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    Yup, I've finally come to terms with myself that I am indeed addicted to the internet. I'll admit, at first I would joke on SW saying, "oh I can't live w/o my SW" or tell my sister that I think I'm becoming addicted to the internet but now I KNOW it's true.

    This past Saturday, I decided to have my internet service shut off. At $40/month for just the internet I figured that I'd be better off just using my universities computer lab on campus. And when I'm home, I can focus on doing my classwork.

    Since Saturday all I've done is lay in my bed. I don't want to work, go outside, hell I dont even want to go to class. I got up Wednesday and headed to campus where I got on SW immediately to post.

    I have 2 chapters of Calculus homework that I have not even STARTED on (and may I add I don't know a dam thing about Calc) but alas, I've been in the university computer lab since 6pm online. I CANNOT STOP!!

    I've never done drugs before so I can't really compare the two. But dam, this is definately an addiction. when I'm online, I'm happy, carefree and all my stress is pushed away to the back of my mind. When Im' away from the internet, I'm irritable, sluggish, depressed, and I just want to sleep all day.

    I even did a google search on internet addiction. I found a few surveys that I took. On one, I got a 92% out of 100% that just sealed the deal for me http://www.netaddiction.com/resource...ction_test.htm

    I've tried looking online for some solid resources in my area but I can't find any. Does anyone else think they are or have gone through something similiar?







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    ya i do the same thing....i went crazy without my internet...i lived in a very small town for about 6 months last year and i would go up to a cafe (not an internet one either....just a food cafe) after hours and sit in my car in the parking lot with my laptop till it went dead because i was addicted to the internet so much! i feel like it consumes my life....i need to cut down a little =). my bf actually changed my icon for internet explorer to "stripperweb" lol i thought that was funny heehhe

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    im going throught it now...I managed to wean my self off, but since Im still getting over the flu...my net addiction is very bad right now...i havnt left the house in 3 days (its freezing cold here and im sick as a dog) so even on the days when i have energy--i still dont go anywhere because i've got the trusty internet here!

    I finally had to turn off my laptop, put it in a drawer and walk away. I used the library computers instead (if needed to check my email, SW & myspace were blocked)and they have an hour limit. So when I was at home, I used an alarm clock to limit my "bullshit time" on the net. i allowed myself an hour a day. Once im better Im going back to the 1 hour a day diet.
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    Im pretty sure im addicted.. I stay up all hours of the night posting, surfing the web.. im always on between show times... the first thing I do when I get home is go online, i've been late for shows because I get caught up online... I even panic if my net is down and I get irritable ... its really kinda pathetic when I think about how bad I am..

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    i got a 55
    I'm getting my Dial-A-Stripper service up and running again. If you are in NYC or NJ and are interested in private party dancing, email [email protected] with your SW handle, contact info, photo (if you have one) & best time to call and I'll get back to you asap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AkashaM View Post
    I finally had to turn off my laptop, put it in a drawer and walk away. I used the library computers instead (if needed to check my email, SW & myspace were blocked)and they have an hour limit. So when I was at home, I used an alarm clock to limit my "bullshit time" on the net. i allowed myself an hour a day. Once im better Im going back to the 1 hour a day diet.
    See, that's the point I'm trying to make. I'm at the point in this thing that I can't just "get up and walk away" or " set myself on a time limit" I can literally sit online for hours upon hours upon hours at a time. And the only time I get up is to use the restroom, or heatup some food. and hell even then I'm eating while I'm online.

    I wish I could just "put my computer in a drawer and just walk away" I really do. My studies at school are starting to really suffer. I'm at a loss right now







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    I stay up all night too, b/c it's just to fun!

    I'm giving myself time though, because I'm so fucked up lately and it makes me happier. Anything that does that is a good thing. I've been at the point where I can't even cry. And sW helps.

    I don't let it get in the way of my responsibilities tho. I do use it as a reward. Like if I've a ton of homework, I do it for 30 minutes, then I let myself have 15 minutes of SW time. Try that.

