How do I stop my internet addiction?

Hi thestonedkoala,
I would like to give this thread a push, because I am also very interested in that topic.
Sometimes when I feel like wasting time on the internet I just turn off the computer. It sounds simple but mostly it´s very difficult for me. But once I press the button, there is no way back for at least a minute. Sometimes it really helps to stand up and start to do something different.
Maybe someone can give us a better advice?

Greetings

 

I am so sick of this too and it's all tied up with the PMO problem for me. My habits of searching for P for hours and hours is no different than my net habit. Did I even really watch porn or just search for it? It seems like it was 2 minutes of watching and 4 hours of searching. Interesting to note I had tons of DVD porn here and I never watched it. I still have it never opened the package and never will. It's not even a risk for me. My addiction was click...click...refresh...

Good God man I will sit hitting refresh watching a bunch of nit wits arguing in a comment section on some topic I don't even care about. I'll sit on sports message boards for hours and I don't even watch the team. IMDB message board? Can you get any lamer?

I tend to have about 20 browsers open too and 'refresh....refresh....refresh..."
There is no way long term this doesn't cause me to relapse as it's the same behaviour.
And I feel if I could get myself to only use the net an hour per day to do specific tasks the chances of relapse are obviously going to be much smaller.

The horror that is the media is a huge trigger for me as well. I get scared, I get disgusted, I start to hate the world and then I run to PMO.

I run to it because it's like heroin not because I am horny. Because my mind can't take any more of Isis or whatever the hell it is that day.

I can't take any more of people fighting and being nasty to each other, so PMO it.

I realize it's all my decision too and I am the one feeding my head this garbage but I keep doing it. I wish I had never seen the internet honestly.
I wish I could remember wtf I used to do with myself instead of the zombie surfing.
My mind is even telling me it keeps me off PMO. I'm an alcoholic sitting at a bar.
At least I am aware of it I guess. Just like the PMO people who don't think about it there are billions of facebook unaware as their lives pass by.
Changes need to be made.

 

There are some tips on this website: http://yourbrainonporn.com/web-filters
I installed leechblock on my firefox browser - it basically blocks websites for the time you want.
There is also an application for mac users that will block access to specified websites for a period of time you choose and you are not able to unblock it. (SelfControll for MacOS X)
Maybe it helps a little bit.

Greetings