A calmer way to ask the question
It's a fair question to sit with. But it's the wrong frame to get stuck in. Most people asking it aren't addicted — they've just lost the line between AI that helps them and AI that's quietly running the day. The useful question isn't whether to stop. It's where the line moved, and how to put it back.
Free. No account, no payment, no inbox required — the page itself holds your answers.
If you want a human after: a licensed human signs every reply — not a chatbot.
EU-based, written by hand, replied to within 24 hours. Your words are never used to train AI.
The cure for too much AI is rarely no AI. It's AI used on purpose.
Relating to AI — Vienna
01 — The honest version
We went through this with the phone. The fix for staring at a screen all evening was never to throw the phone in a drawer — most of us tried, and most of us came back. The fix was learning which uses left us steadier and which left us thinner, and aiming for the first kind.
AI is the same shape of thing. Reached for in the right moment, it sharpens your thinking and gives you back time. Reached for out of habit, it starts doing the noticing, the deciding, and the talking-things-through that used to be yours. The amount you use it matters far less than which of those two it has become.
AI used well
AI that's running the day
If you saw yourself more in the right-hand column, that isn't a verdict and it isn't a failing. It's a line that moved while you weren't looking — and lines that moved can be moved back. The first step is simply to see, in plain detail, what you'd actually want instead. That's what the reflection is for.
It's a single counseling question that's been used for decades to find the edge of what someone actually wants. No advice, no payment, no sign-up. You answer in your own words and keep what you write. Most people finish in about two minutes and leave knowing one concrete thing they didn't before.
Wondering what a real reply looks like before you spend anything? Read a full worked session, end to end →
Asking the question at all takes a kind of honesty most people avoid. Whatever the answer turns out to be, you're already paying attention — and that's where any change starts.
This is a reflective exercise, not a crisis service. If you are in distress or thinking about harming yourself, please don't wait for an email — contact a licensed psychotherapist or your local emergency services now. In the EU you can reach help on 112; findahelpline.com lists free, confidential lines worldwide.
This service is systemic counseling (Lebens- und Sozialberatung) pursuant to Austrian Gewerbeordnung. It is not psychotherapy and does not address diagnosis or mental illness. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please contact a licensed psychotherapist or emergency services.