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Thread ID: 81509 2007-07-29 23:22:00 A cure for IM addiction aidanmaz (7180) PC World Chat
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574031 2007-07-29 23:22:00 has anyone got a cure for instant messaging addiction? i seem to spend my day and night on them, i plan my day aound my online contacts and stay up till 2am talking. any ideas on how i can get back to normal? aidanmaz (7180)
574032 2007-07-29 23:26:00 Uninstall the software? :lol: Sounds a bit serious. Maybe you need a Girlfriend??.. Assuming you are male.... wratterus (105)
574033 2007-07-29 23:26:00 Well you could get yourself arrested and jailed.

Like anything, its willpower.
pctek (84)
574034 2007-07-29 23:27:00 Something only you can control. Uninstall it, take a holiday away from the computer, find another hobby.

I used to be like that on IRC but am rarely on it now.
Bantu (52)
574035 2007-07-29 23:29:00 Maybe you need a Girlfriend??

Nah...he'd IM her.
pctek (84)
574036 2007-07-29 23:34:00 lmao.....im male, pctek is prob right, i wud IM her, i guess i can remove the many IM programs (AIm,yahoo, MSN, Myspace IM)
maybe i shud lock my laptop in dads filing cabniet

cheers
aidanmaz (7180)
574037 2007-07-29 23:57:00 hehehe I have seen kids playing Runescape and theyve been on all night, dragging themselves off to school the next day, or saying to me .. cough cough Im sick, Mum let me stay home!
If uninstalling doesnt work, they reckon AA has a good 12 step program for addictions, just substitute alcohol for IM/net ;)
Lovelee (6586)
574038 2007-07-30 00:41:00 You could always pickup another hobby but than again you might get carried away and spend more time on that just like you do on IM. I was like you, first thing that I do when my pc starts was log into msn messenger and chat away. But decided to kick that habbit so I installed a few games that I can play online.. now thats the first thing I do when my pc starts, start playin for a few hours before doing anything else :D At the moment am thinking of something else that I can do to kick this games habbit that I got :D ronyville (10611)
574039 2007-07-30 00:53:00 See eventually they will have special courses for addictive people.
Computers and the addictions they give rise to will be the cause of all the malady in the world :)
Lovelee (6586)
574040 2007-07-30 02:28:00 I used to be like that with IM and chat rooms pmsl. Would stay up chatting till all hours and fall asleep half way through a sentence. :eek: I blame it on being young, bored and addicted. How did I rid myself of such a waste of time ... simple ..... I chatted sooo much , to sooo many people ....... listened to sooo many dramas, and sooo many idiots, over sooooo many years that I just .......... got over it. Now the thought of signing into my messenger makes me cringe, and the thought of going into a chat room ..... uuuurrrrgggghhh.:yuck: I reckon I just had to get it out of my system even if it took a few years. never-u-mind (6500)
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