Internet Addiction

[MajestyJo]

COMPULSIVE INTERNET ADDICTION

Treatment of Internet addiction is similar to counselling for other addictive behaviours. The best results are often obtained using a mixture of education, insight oriented and behavioural techniques which are aimed at reducing a clearly defined set of behaviours.

If you need help curbing your time spent on the Internet, we can help!

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Some of the things I have posted may be duplicates as I have shared them over the years with others and answer to their questions and inquiries. There is no ryhmn or reason, just portions of my experience, strength, and hope.

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[MajestyJo]

There are over 100 12 Step groups in existence and that figure was told to me 10 years ago.

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I noticed a difference from the time I first came on the internet. I ate, slept, and dreamed internet. It took over all my thoughts. I lived for them. I don't have the same way of thinking, even about my own sites. If I had any kind of obsession it was about making it here to *** because I felt it was important to my recovery and my day. If I didn't get here, there was something missing. It went from an obsession to a place I felt was home.

When I first built my sites it was an unknown and I didn't know how to copy and paste. It was about learning and I have gone through different phases. I see a friend of mine totally involved with Pogo Games. For a long time, I was playing bridge on line because 'bridge' was my obsession and I haven't played on line for three years.

It got to a stage at one time if the phone rang and interrupted me, I got angry. I was back to the old way of thinking and acting when I was using. I said a prayer and asked, "God you and I have to do something about this, I don't want to go back to that old way of thinking."

It is nice that I can walk away today. I don't have to post on my sites and I don't have to make something happen when there is nothing there. When I got my computer, it was my whole life, I spent hours on it. Today I do other things and there is a choice today. I can walk away from it. Sometimes like today it isn't easy because I have a build up of e-mails. When that happens, I can hit the delete button and not have to open up every one. Before, I was afraid of missing something.

Today I have learned to have respect for the computer, for myself, and others. A friend told me very early on, if it is good enough to forward, it is good enough to format. Deleting other people's addresses and information is important. I try to spell check and the nice things about my new sites, I can go back in and edit any typos and errors. If I respect others, they in turn can learn to respect me.

[MajestyJo]

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As you probably all know by now, I can be dangerous when I start thinking or something comes to mind, that I have problems letting it go. This time a thought developed into a vision.

I found reference to a site I had a long time ago and had to delete because of errors made when I didn't know what I was doing. I really liked the name and it has been stuck in my head.

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Had the thought of how neglected the sites are because of life and health issues. Yet the material is there, some of it I now share on other sites, and they are still true today as they were when posted.

So many times I have to turn my thinking over when it comes to the computer, my sites, and the commitments that I have to others. My day is not complete without some spiritual food.