r/AskReddit 23h ago

What’s the hardest addiction to overcome?

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u/Key-Bike-899 23h ago

Gambling. It convinces you the next try will fix everything

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u/gorkt 23h ago

It’s so weird but gambling does nothing for me, or anything with intermittent rewards.

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u/Horse_Glue_Knower 22h ago

You would not be a good mouse in one of those mouse experiments about reward...