Who do I stop using the internet?

its not even the internet mate. its just the most convenient way to put off dealing with your problems

youd be doing the same thing with alcohol, drugs, or random hobbies like millions of others are

substitute it with another habit

No you fucking retard. Sometimes eady access to shit like this makes your likelihood of being addicted to it exponentially higher. You're just parroting what you've been reading on Reddit without applying any critical thought

i actually was an alcoholic. now i don't even have ''problems'' to run from. i cleared my debt and actually have money in savings. i'm going back to uni in september and actually have a good job that allows me to stack even more dough while i wait. i'm actually in good shape now also, eating clean all the time. apartment is clean all the time, i have a healthy social life, etc.

i should be reading more, to be ready for uni, and stop watching porn. yet all my free time i spend killing time on the internet, either here, watching porn or watching endless youtube videos on how to fix your life.

Any examples? Lifting takes up only 1-2 hours at best daily. The internet is literally everywhere, it goes with me to class, it's there when I'm eating food, it's there when I'm in the tub. it's permeated every single aspect of my life, I can't think of a habit that can replace this.

reading, writing, playing an instrument, drawing, yoga, playing sports, photography, walking outside for the sake of walking outside, meditation

I've tried those, none of them provide the same "dopamine hits" as the internet, which means I go back to using the internet within a week of quitting or limiting it.

have you tried recreational drug use?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hobbies

yes i know. i'm in the exact same boat. i really, really want to quit but i can't.

running works wonders for a while but even then, it's harder. so in the end you keep coming back.

sometimes i think about just burning my macbook and cancelling my internet subscription (i cancelled my cellphone subscription a few months ago, babysteps). but then again i ''need'' cronometer and fb groups for my soccer nights.

I think I'm going to sell my phone and get a dumb phone, and throw away the wifi adapter in my pc. I don't have Ethernet connection.

It's a really drastic step, but I think this is the only reasonable solution. What do you think?

how to fix alcoholism?
asking for a friend

life without a phone is very manageable. i've been doing it for months and it does help.

without internet, as i said i'm in the same boat.

i've had good streaks, with minimal internet usage and solely for the good things (cronometer, gmail seing as i don't have a phone, subscription to pick-up soccer games / yoga classes). i was running every day, reading a lot (a LOT), cooking meals, doing yoga, working out, playing soccer, etc.

but then i came back. it's doable. as i said i've done it. but it's hard.

i got my own place (lived with a roomate before) last year and chose to not get internet at first. basically i turned into an alcoholic and decided that internet was a lesser harm. still trying to figure this shit out.

basic answer is you stop taking alcohol, bringing it to your mouth and swallowing it when it's there. you have neural pathways that lead you to this specific course of action and you WONT get rid of them. they'll always be there. so you need to override them. build new, stronger ones over them. you need something to aim for, a goal in life, and a routine to help you get there.

you won't ''stop drinking'' if you decide ''ok i'll stop drinking" and still chill at the same places, with the same people, and generally speaking live the same life. you need something that drives you. a dream life. and you need to know how to get there. focus on that instead of on drinking.

i can't get into specifics because i don't know you nor the life you live, but i'm pretty sure that you know at least roughly what you need to fix in your life, and that goes beyond ''stop drinking''.

so work on that.

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Cute

oof.
What you're describing sounds a lot like "Ditch all your old friends and hobbies" then find new ones.

If you mean Veeky Forums, you can't until you find a replacement.

>get home from work at 6:30
>eat dinner
>go on computer doing nothing
>next thign i know its 9 PM, oh just a few more minutes, its 10 PM

i cant take this anymore

it's what i did and i quit drinking so basically it all comes down to ''how bad do you want to quit drinking''. and i truly was an alcoholic, like going to the bar alone get black out drunk with the regulars every night for years, not one of these kids who call themselves that because they get trashed on the weekend.

my closer old friends i still see sometimes but i've made it very clear with them that i changed and that i quit drinking. we go for coffee on a sunday morning or a hike out of town or shit like that.

pour water on your computer. trade in smart phone for old school analog.

Sometimes I wonder if my life would have turned out differently without the internet existing. I'm a 25 year old kissless virgin and have basically been a friendless shut-in socially since I was about 12-13 years old, but I've been addicted to the internet my entire life. The strange thing is that I am not into any "nerdy" hobbies. I don't play video games at all ever and have never played dungeons and dragons or a tabletop card game like magic. I figure that my life wouldn't be different and I probably would ahve just killed myself years ago without the itnernet to eat up my time. I literally come home from work at around 6 PM come on Veeky Forums doing nothing and suddenly it's fucking 9 PM, 3 hours gone like that and it felt like nothing. I don't even drink or do drugs while wasting my life on the internet. I also have a smartphone but it isn't like I'm addicted to that, all I do is listen to podcasts and maybe chek my email since I have no friends to call or text or social apps.

