One addiction at a time or complete life change?

So i was a severe chain smoker, did lots of shitty drugs too and was an alcohol addict too xD...i was a porn addict too ( i didn't know it was an addiction)...it's been a year since I've quit smoking completely and all other drugs...it's been about almost 100 days since I've quit PMO.
It comes down to the point of how strong a reason you have to quit and how strong your willpower is, for me i was dangerously addicted but i had a really strong reason. So if you have a really strong reason, you can quit all of your addictions in a single blow, if you don't I'd suggest going one by one.

 

That pretty much sums it up. Suffering also seems to dictate change. The stronger the suffering the more change is required, and may prompt a person to tackle several issues at once.

I seem to have tackled one issue / made one positive change at a time. The changes have all stuck, so far.

 

Buddy,

I decided to change my life on 20th November 2019. I was addicted to PMO, used to be a heavy smoker, ate junk food and binged on unnecessary internet browsing. I had extreme brain fog, anxiety and social issues. I quit all of it at once. It sure was difficult, but it is worth it. Time is the biggest currency. If you think you will quit these bad habits one by one, that day might never come. When you are using constrain for PMO, why not design your life to be what you want it to be? Go cold turkey, it works.

 

I agree with the guys above and I would also try to quit all addictions at once because of the phenomenon of cross-addiction: when you are trying to quit one addiction, it's very tempting to substitute it with another. The underlying causes all remain there and they fuel one addiction or many. In the end, it all comes down to remaking your life and not just staying "dry."

 

The if you read the compound effect Darren Hardy says both ways can work for different people (or different goals.) Instead of listening to internet people try each one yourself and let us know which one worked better.

 

I'd say go for all of them. I noticed that when I stopped with daily PMO binges, I started drinking A LOT. After I made conscious decision to stop drinking alcohol as I was worried I'd become alcoholic, I started to binge on sugar. I could eat 1 kg of chocolate bars a day. I got sick from doing it, but I just couldn't stop until I stopped buying any food with added sugar. The point I'm making here is that if we've been addicted for long time your brain will seek new source of dopamine fix (cross addition) or force you to increase on the old bad habit you have. Once I realized what is happening to me, I gave up on all highly dopamine rewarding behaviors with exception of exercise and meditation/prayer. And even with exercise I established safe limits so I would not end up as one of those "ultra maraton" former addicts who FU their knees and hips in order to get their daily "runners high". It's a hard thing to give everything up, but over time your brain just accepts that highly dopamine rewarding substances and behaviors are off the table for good and stops trying to trick you into taking/doing them.