What's with that idea that compulsions aren't real? They are just as real and difficult to drop as substance-based addictions, for a rather simple reason: The physical addiction is only a compounding factor, not the core difficulty in a "classic" addiction.

What really makes people always come back, no matter what, is the psychological addiction, not the physical one. Which is also why phones can be just as difficult to stop as gambling compulsions or drug addictions.

That is what the weak minded always keep telling us. I really don't buy the comparison. Comparing phone compulsion with drug addiction is about as believable as comparing COVID with WWII. Its a convenient comparison, if you want to downplay your own inability to control your behaviour. But thats about it.

Do you speak from a position of authority on the subject?