What can really help getting addictions under control is understanding how it is expressed in the brain. Delta FOSB seems to be associated with addiction https

What can really help getting addictions under control is understanding how it is expressed in the brain. Delta FOSB seems to be associated with addiction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSB#Delta_FosB https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSB#Delta_FosB. And having a simple model of how it works helps in dealing with it. Contrary to popular depictions addiction is not bolean, it's a unbounded scale. And roughly each consumption of an addictive substance increase addiction and for each substance some time is required to go back to baseline. And if another take occurs before this period, then the addiction will grow. As a very simple model it's ovmbviously wrong but it's a very helpful proxy. Another euristic that is helpful in dealing with addiction is to avoid repeated use before 6-7 times the halflife of the substance. Such that > 99% of it has been eliminated. Finally looking for "harm reduction techniques" when dealing with a substance provides many helpful tips. I believe those advice can probably be translated in the case of an addictive behaviour instead of a substance but will obviously yield less precise recommendations.