Posted on 12/26/2018 1:16:37 PM PST by Mariner
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — The young men sit in chairs in a circle in a small meeting room in suburban Seattle and introduce themselves before they speak. It is much like any other 12-step meeting — but with a twist.
“Hi, my name is,” each begins. Then something like, “and I’m an internet and tech addict.”
The eight who’ve gathered here are beset by a level of tech obsession that’s different than it is for those of us who like to say we’re addicted to our phones or an app or some new show on a streaming video service. For them, tech gets in the way of daily functioning and self-care. We’re talking flunk-your-classes, can’t-find-a-job, live-in-a-dark-hole kinds of problems, with depression, anxiety and sometimes suicidal thoughts part of the mix.
There’s Christian, a 20-year-old college student from Wyoming who has a traumatic brain injury. His mom urged him to seek help because he was “medicating” his depression with video games and marijuana.
Seth, a 28-year-old from Minnesota, used video games and any number of things to try to numb his shame after a car he was driving crashed, seriously injuring his brother.
Wes, 21, an Eagle Scout and college student from Michigan, played video games 80 hours a week, only stopping to eat every two to three days. He lost 25 pounds and failed his classes.
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Not sure videogames can be considered “addictive.”
They’re just a form of escapism that can be taken too far.
The videogames aren’t the problem. Without videogames, these young guys would be immersing themselves in some other form of escapism, locking themselves away, hiding from life.
I was recently encouraged to join ‘procrastinators anonymous’ and so, I played along.
Nobody else showed up!
I also have recently heard of a 12 step program for people who talk too much, and their enablers - it is called ON and ON ANON...
That nipple thing reminds me just the other day at our Christmas eve home made pizza shindig I walked in on a new woman to our family and friends get together nursing her baby I apologized and shut the door she sent me a friend request on facebook before Christmas morning
**That nipple thing reminds me just the other day at our Christmas eve home made pizza shindig I walked in on a new woman to our family and friends get together nursing her baby I apologized and shut the door she sent me a friend request on facebook before Christmas morning**
My mother never breast-fed me, she said she liked me as a friend!
When I was born, the Doctor slapped my mother! [I heard the nurse had a few shots at me, too]
Doctor turned me upside down, spun me around, and then he said, “Look! Twins!”
My poor mother, she got morning sickness AFTER I was born!
My dad asked mom if she wanted him to be in the room for my birth. She replied, “Why? You weren’t in the room when he was conceived!”
The doc came to the waiting room and said to my dad, “I am SO sorry. We did everything possible, but he survived anyway!”
A sample from Rodney Dangerfield.
The Dangerfield Tourette syndrome wins again...
I’d love to be left alone on a weekend to even try that stuff.
A weekend just for any peace and quiet is almost impossible to get.
You want to talk about immature reprobate “adults”?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3715445/posts
Rodney was one of the best!
snerk
I miss him
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