I wonder what people like me did before the itnernet was around. Probably became alcoholics or killed themselves.

they also read a lot. that's why in literature authors like victor hugo and/or dostoevsky come off as monumental whereas with modern authors it's like, yeah, they're skilled, but that's it.

>try 4am
fml

kys

me too desu i want off this ride

Same here. It's really, really fucked up my life.

He thinks he can stop.
Should we tell him?

You will most likely never stop using the internet indirectly, since the internet can be any computer network connected with a router,switch,modem, and a DSLM connection to your ISP. You are going to be using the internet for the rest of your life in one way or another until your die (most likely)

Save enough money to live homeless for awhile/drift from place to place/get shittier internet connection at home so you’ll have to go out if you really wanna use the internet (also saves more money)

over a decade of vidya gaems and shitposting and im suddenly a NEET and a kissless virgin with no hobbies. i wasted the prime of my life on the internet now im in my 20s and ive achieved nothing in life. im a worthless loser, a complete failure

There's one for porn for free. Google hackbookeasypeasy, it explains everything about porn without making you feel bad or guilt.
It can be life-changing for some people

>live in ausfalia
>internet stops
>yeah nah we'll send someone to have a look in a week
>life improves drastically in that one week
>internet comes back on
>life starts sliding down the shitter again

wew lad

I'd get in from work and turn on my computer and waste my entire evening browsing Veeky Forums and YouTube. If I decided to fap I could say goodbye to my evening completely because after I fapped I would browse whatever ylyl threads or war/rekt threads until 9pm. Wouldn't even shower. The only thing I would have done is eat, and a very easy meal like fucking soup. Hated having the regret after but I'd still do it. I had the opportunity to move house to save some money so went for it. Packed up my gaming PC so I couldn't easily use it. Sold my comfy chair. I was worried about falling back into habit do I sold them and bought a cheap macbook. Can't view webms as easily so it killed /gif/ for. I also took up reading to replace Netflix. I digress, but you have to change your habits. Its exactly like the gym, you have to be self disciplined.

wean yourself into better hobbies

Ive found that reducing you're access helps. Dial back your phone data to a few gig a month instead of like 13, reduce your home data usage or plan or whatever.

Just try and fill your time with other things, its a bad habit and itll take a bit to break but its possible, just be aware of what you're doing online and as yourself "is this the best thing i can be doing right now"

Looks like you have to break the internet now.
Save yourself.

You can open webms in chrome. I only have a MacBook too and I use chrome only so I can browse /gif/

youtube.com/watch?v=nccvDyjvdps

I struggle too with this. Up to 70hrs a week (NEET here) wasted on reddit and Veeky Forums without doing something valuable.

>wanting to stop using the public utility of the future
stop coming to Veeky Forums for one

i will quit the internet and get my life back together wish me luck.

I am think Internet change my life especially Veeky Forums and Veeky Forums. If I won't find 4chans perhaps I will be still mad le gaymer and full autismo + soyboy manchild. At least I got goals thanks to Veeky Forums. Also some people find me a little different and cool.

You are selling yourself based on the totality of your life that is only as such because you refuse to change. This is a common factor in the self pity posts I always see on heaps of boards by anons. The only thing wrong with you is that you think it’s all over. You’re 25 you haven’t even begun to sprint to the finish of your life and when you’re 40 and drastically physically degraded you will resent the years you stayed inside for the sake of knowing your limits or comfort zone whatever you want to call it. It’s like self policing it’s really a sick part of modernity because it’s impossible for escape seeing people who live lives infinitely and immediately better than anything you could achieve living your life twice over. THAT still doesn’t mean you give up on a life. In fact seeing the excess of modern living should give you perspective on what you see as frivolous to have or not. Then you chase it. Whatever it is that makes you feel like you have purpose and you build upon it. Too many autists think the race is over and they haven’t even got out of bed. It’s literally a matter of attention span if you wanted a concrete answer. All the gadgetry of now is a timesink that breeds this nihilistic induced ADHD.

THOSE WHO WISH TO LEAD MUST LEARN FIRST TO BE THE SERVANT OF ALL

Start doing heroin.

Switch your internet plan to a really basic one. As soon as your connection becomes slow you will get angry every time you try to surf. This way you will progressively avoid using it.

It's not the internet. It's you.

>try to stop going on Veeky Forums
>try to limit the number of boards I'm going to
>still come back to Veeky Forums,/v/,/tv/ and Veeky Forums everyday
At least I stopped Pol and R9K

If you are up for it you can use an addon to block the most time consuming site, it can works if you aren't much tempted to disable it after 20 minutes