Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

11 signs of Internet addiction
Seattle Times ^ | September 3, 2009 | Ap Staff

Posted on 09/04/2009 10:21:59 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe

Signs of Internet addiction, according to Hilarie Cash, executive director of the ReSTART center for Internet addiction near Seattle. Three of the following symptoms suggest abuse, five or more addiction:

-Increasing amounts of time spent on Internet

-Failed attempts to control behavior

-Heightened euphoria while on Internet

-Craving more time on Internet, restless when not there

-Neglecting family and friends

-Lying to others about use

-Internet interfering with job and school

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: addiction; internet; napl
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-93 next last

-FReeping at all hours of the day and night!

1 posted on 09/04/2009 10:22:01 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Wardenclyffe

checking freerepublic 85 times a day to see if there’s any new news or a new article about the old news


2 posted on 09/04/2009 10:25:01 PM PDT by RaiderRose (Obama has cured my husband's political apathy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Wardenclyffe
I don't know what you're talking about. Here it is, nearly 10:30 PM on a Friday night, and I'm FReeping, but I can quit any time I want to. Want proof? I'm stopping right now. I'm not...gonna...hit...that

Post

button...

3 posted on 09/04/2009 10:25:13 PM PDT by Billthedrill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Wardenclyffe

FReeperville is not the place to post that article... LOL...


4 posted on 09/04/2009 10:25:39 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Wardenclyffe

Hitting refresh every two minutes and expecting to find 40 new articles to read and reply to.


5 posted on 09/04/2009 10:27:28 PM PDT by miele man
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: miele man

Hmpf ...


6 posted on 09/04/2009 10:28:47 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Wardenclyffe

I was never addicted until slick took the oath to F our country over...I’m not sad about my addiction...just mad as hell that I lapsed for a while under the malaise of GWB!!!


7 posted on 09/04/2009 10:31:51 PM PDT by hope
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: miele man

“Hitting refresh every two minutes and expecting to find 40 new articles to read and reply to.”

Two minutes??

You are nowhere near hooked......

;-)


8 posted on 09/04/2009 10:32:22 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: miele man
Hitting refresh every two minutes and expecting to find 40 new articles to read and reply to.

There was a lull after hitting refresh so many times, so I decided to post this article on internet addiction. Not because I am addicted, or that any of my fellow FReepers are addicted...it's for all those other people out there.

9 posted on 09/04/2009 10:32:39 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: hope

OMG! I know you old timers are out there! stop hiding and come back with your brilliance...If your not dead...we need you now more than ever!


10 posted on 09/04/2009 10:33:54 PM PDT by hope
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Wardenclyffe

Thanks for posting. I thought I was the only one left tonight.


11 posted on 09/04/2009 10:34:34 PM PDT by kevao (DISSENT: It's no longer patriotic.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: hope

Am I logged in?


12 posted on 09/04/2009 10:37:06 PM PDT by Rocky (OBAMA: Succeeding where bin Laden failed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: miele man

I probably hit F5 every 20 seconds to see if a thread is growing or not.


13 posted on 09/04/2009 10:37:13 PM PDT by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Wardenclyffe

Back in the days of Windows 3.1, one could click onto a log which showed how much time one spent on the computer. When I upgraded, the phone bill (dial-up) showed how many minutes, nay hours, I was on the internet. Now I have Firefox and don’t know if there is such a logging available and with broadband, I still don’t know. Perhaps it is best that I don’t know just how much I’m on here. Mostly on FR too! Thanks, Jim!!!! and everyone else. Best place to be.

As for your thoughtfulness, Wardenclyffe, thank you.


14 posted on 09/04/2009 10:37:40 PM PDT by miele man
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Billthedrill
"I don't know what you're talking about. Here it is, nearly 10:30 PM on a Friday night, and I'm FReeping, but I can quit any time I want to. Want proof? I'm stopping right now. I'm not...gonna...hit...that"

I'm just getting my fix.

15 posted on 09/04/2009 10:38:44 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: LukeL

LOL. Yes, I do that as well. Some of those became classics too.


16 posted on 09/04/2009 10:38:54 PM PDT by miele man
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: ButThreeLeftsDo

LOL

I go to bed any time I want to. I know my limits.

Sleep well, folks.


17 posted on 09/04/2009 10:39:21 PM PDT by unkus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Wardenclyffe

11 Signs that you are addicted to State Run Media:

1. You voted for Obama
2. You want Government Run Health Care now
3. Believe that republicans are Nazis
4. Think health care protesters should be locked up
5. Cannot understand why Obama’s eligiblity is in question
6. Would like to shoot Rush Limbaugh... several times.
7. Not so concerned anymore about US troops dying in Afghanistan and Iraq
8. Not very fond of Tea anymore
9. Sick and Tired of hearing about the Constitution
10. Cannot wait to pay more taxes
11. Convinced you don’t have a job because your employer is a greedy homophobe


18 posted on 09/04/2009 10:39:33 PM PDT by Safrguns
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kevao

Good one.


19 posted on 09/04/2009 10:40:06 PM PDT by unkus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Wardenclyffe


20 posted on 09/04/2009 10:40:18 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-93 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson