How many of you are addicted?

Coblover63

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I took a conscious decision to step away from the internet a while ago. I started to feel like I was hooked on message boards, to the point that it was stopping me from living my life. I would get up and log straight into FB and all my horse message boards and then if I wasn't working I would sit for hours pressing refresh, waiting for people to post something interesting for me to read. I put on weight and ate rubbish food too whilst I was waiting. One day, I realised how bad things had got so I took a drastic step, deleted a lot of my accounts (upsetting a few people along the way) and reduced the amount of time that I spend on-line, I changed my routines so that I didn't so many cravings to log in and see what was happening on-line. I now sit with my husband and watch the telly WITH him, instead of spending the night on the PC.

I felt embarrassed and ashamed to admit I was addicted, but I now know it is a very real problem in these modern times....

http://voices.yahoo.com/overcoming-internet-forum-addiction-admission-the-1838674.html

Now I limit the amount of time I spend online and I feel so much better for it. I spend more time with my horses, I actually MAKE a bit of an effort with the housework and see REAL people instead of chatting to cyber mates. I've changed my eating habits and am losing weight... a real life overhaul and I feel great.

Where is the crossover between enjoyment and addiction? Are any of YOU addicted?
 
To the computer? No.
I can take it or leave it. I would very much miss the day to day banter with friends I have made through it if I did though. I do need it for the farm though so it would be very inconvenient not to have it - I would actually have to WRITE :eek:

I am on here when I have a coffee.

About 7 years ago I would have a panic attack if I couldn't find my phone, I couldn't go out of the house without it. Ridiculous, I'd managed to survive for 30 odd years before that without the stupid thing. When I moved I didn't even have a cell phone for 4 or 5 years, nowadays I do, but half the time it is dead and the other half it is - who knows, playing with its' friends somewhere else? I spend more time looking for the thing than I ever do using it.
 
I always come on on my phone, so I am usually idly looking at it whilst watching TV or just sitting (BF is just as bad), which I feel is a bit less anti social than sitting with the blue glow of a laptop and an entranced look on your face, although even that is probably better than actually being glued to a desktop computer like the olden days!

I used to spend whole evenings on the PC when I was a teenager just because I lived in a village and I would sit and chat to my best friend who lived in a village only about 4 miles away! My parents were always like 'what are you doing on there its not healthy!' Hey I was just being sociable really just not with them!

I fully admit I find the internet addictive, but I am glad its only casually on my phone these days!
 
I spent last year (minus Winter) with no internet. I've just bought a new house and very much doubt I'll have it there either as needs lots of work done to the place and isn't a priority. It really doesn't bother me. I'll pop on here on phone but will leave the rest probably.

I don't find a difference with horse time etc. If I'm going up there I'm going up regardless of internet. I'm normally on here while doing other things that don't require my full attention.

Facebook comes and goes as does twitter, here I like as it's a large group of people interested in the same thing.

My phone however stays with me at all times. In an emergency I'd like to contact or be contacted. I rarely text anyone but OH and only phone family really though.
 
I was just thinking about this last night actually...and yes, I would say I probably am addicted.

When I wake up I always check FB on my phone, for no particular reason really as there is nothing very interesting on there, ever! And if I am not going out I usually spend my evening on my laptop between FB, Tumblr and HHO.

It doesn't interfere with my life; I mean I wouldn't cancel plans just to stay in and browse the Internet. And I can quite happily leave it to go and do my horses. I try and ride 6 days a week if other commitments alow, but I have to admit if something great happens, we make an achievement or encounter a problem, my first thoughts are usually to tell you lot, rather than tell other human beings! (Maybe as I only have 1 or 2 real horsey friends so nobody I tell is really interested haha).

The Internet is an extremely valuable tool - I mean where else can you find this vastness of information? It's like a cyber-gateway to the world. But it is easy to get sucked in and forget tht there is a REAL, tangible world out there!

I thought last night that something had to change, staring at a screen before bed every night is actually disturbing my sleep patern and that was the sign I need to cut it down.

Well done on your positive life changes, and for the weight loss. It sounds as though you are much happier now the computer has been kicked! :)
 
I found myself getting addicted to twitter last year and I had to take time away from it. I realised it wasn't healthly to be sitting with family whilst wishing I was upstairs chatting to strangers. Now I don't use it as much and actually notice that all the conversations seem the same and the people on it are just repeating what they were saying 6 months ago.

I have to admit though, I've started coming on here everyday day..... :eek:
 
I'm totally addicted to internet on my phone lol. Facebook and now just recently on here :) I like facebook for keeping in touch with ppl and here for all the great advice :) also love google, my OH does tell me off for being on it so much tho,says he will chuck phone away soon lol ooops!
 
I'm constantly flicking between HHO and FB on my phone. Although to be fair, not as much as I used to on here as find its the same sort of stuff being posted.
 
No, not at all. I come and go on this forum as and when which suits me and I enjoy it. Regarding the likes of FB a definite huge no no. Am on FB and like to have a nose, but actually find it a bit sad in a funny way. I honestly dont care if you are tagged in a picture at Starbucks etd, or if you want to stick a silly video of your cat doing something funny. Also, why is everyones life so dam brilliant on FB? I also dont want the whole world knowing my business either.

I spend enough time on the computer in work anyway, so sometimes it just a relief to get off of it. Mini TX on the other hand is totally addicted. She spends hours on her Iphone on FB and Instagram and the like, and most of the teenagers I know just walk around with their faces in FB n their phones. How sad is that.
 
I don't get addicted to the internet, but I have had to close my account on both Facebook and another forum, because what was on there was upsetting me and if the accounts were available I couldn't just not look. I decided that I didn't want to be upsetting myself once a day, so I closed the accounts. Now I don't know what people on there are up to, but since those people were not in my real life I find I don't miss them. Life is better now.
 
Not addicted at all, but I do enjoy coming on HHO. It can be days or even weeks that I wont get on at points for one reason or another. I only really come on of an evening for an hour or a few and at weekends

I do not go on the interwebs on my phone so maybe that helps me not get addicted to all this stuff?
Other than coming on here I go on ebay and also have to admit a small compulsion to look at horses for sale. Its odd as I have now found Nell and not wanting to or planning to sell her at all but I enjoy looking at horses :D So after I found Nell I found i still enjoyed looking at horses! I should stop it though lol, I have not won the lottery so cannot add any to my collection of one.

I am not fussed on FB and only get on once a fortnight or once a month, and I never stay on for long. I find some people are too open on FB :eek: even people I know and I find it a bit too much info really...

However, I think my house would be tidier if I did not come on here for the time I do lol!
 
I check my fb and email a couple of times a day but can survive without for a few days - I don't like not checking my fb most days tho as it's how I keep in touch with several friends who are spread far and wide
 
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