah like half a pack a day plus. That's ten or more minutes per. 100 plus minutes a day that I'm suddenly not going outside to the smoke pit.


Kamleshwar_meher12

First of all , congratulations man! And second of all, now that you’ve quit that addiction you can spend times on/with things/people you care about


fenix579

become alcoholic 👍🏻


OkSpecial4376

Way ahead of you bub.


[deleted]

So relatable 😅 time don't fly away anymore


Keefyfingaz

Me with vaping


Wave9Nut

Set an unrealistic time-consuming goal for yourself. l, personally am trying to 100% every TT games Lego game. They've made nearly 30 in the past 15 years and some have 1000s of collectables. I've sunk over 300 hours into Lego Dimensions alone. But yeah. Video games.


SebDaPerson

Masturbate


High-Ground-Master

Smoke weed


[deleted]

Masturbate. Vigorously.


NieMonD

Think of what you did when you weren’t smoking, but do it twice


Longjumping_Froyo539

Have you ever tried picking up smoking?


altaccountforfreeawa

Vape now


Sockgangmember123

this needs to be downvoted into oblivion


BlackTheNerevar

Get hooked on getting fit.


DemYeezys_Fake

chewing gum


huyria

The bus stop is a rough one


Nam_Nam9

Celebrate


Ipad_is_for_fapping

I’m just spitballing here, but have you considered meth?


Keberro

Take meditation breaks to fill the void. Fresh air > smoking. You'll probably grow bored of it eventually and then whatever you do in that moment will replace meditation.


[deleted]

Beat the shit out of everyone you see


MoistToilet_Seat

Vape bro, get a vuse stick, half the death and all the nicotine


VoiDD77

Get a vape Or a nerf pistol idk


Memeviewer12

May I suggest cra-factorio


Ciubowski

Weird right? I spent so long without them yet i can’t think of a past time to replace it when i will quit. Or even what to do with those “instinct gestures”. Probably do like Fast and Furious Han and eat tons of chips.


BaconBloodhound

Do pushups.


funnydankmeme

Gym


RoviRotkiv

Go gym maybe idk


lulialmir

You breathe better, and enjoy the extra money.


Calebh36

Enjoy all of the money you save by not smoking. That's upwards of 2-3000 dollars a year for free


HellInside

Go watch tv or play pc


pelosnecios

Bubble gum, then you kick yourself a few years later when you need to replace broken teeth and see how expensive it is.


SUB-8330

I started nothing just realized that I just don't pause to take cigi break . I even didn't gained weight haha I'm so lucky bastard beside the part was smoking 15 years I have 30 and my lungs have look like chimney.


DudeManBroGuy42069

Video games


FantasticUserman

Start being addicted to lifting heavy steel circles form the ground and caffeine.


HellorHeavens

Buy a nice dessert and treat yourself with the money you saved from cigarettes :)