I started hittin the gym in winter of 2015, on my birthday. I went every. Single. Day. for 7 months (sometimes 2 hour sessions) and quit drinking alcohol in my new found addiction.

I was so damn driven; I went to sleep dreaming about being in the gym the next day.

Then I moved to another state at the one year mark of being in the gym daily. I started hitting the gym in my apartment complex and exercising in a more private setting. Then I switched to another apartment gym which was more limited. Then I got into a whirlwind of work jumping from job to job. Somewhere in the midst of my overworking for little money, I stopped working on me.

I relapsed after 13 months of sobriety and drank bad again. I simply stopped working out. My line of work actually had me lose over 20 lbs from where I was a year before.

I quit the shit jobs and signed back up for the gym. I hit it hard for 2 months then fell like a rock again. I returned to college and again, just stopped hitting the gym spending all my time studying or killing time with movies or video games.

My semester ended the first week of December. I haven't had a drink or missed a day in the gym since.

Yeah, I've learned a lot about gym habits over the last couple of years. I'm now focused on discipline above all. It's not always about enjoying it from here on out, but it is somethin I have to do daily like brushing my teeth to stay healthy. And I think my sobriety is dependent upon my gym regiment. If I stop hitting the gym, I now have the knowledge to understand where that inevitably leads to.

Good luck to you man; find whatever it is you need.