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Originally Posted by Taonuviel
So... I've realized I definitely am addicted to the internet. I don't know what to do about it. I've been addicted for a long time, but since I wasn't able to do my coursework due to whatever problem in my brain it didn't really matter. Now I'm on a medicine that's correcting it, and I find myself unable to draw myself away and focus on my coursework. I can't turn off the computer or even the internet because my work requires its' usage, and when I do switch to just my work I keep thinking of whatever I've been doing online. And I really do need the internet, I need to be able to get on here and talk with friends, or on the other site I frequent and have a little fun - it's my only interaction with people, even moreso this week since I'm not even around people in class, it's spring break. But I really need to use this time to catch up. Somehow I need to reduce the time I'm spending online... I just don't know how. 
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Tao--
There is free software that can block the sites that you are most addicted to.
I have internet addiction too. Mostly to political forums where I seem to seek out the meanest bullies and take a lot of crap from them. It's a re-enactment of my abuse AKA trauma bonding.
That seems to be helping me. It at least blocks the sites from my PC. I can still access those sites in the library--but it at least slows it down long enough for me to find out what's going on with me--usually avoidance of anxiety, depresson or a flashback.