Phone no as i leave it off for days at a time but computer yes

Yep, and we’re surrounded by enablers, too. I left my phone at home accidentally when I went out with the fam. “Fuckit, I don’t need a phone. Let’s just go…”

And not only did it become quickly obvious how much I use my phone (NFC payment, looking up store hours, nearest grocery store, etc) but how much everyone expected me to have a phone and everything on it. Use my phone to pay. I don’t have it, I gotta use a card. Give my kid cash for when we drop her off to hang out with friends with apple pay. Can’t do it, no phone. Here’s $15 cash. (Eye roll, carrying change is a burden now) Use loyalty card at the store. Nope, it’s on the phone. Wife has to use hers. Can’t get my daughter’s text messages, and even though she knew I’d left my phone, she still texted me.

People expect you to have all the conveniences on a phone, including the ones that are convenient to them.

No. I could stop af any time. I just choose not to. Its totally voluntary.

(Just like smokers, they could stop at anytime, they just choose not to)

I am addicted to dopamine.

My phone is one of the less harmful sources of a dopamine feedback loop.

Working with my therapist to get a hold on that.

I’m addicted to having something to do, the phone is the most obvious thing to look at when I don’t have anything else to do, but I never look at my phone when e.g. driving except for purposes of navigation or music control.

No, I’m addicted to the apps in my phone. Without them (or internet to use them) I don give a damn about that thing.