How To Quit ANY ADDICTION (My Foolproof Plan) 

It's truly incredible how well you manage to convey your advice and your thoughts. Great stuff as always my man

Genuinely one of the best content creators out there. He is able to teach us without much edits which is something I really like. The lessons this man gives are very valuable, I have learnt a lot from you. Sana magpursige tayo sa self-improvement journey natin.

When it comes to addiction it's crucial to not do it so progressive in my opinion. When the addiction is bad you need to go through a withdrawal period that can be really hard: bad sleep, anxiety, lack of enjoyment doing any other thing, etc. This is a necessary process that can last from a few days to weeks. I think that the main idea of this video is good, relapse is part of the process and it's important to see the big picture. Every time you "fail" you will learn something, you'll become more and more aware over time, but don't be a fool, you have to try hard every single time. The plan since the beginning is to never do it again. Some people succeed at killing the addiction first try and you should try to be one of them. And in case you end up failing, don't doubt yourself, keep on trying and you'll eventually see progress. Btw it's also important to learn about your addiction, knowledge is power, and if you feel like you can't overcome it ask for help

6:36 "its not about perfection, its about progression" thats a bar‍🔥

I love your videos so much that when I feel unclear about something I know Ruff probably has talked about it. Your videos are worth listenig to, the way you put the information together is amazing and it is easily digestible.

Great video! Actually I'm watching this at 4 a.m. during a breakdown but by next year I'll be back as an early bird! Honor promise!

He says "Bars Bro" in every video and I am here for it lmao

i decided to loop this video so i can concentrate on this and sone things done I was thinking about during this video hopefully it will get me to the start point because i struggle with starting the most

After being to a rehab for more than 11times.. from last 5 years . Here and there... being so messed up within my own mind and thoughts ... i finally found fhis vedio❤.. which seem to work .. i think i would just give it a try from tomorrow 👍 KILL THE THOUGHT RIGHT WHEN IT POPS UP IN THE MIND👍 ! AND DON'T TRUST THE BRAIN, TRUST THE PLAN !! 👍 .. Thanks bro, 👍 for this amazing vedio and for giving me hope, when i am feeling really very hopeles😢👍 Thanks, bro for this amazing vedio 🙏😀 sending you love and hugs from India🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

Under the week, I get a 5 day streak but the weekend always kills me. It's just that I'm trying to become busy but then I get distracted by the urge and ...

Ruff, what do you think about procrastination and time management?

This is so feasible that it's so hard not to implement. SO I'll try

7:49 thanks for the new shortcut

ayyyy i've heard this from hamza too yooooo W advice

Thank you❤️ This helped me out so much ❤️

I like this guy

Thank you, needed this

I was on monk mode and quit it and saw this I didn’t quit because of this but yea no disclipne

ruff I love you man

“How many times do you do your bad habit in a month or a week” I lost count honestly. I am also an arm wrestling champion. Only with my right tho

Thank You!

thank you

please answer if u can my adiction is pop,,,,,crn i want to end it fast i cant wait like a year

what i learned from this video - 1. losing bad habits takes time just as making good habits 2. kill the trigger the moment it jumps out 3. ruff is a friend we never had but ought to have

"It's not about perfection, it's about progression."

Bro if I wore a mask and cap at home, even for recording sessions, my mom would not let me see the light of day how the hell are you alive 😭 Edit: I have learned that people can't take anything lightly

I have realised, that most bad habits or addictions can be fairly easy to control or subdue under heavy emotions. There's a weird phenomenon i have experienced, and it may or may not be true, but when my girlfriend expressed that even when i was never angry at her, she felt uncomfortable knowing that i have bad anger issues and i should learn to control them, I did it in like, maybe a week or so. Because that felt so final, it was this heavy emotion slapped to my face, that i had to. Similarly a lot of drug addicts or like alcoholics, tend to let go of their bad habits under heavy emotions too, I would love to look deeper into this, so that my understanding of addiction and it's relevance to emotions increases. Still, the best way to leave any addiction is slow, gradual progress. All of you reading this, i hope you let go of your parasitic habits!

ruff, you're a gift to guys just strating out on self improvement. thank you, you have inspired me.

