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Is There a Treatment for Forum Addiction?
I joined MM 2 weeks ago, and I've posted over 365 posts already. I post at work, I post at home. Can someone talk me down? Would therapy help? Prozac? Ritalin? Crack? Is there a 12-step program? Should I go cold-turkey or gradual? Or am I just doomed to post unto eternity? Feb 25 06 02:26 pm Link getting banned for a month...i know. Feb 25 06 02:31 pm Link Switch to Porn...and eat animal crackers. If that fails cut your power cord. Feb 25 06 02:40 pm Link Yea! Craigslists addiction! Feb 25 06 02:42 pm Link Try photographing people, places, and things. Then, if that doesn't work, try photographing ideas. Be careful though--they're flakier than any model I've ever attempted to work with. Feb 25 06 02:44 pm Link visionmedia wrote: Porn good. Animal crackers good. Cut power cord? Ouch! That would hurt! Not up to that yet. Maybe I'll try dimming the monitor a little each day. Feb 25 06 02:45 pm Link Some of us get over the addiction only to return to it at a later date. Feb 25 06 03:00 pm Link Come to think of it, asking you people about forum addiction is like going into a bar and asking for advice on your alcoholism. Feb 25 06 03:03 pm Link William Coleman wrote: William, It will only hurt if you keep the power on, when cutting the cord. Feb 25 06 03:07 pm Link Halo online. Feb 25 06 03:11 pm Link William Coleman wrote: Maybe we could come up with a forum posting shanty! Feb 25 06 03:28 pm Link William Coleman wrote: Buy me a beer, and we'll discuss it. Feb 25 06 03:48 pm Link William Coleman wrote: Yes? Who called? Feb 25 06 03:52 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: Sure, later. Must post comments... Feb 25 06 03:54 pm Link UnoMundo Photography wrote: Yeah I'm getting addicted to that alot as well... Just reading through the personal ads among other ads in there... Feb 25 06 03:58 pm Link As for forum addictions... Disconnect your modem shut your computer off.. and go out.. LOL Feb 25 06 03:59 pm Link Phil Kimpton wrote: My computer has an off button? Never noticed. And I've heard about that outside world. Looks scary, from my window. Dunno if I'm ready for that yet. Feb 25 06 04:27 pm Link People it is 76 degrees in Vegas. I am gone ...outside ...shoot...play...! sorry about the snow! to hell with the computer! wait one more thing.......... Feb 25 06 04:30 pm Link William Coleman wrote: Yes there is an outside... and yeah there's a off button.. Had connectivity issues earlier... unplugging my modem & router.... *gasp*... LOL Feb 25 06 04:56 pm Link Phil Kimpton wrote: Luck to you in NH, Dude! Hope you get a nice New Englandress to keep you warm! Feb 25 06 06:24 pm Link William Coleman wrote: No such luck in NH... all the girls that were there were either g/f's of the band members or the ones in the audience were with their b/f's... Feb 26 06 02:15 am Link The first 48 hours of withdrawal really suck. Feb 26 06 02:16 am Link I've found a slow descent into alcoholism helps with the forum addiction. Someday, spring will return.... Feb 26 06 02:24 am Link The problem with the web and posting is not really a "problem" at all, but is so close to sub consious thinking, that we actually begin to fantasize that it is really happening in our real world, even though most do not meet face to face. Out of the window is many other sensory connections, and most internal end results are often played out in the mind to our personal perfection... So, when it does not fail in the mind, we become embolded... But the selfish side kicks in and since it wants to get its own way, it knows that another player is as close as the click of the mouse... Which might explain why we fish about until someone makes us comforted... Oh, yeah thats the other thing... comfort zone...  Feb 26 06 03:36 am Link Simple--just tell the louts who post lousy work the truth. They will throw hissy fits and attack you with vituperation and wild accusations--just because they ask for comments does not mean they want to hear the truth. Feb 26 06 07:46 am Link William Coleman wrote: Relax. This is only temporary. Until you find your next addction. Feb 26 06 08:43 am Link Hire Pie Bear and shoot for a weekend... I hear he's a bit of a diva and always requests free range honey, but he does work hard for the money....  Feb 26 06 08:47 am Link Thanks, all! Thanks especially to Vita Brevis for suggesting a "slow descent into alcoholism," my favorite. In general, the suggestions, all helpful, ranged from substituting some other soul-destroying addiction to accepting my fate as a forum addict. Now, at least, I have choices! Feb 26 06 10:39 am Link My final exam for anatomy is a take-home exam due at 8 am tomorrow morning. I haven't even looked at the damn thing. Curse you, MM forums! Dec 12 06 08:37 pm Link William Coleman wrote: Yes, LIFE! Dec 12 06 08:43 pm Link maybe so. Im sleepy Dec 12 06 08:44 pm Link SayCheeZ! wrote: no no no, life isn't nearly as entertaining... Dec 12 06 08:45 pm Link Well facebook had me previously, but the rehab facebook police banned me. So I came to hang out with the pretty people. and i think i like it. Dec 13 06 04:44 am Link |
If not.. just incase I'll bring my monopod with me... and do things the caveman way... 
Hopefully it won't come to that unless they start run. If I'm lucky I'll have a warm place to sleep for the night instead of having to come home in this cold weather... 30 minutes and I'm out...
Oh well.. still gives me some eye candy... 
