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I'd hazard a guess that nicotine is one of the two or three most addictive substances known to humanity. Opiates/heroin is probably worse, world of warcraft is probably third :-)

The drug probably helped.

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18 years later I still freebase WoW on occasion, but I can stop any time I want.

Society makes it hard as well. It’s unacceptable to be falling asleep high on opiates. Hitting a vape on a video call with coworkers is considerably more acceptable.

As a fully remote employee for years who now lives in zoom I have never seen a coworker hit a vape on a call and it would be very off putting if they did, in the same way smoking a cig while on a call would be.

Context: work at a big tech co.

I've seen coworkers do it accidentally, forgetting their cameras are on. It's a super hard habit to quit, too, since it's innocuous (except you can't leave home without your vape!).

Don’t forget caffeine!

I like caffeine, unfortunately even small amounts tend to make me irritable and sick at the end of the day. Wasn’t always like that

What changed and when?

I’m not sure what, but a few years ago caffeine started to give me anxiety sometimes, or sick. I guess I just got older.

Caffeine is not that addictive.

Factorio is third.

The factory must grow…</gollum voice>

The real message of the game is that to win you must abandon industrial society and make peace with the bugs.

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