bozodog Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Hello.Yes, you. You, looking at this screen for hours on end, online. You, bleary-eyed. You, an addict. Have you looked in the mirror lately? Been outside? Know what day of the week it is?Your name was given to us by a spouse or family member who is concerned about your internet addiction. At Internetaholics Anonymous, we can help. We're a non-profit society of recovering addicts like yourself that provides support and counseling through weekly meetings designed to help you cope with your problem.We feature a twelve-step recovery program and in extreme cases, interventions. Although it is our firm belief that you are never "cured", you most certainly can recover.We have designed a brief checklist to determine if you are an addict. Do you:1) Have twitches of the hand when you walk by your terminal?2) Check e-mail more than five times a day?3) Spend more time chatting than eating or sleeping?4) Surf aimlessly with no direction, if only to be online?5) Leave your name and information at countless sites if only to hope you'll receive a reply one day from a company you'll never do business with anyway?6) Log on before important personal habits, such as meal preparation, hygiene or bodily functions?7) Have red, swollen eyes that hang halfway out of your head?Cool Spend hours online on a holiday from work, where you'd usually be griping about your carpal tunnel syndrome?9) See smoke arising from your computer or WebTV box?10) All of the above?If you answered yes to four or more questions (or chose #10), you have a problem. Please call us at Internetaholics Anonymous at: 1-800-LOGOFFNOWFORYOUROWNSAKE.We're here, we're free, and we're confidential. The first step to recovery is admission that you have a problem. Call us today. If you can power off to free up your phone line, that is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 hehaha!If every Internetaholic on these forums called that "number", these forums would be empty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bar5 Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 hehaha!If every Internetaholic on these forums called that "number", these forums would be empty <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Isn't that the truth. I'm on the internet waaaaaaaaaaay too long. Barb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rv56 Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 I have no problem.... ...really...I have no problem.. ....honest....I have no problem... ....I have no.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 nor me, honest I don't. It wasn't me that was shakingwhen I got back from vacation only to find ................NO INTERNET................. they can't do this to me. Cut off my internet, they will pay big time, hope they have their wills in orderNo I don't need the net, I don'tok just for a few minutes a day to check work emailokjust 3 - 4 hrs a day to chat and surfbut I didn't inhale so I'm not addicted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 *pats Robroy on top of the head* There, there....I know its only because you wanted to clean up your inbox because you're a tidy person, right??? Ok, call me an enabler.... Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echobay Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 i just go where the voices tell me to!i'm in denial... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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