Hello, my handle is Slick, but my real name is Vickie and I'm a Pet Talkaholic
Before I registered, it started off with just viewing the Pets of the day. I did not have a computer at home so when I got to work, the first thing I would do is check out the Cat of the Day. Soon, I found myself looking at the COTD several times a day, then it was the DOTD and the POTD. In December 2002 I was too weak to fight it. I signed up and that was the beginning of my addiction. Every day I would wake up early and race to work just to log in. On weekends, I would find an excuse to work overtime and spend my time on Pet Talk.

Recently, the addiction has taken over my life. I eat, sleep, and dream of Pet Talk members and their pets. When I was on holidays from work, my hands started shaking because of PT withdrawal. I knew I needed help. So I brought home a computer and signed up for Internet. Now I can feed my addiction any time, day or night. I've stopped drinking so I would have the extra $30.00 per month to pay for internet access.

Even if there was a 12-step program I'm not sure it would work for me. Would I even want to stop now???