A friend of mine has opened my eyes and told me something very serious. He told me that I have a lack of respect for myself, as a result of my constant desire to hook up with anyone and everyone, and because of that he's beginning to lose respect for me.

Hearing this was eye-opening as I'm seeing that my hookup and overall sex addiction is reflecting onto my relationship with others. Hooking up itself isn't the problem but my wanting to hook up with anyone for the simple desire of wanting to bust a nut creates a lack of respect in myself and I haven't seen that until now.

What do I do? I understand that the best way to get over any addiction is to distract yourself with positive things such as reading, writing, doing work, learning, etc. But there comes another problem, how do I build that discipline and create an enjoyment for doing things that benefit me? Is it a matter of forcing myself or is there some thing that I'm not aware of?

I apologize for the long question, I cannot TLDR since I believe that details are important to truly self-improve. Thank you guys, I also hope this is the right server to post this on.