Is this place an addiction?

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Okay, so it is now 0940, and I have an appointment with my therapist at 1000.
She works in an office building in another town about 15 minutes from here and they are doing major road construction on highway 101 between here and there.

I'm still in my nightshirt, haven't shaved, eaten breakfast, brushed my teeth... but I have gone potty!

I was up around 0630 and planned on going to the college to run, shower, and be at my appointment on time

OOPS, it's now 0942

I've been here on WP... THE ENTIRE MORNING! and I was on it till 0130 last night!

It's all good though, because therapists always tell me, "It's your time Mark, to do with it as you please."
They really are nice people... aren't they?
Oh, and that's BEFORE I write them a check... so I know they REALLY mean it!

Or would they REALLY mean it if they said it AFTER I gave them my money?

Oh well... GOTTA FLY!

See ya!

eta: HAHAHA, I just had to come back and view my post before I really left.

Yes it is.

I'm not addicted to WrongPlanet but can stay on for hours and overlook more important things on the odd occasion

I go on everyday and have a look on what is going on but I wouldn't say I'm addicted well I admit I'm on a lot at the moment because I am unemployed and at home at the moment.

heh, this summer I had never spent as much time both on the comuter and indoors, i kinda feel like I was lazy this summer and thats cause im on here alot, I like being here, but looking back, never have I been more inactive.

Being on WP or online in general is one of many possible habits that are rewarding and/or pleasurable for some people. Anything can become an addiction, and the relationship to the thing (website, forum, doing searches or whatever) will likely vary over time, depending on what else is (or isn't) going on in one's life. Other things will crowd out visiting WP for awhile, or one gets bored & spends more time on WP because it seems there's nothing else to do (or that one wants to do).

Also, when people have first gotten dx, many of them tend to try making up for lost time by 'power-reading' as much info. as possible on this new concept/identity/framework. The plunge into cramming one's brain full of "what is this ?" & "is this me ?", the temporary (or more long-term) frenzy of information-seeking, working to integrate the old version/view of oneself with this additional material. Just mentioning it to distinguish the temporary obsession (that often happens as matter of course after someone's recently dx'd) from an ongoing fascination (that keeps going & going-not that there's anything wrong with that).

So, "is this place an addiction ?"-yes & no, it can be for some, may not be for others, changes over time-it all depends on myriad variables. Not a simple/absolute yes or no, in my opinion.
One can think of "what would I be doing if I weren't doing this (reading or writing on WP) ?" Alternative one would be doing may be something important (one's avoiding dealing w/that which needs dealing with, so being on WP to exclusion of other activities could be problematic) but it might be something worse (self-destructive & damaging, in which case it certainly seems that being on WP is a healthier & safer option). It's all relative, whether an "addiction" is harmful or helpful "habit" to have, for an individual in a particular context.

Christ, yeah.

I've never in my life found another place where I could understand others so well and be so easily understood by them.

I think that's why I can't stay away.

For me it's more of a timekiller.

yes my adopted child, it is quite addicting!

Apart from the fact I have nothing much else to do, yes, I am here several times a day. Today I'm trying to find a few topics I can post a reply to because I don't want to be a Tufted Titmouse and am eager to find out what I will become next......