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    Hahaha, you guys, I am laughing my ass off. I have a sidekick, so anytime I have downtime Im playing on the internet on my phone, too. Its a sickness!! That said, I am way too overly social to ever be truly addicted to the internet. Cinnamon good for you for recognizing a problem and dealing with it instead of letting it eat at you.

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    I'm on the verge of getting a Blackberry (AKA Crackberry) and I've been holding off on getting one for a long time because I'm worried I'll spend even more time online.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cinammonkisses View Post
    See, that's the point I'm trying to make. I'm at the point in this thing that I can't just "get up and walk away" or " set myself on a time limit" I can literally sit online for hours upon hours upon hours at a time. And the only time I get up is to use the restroom, or heatup some food. and hell even then I'm eating while I'm online.

    I wish I could just "put my computer in a drawer and just walk away" I really do. My studies at school are starting to really suffer. I'm at a loss right now
    Yeah, then its just time to cut the service for a little while...cold fuckin turkey

    ...but what are you going to if need to research stuff? you would just use your school's pc's?

    Oh yeah, I REFUSE to get a sidekick...all my friends have them and one of them texts with it when she's driving...i want to smash her head into the steering wheel when she does that.
    I'm getting my Dial-A-Stripper service up and running again. If you are in NYC or NJ and are interested in private party dancing, email [email protected] with your SW handle, contact info, photo (if you have one) & best time to call and I'll get back to you asap.

    If you're having a party and need strippers, email me with the details and any questions you have. Thanks!

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    i'm at the buy-off stage as well...

    if i do x,y and z... then i can have SW...

    (sometimes it works)

    edit: i scored a 52. stupid fantasizing about getting back online *grumble grumble*
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    i know exactly what you mean. i'm still pretty bad now, but nowhere near as bad as i was when i was in high school.

    i didn't have many friends at school and i really hated it, but i had heaps of online friends and was horrendously addicted to the internet. after school i had a job in a bakery, but i'd always come home first and try to fit in 15 mins of internet time. as such, i'd always be late to work. as soon as i got home from work, i'd be straight on the internet. i'd sit fixed to the computer until my parents would yell and say they'd need the phone line, and i'd throw huge tantrums and get massively depressed and start crying over having to disconnect. once the phone was freed up, i'd be back online, and i'd stay there til my parents made me go to bed. i'd lay in bed awake til my parents went to bed, and once i thought they would be asleep, i'd sneak back out to the study and sit online often til 5-6am, and go to bed just before my parents would wake up. i'd sleep for an hour til mom would wake me up for school. once mom & dad left for work, i'd be online again, and often wouldn't bother going to school til 11am. i'd always tell the teachers i was ill, and because i was only sleeping for around an hour a night i was like a zombie, so they believed it. i was severely depressed, and the only thing that made me feel happy and not lonely, was the internet.

    it absolutely consumed my life to the point that i stopped being able to function in the outside world and stopped attending to any of my responsibilities because of it.

    it peaked when i was 16-17 and my parents went away for 4 days and i refused to go because i would not be away from the internet, so they left me at home alone. i had the internet connected the whole time, and since this was pre-mobile phone days, they were unable to contact me for the whole time they were away. they absolutely flipped at me when they got home.

    eventually i grew out of it, and started discovering boys and parties and the outside world. i'm still a pretty severe addict, but it's not as life-consuming as it once was.

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    Yep. During a period a couple of years ago when my at-home net access was cut off, I spent most of my time library-hopping (followed by net cafe hopping at night) so as to use the internet as much as possible. I've calmed down a little since then (this behaviour was not repeated the next time I was without net) but I still have a kind of psychological withdrawal when I'm away from the www for too long (and I certainly log on first and last thing every day).

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    I got a 61... but I still spend way too much time here. I prefer socializing from the comfort of my own home.

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    I'm also an addict. Unfortunately, the only way I get get my hands on internet addiction treatment is by Googling it and going to yet another website! It's a never ending spiral, I swear.

    I'm not making light, CK. For me, it's been helpful to identify why I prefer being online to being "out there". It goes in phases.

