hi,
what you’re about to read is not something i wrote.
rather, it’s a message a blok user shared w me a few days ago.
to keep his privacy, let’s call him “john”.
1 week ago i asked john: how’s the product been so far?
his response shocked me.
i’ve since chatted with him and he’s cool with the note being shared publicly, but i do ask for some mindfulness and compassion as you read it through.
it’s a bit sensitive, but well worth the read.
here it is:
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i can’t describe to you how useful this has been to me.
i’m in recovery, and have been battling addiction (opioids, stimulants, benzodiazepines) for so long that i never paid much attention to the fact that i quite literally lived on my phone. and it is a deep rooted addiction i’ve had for a while.
i’m 21, and grew up on devices where i spent all my time.
phone and video game addiction sounds like sugar addiction or coffee, as in, you don’t think how devastating the consequences are.
but socially i fell behind and struggled mentally because of crippling social anxiety.
due to that I started abusing drugs to combat the anxiety.
covid effected everyone, but it seems especially younger people have given up and caved in to living inside and watching youtube or doomscrolling through reddit.
only about 2 months ago did i actively try for the first time in my life to drastically limit phone time.
i definitely made progress, but failed after several days.
i tried app blockers, and like you mentioned, i’d just disable them.
i have no clue why but just having a card 10 feet away has changed that.
i have a better grip on my time, and without a phone i find myself wanting to hang out with friends and go out.
i love how I don’t hate myself at the end of the day, telling myself that this is the last time i’ll sit in bed all day scrolling through my phone.
i’ve only had the product for a while now but I’ve experienced notable changes in attention, mood, and most of all my anxiety, which keep in mind is huge, i’ve spent tens of $1000’s on xanax and research chemical benzodiazepines to tackle it.
so I can’t thank you enough!
⊙
as you read this, john is in a recovery facility in tennessee where he’ll be spending the next 30 days. he won’t have his phone for most of this time.
i’ll be connecting w him once his stay is over and i thought it’d be cool if once he got out, we received him with some kind and encouraging words from all of us :).
so, if you’ve read till this point, i wanted to ask if you could email me at [email protected] with a sentence or two for john.
whatever comes out of your heart - no need for much thinking.
i’ll then compile all the comment and send that over to him once he’s out of the facility.
i’m sure he’ll appreciate our love.
- dani.
p.s. if it’s past oct 31st 2025, ignore the call to action.