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3Hotdogs

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3. What would you have done with your time if you weren't on the computer? Why didn't you?

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Sun Oct 17, 2021, 12:57 AM

Oct 2021

Why don't you.

I ask because that is my problem..... going to the casino kills time. 2 1/2 hours in the car, there and back. Then I get "in the zone." Mindlessly putting money into the slot machine. What I intended to be maybe an afternoon, becomes 8 or 10 hours.

But the question becomes, What would I do if I didn't go to the casino? And I can't come up with anything. I don't have a partner, lover to go on day trips with... Hell, I can't even get a date.

So its off to the casino I go.

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Why the Internet is Addictive For Me.... (An Opinion) [View all] Stuart G Oct 2021 OP

All that matters is how you feel when it comes to something being addictive to you Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #1

...I have already acted accordingly........That is for another post, and another time... Stuart G Oct 2021 #2

What would you have done with your time if you weren't on the computer? Why didn't you? 3Hotdogs Oct 2021 #3

I got a couple that I need to do...1) Go to the library.......2) Go to the gym to work out....and 3) Stuart G Nov 2021 #4

About a week ago, there was someone on a radio program talking about addictions. Behaviors become 3Hotdogs Nov 2021 #5

About ...harm"..& sitting at the computer going from site to site, story to story... Stuart G Nov 2021 #6

Another way to solve this problem....Go to a site called WEB MD Stuart G Nov 2021 #7

Yes, I tried the above....Post number 7....and it works. Stuart G Nov 2021 #8

Here is another link about the dangers of sitting...Hit the ling below Stuart G Nov 2021 #9