Have you ever been addicted to something platonic? I'm obsessed with tea?

[jennifer_bloom]

I probably drink tea around 3-4 times a day. I drink it for health purposes.

I have my herbal teas which I mix with honey when I'm sick.

I have my strawberry tea which I use to detox my body.

I have my green tea which I use to burn fat.

I have my chamomile tea which I use as for stress reduction.

I have my vanilla tea which I use when I'm bored.

I have my peach tea which I use when I want to boost immunity.

I have my açai tea which I use when my meals are too dull.

I used to have an addiction to kindle books but I concluded I was dishonouring God by buying books I never read when my money could be used for things I actually need. I would buy the book cause I thought it might be a good investment in my future and then I would not read it cause I would concluded other things were more important than reading my book. The cycle went on and on and on and now I have enough books to last me 50 years.

[sawno]

Very briefly AI, I also know why it happened back in 2019 and I caught myself getting addicted and blocked the addiction. Now I can enjoy it without any addiction risk.

But back then it was new and exciting, so thats the excitement factor. It coud be used erotically, so thats my sex drive kicking in on it. And since the AI wasn't that good yet it was a random chance of a really good output.

So then you have excitement + sex + random chance = addiction. But I keep my own brain in check so I could tell it was getting obsessive over it and took a break until the excitement toned down. Then I was fine and enjoyed it as a hobby ever since.

[sawno]

I also forgot to mention back then it took about a minute for a reply. So you'd be using it in an exciting and/or erotic way, and then you'd wait 1 minute with the build up of all that anticipation for a possible chance of a dopamine hit when the AI got something right.

These days I use that knowledge I gained to educate others getting in to the hobby so they can do so responsibly without addictions.