netphoria abstainance contest
 

I was thinking about this. I came to the conclusion that I;m addicted to Netphoria. Forwhatever reason, I don't know, but there are times where I prioritize time spent on netphoria over much more important things. This, obviously, isn't very healthy at all. I'm pretty sure this is the case with a lot of you.

I've tried quitting cold turkey before but that only lasted a month at most. I tired of the fact that Netphoria is pretty much the only thing I do on the internet. I mean, I peruse some livejournals every now and then and look at porn, but a netphoria window is ALWAYS open. It's really sad, because in all the time I'm spending I really could be doing something a lot more enriching, like reading, exercising or practising.

So, I wanted to try something a little bit different for myself and anyone else who wants to get involved. We could throw a little friendly competition into the mix and actually make leaving netphoria a litle more effective. I can't even remember all the times people (including me) have posted "I'M LEAVING!!!" only return within the next week.

I've set up a thread on Netphoria's Livejournal where you can document your progress by simply replying to the thread. The link is here. I highly suggest you bookmark it, as extra replies won't bump the entry back up to the top of the livejournal. If you don't have a livejournal account, just reply anonymously and sign with your netphoria name. Try to keep your replies reasonably spaced. Replying daily at first, but try to make them last frequent as time passes. If you so much as read the netphoria messageboard, you MUST post to declare that you lost.

The contest officially begins Tomorrow, May 31st at 12pm EST unless anyone has any complaints about it, which I'm sure you don't.

Sign up in this thread by noon tomorrow and that's it. No more netphoria.

Oh, and one last thing, the most important thing about this whole thing is the honor system. Don't be a douchebag and lie about it. Seriously.

Any questions?

hmmm. maybe.

NO! if everyone leaves then there won't be any messages for me to read! i'm not leaving, what am i gonna do?

but what about your baby? another netphoria addict in the making :(

<3

it will not work, so why even try?

now thats positive thinking.

tempted... but what else would I do at work? work?

I cannot believe that this place is that terrible of an addiction. Posting on a message board is a hard thing for me to classify as a problem. Why is not posting here such a pressing problem? If it helps pass the time, I don't see a huge deal.

Then again, I feel no need to quit. Maybe I'm an addict.

i was just talking to my shrink about netphoria yesterday...she was amazed at how people formed such strong bonds and communities over the net
and then i told her that i thought that the majority of people here had some sort of social issues or problems (including myself) and that's why we seek the net so much
but yeah, i wonder how many of us here actually do have social anxiety and issues of that sort

I'd say 90%. Not that I'm in the 10% that doesn't...

You've thought about this way too hard, its actually convincing. Somehow, that seems a bit sad.


I dunno, its kinda like my smoking habits...

Some days I'll be extra bored and end up smoking almost 2 packs in a day, others I'll only smoke 5 cigarettes, sometimes I try to quit, knowing it won't happen, but I make it a few days without having one.

But in the end I know I'll never quit, and I'm okay with that.

I'm in the ninety percentile.

i won't be on sunday or monday! woo!

ok, has anyone actually signed up?

which is BUSTLING.

You guys are gonna get addicted to the Live Journal.

nobody really ever posts there. the only things that really get posted there are typical livejournal entires that pertain to netphoria.

kind of like freakclique.

oh god. freakclique.

wow. thats a blast from the past.

You people have severe problems. You want to stop posting on a messageboard, but you can't do it?

Find a hobby. Christ.

yep

i post from work whenever i'm not exactly busy....so there's no point to this. when i have things to do, i do them.

maybe it's time for you to step away and find yourself a life?

Well I mean until he's born, I won't quit coming here. I have plenty of free time on my hands now, all I do is go to school a few hours a day. I'm sure I'll be absent after he's born, I won't have a minute of free time and if i do it'll be spent sleeping.