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Posted by Rosa on July 8, 2001, at 6:50:16
1. Do you have a problem with internet addiction?2. How many hours per day do you spend on-line?
3. Where do you spend most of your time on-line?
4. How long does it take for you to answer your e-mail?
5. Are you a "chataholic"?
6. Do you utilize the "newsgroups"?
7. How many on-line support groups do you participate in?
8. How much time do you spend surfing the "worldwideweb"?
9. What do you use the internet for?
10. What are your priorities?
__ Physical,
__ Emotional, and
__ Spiritual Health,
__ Education,
__ Employment,
__ Finances,
__ Family,
__ Friendships/Relationships11. What is most important to you?
12. How important is it?
"When your daily activities line up with your highest priorities you will find peace."
Rosa
Posted by kid_A on July 9, 2001, at 11:44:17
In reply to Net Addiction Questions, posted by Rosa on July 8, 2001, at 6:50:16
> 1. Do you have a problem with internet addiction?no, internet is a tool, like a hammer, if i was a carpenter i wouldnt have a hammer-addiction, nor do i have a car-addiction because i use a car everyday... think of it like this.
> 2. How many hours per day do you spend on-line?
my system is -always- online, like a refriderator that always keeps my food nice and fresh... one machine i own has been running for the past 22 days straight... i use it to look up words when im writing... to read articles... my calculator isnt always on but i use it to add numbers... see #1... i use a computer at work and at home, its ubiquitous, like toasters...
> 3. Where do you spend most of your time on-line?
i try not to think of the time i spend, i do what i like then i move on to something else... maybe i will compose a piece of music in cubase, but im still using a computer... then i'll read a book, but then im -still- not interfacing w/ another human being... maybe im talking on the fone, but then still im just getting a digital version of that person on the line... we spend -most- of our time interfacing w/ machines... this has been like this for a very long time...
> 4. How long does it take for you to answer your e-mail?
i only send and receive email w/ a few choice friends and each letter takes an appropriate amount of time depending on how wordy it is... some people i prefer to contact via email, but email isnt my life... i dont send chain letters or links to jokes but email is another good tool...
> 5. Are you a "chataholic"?
irc reeks... irc ops who are self-absorbed ego-freaks who kick people for the smallest offense... irc is like net-masturbation for most of the ops that ive seen... some good some bad... other sites hand out op's and +v's like it is some kind of acolade... its very clique'ish as well... you need to spend a lot of time there before you become a 'regular'... generally its a big waste of time... any time ive been in a chatroom ive felt my life slipping away a minute at a time...
> 6. Do you utilize the "newsgroups"?
only to download the scads of free things availalbe if you know where to look... newgroup discussions are generally plagued by flames and misinformation....
> 7. How many on-line support groups do you participate in?
exactly one that i know of, this one.
> 8. How much time do you spend surfing the "worldwideweb"?
how much time do we spend reading, or watching television, or anything... i think if you do anything obsessively than perhaps there is a problem... we should all realise by now that we are living in an electronicly connected society... its no more real for me to pick up the fone and say hello to someone than it is to voice chat with them over the net... and email and mailing lists and chat boards etc etc... its just a -different- means of communication, and if people are abusing it, or over-using it, its because it affords them ease of access and features not previously present... we have to look at our -own- pathologies as persons rather than the internet... i mean, if someone is spending hours in a chatroom a day, i can bet you money that previously they werent spending hours outside taking a walk, or meeting with friends... its an associative dissorder, not one that is present simply because the internet exists.
> 9. What do you use the internet for?
information, communication, distribution and collection... a perfect digital tool...
> 10. What are your priorities?
i wrote my own here in no particular order
- peace of mind, sanity...
- human connection/love
- enlightenment
- artistic creativity
- mind bending sexual experiences
- finding a copy of "the bends" by radiohead on the "lp" format...
> 11. What is most important to you?for the networks to bring back "the cosby mysteries" so they can then cancell it again (it deserves a second spanking...)
