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Thanks for sharing that. I am a moderator of an addiction-related subreddit, and recently a commenter made a short list of things they had struggled with which

Thanks for sharing that. I am a moderator of an addiction-related subreddit, and recently a commenter made a short list of things they had struggled with which included (unsurprisingly) alcohol, tobacco and drugs. But they also included an unhealthy dependence on 'self-help' which was my first encounter with this idea. So you're not alone!

sharkweek 10y ago
I'm pretty sure people with addictive personalities can also get extremely addicted to their own thinking (stealing this idea from DFW's Infinite Jest, but I agree with it)
- stinkytaco 10y ago
  Funny you should bring up DFW, who was apparently quite into self-help books himself: https://theawl.com/inside-david-foster-wallaces-private-self-help-library-f84d5f56fccd#.32kd1v8vm https://theawl.com/inside-david-foster-wallaces-private-self...