Has anyone here tried taming their Internet addiction?
How did it go?
>>28729311
i took a t-break from the internet,
recently indulged myself in a full fledged addiction and it feels so great!
I'm trying to use it as a reward motivator.
>complete a few irl Quests
>check /r9k/ for more ebin threads and feels
I have no home internet and next week I'm downgrading to a flip phone, so my only chance to use the net will be at work. Sounds weird, but I've decided this is best for me.
>>28729311
You can only do it if you have or find a real hobby. If you have absolutely nothing in your life outside of the internet, you can't connect with anyone face to face, then you're fucked.
I have no money or a job. I tried to quit.
Basically I got bored and tried exercising. Ok that takes like 2 hours tops and it is really tedious especially after the first couple days. Walked around town, a few more hours pretty boring.Then I spent the rest of the day reading which is like ok but really not much different from browsing the internet. I caved after like a week, you really need money to power hobbies and activities.
>tfw nostalgic about 2012 /mu/
fuck you for triggering me op
I hate how faggots here think grey are addicted to the internet or porn or fapping or almost anything for else. Chances are you're not addicted to anything you're just a loser with nothing else to do. You're not addicted to anything unless it interferes with your normal life, and when you're normal life isn't nornal since you have few or no friends to hang out with, no gf, etc, you're not spending all of your time on the computer because you're addicted, you're doing it because you're bored and if you weren't on the internet you still wouldn't go out.
>>28729311
I got myself into a death spiral, so to speak, because I have an Internet addiction and I'm studying computer science.
There's no way for me to just put my computer away for good and "just live" because I need it for college.
I just wouldn't know what to do with my spare time, although I am tempted.
I just find hanging with people so fucking boring, I quit drinking and weed so it cuts out pretty much all of the people I know.
I can't exercise or do any form of sport since I am getting over surgery, yet when I used to work out it only took an hour of my time anyway.
Walking around town is boring as fuck, as you are just looking at things you could buy but can't afford them.
I don't have a car nor can afford one, so I can't go on trips to visit places around the country, which is one thing I'd really like to do.
There's just nothing to do.
>>28729617
You rang
Heard you miss me
>>28729691
You don't even know what you're talking about. Why do you think we're all friendless losers? Is it because we were so social and outgoing in the past? No. It's because we spent our high school time sitting in front of a computer screen to avoid confrontation with the real world. Over the years it gets so bad that you simply can't connect with other people anymore and the internet is all you have left.
I don't know if this is called an addiction, but it is a very real issue, and fuck you, next you're probably going to say "just be yourself"
>>28729311
Well I'm back here after trying to leave r9k for like 2 months so thats that
The only way I can really see it changing is moving to a new country and having a job or career that is implemented into my home life so I don't spend so much time on the computer. Friends would also help with not being inside 24/7.
>>28729311
I have tried cutting back a few times but I could never do stick with it.
>mfw I gave up trying and it feels great
What's the point? The entirety of all (important) human knowledge exists on the internet. The outside world is just for primal pleasures.
>>28729311
I usually last about three months without internet every year or so and it does me wonders, problem is I miss getting news fast.
