Chess is a drug
Is there a way to get rid of online chess addiction?

I have seen people (including myself) playing internet (online or live), bullet/ blitz chess for several hours a day on the websites like chess.com. This drains a huge amount of energy, time and makes life difficult. Are there many people out there facing this problem or it's just only me ?
Chess works like a drug in my brain. Want to win more and play more. I hate when I lose. I am an average chess player(1800). I even know that I am not the best one out there and also can't be. People will say that practice will make you perfect and help you improve. But chess is not a joke, Innate chess intelligence is definitely required which I can't buy. No matter how hard I try I can't be the a best or at least a good one.
At the max I can go up to 2000 bullet rating if I try very hard. In bullet chess 2400 rated player trashes 2000 rated player like a tissue and gets smacked down by 2700 rated player. Even in usual chess, no one is perfect. Even Magnus carlsen loses a game on a bad day. Those players are GMs and chess is their life. But why the heck am I not be able to quit it ?
I am online for around 8 hours a day but I dont think I am addicted. I just come on to chess.com cuz I'm bored during school and have nothing else to do. I can stop playing chess tho without much of a problem . this might help: https://chessdelta.com/chess-addiction/

I like to reply decades old forums and then I sometimes get astonished replies
oh lol, k

oh wow. Just realized his account is closed and this thread was once dead lol
If there is something worth talking about, it might still be so ten years from now.

Read "All the Wrong Moves". It is an entertaining story about a guy and his chess addiction.
Thank you for recommending this book. It was a great read. Much of it resonated with my own struggles with playing too much.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KNVT8BY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
You are welcome. Responding just so others can see reference to this book about chess addiction
Read "All the Wrong Moves". It is an entertaining story about a guy and his chess addiction.
Thank you for recommending this book. It was a great read. Much of it resonated with my own struggles with playing too much.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KNVT8BY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1