Do you ever feel like you're getting addicted to Lit?

[Marquis]

I used to be a very casual poster, but in the last year have started posting a lot more. Sometimes I feel totally addicted to Lit, I spend my whole day on my computer and I hit "User CP" every couple of seconds hoping someone has responded to a thread I am subscribed to.

How do you curb your Lit addiction?

 

[Netzach]

With my beading/art/reading addiction.

 

[Marquis]

I am terrible at doing things in moderation.

 

[caela]

Homework is a good cure for nearly any addiction. I make deals with myself...get X amount of homework done and I can check the boards for a certain amount of time.

 

[graceanne]

Addiction? I don't have an addiction, why are you asking? I can stop anytime I want, really I can.

 

[caela]

Addiction? I don't have an addiction, why are you asking? I can stop anytime I want, really I can.

You just don't want to right?

 

[LunarKitten]

I used to be a very casual poster, but in the last year have started posting a lot more. Sometimes I feel totally addicted to Lit, I spend my whole day on my computer and I hit "User CP" every couple of seconds hoping someone has responded to a thread I am subscribed to.

How do you curb your Lit addiction?

*looks over at post count*

Nope, I'm not addicted

Actually, I've been a lot better these last ten months - since I have Master to take care of now.

 

[graceanne]

You just don't want to right?

Yep.

 

[BlueSugar]

There are a few steps to being a poster on Lit.

Noob too scared to post

Novice posting but timidly starting to get a hang of things

Apprentence when you get the hang of things and meet people and you make
threads of your own that don't get the "check here..." response.

Then there is the
Addict Annoying - the noob doesn't seem to wash off, flame wars, improper posting "style"

Addict reasonable - Becoming a regular, you start to feel withdrawel when away, and start to have conversations outside of lit that are either from lit posts OR you feel could be turned into lit posts later.

Addict Obsessed - you..just.. can't.. leave... finding excuses to look and post and you feel when lit is slow and you start to see when certain people are on and you tend to stick around for each wave of posters. You also start to post on other boards as a regular actively, and make an opinion on the seperate boards.

At any one of these times you are recgonized as A Regular. This has to do with how many posts you have, what kind of fluff you post, and your posting style in general compared to how usefull you are around the boards and how many Lit people you friend or spawn. Its more of a respect position thing then anything really.

there are more stages... but I fear to post anymore bc I've just outed my Geekdom in having on my own classified different groups and levels of Lit on my own.

... anyway... what I ment to say was, the addiction dies down after you notice a few things:

1. Everything has been said or done already.
2. The people you are friends with decrease their posts so you have nothing to respond to.
3. Lit loses its New Car Smell.
4. You start to only post thoughtful things, and don't see the point in fluff anymore.

After this (and a few other stages) you're considered a type of Oldie bc you're posts aren't as often as they used to be, but when they are, they are thoughtful and have references to "the old days" in them. Its fun to post alot and then not at all just to watch the reaction of the people that came to Lit just as you were leaving -- so they got to know you and respect you, and are excited when the wise/funny you is around. This usually brings other Oldies out of hiding to do much the same.

I may delete this later to save myself.

 

[Xelebes]

Literotica is not my addiction, however posting large amounts here has been done in the last few days. I would say that I'm more addicted to a few other sites than this one, however their appeal has been waning and I've been putting a little bit more attention here.

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

Wow....great analysis Blue Sugar.....

and just as I was about to merely stand up and say "Hi, I'm Salvor, and I'm a Lit addict".

 

[BlueSugar]

Wow....great analysis Blue Sugar.....

and just as I was about to merely stand up and say "Hi, I'm Salvor, and I'm a Lit addict".

*blush* half way through I decided I didn't want to say anymore. I'm too observant for my own good.

 

[slave C]

My Master has been trying for 20 years to get me to use this dang contraption. Now I have a very good reason to. Literotica. I am learning all kinds of geeky computer stuff. Does this make me a geek. I have actually been getting up several times at night to see if I have any pms. I dont sleep much. Insomnia cause of nervous disorder called horny and Master works nights. Lit is a great tool and escape. I enjoy interacting with others and have been greatly entertained several times. Yes I am an addict. My other addiction is fabric. submissively slave c

 

[RomyDelaney]

What about the lurkers?

Do they get a category? I come here every day and read, very occasionally post but feel like I 'know' everyone through their posting styles and content. I'd say I'm an anonymous addict.

 

[DVS]

Yep.

I have a friend. He's very smart. I'm quite serious. But, he says he can quit cigarettes any time he wants. He knows it. He's done it many times to prove it to himself. He's not addicted.

