Has anyone here ever dealt with Internet addiction?
I've had it a couple times, kicked it myself each time with abstinence from a week to over a month. It was difficult for the first two to three days, then got easier after that... Now I'm wondering if I'm falling into it again.
What is different this time is that I'm not on "social media" (note the quotes). I have no use for Instaspam. Only reason I can think of for returning to Fakeb00k is for business purposes, which I don't have at the moment. The only online place I go regularly is...here.
Yep, 7Cups. A place where I have found a couple friends, started a blog, & found an outlet for my creativity. But lately I've been spending a lot of time in CupsLand. Maybe too much, I dunno...
If it's a problem, then how do I find support in a community that I'm spending too much time in?
If the "online" thing ur spending time on is something to help benefit you then I don't see that as a problem tbh. I myself am a recovering opioid addict, however since being clean, I've found that I am now struggling with internet/phone addiction. Like no matter how hard I try, I CANNOT pull myself off the dang thing. And it's time wasted on games, social media, metaverses... basically NOTHING that added any value to my life, and does nothing but waste time. However if u are getting benefit from being on here, I wouldn't say that is a problem ♡
@MorbidBeauty749 Thank you for the answers. As a recovering opioid addict, no doubt your wisdom is hard-won. Internet addiction ain't good, but the bright side is you're still off the pills. Not everyone becomes totally addiction-free...I don't think too many people are, TBH. Most people need something to help them get through their days, sooner or later.
Right, that is what I've come to notice, even those in the program are still directing their addictions to something else, for some it's working out, for others it's food, many of them are gamblers, some have turned into workaholics, some of them even spend majority of their time in the rooms of NA, some their phones, some art... what I'm getting at is I honestly cant think of a single one that doesn't do something to excess eventhohgh they are clean. But the same goes for people I know who have never used drugs. Like My partner, my partner has never used drugs in their life, but they hyper fixate on video games... so yes I do agree I feel like everyone has a vice... some are just more healthier than others if that makes sense
I relate to this so much. I don't have any social media, except YouT00b and Disch0re, if they count?? (Apart from 7Cups) I've been chronically online, and it's depressing... I don't like it.
Ever since I have quit other addictions (MJ and alcohol, attempting to quit caffeine for health related reasons) as well as experienced certain traumatic...events, I find myself online more... I want to focus more on hobbies instead and my little family (son and partner who will be my future spouse!).
I've been checking out this community called "No Surf" to get ideas: https://nosurf.net/activity-list/
And I'm trying to at LEAST be productive if I am online...
I don't like to watch or read garbage or "junk food" type content, as it leads me on a (negative) rabbit hole.
I also been online more due to a disability/medical issues and when I try exercising, it causes me pain (need to get new meds)...I'm afraid to go outside too, since someone nearly deleted my existence from this world and I have stalkers...But...the good news is I should either be moving this month out of this city or at least by the end of summer. Maybe I can start new life without fear and also maybe get the right meds to help me be able to exercise again...I used to be a weightlifter and runner (just hobbies, not pro lol) but can't anymore because of sharp chest/rib pain...It's embarrassing. Oh well...Hope to recover soon and get back to that point!
Update: I have less reason to come here now. Of the online friends I have, one is on a mental health break...who knows when (or if) he'll come back. The other one kept getting on my nerves with her teasing & joking at my expense; I finally lost patience & told her to take a long walk off a short pier. (Also am a bit suspicious of the story she tells about herself, but that's a different discussion) The remaining one doesn't come in or respond every day, which is fine. She has a life to live like most of us.
You could say the problem has partly resolved itself.
The only reasons I have left for returning to Cups are one or two others I like to talk to, posting in my two journals, & occasionally hanging out in chat when I'm in a suitable mood.
Came back & cruised around the forums tonight. Is this bad? Good? I dunno yet...
I know I shouldn't say this, but after reading a few posts by sex addicts I have a question: where were youall when I was young & healthy??
I was never that smooth with the ladies, & my old man never showed me the ropes. If I wasn't crippled with an inner ear condition, chronic tendinitis & other stuff (not to mention unfascinated by young women now), I would ask you guys how you got so many d*** partners. I wasn't that great at playing the field; now I'm prematurely over the hill with nowhere near enough energy for a mattress rodeo. Christ on a pogo stick...*smh*
