Internet Addiction May Be One Click Away

Medill Reports ^ | 07/30/08 | MANUEL BAIGORRI

[PennsylvaniaMom]

I can post from my Motorola Q...(IF VERIZON DOESN’T FAIL ME!!!)

[BunnySlippers]

I’m afraid to ask JR who logs the most hours. !!!

[Billthedrill]

Yep, those were the good old days. I remember this website called Free Republic. Had potential, it did, but it just faded away. Don't know why, exactly. Probably people just liked pictures of naked, voluptuous supermodels better. Like THIS ONE

[BunnySlippers]

[netmilsmom]

It’s me.
Shhhhhh.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

(PaMom...looking sheepish)...ahhh, they keep track of how long we are here? I just forget to log off...yeah, thats it...I just walk away and get busy...and, ahhh, you know I just don’t log out. Ever....

[Norman Bates]

LOL!

[keepitreal]

To help people with their diagnosis, Young developed a test that uses a 20-question survey to measure levels of Internet addiction.

Is it available online????

[BunnySlippers]

I am sooooooooooooooo embarrassed.

[netmilsmom]

>>Is it available online???? <<

You owe me a keyboard.

[dighton]

“Hello. My name is dighton, and that guy there is a webaholic.”

[PennsylvaniaMom]

I think the last time I was 'logged out' was when my son took our motherboard out to upgrade something. Like maybe a few years ago...

There used to be a way to see how many posts, threads, etc., you have under pajama belt...anyone be able to tell me...I am (blushing) curious, ahem, to see how many comments I have made.

[keepitreal]

hehe

[potlatch]

Ummmm, that can happen! Lol

[CitizenUSA]

“Or hitting refresh over and over and...”

Wha...me?

[Westlander]

[calex59]

I’ve seen a lot of growth in the field of Internet addiction,” said Young. “More research and studies (are) trying to understand it better. … It’s a global problem.”

Just another liberal trying to set the stage for taxing the internet. I can just hear them "If we tax it enough people will use it less and run less chance of becoming addicted!" As if the internet is some sort of mind altering drug! You can't become addicted to the internet, you can become used to it, grow to appreciate it, even get quite fond of using it, but addiction is a stupid word to use concerning internet usage.

As I said, setting us up to tax us, trying this on for size to see how it flies with the ignorant people that will allow them to pass yet more invasive and onerous laws.

[doc1019]

Every night I prove that I’m not addicted to the Internet by turning off my computer. And every morning, I turn on my computer and immediately go to the Internet so I can prove it again.

The very fact that I can turn my computer off each and every night proves that I’m not addicted.

And just because most of my time on the Internet is in FR, doesn’t mean I have a particular Internet addiction. Just an interest in a certain area of possible addiction. I can quite anytime, I have control ……………

Oh, gosh, I have a problem!

Is there an IA (Internet Anonymous) 12 step program?

[Billthedrill]

(FReeper chorus) “Hi, Doc!”

[PennsylvaniaMom]

I’m calling you out doc...you only turn off your computer because you don’t have an uber good surge protector...yeah, that’s it. Mine stays on because its ‘protected.’