I am so sick of being addicted to my phone. And I say sick for a reason. I feel ill, I am full of grief and despair and disgust. It is negatively impacting my life and my relationships.

And I was thinking about it today. If I had come to the understanding that I am an alcoholic or a drug addict, nobody would tell me to take the pretty labels off the bottles so I won’t be tempted to drink, or set time limits of when I can take drugs, or put the alcohol in a basket in the kitchen.

No. They would encourage and support me to not have that substance in my proximity at all.

So why is this the advice about phones? It just makes us feel that we are failing.

I’m ready to change my script. I am not failing at controlling my phone use. I am addicted to my phone. It is an addiction. I am going to treat it with the respect that it deserves and get serious about sobriety.