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Addiction & Recovery

Runningdawg

(4,632 posts)

10. I'm retired, I make my own schedule

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2019, 08:24 AM

Mar 2019

Some days, I am glued to the keyboard and then I will go weeks without even checking the news. I do agree, when there is breaking news, I kind of get caught up in a feedback loop. The housework still gets done, I cook elaborate meals for 2, the dogs and I still get our exercise. If it's an addiction then it's one I can live with. At least I am not eating pills and watching FOX news 24/7 like so many of my generation.

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The internet is "addictive." ? Anyone else with this problem? [View all] Stuart G Mar 2019 OP

Yes. CentralMass Mar 2019 #1

My take: us addicts are addicts and we're going to do addict-like sh*t ... mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #2

Yes. I don't get a buzz. I just get bored and tired with doing what I'm supposed to be doing progree Mar 2019 #3

Yes happybird Mar 2019 #4

An actual book, with real pages? Good for you. dewsgirl Mar 2019 #8

Yes. Aghhh! fierywoman Mar 2019 #5

I found a new drug, One that won't make me nervous safeinOhio Mar 2019 #6

Most definitely yes. I am lost without it, although I know it dewsgirl Mar 2019 #7

I wonder how much is age related. I am 77. 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #9

I'm retired, I make my own schedule Runningdawg Mar 2019 #10