> 12. How important is it?not that importatant... really i want to look into someones eyes and see starlight burning so hot that it consumes you... love completes your life...
> "When your daily activities line up with your highest priorities you will find peace."
so if i use drugs, and those are my highest priority, then i should be happy if i use them every day right? we can only truly be happy when we realise true compassion for every living thing... when we seperate ourselves from the ego, when we let go of our restless wandering minds, when we realise the god within ourselves and then can we stop being born again, and we will reach nirvana.
PEACE!
Posted by Rosa on July 9, 2001, at 12:07:19
In reply to Re: Net Addiction Questions » Rosa, posted by kid_A on July 9, 2001, at 11:44:17
Thanks for your response. Apparently you have it under control. How long have you been online?
9. What do you use the internet for?
information, communication, distribution and collection... a perfect digital tool...
10. What are your priorities?
i wrote my own here in no particular order
- peace of mind, sanity...
- human connection/love
- enlightenment
- artistic creativity
- mind bending sexual experiences
- finding a copy of "the bends" by radiohead on the "lp" format...
PEACE!
Posted by kid_A on July 9, 2001, at 13:33:26
In reply to Re: Net Addiction Questions / Control, posted by Rosa on July 9, 2001, at 12:07:19
> Thanks for your response. Apparently you have it under control. How long have you been online?
>I started using buletin board systems (old school style, where you fone each site you want to contact) when i was 13... back in 1983, im 30 now... i also started using the internet long before you could pay for an account to do so... back when it was all text...
I spent WAAAAY too much time using computers as a young miscreant... it was fun to talk to people all over the world who were interested in the same things you were... i wasted most of my youth doing this...
But compared to computers, nothing beats human contact... dancing with someone or having a pint w/ a mate... finding someone who screams when you play MC5's "Kick out the Jams" at the bar you dj at... kissing... kissing rocks... its a moment of pure bliss. thats what is beatufiul in life to me.
just my 2cents.
Posted by Rosa on July 9, 2001, at 22:06:21
In reply to Re: Net Addiction Questions / Control » Rosa, posted by kid_A on July 9, 2001, at 13:33:26
Kid_A,
Do you have a first name or a nickname?
Do you believe that you have an addiction to the internet or are you here to be of assistance to others?
Do you have any other addictions that you are willing to admit?
Are you single?
Just curious,
Rosa
> > Thanks for your response. Apparently you have it under control. How long have you been online?
> >
>
> I started using buletin board systems (old school style, where you fone each site you want to contact) when i was 13... back in 1983, im 30 now... i also started using the internet long before you could pay for an account to do so... back when it was all text...
>
> I spent WAAAAY too much time using computers as a young miscreant... it was fun to talk to people all over the world who were interested in the same things you were... i wasted most of my youth doing this...
>
> But compared to computers, nothing beats human contact... dancing with someone or having a pint w/ a mate... finding someone who screams when you play MC5's "Kick out the Jams" at the bar you dj at... kissing... kissing rocks... its a moment of pure bliss. thats what is beatufiul in life to me.
>
> just my 2cents.
Posted by shelliR on July 9, 2001, at 22:25:40
In reply to Net Addiction Questions, posted by Rosa on July 8, 2001, at 6:50:16
Rosa, Is there a specific reason that you are asking all these questions, e.g., is this for a research project, a publication, etc. Curiosity is generally not so linear.
Shelli
Posted by Rosa on July 10, 2001, at 0:07:38
In reply to Re: Net Addiction Questions » Rosa, posted by shelliR on July 9, 2001, at 22:25:40
Shelli,
Don't worry, it's just my pattern, I am analytic. I collect "handouts" for a hobby!
Do you think that alcoholism and substance abuse are related to internet addiction?
There is an internet addiction e-mail group at Yahoo.
To contact me privately, send an e-mail to:
NETA_dd@yahoo.com.Rosa
Rosa, Is there a specific reason that you are asking all these questions, e.g., is this for a research project, a publication, etc. Curiosity is generally not so linear.
>
> Shelli
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