I suffered from a service interruption for more than 5 hours this morning, I almost killed myself. I'm not even addicted, I can quit when I want. To check my myspace for example !
Now, to be honest, I'm back, logging-in...alot. But I still learned a few lessons, and became closer to my "real" friends during my Facebook fast.
Mari Smith
· 2 years ago
I find it interesting that society tends to label something as an addiction if we do "too much" of it... according to whom? I was wrangling with this very dilemma when my coach asked me how much joy I was experiencing on a scale of 1-10.
My response is that I'm always an 8, often 9-10 in my life overall. "So what's the problem?" he said!! Yeah, exactly! LOL. If other areas of life are suffering, granted the 'addiction' might need to be addressed.
My facebook addiction runs in a slightly different manner. Instead of checking my facebook a couple of thousand times a day, I find myself on my 'homepage', clicking the refresh button, waiting for a new notification. Jesus, it's a wonder that I'm so disappointed when I get a notification that's something boring (like a group looking for new members or an invite to some crappy application). You'd think I'd be glad to have SOMETHING new in my notifications, but I guess that's not the way an addiction works..
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Now, to be honest, I'm back, logging-in...alot. But I still learned a few lessons, and became closer to my "real" friends during my Facebook fast.
My response is that I'm always an 8, often 9-10 in my life overall. "So what's the problem?" he said!! Yeah, exactly! LOL. If other areas of life are suffering, granted the 'addiction' might need to be addressed.
The other week, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek guide: "Top Ten Signs You’re Addicted To Facebook"
http://whyfacebook.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/top...
May I suggest a topic or two? "How to Stop That Addiction To Writing About Foolishness" or "Top Ten Signs You’re Addicted To Writing Garbage"
I wrote about it on a blog, read it if your interested.
Its a great site, but I think for some people, it can be like a drug.
Great Article!
http://addicted-to-facebook.blogspot.com/2008/0...
Jesus, it's a wonder that I'm so disappointed when I get a notification that's something boring (like a group looking for new members or an invite to some crappy application). You'd think I'd be glad to have SOMETHING new in my notifications, but I guess that's not the way an addiction works..