Can someone help cure my fluther addiction?
I’ve not been on long, but already I find myself just piling through threads in any spare time I have. Looking for people to dole out lurve to and reading what people have to say it’s like crack to me. Any advice?
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You asking that here is like asking for an AA sponsor at a bar.
No one here is qualified to help you.
A cure for Fluther? That’s like wanting a cure for healthiness.
Turn your computer off. And if you’re on a phone, turn your phone off.
You’re over 100 points, your already doomed. Embrace the madness before it embraces you.
I don’t have an answer from experience (been here almost three years and have always been a heavy user). I can say, though, that not everyone is that way. Some simply use it as a tool to get questions answered (generally of the mundane “how to” variety). Others probably find their non-virtual lives more compelling.
The best suggestion I have is to consciously monitor your behavior against your expected behavior. If you aren’t going to quit cold turkey, then decide for yourself what an appropriate use of the site is for you. Is it simply to get answers to your questions? Is it to provide free expertise on a subject? Is it to learn about a subject? Is it giving yourself 30 minutes or an hour to just explore and be entertained? You get the idea. After figuring that out, you just have to be diligent about asking yourself whether you’re using the site appropriately. If not, then go do something else. If you find yourself back here “unintentionally,” just repeat observing and correcting your behavior and it should get easier.
Another aspect that might be worth examining is whether this “trance inducing” activity is serving as a replacement for creating meaning in your life. Are you getting an easy fix here, rather than taking on a difficult challenge elsewhere?
Welcome to fluther :). I agree with @free_fallin LOL. For me it is all or none. If my computer is on, I am most likely checking fluther. The only way to kick the habit is probably to replace it with some other habit that will occupy your time. Why do you want to stop? Are you avoiding doing something you should be doing? Or, do you love fluther because you have finally found a group of people who are smart and enjoy exchanging ideas? That’s why I am here.
Ummmm.. one quick and easy way would be to delete your account.
Hee.
Wanta join my 12-step Fluther group?
There is a 12-step fluther group? Do I have to apologize to my husband for putting my addiction first? For ignoring him?
@JLeslie He’s a man, if he’s like most of us, he’ll never notice.
Oh, trust me, he will notice. My husband doesn’t understand why I don’t read as much any more and why I spend half my time in my home office.
Get out now @dynamic3. And whatever you do, do not drink the Kool-Aid!
@Adirondackwannabe Speaking from experience? haha
@dynamic3 There is no cure. I’ve been on since 2008 and I am hopelessly imbedded here. My only hope is if @Dog bans me or deletes my account for me.
And really, the Kool Aid is fine. wicked laugh
My husband notices, believe me. I guess I should be happy that he misses me.
Holy christ, with this witty reparte, we probably sending dynamic3 out the door screaming.
How do you spell reparte?
Well i heard hackers are making a antidote.
Read a novel(I mean a good novel).
Keep reading.
The Rabbit hole is very deep, Alice.
Neo, there is no Fluther.
I would say the best way to beat your addiction would be to fill up your schedule with activities that keep you away from a computer. I’ve heard there are browser add-ons that will only give you a certain amount of time to browse.
Oh wait… once you get all the awards and like 10,000, I mean 20,000 30,000 lurve, you will be imbued with a true sense of accomplishment and will feel free to move on with your life.
Or you will kill yourself for the time you lost on here. :-)
Yea, once I hit 10,000, I kinda slowed down my Fluther usage.
@janbb thanks for the advice… although i’ve already sampled the pancakes and they’re too gooooooooood I feek im destined to stay forever.
I think the first step is admitting you have a problem, and admittedly I have a problem but it’s all the fault of people like you… you are far, far too entertaining and wonderful not to mention the shiny, shiny awards so i think I just might stay until i’m one of the grumpiest of the grumpyfish.
But if you start seeing me hanging around on street corners all pale and itchy asking anybody and everybody if they have an internet connection… please point me in the direction of the nearest fluther rehab.
Get into a conversation with @dpworkin . He has helped wean several jellies away from Fluther.
I think we are enabling…..time for a Fluther vention??
There is no cure for Fluther. But that’s a good thing.
Don’t worry, it’s nothing but a FAD (Fluther Addiction Disorder) and will eventually taper off.
Welcome to the madhouse… where the inmates run the show. :)
I just went four days without my Fluther fix. It was difficult at first and I thought of her often, but after the third day it wasn’t that bad. Today was easy until I accidentally hit the Fluther tab when I went to click on the Facebook tab.
She’s got me hooked again. ((curses!!!))
Maybe we started this whole thing wrong. Let me begin again:
Hello, my name is Filmfann, and I am a fluther addict…
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