Internet addiction is real

I am addicted to the internet and always will be. I do not say this as a joke. I mean it. Over the past few months, I realized just how hooked I was. It got so bad that I preferred the internet over reading. Reading! I loved getting home so I could read e-mails. It made me feel good that I was connecting with people creatively. It was great. I had fun and it killed the boredom. I developed friendships with many of the people and I loved it. I IM'd people constantly when I wasn't busy writing for the game.

Well, after I couldn't keep up the online game any more, I slipped into a deep depression because I missed that connection with others.

I am much healthier for realizing my addiction to the 'Net was taking its toll on me. Creatively, intra and interpersonally (at home), and for psychological reasons...I needed to wake up and start thinking of what to do INSTEAD of being constantly on the Internet. The Simpsons and finding good books to read helped me deal with the constant itch to 'see' what's new.

Now, I spend a hour and a half online compared to four plus hours every day....I think that's an improvement.