How Do You Kick DU Addiction?

[we can do it]

Seriously. I am here again wasting hours.

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Find a good cause and spend the same amount of time strengthening it.

[we can do it]

21. OK - I Was So Fried After the Election, Tried Joking (not funny)

and ended up with people taking my humor completely wrong. However - I decided better to just let it drop than arguing-explaining.

[Fire Walk With Me]

34. Ah- that election-fried state. Obviously we are all in it as well.

Apologies :)

[Lint Head]

2. To me it's a glorious addiction.

[Chulanowa]

3. You don't

Just be grateful train wrecks are uncommon; you'd be watching those all day instead

[we can do it]

7. I Figured As Much

can't beat it for what's going on. But I gotta quit refreshing every minute

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. Pull a Walt Starr. -nt

[End Of The Road]

5. Click click click. Me, too.

Let's see - I could do the dishes... I'll do them later.
I need to run to the grocery... no, I'll eat the cold pizza from last night.

I'm almost out of wine... OK, I'm out of here.

Bye.

[KarenS]

6. First, you have to want to =) n/t

[we can do it]

9. True and Stik with It

[wildbilln864]

8. great question...

been trying to figure it out for years now. :shrug:

[we can do it]

10. I Think I'd Be Happy To Cut Back

gawd I sound like a smoker

[HereSince1628]

11. Booze, lots of Booze...Meth is no help at all because sitting in front of a flickering screen

while on Meth is GREAT!

Booze on the otherhand will get your head deep into the thundermug where nothing but your wretching is important.

[we can do it]

14. Chocolate and Cookies DO NOT WORK

[rug]

12. Kick!

[lpbk2713]

13. Discontinue your internet service.

But tell your loved ones to be prepared for anything.

[we can do it]

33. I Am Sure They Will Appreciate the Increase In Phone Calls

ha!

[grantcart]

15. You can do it

I have reduced my time at DU by 98%.


I have a simple rule.


I don't participate in any Democrat bshing of any kind. There are many more people who have developed a talent for that as they spend hours every day doing that.


I read LBN and other educational threads and if I think I have a veiw that has not been expressed either in support of Democrats or against Republicans I post it but don't bother defending the thread.

I save about 5 hours a day avoiding Democratic Party fraticide nonsense.

[Coventina]

16. I have left for long periods of time after being treated horribly by fellow DUers

But I always end up coming back, even if it takes me a year.

What I've found is that I end up doing more good for the world when I'm away from this place than when I spend time here.

So my advice would be the same as your first poster: Find a cause you believe in and keep busy with that. You'll soon lose the urge to spend a lot of time here.

Another way to do it is to not post original threads. Whenever I make an OP, it pretty much ruins my day because I have to keep coming back to check on how the thread is doing, even if it sinks like a stone as it usually does.

:hi:

[we can do it]

17. and Here I am Starting One

:eyes:
and checking back!

[w8liftinglady]

18. obviously,even brain surgery didn't cure me...keep coming back,it works!

[we can do it]

23. LOL! Glad You're Here BTW

[enlightenment]

19. Change your password to gibberish

Seriously.

Go to change password and type in some string of characters without looking. Then log out.

[we can do it]

25. But I Could Still Read It Which Is What I Usually Do Anyway

[Hissyspit]

20. Kick?

[Warpy]

22. If you find out, let me know

so far, nothing's done it for me, not even heavy drugs when I get them prescribed.

[we can do it]

27. OK, If You Think That Would Help

[we can do it]

24. WOW Why Unrec?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. My dear we can do it...

Just gave you #5...

And for the addiction? Forget it. I've been here 5 years and I love it!

I will ALWAYS be here...

Stay, and enjoy yourself...

:hug:

[we can do it]

29. I AM Afraid I Will Be Too - Because of People Like You

:pals:

[AtomicKitten]

28. Stop posting and then quit stopping by altogether.

I took an entire year off DU not too long ago. It helped realign my chakras. ;)

[we can do it]

31. I Think My Flower Garden Misses Me

I spend less time with her than I should

[superduperfarleft]

30. Make a point to read all the homophobic garbage that's allowed to be posted here

day after day, and then take a break in disgust, and realize your life is so much better for it.

Of course, here I am...

[we can do it]

32. I Do and Yet Here I Am, Hopeless I Guess

[xiamiam]

35. dont worry..someone will piss you off and you will get over it and leave for awhile..nt

[Renew Deal]

36. You're not going anywhere

:D

[Naturyl]

37. Not sure.

I don't have any illusions about the value of spending big chunks of time here, but when I get on a "kick," it just keeps on until its run its course. I get a bit manic from time to time, anyway.

[cbdo2007]

38. You just have to limit yourself. I've been there too....

and even earlier this week i was spending hours and hours on here because of the election.

After the election, I vowed to not spend hours...and I've done pretty well. This is only the second time I've come here today and I've only spent about 5 minutes total.

Just don't let yourself get sucked in to one of the mindless conversations. If you can't be on the computer without coming to DU, ban yourself from the computer. I've had to do that too.

Technically it's not an "addiction" but it can definitely be considered "obsessive compulsive" behavior - which you just have to have the strength to really WANT to stop.

[bigtree]

39. you don't

. . . you can try cold turkey, but you'll be back. You can't beat the number of folks here willing to talk politics from a Democratic pov.