Pet talk addiction? HELP !

**Cookiebaker** · 10-22-2002, 12:55 PM

Hey Noah's Mommy, that was post 2000!!! Congratulations!!!

**anna_66** · 10-22-2002, 01:58 PM

Hi, my name is Anna & I'm a Pet Talk addict

I try to limit my time on her to mostly the morning, then a little in the afternoon & none to little at night (ok, sometimes I'm on here way too much!), that way I have my entire evening to spend with the pooches & Mark. It's really bad when I talk about people here by name & Mark knows just who I'm talking about!
But honestly, the people on this board have opened my eyes to so many things & taught me so much. I can't imagine a better thing to be addicted to!!

Like everyone has said, there is no cure to this addiction!

**RockyRoad** · 10-22-2002, 03:01 PM

...I have been on for 6 hours today....

Hey try from 6:00-7:50AM and 3:00-10:00PM, and all day on weekends! Well actually not all day maybe until 12:00 or 1:00AM. It is so addictive and I just love being onlne and talking to people! Sometimes I am not on, but most of the time, there I am! I have made it a daily routine and since for some reason the teachers are all wearing "Teachers United" (we think they are going on strike..yay!)and cutting off homework so we have not had much homework for the past few weeks. Except in science

(which of course I DO NOT do because I DO NOT get it.). Less homework=more pet talk time!!

**sasvermont** · 10-22-2002, 04:07 PM

I have tappered off a bit, but still have left maybe 24 hours go by and then, well, another look at Pet Talk.

Moderation. Right?

Another addict.

**Edwina's Secretary** · 10-22-2002, 04:37 PM

I log on to Pettalk when I arrive at work in the morning then throughout the day I pop in (long, boring conference calls are especially good for this....). I leave it on all day.

I've started checking in from home in the evenings/weekends now too. My husband wants to know if I have an internet boyfriend -- no, just a Pettalk addiction!

**Pam** · 10-22-2002, 04:50 PM

It is an easy trap to fall into - that's for sure. With a cable modem and "being on" all the time it's all too easy to say "I think I'll just read a post or two." Sometimes Bella sits next to me and looks at me with those eyes that say "please come outside with me and throw the ball and get off that computer!" LOL!

**ChrisH** · 10-22-2002, 05:13 PM

Addicted to Pet Talk?! Me?! Oh, yes! And I love being addicted!

I can only login between 6-12 in the evening, but also all weekend - from 6pm Friday to midnight Sunday. I dont go online for ALL that time of course but I do like to spend 2 hours, sometimes 5, here each evening and a lot more than that here, and elsewhere online, at weekends. And, for the same amount of money, my time online is going to be rationed, beginning November 1st, to 120 hours a month. Sound a lot but it only works out at 4 hours every day, including weekends!

I somehow think my bill is going to be increasing. LOL

**kohala** · 10-22-2002, 05:22 PM

Oh, definitely, and Dadcat (I hear him getting up now, he's down with bronchitis - wait 'til he sees what I'm doing!) definitely takes a view askew when he sees me online! I'll tell you what, tho, it beats a lot of other addictions! And, like Niina, I find I take breaks - I haven't been on much lately, too much work and sickness. But --- I'm BAACK!

So, here's 12 steps for PetTalkers (with apologies and gratitude to Dr. Bob and Bill W.):

1. Admitted we were powerless over Pet Talking.
2. Came to believe a Purr greater than our own could restore us to sanity.
3. Decided to turn our will and our lives over to the sound of woofs and purrs.
4. Made a searching and fearless inventory of our love for Pet Talking.
5. Admitted to God, ourselves and another person the exact nature of our love to Pet Talk.
6. Were entirely ready have God remove our guilty feelings about PetTalking.
7. Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings and spend more time with our furry and featherd or scaled friends.
8. Made a list of all people and critters we had ignored, and became willing to spend more time offline and with them.
9. Made direct amends to these other beings by getting offline more often.
10. Continued to inventory our PetTalk time, and admit to our other significant beings when we were PetTalking too much.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our contact with the "real world."
12. Having had a spiritual awakening through increased time with our pets and people, we got online and shared it by posting to Pet Talk.

**Desert Arabian** · 10-22-2002, 05:51 PM

LOL - I know what you mean by addicted!

**Cookiebaker** · 10-22-2002, 05:57 PM

Yellowlab, I love your new sig!!

**Desert Arabian** · 10-22-2002, 06:17 PM

AWW.... thanks!

**RockyRoad** · 10-22-2002, 06:25 PM

Awww, your ratties are so cute!

**AmberLee** · 10-22-2002, 08:35 PM

Originally posted by Cookiebaker
Yellowlab, I love your new sig!!

I agree, it's marvelous!!!

**Desert Arabian** · 10-22-2002, 08:51 PM

Gee, thanks guys! I just wish it weren't so blurry. It looks crystal clear in the picture file thingy. Oh well.

You can see Oreo's tumor bulging out in the picture

My poor little girl.

**toughCookie** · 10-22-2002, 08:59 PM

you people that are addicted to this site are something ..you are really addicted to a...SITE??? thats just plain crazy!

I only get on here occasionally, and of course I'm not addicted...
...yeah right! hehehe