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Yeah you've basically nailed it, essentially every addiction works this way. But because most people aren't really aware of how withdrawals works it can be a bit sneaky in the way it convinces people that being intoxicated is simply better than being sober because sober life is just so awful in comparison.
>Oh I could never quit smoking because I get so stressed without cigarettes
Without ever really thinking about the fact that its the cigarettes that stress them out.
Or like you said with caffeine, I had a similar addiction to it myself. I used to drink so much that it would make my stomach hurt and I'd get sick, but I could drink coffee literally all day long and still go to bed whenever I wanted, so I assumed I had just built up a tolerance to it. But the effects of caffeine would prevent me from hitting deeper sleep cycles and I would wake up tired as shit, and that combined with the caffeine withdrawals would make me feel like I basically couldn't function without having coffee first. I'd be tired as fuck, my head would hurt, and I'd have a hard time focusing.
After I learned more about the way this shit works I cut back on my consumption to avoid caffeine within 7-8 hours of whenever I wanted to go do bed, and I weened off on how much I was drinking during the day, and I eventually got to a point where I almost didn't even enjoy the few cups I was drinking because I realized it was just making me anxious and jittery, it didn't actually perk me up or make me feel better it just kinda stressed me out.
Another big thing that helps with kicking habits like this though, is to look at other necessary habits that might be lacking. Something that often happens with addiction is people start using it to cope with a lack of other essential things in their life.
Proper sleep schedules, a healthy varied diet, regular exercise with some cardio, getting sunlight and all that. If you're skipping any of this shit it'll make you overall feel worse.