Trying to be like you, ruff. Trying to change my addiction i've had for about 3 years, ill start today. Someone like or comment this so I can come back and retry.

ruff is so handsome

🔶 WHAT I learnt from this video 🔸Start with small , even if it takes time. 🔸 Make plan trust it . 🔸 focus on the good rather than bad It's gonna take time seconds, hours, days , weeks , months, years 😶 So don't come and get mad at ruff . TAKE ACTION 🤞🏻 ⌨️ Ruff uff ruff

I am legit watching this video to avoid studying 😅......BTW NOICE QUALITY CONTENT

Important Takeaways- 1. Don't indulge in the fantasies that your mind creates of them. 2. Extinguish that bad habit flame as soon as it lights up. Do NOT think of it. 3. The less time we spend on it, the less frequently we do it, the more awareness that we bring about it, the weaker the bad habit becomes. 4. It's okay to relapse sometimes. The keyword being sometimes. Just zoom out and look at the bigger picture. 5. Practise progressive deloading. It's going to take a couple years, but eventually you'll get there. Only if you take action with proper planning.

"Set this long term plan and trust the plan" it really hit me Thank you:)

This is one of the rare occasions i actually highly disagree with you. Read the freedom model, it explains the nature of addictions and the most effective way to deal with it, backed with statistical proof. Progressive deloading or moderation is possible, but it's not necessary, it can even be detrimental. It's a natural idea, because it seems to make sense with the comparisons you made, but addiction does not work like this. It's nothing alike.

Facts, accepting your weakness before hand allows you to make actual progress. On the rough days just ask god for help and he gives you the strength to win that day.

follow everything he said with daily meditation like daily:(and progressively overload this too don't do 2 hours on first day 😂 or you'll get hallucinations, 3 min on day 1 and add 30 sec every damn day) with meditation you are like working out your your brain and mind so that it turns into a literal WEAPON because, Benifit of meditation: 1) More aware 2) Increase focus 3) Mindful of you thoughts throughout day so you don't do dumb shit 4) More Happy and fulfilled 5) Better sleep 6) Enhanced memory and cognition 7) Ability to focus on on thing unlocked 8) More confidence 9) Can also help in improve MIND and MUSCLE connection 10) You'll find yourself at the end of the journey of you do meditation along with journaling on thought (ask WHO,WHAT,WHEN,WHERE,WHY,HOW am I?) Thank you hope this help 😅

Ruff you are one of the few youtubers that truly have had a positive long-lasting impact on my life. I appreciate you 👍.

Dont trust your brain, make a plan, a long term plan and trust the plan.🔥🔥🔥🔥

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:01 💪 Progressive Overload vs. Progressive Deloading 01:12 📆 Setting a Gradual Reduction Plan 03:06 📈 Embrace the Natural Progression 04:16 🧘‍♂️ Humility in Reducing Bad Habits 05:27 🌱 Building Good Habits as a Replacement 07:05 🚫 Handling Urges and Thoughts 08:29 ⬇️ The Importance of Reduced Frequency Made with HARPA AI

Here I am.. worrying on how i wasn't productive for the past 3 weeks... Since school started and Ruff always help me to realized that it's fine and you can still do better.. it's a simple phrase that everyone say but it's never been this impactful for me

For me it’s eating desert after dinner. Might not sound too bad but if I skip a single day I end up obsessing over the missed desert for hours-this vid hits hard because ppl keep saying quit cold turkey & the thought of that makes me want to eat even more sugar 😂 skipping a few days a month at first on the other hand sounds challenging but manageable 🔥

Ruff, you may not know me and I may not know a lot about you yet you boosted my confidence and motivation. I want to thank you even though it's not for my sake, thank you Ruff. I learned about a lot of things in this video for example losing bad habits takes time just as making good habits and etc. And this message is for you my friends "It's either day one or one day." Have a good day.

Bars Bro!!! Ngl I also deleted instagram and now my life is tension free❤

I really appreciate you man, you are the realest person and you tell it as it is, nothing held back.

The problem is that i am not just addicted. I literally use phone for coping and also rebuilding my life. And i often talk to people that don't even live in the same town

I didn't realise he was talking about a specific bad habit until he said Ctrl + Shift + N 🤣🤣

video reflection: i want to quit my youtube shorts addiction; this one habit has been the most difficult for me to get rid off - yt shorts just eat up my time and then I'm left with very less time to do stuff that i actually want or stuff that is productive replacement habit : i want to start drawing; i love drawing and i want to improve it cause rn i suck at it ; and i wanna focus on body movement cause lately I've been feeling very lazy, unhealthy and out of track :/ (also I'm gonna use that 100 points a day trick)

Watching your videos make me think, did you kill for these wisdom?

