Comments on: BBC Radio London

By: r

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:12:06 +0000

I was about to jest that soon there will be a service for computing addictions…but then decided that it might be interesting to Google it and see. Yes, addicts, there is such a service…founded and coordinated by a member of the Harvard Medical School faculty and located at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, US. It isn’t “Computer-ers Anonymous” but it does try to address addictive behavior as it relates specifically to computing. And it is an outpatient service.

Stanford University, too, has some interesting information about computer addictions but does not offer any services. Their site cites the fact that most addiction support groups are online…which they liken to an AA meeting in a pub.

And there are many other matches in Google but they mostly lead to articles explaining the (very recent) history of computing addiction.

Many other services and support groups are sure to spring up…probably coming soon to a neighborhood near you.

Makes me wonder if there are support services for people addicted to support groups.

By: Gugon

Gugon — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:19:48 +0000

Hi, my name is Gugon and I’m a computer addict.

I’m a reluctant addict though. Hell, I don’t even like the damn things. Okay, I like them but I hate them, if you know what I mean. At work, I sit in front of a computer for eight hours until my eyes turn blurry, dry balls of skin. Then I go home, eat, manage the kids – and if I’m lucky I have time to sit back down at my home computer and do some writing.

I worry about EMF’s and eyesight deterioration. But does that stop me from sitting in front of the screen during my free time? No – not really.

But I could quit any time. If I wanted to. No, really.

By: giagia

giagia — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:00:25 +0000

I can’t tell if ‘vps hosting’ is spam or not. If it is, it’s well done and personal… soo I let it through.

By: vps hosting

vps hosting — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:46:20 +0000

Well, in a online business, its like drugs to you, no holiday’s,no weekly offs and 18 hour shifts to give customer’s complete satisfaciton and quality but yet i wonder we recieve lots of criticism.

By: ole blue

ole blue — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:50:57 +0000

Yea, I find myself in front of the computer way too often.

By: R.J.

R.J. — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:48:41 +0000

I would comment but…perhaps, later……I’ve just got so many websites to check out, and…….uh uh……there’s another email from Auntie Gertrude to answer, and…..damnit, is that the sun coming up out there……?

By: oliver

oliver — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:56:27 +0000

No probs so long as you back up regularly…