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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Paul Daley

I quit Facebook and Twitter cold turkey – and I barely know myself

Man on phone under blanket
Social media ‘felt somehow necessary. Fundamental. Irreplaceable. Addictions are.’ Photograph: Yurkevych Liliia/Alamy

Quite how insidiously some social media had altered my brain wasn’t apparent until I kicked the habit.

There is nothing worse than the sanctimony of the reformed – smoker, drinker, slob, social media user. So I’m going to avoid the didactic sermon on the ills of social media, which you already know.

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