Phenibut addiction isn't that bad compared to other addictions in terms of the effect that it has on your daily life. By this i mean that one dose lasts all day, its super cheap and easy to acquire, its not incredibly obvious that you're on drugs as long as you don't get super high, its long half life prevents inter-dose withdrawal effects and allows you to taper easily with it or you can switch to benzos to cover the withdrawal.

I mean, cold turkey phenibut withdrawal is rough, even a fast taper is rough. It's got a bad withdrawal, but there is no real PAWS from its withdrawal at least.

I used to be an alcoholic, alcohol is a truly horrible drug to be addicted to and its withdrawal is unreal in how horrible it is.

Phenibut w/d is like alcohol w/d lite. The symptoms are similar, but phen w/d is more manageable and doesn't have the same intensity as alcohol w/d in regards to nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, hallucinations, delirium, very high blood pressure, rapid heart rate etc.

It's still got the other effects, the shakes, total insomnia for days, extreme anxiety, depression.

When i quit drinking i couldn't stay sober and i did a few stints of daily phenibut use and withdrawal tapers and i was totally functional unlike with alcohol where i basically barely got by.

I'm not saying that you should begin using phenibut daily or give into addiction to it, you should be scared, but compared to other addictions it's really not that bad.