When is too much too much?

[t00lb0x]

I guess I'm starting this thread its about addiction. I don't know why I'm starting it I just think it needs to be done. When does something become too much? Like, for example, when is too much time on the internet become too much? I guess I'm asking at what point does something become an addiction or is too much?

[Maniacmous]

Wow man...that's a really good question...I really don't think I'm addicted to the internet (shy of this forum here), and I have on occasion spent 12+ hours in front of a computer at a sitting...I have no problems disappearing from a computer for a few days, so I mean, I don't think I'm addicted, could be wrong though.

[marko3xl3]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
Wow man...that's a really good question...I really don't think I'm addicted to the internet (shy of this forum here), and I have on occasion spent 12+ hours in front of a computer at a sitting...I have no problems disappearing from a computer for a few days, so I mean, I don't think I'm addicted, could be wrong though.

Same here, can live without it but still can sit for long. Tough if I go like away and come back, the first thing I do is check mail and forum :D

[Xilant]

No i don't consider myself an addict. I just get my bike and go for a ride, most of the time my girlfriend's over...

[Maniacmous]

Last two weeks or so, I've only been able to do the computer time at like midnight or later, just because I've been pretty much out constantly after I wake up, either with Sylvia, or whatever other friends are in.

[SNAFU]

Ok... I'm definately an ADDICT! And I got 4 major addiction that suck my wallet dry!

Caffeine (need coffee!!!)
Nicotine (:smokin)
Silicon (need new hardware)
Southern Yellow Pine (Wooden coaster!!! YAY!)

I find myself drinkin WAAY too much coffee, a pack of smokes a day, can't pry myself from the comp (I think about it constantly when I'm not on and actually had severe cravings when my power went out for an hour! another minute and I would have shot myself!). And constatly craving new coasters to ride!

[t00lb0x]

I play a lot on the computer, I got out sometimes. But I figure, right now, all I can do is play. I could go out with friends, but I can do that during school, but during school no computer.

[Maniacmous]

I need caffeine very badly as well, can't live without it actually...everything else is optional.

[efernandez_98]

Originally posted by t00lb0x
I guess I'm starting this thread its about addiction. I don't know why I'm starting it I just think it needs to be done. When does something become too much? Like, for example, when is too much time on the internet become too much? I guess I'm asking at what point does something become an addiction or is too much? When it is taken into an extreme.

[ZeRrk]

Well..... you know you've been playing a game for too long when you go to bed, fall asleep, and litterally dream you're still playing the game.

I'm not talking about strategising cause you like the game, I'm talking about waking up suddenly cause you're falling kind of playing the game.

[Xilant]

HMM the old days of playing Tetris... You open your eyes at night and still see the cubes falling!

[Vector Man]

With the things that have been keeping me away from it, I have no problem staying away from my pc now. I've done actual 20 hour shifts, now I may get 20 minutes a day. But now with the 3 day weekend I may have a problem.

[wazman]

Here's Webster's definition of addiction:

2 : compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful

So by that definiton, if something in your life is consuming an overly large amount of your time, and you feel you cannot live without it - if you can't deal with reality or the real world without it, then you're addicted.

If you can't get through the day without a drink, or a snort, or a porn site (and I mean literally - you get physically ill or have psychological problems such as panic attacks and the like), then you're addicted.

[t00lb0x]

Good, I can go weeks without my computer. I don't enjoy it because I miss BF42 matches but I can go.

[SNAFU]

I must have my PC for atleast 2 hrs a day! Days without a PC for me is like a 6 hrs without a cigarette

[thephenom]

I'm an OVERALL computer addict, and internet is part of my computer addiction. I can live without internet for a lil while, it would just feel VERY incomplete, but I don't think I can survive without a computer. (I know this weel because of the blackout)

[neutralz]

if you can afford the time, nothing's ever too much :P

[ch0g0nda]

I find having my computer around is about as important as having a good music to listen to. I can live without both for a while, but eventually it's a real drag to go without em.

[thephenom]

Originally posted by ch0g0nda
I find having my computer around is about as important as having a good music to listen to. I can live without both for a while, but eventually it's a real drag to go without em.
Eventually as in how many hours?:Blah

[wazman]

Well, I spent 12 hours working on the damn things yesterday, and here I am less than 12 hours later back on again.

Yep. Count me addicted.

[egarrard]

Y'all are a heck of a lot more interesting than anybody where I live. And it beats watching TV. At least with the forums, you have to think a little, not just mindlessly stare at the monitor.

[ch0g0nda]

Originally posted by thephenom
Eventually as in how many hours?:Blah Let's see. Went 6 weeks during the summer.

[wazman]

Originally posted by egarrard
Y'all are a heck of a lot more interesting than anybody where I live. And it beats watching TV. At least with the forums, you have to think a little, not just mindlessly stare at the monitor.

