Each addiction has its own special properties. The special properties of the addiction are what make it hard for the person to quit that is addicted. These ty

Each addiction has its own special properties. The special properties of the addiction are what make it hard for the person to quit that is addicted. These type of comparisons for social media seem like bargaining by the social media addict trying to find the least harmful addiction to frame their own addiction as. I have quit social media, cigarettes, alcohol and I limit junk food far more than normal. Quitting social media has cut me off from many social circles and being in the know with even my own extended family. But make no mistake though. Cigarettes are an order of magnitude harder to quit than any of these. Alan Carr's book is amazing because it is almost a type of hypnosis that gives you the will power to not cave when cigarettes start playing all the mind games of why you should just smoke one in the first month after quitting. You have to convince yourself it is easy and anyone can do it exactly because it is so hard. Comparing social media addiction to cigarettes is just not helpful though. Cigarettes are much more addictive but social media is addictive in its own special way. If anything social media and sex addiction have much in common. You can deal with the addiction by going cold turkey but then if you want to get back to a normal life you have to figure out something other than abstinence.