tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9494211.post110237720436204295..comments2009-01-09T18:31:56.088ZAlannoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9494211.post-88408961447916035082009-01-09T17:04:00.000Z2009-01-09T17:04:00.000ZI'm a TV Addict... As I started to look up on the internet for tips on how to get hooked off, I came across your blog, and I've found it very inspiring... so I'm going to read every day "an experience day" from your blog and hope it will keep me away from TV watching... wish me luck!Alexandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9494211.post-84111001911940725792008-09-09T02:23:00.000+01:002008-09-09T02:23:00.000+01:00Hi, I just came across this blog. I've been a TV addict since I was a little girl. I'm 52 years old now and we have 3 TV's. I really want to drastically reduce the amount of TV watching. So, knowing that there are other people with the same addiction who also want to change is comforting to me. Thanks, from oklahomaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9494211.post-12567663224056798242008-07-24T10:16:00.001+01:002008-07-24T10:16:00.001+01:00Suffice to say, it wouldn't have got done if I'd had an option to turn on the telly <a title="новости рока." href="http://rdd.su"> </a>assikilo aka асяhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151687887546798359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9494211.post-54008078314424895732007-12-11T00:01:00.000Z2007-12-11T00:01:00.000ZAlan, <BR/><BR/>Do you have any advice for a frustrated person, who's partner watches an average of 8-10 hours of TV per day but doesn't think they have an addiction?<BR/><BR/>Frustrated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9494211.post-10361849169050735052007-11-21T03:39:00.000Z2007-11-21T03:39:00.000ZYou might like this book: "The Big Turnoff: Confessions of a TV-Addicted Mom Trying to Raise a TV-Free Kid" by Ellen Currey-Wilson (Algonquin 2007).<BR/>Check it out!<BR/>Ellie JayEllenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650800835986579855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9494211.post-27373009944289589662007-06-07T10:34:00.000+01:002007-06-07T10:34:00.000+01:00Recently someone suggested to me that I had no body to teach me to grow up emotionally. I guess that is partially why the silly talk shows intrigued me so much. A real desperation to understand and relate to the way people dealt with common situations. Now 10 years since my tele talk show addiction started still the same craving and it has turned into a lack of motivation to do anything that I do not need to do. Watching TV is soo easy. I used to be impulsive (ie travel do something fun) and a fitness sporty kind of person. Ten years wasted very little movement forward when I had plenty of opertunity but loniless got in my way TV filled the void and now I see what a waste of my life TV has enabled me to cause. Got to stop for my kids I see their inability to self motivate developing. Goodluck to you all struggling with giving it up getting rid of the box or modirating I am looking forward to the day I can say thats over and the TV is out. Sadly have a partner who loves TV and can only promote its relaxing qualitiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9494211.post-1161060434241378292006-10-17T05:47:00.000+01:002006-10-17T05:47:00.000+01:00I'm giving up the tv for two months myself!<BR/><BR/>There is definitely something powerful about making a change in ones life with someone elses help. I came upon this blog tonight after watching two hours of Law & Order reruns. I rarely watched it in the early years because it was always on date night. Back then I was more into the Internet. Long before the internet, I can remember switching channels back and forth between old black and white movies and test patterns. I'd guess my experience with TV is similar to overeating. one can't stop eating and I don't see any reason to stop watching TV permenantly. For me, like the blogs author, it's just to easy to continue watching the TV and let everything else go undone. I don't know what to expect when I follow through with this but following through with it will be a big change all by itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9494211.post-1146294415108310672006-04-29T08:06:00.001+01:002006-04-29T08:06:00.001+01:00Hi there,<BR/>Well here it is 2:05am and I am watching television. I have paused it (dvr) to read about my addiction on the net. I am a real estate agent with out a schedule. That is fine when I am busy but if I am not I can watch tv for hours on top of hours and feel as though I can not do anything else. I have gained quite a bit of weight and feel not a whole lot of anything. I hope to some day get to where you are just watching here or there. I think that everyday and then here I am. Looking forward to a great change...someday soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9494211.post-1146294401997382132006-04-29T08:06:00.000+01:002006-04-29T08:06:00.000+01:00Hi there,<BR/>Well here it is 2:05am and I am watching television. I have paused it (dvr) to read about my addiction on the net. I am a real estate agent with out a schedule. That is fine when I am busy but if I am not I can watch tv for hours on top of hours and feel as though I can not do anything else. I have gained quite a bit of weight and feel not a whole lot of anything. I hope to some day get to where you are just watching here or there. I think that everyday and then here I am. Looking forward to a great change...someday soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9494211.post-1124741951527178982005-08-22T21:19:00.000+01:002005-08-22T21:19:00.000+01:00The best marriage advice I could offer would be to "Never allow a television into your home, or get rid of it!." My husband and I were married over a year and a half ago. We decided not to allow a televison into our home and our marriage has only become closer and stronger because of it. We don't care to be simple minded idiots like the rest of the world, nor do we want our children to do the same. We choose to think for ourselves and teach our children to make logical decisions. Well, gotta run. Internet can steal away time just as much if one allows it to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com