I also got heavily hooked when I was young, and for a long time. But in my experience there comes a point where you realise you genuinely want to be free of it, and the grip it has on you loosens… For me it was too difficult before that point, and then suddenly, when it finally came, very easy… The trick for me was to honest with myself, and to not be too hard on myself. It’s a difficult transition, in a few ways, but for me it ended the moment I realised I really did want it to…