I had to accept that the only way my life was gonna get better was to try something I hadn't tried.
I'd tried drinking - that didn't make my life better. Neither did pot....but I tried both for decades.
I realised I needed more than 60 days sober (my pre SR record) to give not drinking a decent try.
Was it uncomfortable at times? yeah.
I though I was going out of my mind at certain points - but I'd felt that way drinking too, and I still pressed on drinking....
Not drinkings uncomfortable - and building a new way to live is uncomfortable too, and takes a little while - but it's not excruciating IMO.
I reckon you (or the addicted part of you) is just trying to convince yourself it is.
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