12 Steps To Get Over Your Internet Addiction
Written By: Sujan Patel On June 15th, 2007 | 9 Comments
1 out of ever 4 people are addicted to the internet (source: oh lets just say Wikipedia). With the rise of social bookmarking sites like Digg, Stumble Upon, Netscape it is easy to get lost in the internet, the following are a few tips you can do to fight the irresistible urge of the internet:
1. Have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my newspaper like you used to, before the Internet.
2. Eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing.
3. Get dressed before noon.
4. Make an attempt to clean the house, wash clothes, and plan dinner before even thinking of the Internet.
5. Sit down and write a letter to those unfortunate few friends and family that are Internet-deprived.
6. Call someone on the phone who you cannot contact via the Internet.
7. Read a book…if you still remember how.
8. Listen to those around me and their needs and stop telling them to turn the TV down so you can hear the music on the Internet.
9. Not be tempted during TV commercials to check for email.
10. Try and get out of the house at least once a week, if it is necessary or not.
11. Remember that my bank is not forgiving if you forget to balance my checkbook because you was too busy on the Internet.
12. Remember that you must go to bed sometime…and the Internet will always be there tomorrow!
June 15th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
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June 16th, 2007 at 4:52 am
I think I may have this disease. Do you know the top 10 signs of internet addiction?
June 16th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
The first step for addicts to admit that they have a problem. Obviously, we are all in denial and the likelihood of that ever happening is remote.
Now where did I put my mouse?
June 27th, 2007 at 5:17 am
SOUND OF SOBRIETY
Hello darkness, my old friend,
Ive come to talk crap again,
An AA meeting softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the 12 Steps that were planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of sobriety.
In restless meetings I walked alone
Bill Wilson Clones, made of stone
Neath the halo of an OLD TIMER,
I turned my collar to the 1st and 3rd Step
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
That split the night
And touched the sound of sobriety.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand STEPPERS, maybe more.
STEPPERS reading the BIG BOOK,
STEPPERS hearing without listening,
STEPPERS writing their 4th STEP
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of sobriety.
Zombies said I, you do not know
Sobriety like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might BRAINWASH you,
Take my arms that I might 13th Step you.
But my words like the higher power fell,
And echoed
In the halls of sobriety
And the STEPPERS ranted and raved
To the AA god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, KEEP COMING BACK
IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT
And the 12 STEP ZOMBIES.
Whisperd in the sounds of sobriety.
Peace Be With You
Micky
July 5th, 2007 at 10:30 am
eh crap … this doesnt help.. i guess i’ll just have to throw my modem out the window (hopefull it wont hit anyone in the head!)
ok eh..
July 29th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
This was a great entry. Thanks for the laugh. Check out my July 5th entry at http://adhd.typepad.com/kali_karagias/webtech/index.html
I think we have the same sense of humor.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
It doesn’t apply to me!
I’m 16!!!
I don’t have a job, I NEVER watch TV, I don’t have time for books (But I love them)…
sigh…
I’m still here.
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:21 am
Okay, I’m gonna reply to Alex because they said “I don’t have time for books (But I love them)…” Well, if you have time for the computer, you have time for books… Haha, I’m the same way though!