I was going through something similar so I installed a plugin [1] that redirects all reddit links to old.reddit.com and started using RSS feeds on Inoreader [2] to follow the subreddits I like.

This helps me avoid mindless browsing on reddit.

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re... [2] https://www.inoreader.com/