Show HN: Detoxify – Kicking out a bad habit? Track it with this

7 points by armatav ↗ HN
Hey HN,

I made Detoxify, right now it's just a simple addiction tracker, but I'd like to build it out to focus primarily on another goal: addiction replacement.

I was addicted to video games for basically my whole life, and I found that willpower alone is not enough to fully quit - you need to track it and you need to replace it.

So in the future I'd like Detoxify to be able to give you something back in a big way - if you spend 8 hours a day on video games, imagine if you could begin a 'detox' and then have the app issue you replacements for those hours. 8 hours of video games becomes 2 hours of Lego sent to your house, plus 2 hours of books, plus 4 hours of kayaking.

If that sounds like something you'd like to support the development cycle of, please pick up a trial.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/detoxify/id1438276133?ls=1&m...

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Did you base the habit-building in the app around any particular methodology or research? Or, is it just any replacement is good replacement?

I'm not sure if there's a golden rule to helping those with addiction; I'm just glad that developers are exploring this arena.