Hi, My Name is Melanie and I am a Internet Addict and definetly a ADD Forums Addict.......I flat out admit it cause I havce no shame int the game about it and I will tell ya why:

Be it Yahoo chat, My Poetry Website, or my Very Beloved ADD Forums, It is in this world I actually mean something to people and I am accepted and I can do things here that make a difference to other people...Best Part about it is, I am amoung others who know what it is like being me and I can be myself and still NOT be looked down upon by others.. & Someone I dont like or don't trust with a click of a button they dont existed in my world.

Back in elementary school, I was always the last to get picked and sent far far out into the feild where it does not matter where I am. As an adult, in the outside communtie just like when I was a kid I am not like them enough to be in the game so they push me off to the side, I mean nothing to anyone and I don't make a difference to anyone, and believe me I have tried.

Who Needs that kind of world...Pardon my french, but I sure as hell don't. I HEAR it all the time that this kind of life I have chossen is not healthy.....Key Phrase here, "I HAVE CHOSSEN(Sp)"

It seems to me when you look at the two differences of the two worlds in my life, The Outside is a hell of alot more unhealthy for me....and the only thing I AM GREATFUL FOR....is society and the people in it helped me get to this point.

If internet addiction is another illness I can ADD TO THE LIST.....I do not want a CURE!!!!!!!

wooooooohooooooo melly......... you ARE amazing!!

:) ty aqua! Love ya!

why couldn't it though...even though "The Net" was just a movie...who's to say there is no one else thinks like me. Maybe I wasn't ment to be in society....my greatest gift is my poems and...and I dont have to leave my house to do it.

*AMEN* to your first post in this thread, draga!
:)
i'm a netoholic too...
:cool:

take care,

gabriela

Me too, Mellymoot!

It's true what they say..Great doots think alike!:D

amendoot :p

I'm still a chocoholic first...for the last 3 weeks i've found this site to be very thearaputic for me. Finally a place to connect with others who just understand what this is like for us and not just have people say "You need to try, concentrate, apply yourself better". The net has put me in contact with great people fron all over the world but, I think that human interaction is healthier for you. There is something about hearing a laugh or seeing a smile that is a million times better than just reading "LOL" or ":D".

Those sights and sounds can change your attitude, provide comfort, buy the next round:D and looking forward to them can help you make it through an other day. Being an IA may look like a healthy alternative but in the long run i think you will only hurt youselves more.

That's my 2 1/2 cents....

That may be true for some...but I HAVE BEEN Hurt more out there More than In here.

I am an internet addict in so many ways!

My newest thing is internet shopping. What's better than sitting in your pajamas eating a bagel and getting to shop for stuff at the same time?

Sometimes I spend more time online than anything else, and I can't help but love it!

I am spending a lot of money though....lol.

That is the one part I WISH I could relate too.....But hasta wait for SSI backpay...Fun :rolleyes:

Well I use my mom's credit card ALOT...
I think I may need credit counseling or join a twelve step program!!!

But hey you only live once.

could I borrow it? :p

Heh... well you'll find lots of support for IA here. I was badly addicted to another group that was pretty much idle chat & had to take drastic measures to get myself outa there now I've landed here & it's for sure more productive but I tend to agree that it's not an ideal sbsitute for real life.

We make due with what we have and that's a good thing.

That may be true for some...but I HAVE BEEN Hurt more out there More than In here.
only short term...in the end your just dening yourself some of the greatest gifts there are...love, affection, and really good food!:)

is this were you go to join N. A. ( Net Addicts) ......

is this were you go to join N. A. ( Net Addicts) ......
I'll start up a forum for N.A.:D

I can say the same for many books ( Tolkien an Feist among the first )

hmmmm If I were to say I was an I. A. I don't think it would necessarily mean Internet Addict for me...but would be Information Addict!

Not only could I sit here for hours on end chatting or doing forums stuff, but just searching and reading up on things I enjoy...same goes for reading...I could spend hours and hours in a bookstore with the same purpose in mind.

I am w/ Jaimejoot...when I was able to leave my house cause I had money and a place to go and means in which to get there...I would go to bookstores as well...or any other place I can think of....This is one thing that has helped me to become an IA..No Car, Money, place to go, and no one to go with...my friends work and I am wary of strangers out there.

My first venture in years Into the streets of Downtown New Orleans...and I met more of thee attitudes where people treated me like I am stuipd...ands what's worse...it was infront of other people so I got a group of people with the looks...I wanted to die! Oh yeah.....I met my first crackhead who looked like he was ready to kill someone for a cigarette.....Now come on Seriously....just what the hell am I missing out there when I am not terrified or humiliated in here???? :mad: :eek:

Oh mel, the crackheads are harmless unless you are carrying actual crack or a broken microwave they think they could pawn. Did you give him a cigarette?

Geez---you're brave, diving right into the streets of New Orleans. I'd have started out with a nice strip mall in Metarie and worked up to it.;)

Maybe too much eye contact? Maybe just need to get used to it. Somehow, I'm real good at blending in and not getting noticed. It ought to be easier to blend in in the city than the burbs but maybe not???

I took the train downtown yesterday to a posh district to run an errand then walked the mile or two home past all the freaks and I was in a real good mood, it was a pleasure to see all the interesting faces, kinda disturbing to see the homeless folk & crack heads but balanced out.

LOL U been to Louisiana I take it........actually...I was spending weekend with my sister and she lives in New Orleans and while she was at work..I figured what heck..I was in the neighborhood and a so much wanted to see the St Louis Cathedral. Which I did and It is as beautiful as I remember it from the last time I was there 3 years ago :) That was just about the only good thing about being out that day.