Keeping my phone after 5hours of using phone and not watching this lol.hope I will see this when I wake up

Still can't help me quit watching self improvement videos

i'm definitely going to try this. thanks for not wasting my time and being that guy that says "delete the app" to people who have a social media addiction. very helpful and also the funny parts made my day tbh ❤

For over a year I have been trying to quit an addiction and failing, but then 2 months ago I just was randomly able to stop somehow. I'm still going strong, but some days it gets really hard to resist and it feels like those days are increasing in frequency and im kinda scared. My takeaway so far is that I should focus less on resisting it right now and instead set myself a long term plan? Idk if thats the right takeaway but if anyone has any feedback please lmk

i honestly had no idea what control shift n did. Now i kinda regret trying (Also bro trolled us at the end)

these tips are so realistic and doable, thankyou ruff!!

What about negative screen time (RU-vid, insta reels, tiktok) Should we do the same or reduce the time spent doing it Edit: For everything else, sport, nofap, video games, I have managed to reduce to 0 but with social media its hard because of the algorithms

I'm lonely guy respond if you wanna talk (I know i look like a freak)

imagine getting addicted to youtube and this video pops up

I did quit alot of bad habits immediately and I never thought of this method, I think my motive also had urgency so I couldn't make the process marinate lol

the GOAT, not only is your content useful but has inspired me to start my own channel. Also, Ruff, how long do you spend on yt per week?

"It's not about perfection, It's about progression" 2023 ruff again

Ruff I'm doing as you suggested here but I would like to know to quit a addiction with progressive deloading should I A: don't do the addiction for 3 days at the first month of the year and then add 3 days each month that goes by so on the 2nd month I wouldn't do the addiction for the first 6 days then next month wouldn't do it for the next 9 days and so on until the year ends and I'm no longer doing it anymore B: do this same method but randomize the off days throughout the month instead of just doing all of them at the start I know this is a lot to read but I'm currently struggling with addiction myself and you're content has helped me so much so I wanted to get your advice on this or anyone else who sees this message.

i have so many bad habits like playing videogames, binge eating, eating my nails, procrastinating, watching tv shows/movies, reading mangas and watching a lot of yt idk how to overcome this every time i try to stop i relapse and then give up and go back to day 1 i've tried exercising and i lasted a week and i havent done it in months idk what to do i dont want to cut completely on stuff like yt bc there are still useful videos like this one but i get distracted by everything else

This strategy is so true , ive been on self improvement for the past 1 year and by using a plan really similar to what u told , i reduced my relapses from 25 times a month to 4 times a month and im pretty sure that it will take some more time to end this addiction Hear me out if you change the way your mind thinks after relapsing , you will also change the times u are relapsing a month.

Everything he says in this video is true. 7 months ago I was addicted to my phone to such an extent that I had up to 16 hours of screen time on some days. When I realized this, I decided to spend 1 hour less on my phone until I was satisfied with the effect. Currently, I am on my phone for a maximum 80 minutes per day. You have to do it slowly, if not, your mind will want to find replacements and if it doesn't find one, you will fall back into the bad habit faster than you think.

I think reverse of this might be really useful for good habits. 0 to 30 upward 📈

Please talk about spirituality and kpop

"Most people want relief, not cure"

this is why ruff has the most aesthetic knee caps in the universe

"come and go" - ruff 2023

ironically, 2 months ago i quit porn and fapping the way that you said that i shouldnt do it. I just woke up one day and decided not to fap for the rest of my life. Now its been months without fapping but i used to fap once a day. I just forgot about my addiction completely and made myself busy . I didnt even get any urges. I dont really know how its gonna be in the future. But until then, its a long way. Love❤

A better metric in my book is successful urge suppressions, some people are in position where they cant escape the urge, so they are counting the no of successful urges they suppress in a day, maintaining a streak of this metric is really motivating but in the long term the number of urges you get will reduce so it's not a linear progress graph. And it's true, it's a graph of will power development.

notes from this video: • You need to start from the amount that you can do. You must ask yourself this: "How many times do I do this bad habit in a week or a month?" For instance, let's say that you do the bad habit everyday. Next month, could you decrease it by 2 or 1? Probably, right? This is crucial. You need to start from the amount that you can do and overtime you'd have drastically reduced the amount that you do the bad habit. Remember, it's not a sudden drop, it's a gradual decrease. • Make a long term plan and trust it. The benefit you get from this plan is that, you're no longer afraid to relapse. You can make progress even if you relapse. Relapse does not equal fail. • The most crucial part of the day when you do mess up, is to be aware. The moment the thought gets into your mind, kill it, right before it becomes a fantasy. That's when it spirals out of control. Don't indulge in the thought. Literally the moment you do, say no or think of something else.

bro u literally fixed my life and im being serious

Things that I'm going to do (after the vid): 1. Audit my week. How many times have I done this? 2. Reduce it 1-2 times in a week./ Add 1-2 times a week for the good habit. 3. Repeat. Trust the plan and stop watching other similar vids. P.S. Ruff's videos are exceptions.

why tf you wearing a mask lol

You are saving life's my man

thanks for this video :)

my addiction is binge watching youtube💀💀💀i developed it on a recent 1 week holiday. So now i am gonna get rid of it.Thanks for the tip ruff👍

You inspire me everyday to just start with my iPhone and start recording out of nowhere

Should be noted that unlike progressive overload in weight lifting, trying to break an addiction is much different. In weights you can just up the difficulty each time you try and get stronger predictably to achieve your goal. With addiction, once you've realised it destroys you, and considering all the psychological baggage someone might carry from it, it's really hard to convince your brain that this slow of progress will eventually heal you. Not to include the fact that being too soft on it can lead to just being convinced that even some certain amount is good for you when it definetly isn't

damnn i knew that ego lifting was stupid in gym terms but i never thought to think about it about my own bad habits. idk why i tried to go from 30 to 0 with my phone/computer addiction when i can't even lift from 0 to 10kgs lol. thanks for pointing out the hidden obvious, i'm going to try this out this month ^^

You know you watched ruff so much when you know the bars moment

Gimmi his power ... like..how you manage to convince your amezing thoughts to others that's incredible 🤩. 👏🏼

I've seen a lot of your videos and I love the content man, we're of a similar age and it makes it way easier to relate to the things you do and the way you think. I also love the things you talk about, all the right messages and stuff. Also, do you have like a home gym? And is it like expensive?

hands down tapering is so underrated but it takes a lot of discipline. you can do it either way I absolutely recommend it!

Man I love ur explanations how can I explain things like u do like giving the right analogy and stuff I really wanna learn it ! Can we get a video on this ?

I've been going to the gym consistently for 4 months now i can Bench 160, squat 250, deadlift 250

I'm coming back to this video to thank you. I'm not sure if this is the video that helped me get out of my youtube shorts scrolling addiction but it might be the one. For the past 7 months I would write down each day whether I controlled how much I scrolled on my phone or not. I made myself a small calendar and if I did well I would draw a small green tick mark, if not - I'd draw a red "X". Thanks to your advice about monitoring unhealthy behaviours and trying to get better even just a little bit each month made all the red "X's" turn to green tick marks. I have no idea if you'll ever read this but I really wanted to thank you for the content, it has helped me change for the better.

i got recommended this out of nowhere and its genuenly really solid advice

Good luck to yall!

In my case, reducing like this never worked because the longer I maintained my addiction the more I would get addicted to it. For me, what worked more was actually not doing it and having time goals that I would celebrate (1 day sober, 5 days sober, 7 days, 30 days….) because the longer I didn’t give into it the less I wanted to. Of course, I still would relapse even after many days, but I wouldn’t reset the time unless I relapsed twice. When I relapsed twice and reset the time I didn’t beat myself up for it, only admitted I did a mistake and tried again. That’s what worked for me, anyways, everyone is different and not all addictions are the same ❤

Breaking free from addiction is a challenging journey, and your plan seems comprehensive and well-thought-out. Your determination and strategies are inspiring for anyone looking to overcome addiction. Thank you for sharing your experience and offering guidance to those who need it.

My exams are almost on top of my head (20days to go) And today I had a chance to study from morning. I had decided to study 2 chapters today but i have not finished even 1 because I have been shamelessly scrolling through my phone. I procrastinate out of my own will and later while going to bed I regret my existence. I need to something about my addiction. Hope this video helps me. It's 7.30 now so I still have 3.30 hrs till 12.00 pm if I decide to finish my goal Wish me luckk

Genuinely thank you so much for it. My bad habit is twitter and too much video games, i feel the urge to tweet things here and there often but i'm trying to quit it step by step. Your words reached me, thanks a lot!

Is using character ai a bad habit? Cause... I've increased my vocabulary little by little...

"Don't trust your brain [...] make a plan and trust the plan." Bruh... who do you think made the plan???

I agree with this but I don't know why after 3 years of trying I quitted p0rn without any struggle like I just left PMO yk. Why ? Idk, though rn struggling with internet addiction

3 year covid neet recovery plan 😂😂 Super intuitive to use weight and trend lines for the lowest common denominator. The hard part is getting supports in place to do more complicated things like social media addiction or general addiction recovery. Lets say 3 years is 150 weeks. And it will take at least 100 weeks to start to "find meaning" which means getting out there and playing cards one is dealt, learning new skills, failing, making friends, failing, having getting some meaning in work, failing. Not sure how that's possible without a coach or therapist considering the lives of those addicted are usually fubared initially and then fubared worse by addiction and its secondary consequences.

"Don't trust your brain, Trust the plan". -ruff 2023 copyrights