I think some of us might have a little problem with too much internet...

Just wanted to start a support thread. Who here can relate to internet overload? What sort of things do you do to get back to reality?

I go to the gym. Nothing gets you into reality like using your body!

Chores, read, play with the cat...  I'll readily admit I spend WAY too much time online, though!  I've been fiending without 'net for the past week.  *overly-dramatic sob*

lol...loves the pic....that is me with mint tea in the cup....wouldn't have it any other way. I am usually a gym rat too....planning to get back to it very soon.

I <3 the internet! People say "bad!" but I say "More!"

Yay Internet!!! :-)

My old roommate was worse than me... We had cable internet then and it would periodically "go out." She would lie on the futon with a blanket over her head and her laptop on her belly crying "Internets!!!!!!!!!"

I think I'm going to shut my computer off for a day or two and clean the garage.

*standing*

Hi, my name is CArRiE and I'm addicted to the internet.  Do not fret, it conveniently allows me to indulge in my other addictions, like smoking and drinking and watching porn.  That last one I added for drama! ;-)  I'm not addicted to porn, yet.

ETA- I almost forgot... online gambling. ::smirk::

Great pic. hahaha!

I'm not addicted but my entire world functions with internet. Work, research, health, entertainment. Was online all freaking day working and tonight for a meeting. I'm FRIED. Tomorrow, hope to be off it mostly and for the rest of the weekend.

Cleaning, exercise, yard stuff, shopping - all that stuff helps for sure.

HI, CARRIE!!!  *waves*

;D

I am hooked and it's making me crazy. It's worse because I have online classes this semester. Which reminds me, I should be working. I need to read a 30 page reading. Online. Ugh. Byeeeee.

What do I do? I just leave the house. The internet can't get me out there.

LOL Carrie!!

Ugh, I think I've been addicted since I first started consistently going online back in '99 lol .  I used to get out a LOT more than I do now. 

ugh lol

great pic!  I have little interest in my computer most of the day.  I  use it when I need to but would rather live  a real life  in real time.  I've never become addicted to the internet because it's not real enough for me.  I want to SEE the person, place or item!

What are you talking about Dave?

hahahaha Tam!

Picking up a good book and getting totally engrossed, it's still a little obsessive so it's a good step down from a full blown internet addiction.  It's like switching from heroin to methadone or cigarettes to the gum/patch.

Reality bites, now leave me alone I have my other 7 open windows to go check. 

I'm from the internet generation, so what other people might see as "addiction" I see as normal. It's not just entertainment, it's a form of communication and information. I don't see it as detrimental at all, except in cases where it's ruling over someone's life to the point they struggle with separating themselves, to the point other parts of their life fail because of it.

Hahaha Tam .. that is exactly how I feel

you rang?

What can I say, I've been plugged in since I was 8! This is normal. 

Luci, yes totally agree. Really well said.

I really need to get off the internet right now, I have a hundred things that need doing, but I had to get on here and get a quick fix before I started. You know like when you smoke and you have to have that getting started smoke before any large endeavour. A small meditation, butts out, get to work.

me, too Nota

I spend way too much time online - and it'll get worse again over the winter when I have to give the dog back. At least I'm starting to 'volunteer' at a local private Museum, which will get me out of the house... I tend to put the racing channel on when I come downstairs (I have tea in bed with my book first) and settle down with the laptop... At least for now the dog ensures I don't spend all day on the sofa!

It owuldn't matter if I were doing something online to earn money but mostly I'm just frittering time away - enjoyably, but hardly productively

Does anyone have any idea how much electricity you use, having the TV on all day and the laptop charging?! My recent bills have been huge...

Yes! I admit I've had this problem for a decade, if not more. But these past few weeks I've been trying to battle it and so far, it's been going great. On Friday, I was out and I did not even start my computer until around 1 PM the next day. I do feel that the more I am away from it, the less tempted I feel to spend all day behind the computer.

That said, I need to get outta here! See you later!