For those worried about their BWW addiction...
For those worried about their BWW addiction...
#0For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:42am
http://psychcentral.com/netaddiction/
What Makes the Internet So Addictive?
Well, as I have shown above, the research is exploratory at this time, so suppositions such as what makes the Internet so "addictive" are no better than guesses. Since other researchers online have made their guesses known, here are mine.
Since the aspects of the Internet where people are spending the greatest amount of time online have to do with social interactions, it would appear that socialization is what makes the Internet so "addicting." That's right -- plain old hanging out with other people and talking with them. Whether it's via e-mail, a discussion forum, chat, or a game online (such as a MUD), people are spending this time exchanging information, support, and chit-chat with other people like themselves.
Would we ever characterize any time spent in the real world with friends as "addicting?" Of course not. Teenagers talk on the phone for hours on end, with people they see everyday! Do we say they are addicted to the telephone? Of course not. People lose hours at a time, immersed in a book, ignoring friends and family, and often not even picking up the phone when it rings. Do we say they are addicted to the book? Of course not. If some clinicians and researchers are now going to start defining addiction as social interactions, then every real-world social relationship I have is an addictive one.
Socializing -- talking -- is a very "addictive" behavior, if one applies the same criteria to it as researchers looking at Internet addiction do. Does the fact that we're now socializing with the help of some technology (can you say, "telephone"?) change the basic process of socialization? Perhaps, a bit. But not so significantly as to warrant a disorder. Checking e-mail, as Greenfield claims, is not the same as pulling a slot-machine's handle. One is social seeking behavior, the other is reward seeking behavior. They are two very different things, as any behaviorist will tell you. It's too bad the researchers can't make this differentiation, because it shows a significant lack of understanding of basic behavioral theory.
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#1re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:47am*WHEW*
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#2re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 11:54amI'm not addicted to BWW. I'm addicted to Rathnait.
#3re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 12:13pm
I feel so much better now! Hey may be WE can start our own support group! BWWA! I'll start...
HI! I'm mominator and I am addicted to BWW
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#4re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 12:25pmI have so many worse addictions.
#5re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 12:26pmI'm not addicted, I'm just overtly friendly. Whew!
#6re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 12:28pmGuys, guys, guys.. now come on now the first step is admitting you do have a problem. I'll bring the cookies and mojitos! We'll have a party!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
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Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#7re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 12:42pmOh my lord, don't remind me of MUD.
#8re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 3:40pmmominator- my name is oxdreaminxo...and I have an addiction to BWW! There, happy? =P Oh yeah, I want a cookie for that!
A most ingenious paradox.
Updated On: 2/23/05 at 03:40 PM
#9re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 4:00pmHave a cookie sweetie! Now if I can see some ID you can have a mojito!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#10re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 4:40pmNow mom, the purpose of this thread was to show you that there is no shame in wanting to be on this site all the time! We should be having a BWW party instead. We don't need cured!
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#11re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 4:40pmYAY! I got my cookie!! ::looks for ID::Hmm, it seems to have been...misplaced. And in the words of Mimi "I'm old for my age, I'm just born to be bad!" lol. Can I have a mojito anyway? *innocent grin*
A most ingenious paradox.
#12re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 4:43pmMaybe a virgin mojito. I will however have to pass on both. I've got the mini bagel pizzas in the oven!
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#13re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 4:45pm
It just makes me glad to know I'm not the only one... I felt so lonely thinking I was the only one... again. Now if you could please explain it to my boss... 
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#14re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 5:04pm
If I remember right someone on this board took care of that problem by getting their boss addicted to the boards too. Now if I could only remember who that was...
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#15re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 5:17pm
mmmmmm mini pizzas! Pizza in miniture form. Virgin mojitos for those w/o ID. This is becoming quite a nice meeting. Let see who else would like to join us.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#16re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 5:38pm
No one lese seems to want to join! 
Oh well more mini pizzas for me! One time I ate an entire jumbo package of bagel bite pizzas from Sam's Club. I'll never do it again! (I think there were 60of them in a package.)
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#17re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 6:32pmThat must have been some pizza hangover!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
gettinhep
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/9/04
#18re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 6:36pm
Who says we're addicted? I can stop anytime I like. I just don't chose to stop.
BWW is not fattening, it's not frightening and it won't screw up any allergies.
Perfect. He He.
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#19re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 8:01pm
"BWW is not fattening, it's not frightening and it won't screw up any allergies."
gettinhep- omg- that cracked me up! It's true, too. Unless we keep eating cookies and mojitos (virgin for me) and bagel bite pizza things (damn, I want some now...). Oh well ::throws out scale::.
Apparently people don't wanna admit they are addicted. They don't know what they're missing! ::eats cookie and drink virgin mojito:: hahaha.
A most ingenious paradox.
#20re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 8:23pm
"I feel so much better now! Hey may be WE can start our own support group! BWWA! I'll start...
HI! I'm mominator and I am addicted to BWW "
:)
That's like holding AA meetings in a bar.
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#21re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/23/05 at 8:23pmdon't forget the mini pizzas!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#22re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/24/05 at 2:02am
I have way too many addictions to count.
A is for...welll, after Canada, Alcohol
B is for Broadway/BWW...
C is for Chocolate/Cookies/Crackers
D is for, ummm, DGrant?
E is for Elegance?
I'm out of ideas...but you get the point.
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#23re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/24/05 at 2:04amright....
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#24re: For those worried about their BWW addiction...
Posted: 2/24/05 at 6:14pmhahaha. I was just rereading this thread and I want some mini-pizzas now!
A most ingenious paradox.
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