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    Oh god, anytime I need the answer to anything I jump onto a computer, even when I can't think of a word. I have no shame, I'll do it in front of anyone.

    When I bought my place in June, I didn't have internet for like 2 months. Remember ya'll? Guess who had 2 of the most productive and profitable months of her life last year? Yuppers!!

    I really need some help! I may have to cut off the cable modem again!

    Edit: I scored 51
    You are experiencing occasional or frequent problems because of the Internet. You should consider their full impact on your life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VegasPrincess View Post
    Hahaha, you guys, I am laughing my ass off. I have a sidekick, so anytime I have downtime Im playing on the internet on my phone, too. Its a sickness!! That said, I am way too overly social to ever be truly addicted to the internet. Cinnamon good for you for recognizing a problem and dealing with it instead of letting it eat at you.
    My sidekick was a lifesaver. I was nver bored waiting on line anywhere because I would be surfing the 'net to waste time. I can't wait to get a new one!

    I got an 82. I could be online all night long- as soon as bf falls asleep, I sneak out the bed and I will slip back under the covers about 5 mins before he wakes up lol.

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    wow. im not alone.

    hi, my name is chrissy... and im addicted to the internet. i stay up all night posting, reading, surfing and playing internet games. every night i will tell myself im going to go to bed "early" which only really means by 6 am. but it never happens. it's 7:01 am now and im still not ready for bed, although i have been lying in it on the computer for 3 hours. last night, my verizon dsl went down and i freaked out. i mean FLIPPED OUT. i was like a serious drug addict without my drug. i was like going around my house trying to get on someone else's wireless. standing by windows, even outside in my coat, hat and scarf. but to no avail. i ended up calling up Verizon and staying on the phone for an exorbitantly long time (2 hours) before the guy told me that it would be up by noon. NOON! it was 7:15 am at that point and i went to sleep, shuddering and in a cold sweat as i hadn't yet had my drug. and after that, still, i can't get enough. i have work to do, billable work, and yet, im here instead. im just proud of myself that i can force me to get off when i absolutely need to go do something.

    so CK, i KNOW what you mean.

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    I got a 46%. I think that my score was low because alot of it didn't apply to me. Aslo questions like, "How often do you fantasize about the internet when you aren't online..." didn't apply because I simply get online when I want too. It's gotten to the point that I stay up all night online (when I KNOW I have things to do, like sleep) and I fall asleep the next morning and sleep through the rest of the day. By the time I wake up, it's too late to do anything -- too late even to go to work! Between the radio and the internet, I have no reason to leave the house as long as I have food! I think that if I didn't have to worry about money, I could easily slip into a life of urban hermitage! Hang in there, girlie! It just sounds like the internet is for you, what tv is to others. What is it in your life that you ignore/fulfill with the net? Are you procrastinating? When you realize what's driving you to live on here, you can better work through it. Just reach out to friends/family when you are feeling (fill in the blank) instead of going online. Better yet, just talk to your online friends on the phone or in person, if you know them like that; and focus on your schoolwork! I know that it gets pretty embarassing when I think of how much I'm online sometimes. I knew I had a bit of an addicition when I found myself lying to an aquaintence (splg) of mine about why I didn't sleep at night, and what I'd been doing for the last week! haha It'll be okay.
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    I am too. lol. But I guess it's better than tv.

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    I have an addiction I did the test in the OP and got 92 ...

    I wonder say 10 - 20 years from now if they will have counsilling for people like me??

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    CK, I recommend deactivating your facebook account for the semester. It won't delete and you can reactivate it in the spring. How are you with time management? I also think you should make an appointment with the counseling center at your school, I'm sure they will be able to help you in some capacity. They are there specifically to assist you when your academic life is affected.
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    OMG I am definately addicted. Wow, I feel like a nerd lol. But, seriously I cant live without it either, its like the only think that relaxes me. I get really anxious going just one day without checking my emails. lol, what are we supposed to do??

    Im thinking maybe I should cut off my service and log in at a local library or something because having the access in my home just pulls me in, everytime.

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    i think an hour a day is a good goal, whoever said it.

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    45


    i expected to have a higher one

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