I’ve noticed that people who resort to absolutism to repair their addictions (zero carbs, zero fat, zero alcohol, no smoking cold turkey, never gambling, no sex, no fap, no porn, no credit cards, etc.) tend to think everyone would benefit from their one easy trick.
That this approach doesn’t scale seems to be lost on them.
I've noticed people who leave comments like this tend not to actually read the links they wish to pass judgment on. If you did you'd know nowhere in my post do I claim quitting was easy.
The linked post implies that most drinkers should continue drinking, and maybe even drink more precisely because they aren't the kinds of drinkers that give alcohol a bad name. If you feel like being edgy, try taking that as your soapbox instead. Much more interesting than saying "the optimal amount of X'ing is nonzero" given a large enough group of people X'ing.
I understand having a knee-jerk personal reaction to this comment, but it wasn’t about you or your blog post. Both the parent comment and I are discussing the linked post, which has very little to do with your situation in any case.
But... you were wrong about the linked post, too. If you had actually read that one, you'd have realized it claims basically the exact opposite of what both you and the parent comment said.
Sorry, TB. I can't give you a magic pass on being wrong just because you are also an asshole. That wouldn't be fair to all the correct assholes out there who suffer for their art.
That this approach doesn’t scale seems to be lost on them.