Unless it's one of Lord Nicon's posts... :)

[littlemissborin]

you are addicted to something when it (involuntarily) becomes your top priority and without it you cease to be able to speak/act/ think correctly. It is then too much. When you crave it constantly it is also addiction ( I was addicted to caffine one summer.. went to the beach w/ my aunt and all there was to drink was pepsi all week had abou 10 cans a day... when I got home all we have is diet caffine free pepsi (caffine stops dad's heart so we dont' keep drinks w/ caffine in teh house)well I constantly wanted the pepsi and I could drink 2 or 3 cans of the diet stuff and I still craved it.. finally concluded that it wasn't the pop but the caffine in it that I was wanting.. got over it tho) When something happens good or bad (but esp. bad) and it's the first thing you think of and want... that is when it's an addiction.

[marko3xl3]

Originally posted by wazman
Unless it's one of Lord Nicon's posts... :)

:lmao :lmao :lmao

[wazman]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
you are addicted to something when it (involuntarily) becomes your top priority and without it you cease to be able to speak/act/ think correctly. It is then too much. When you crave it constantly it is also addiction ( I was addicted to caffine one summer.. went to the beach w/ my aunt and all there was to drink was pepsi all week had abou 10 cans a day... when I got home all we have is diet caffine free pepsi (caffine stops dad's heart so we dont' keep drinks w/ caffine in teh house)well I constantly wanted the pepsi and I could drink 2 or 3 cans of the diet stuff and I still craved it.. finally concluded that it wasn't the pop but the caffine in it that I was wanting.. got over it tho) When something happens good or bad (but esp. bad) and it's the first thing you think of and want... that is when it's an addiction.

Like my cigarettes. I've noticed that. Whenever something bad happens, I reach for the smokes... I can feel how bad it makes me feel, but I just can't stop it...

But I'm trying...

[SNAFU]

Originally posted by wazman
Like my cigarettes. I've noticed that. Whenever something bad happens, I reach for the smokes... I can feel how bad it makes me feel, but I just can't stop it...

But I'm trying...

Ditto...

I notice that I smoke a heck of a lot more when I'm on the comp...
When I'm out somewhere, I usually smoke about once an hour... but on the PC, I smoke every 30 mins or so! Dunno why. One day, it was my day off and I just spent the whole day on the comp. And I smoked a whole pack of cigs in about 8 hrs!

[thephenom]

Originally posted by wazman
Like my cigarettes. I've noticed that. Whenever something bad happens, I reach for the smokes... I can feel how bad it makes me feel, but I just can't stop it...

But I'm trying...
Tell me about, that's exactly how I feel.

It just seems when I don't smoke, things don't go really well. When I do, it might not be PERFECT, but still makes me feel a heck lot better.

I know it's a bad habit, but..... realyl hard.

[wazman]

I have noticed that I've been smoking more now than I used to. And I can feel it affect me more than it used to as well. Plus it's just so darned expensive...

I think it's time for me to quit... I just need to convince myself of that...

[wazman]

Originally posted by SNAFU
Ditto...

I notice that I smoke a heck of a lot more when I'm on the comp...
When I'm out somewhere, I usually smoke about once an hour... but on the PC, I smoke every 30 mins or so! Dunno why. One day, it was my day off and I just spent the whole day on the comp. And I smoked a whole pack of cigs in about 8 hrs!

It's all psychological... Like when you watch TV and eat. You're not really hungry - it's just the habit.

It's the same thing here - your habit is to smoke when you're on the computer. I smoke the most when I'm driving. It's just something to do.

That's why it's so tough to beat this - the psychological aspect is the hard part. I think I read somewhere that your body actually gets rid of the toxins fairly quickly - it's your mind that keeps you addicted, because you don't know what to do without it... It's tough... It's really tough.

[thephenom]

Originally posted by wazman
I have noticed that I've been smoking more now than I used to. And I can feel it affect me more than it used to as well. Plus it's just so darned expensive...

I think it's time for me to quit... I just need to convince myself of that...
Ya, damn cigarettes are expensive, cost me $6 for a pack of 20 which is ~ 4.40US.

I think this year has been the most I've smoked in my entire life because where I worked is just driving around in the afternoon, so it adds up. And all the going out to Bars, Karaoke, Clubs, etc all add up to be even more.:Sigh

[SNAFU]

Mine are $4.85 a pack. I used to smoke about 15 a day. But then in april, I went on the patch about a week right before the Speech and Debate National Tournament and talk about bad timing. I smoked throughout the tournament. Then when I got back, I noticed that I was smoking a whole pack a day, sometimes more. What's really bad is since I love to smoke while I'm driving, I've gotten the timing down so on my way to work and back, I know exactly when to start smoking so that I finish my cig right when I hit the exit. I go crazy if I don't have a cig in the car on my way to and from work.

[thephenom]

Man, a pack a day.... that's a LOT!!!

At most I smoke half a pack for the day, then I get pretty sick of it.