Me? I'm addicted to sex. I don't try to quit, but it does sometimes quit me. I suffer withdrawl. It's very special, when I get to participate in something steamy.

I use to smoke pot. And there was a saying among pot smoikers. It was very true. "Pot will get you through times of no money, but money will not get you through times of no pot".

I wish I could say that about sex.

 

[graceanne]

I have a friend. He's very smart. I'm quite serious. But, he says he can quit cigarettes any time he wants. He knows it. He's done it many times to prove it to himself. He's not addicted.

lol Mark Twain said "Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it a hundred times."

When I'm feeling good and energetic I don't spend much time on lit. I only check it in the evening when I check my email. But when I'm not, and I don't have the energy to do much else, I get online to keep myself awake until nap time.

 

[DVS]

lol Mark Twain said "Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it a hundred times."

Quitting sex is easy, too. It's quit me hundreds of times.

 

[LunarKitten]

There are a few steps to being a poster on Lit.

Noob too scared to post

Novice posting but timidly starting to get a hang of things

Apprentence when you get the hang of things and meet people and you make
threads of your own that don't get the "check here..." response.

Then there is the
Addict Annoying - the noob doesn't seem to wash off, flame wars, improper posting "style"

Addict reasonable - Becoming a regular, you start to feel withdrawel when away, and start to have conversations outside of lit that are either from lit posts OR you feel could be turned into lit posts later.

Addict Obsessed - you..just.. can't.. leave... finding excuses to look and post and you feel when lit is slow and you start to see when certain people are on and you tend to stick around for each wave of posters. You also start to post on other boards as a regular actively, and make an opinion on the seperate boards.

At any one of these times you are recgonized as A Regular. This has to do with how many posts you have, what kind of fluff you post, and your posting style in general compared to how usefull you are around the boards and how many Lit people you friend or spawn. Its more of a respect position thing then anything really.

there are more stages... but I fear to post anymore bc I've just outed my Geekdom in having on my own classified different groups and levels of Lit on my own.

... anyway... what I ment to say was, the addiction dies down after you notice a few things:

1. Everything has been said or done already.
2. The people you are friends with decrease their posts so you have nothing to respond to.
3. Lit loses its New Car Smell.
4. You start to only post thoughtful things, and don't see the point in fluff anymore.

After this (and a few other stages) you're considered a type of Oldie bc you're posts aren't as often as they used to be, but when they are, they are thoughtful and have references to "the old days" in them. Its fun to post alot and then not at all just to watch the reaction of the people that came to Lit just as you were leaving -- so they got to know you and respect you, and are excited when the wise/funny you is around. This usually brings other Oldies out of hiding to do much the same.

I may delete this later to save myself.

Lit loses it's new car smell?! Is that possible?!

Some don't see the point in fluff?!







Sorry, it just had to be said lol

<--sees herself in several of the categories

 

[LunarKitten]

My Master has been trying for 20 years to get me to use this dang contraption. Now I have a very good reason to. Literotica. I am learning all kinds of geeky computer stuff. Does this make me a geek. I have actually been getting up several times at night to see if I have any pms. I dont sleep much. Insomnia cause of nervous disorder called horny and Master works nights. Lit is a great tool and escape. I enjoy interacting with others and have been greatly entertained several times. Yes I am an addict. My other addiction is fabric. submissively slave c

*nods* I have a few other addictions, too. I LOVE too cook, which Master doesn't mind at all lol My other addiction is knitting. But Master isn't too thrilled with it anymore, cause we moved about two weeks ago and in the packing and moving and unpacking stages of things Master discovered exactly how much yarn I have.....I've been cut off

 

[DVS]

...I may delete this later to save myself.

With LunarKitten's post, that's no longer possible, unless you can sweet talk her into deleting hers. Oh, and let me kwow, if you decide to. I'd like to watch.

 

[Miss Diva]

Do we need an INTERVENTION TEAM?

 

[LunarKitten]

With LunarKitten's post, that's no longer possible, unless you can sweet talk her into deleting hers. Oh, and let me kwow, if you decide to. I'd like to watch.

*looks innocent* Did I do that?

 

[CutieMouse]

*****

 

[Silverlily]

How do you curb your Lit addiction?

I've been here for nearly five years. At this point it ceases to be an addiction and has become a lifestyle.


Ok, that was mostly tongue in cheek. How do I curb it? I run my own business, no work, no cash.

 

[BlueSugar]

With LunarKitten's post, that's no longer possible, unless you can sweet talk her into deleting hers. Oh, and let me kwow, if you decide to. I'd like to watch.

I'm just glad I stopped myself before I went through my entire Theory of Literotica, I left alot out, even in the post above.