How Many Years Have You Been An Addict?

[rrford]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

I used to dial up on a ultra high speed 9600 baud modem.

BOOM, can we change the smileys that appear in the window? These are getting kind of "stale."

Thanks, Oh Great Web Guru!

[LaGirl]

i have been around since about 2003.

[Malvaro]

Originally Posted by J-Roc

Just trying to get a consensus of how long people have been participating on these online forums.....this stuff is way too addictive! Please post your time....

I stumbled upon FCF in 2005... NFCF in 2006... now AFF in 2007...

[Malvaro]

Originally Posted by rrford

LOL! With more than 2600 posts in about a months time you are the biggest addict I know of on any Forum anywhere.

WWOD was up there too...

[Neck]

Originally Posted by J-Roc

Just trying to get a consensus of how long people have been participating on these online forums.....this stuff is way too addictive! Please post your time....

2 months. I am age 42 and had never posted before the beginning of 2007.

[J-Roc]

Well I am a newbie to this stuff and started back in November 2006....thanks to Dan. Then he invited me to this forum and I was reluctant for a few weeks and said no because I did not want to get sucked in...then while I was not looking, he injected me with a fix...

...I've spent more time than I should be and am self-sabotaging some of my goals for this year.

I have some questions:

Is there a way to put an account on freeze?

Who here has been successful at getting away when they knew they were just overboard on the time spent here?

How did you do it? Did you erase the link from your Favorites folder, did you cancel your account...how does one successfully get away?

Thanks in advance for the advice.

[Thumper]

I'm not an addict.

I'm just a binge poster. I will post with a flury for a few days then get back to life and go dormant for a season.

[J-Roc]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

1993-2007

Wow...how many new friends did you make on these forums and meet personally?

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Originally Posted by J-Roc

Wow...how many new friends did you make on these forums and meet personally?

Many on both accounts.

BTW in 2001 I walked away almost entirely from the Internet.

Simply logged off and did not go back for a few years.

[J-Roc]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

Many on both accounts.

BTW in 2001 I walked away almost entirely from the Internet.

Simply logged off and did not go back for a few years.

Am I assuming correctly that you did this because you were overly consumed by it?