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gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:

>Hi, my name's Greg, and I'm an IRC addict. It has been 10 months, 2
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I declare this untrue.
You have recovered from addiction.
You are perfectly sane and safe now.
You could even go on IRC and consider it boring.
You are healed.

>hours, and 7 minutes since I was last on IRC.
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In article <1992Oct31.205709.18460@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> Carl.von.Loesch@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Carl von Loesch) writes:

>I declare this untrue.
>You have recovered from addiction.
>You are perfectly sane and safe now.
>You could even go on IRC and consider it boring.

You're right that I could probably go on IRC and consider it boring.
However, I considered it boring long before I stopped using it, and
yet I still used it.

So, that's not a sign that I've recovered. One good sign that I'm
dealing better was that I was introduced to XTrek a few months ago,
and played it for a few hours, found it interesting, and then haven't
played since.

The warning bells went off. Ding ding ding. It felt nice.

In article <1992Nov1.234116.11616@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
>
>You're right that I could probably go on IRC and consider it boring.
>However, I considered it boring long before I stopped using it, and
>yet I still used it.
>
>So, that's not a sign that I've recovered. 


People watch TV and consider it boring...does that mean that they are
addicted to TV?  Probably not.  I still use IRC on occassion, mainly
to keep in touch with old IRC friends.  I do not consider myself an
addict any longer.  I used to stay up for hours and hours on IRC, even
when there was nobody that I knew that was on.  I don't do that anymore.
Does recovery have to mean never using IRC again?  (Please don't start
comparing IRC addiction to alcoholism or something, cause I don't think
they are the same at all.)