Thursday, July 21, 2005

12 Steps for TV Addicts

This is adapted from the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, which you can read in Chapter 5 of Alcoholics Anonymous. The text before and after the steps themselves is also from Alcoholics Anonymous; in many groups, it is read along with the steps. My only adaptations were changing references to alcohol to "compulsive TV viewing," and changing the masculine references to God ("Him") to "God." These are the same adaptations that other 12-Step groups have made to create a version of the Steps for themselves.

Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.

Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it -- then you are ready to take certain steps.

At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.

Remember that we deal with compulsive TV viewing -- cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power -- that One is God. May you find God now!

Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked God's protection and care with complete abandon.

Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:
  1. We admitted we were powerless over compulsive TV viewing -- that our lives had become unmanageable.
  2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
  3. Made a conscious to decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God.
  4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
  5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
  6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
  7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.
  8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
  9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
  10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
  11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry that out.
  12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to TV addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Many of us exclaimed, "What an order! I can't go through with it." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.

Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:
  1. That we were compulsive TV viewers and could not manage our own lives.
  2. That probably no human power could have relieved our compulsive TV viewing.
  3. That God could and would if God were sought.



I'm going to start working these steps, with one condition on myself. My primary addiction (which I haven't said anything about yet; I will in the future) comes first. And I will not work any step for my TV addiction until I've worked it first for my primary addiction, unless my sponsor tells me to.

Don't hold your breath. Working the steps is a slow, hard, and often painful process. I've seen few addicts complete them in less than two years; most take far longer. (A standing joke in 12-Step groups is the newcomer who arrives expecting to finish his recovery in 12 weeks. He'll do one step a week, and be done.)

34 Comments:

At 8/30/2005 03:42:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your blog. I just came across it after watching hours and hours of TV. It's 2am as I write this comment with the hopes that you will let me take this journey with you. My name is John, and I'm a TV addict, and I'm ready to live me life now, and stop letting the tube suck out any more years out of me. I'm just starting and so you are ahead of me, and I would be grateful for any thoughts or experiences you would like to share to prepare me for whatever is ahead of me. I appreciate it.

John

 
At 10/26/2005 05:38:00 PM, Blogger DeLange said...

Hey Chris,

You're brave to bare it all like you've done. I went through a lot of similar longings for TV after quitting. You nailed it on the head in the post about using the tube to get 'comfortably numb' when any sort of angst comes up in one's life.

I've relapsed more than a few times since quitting but I'm basically an ex-addict now. My TV is in a corner, draped in a tablecloth and mostly serving as a place to put candles.

How's it going with you?

 
At 2/27/2015 08:00:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey dude, I just read ur comment here, and felt a sense of relief to just know that I'm not alone. I have been a drug addict for a long time, and finally have moved forward and have been clean for about a year. But now, my life seems to revolve around the idiot box and feel like I'm robbing myself of experience, confidence, and intelligence. I live in Portland, OR and don't know of any tva meetings around here, but would love to find one and get involved. Got any suggestions? Also, I just wanted to say thanks for sharing, even if it was just a response to someone else's blog or whatever

 
At 2/27/2015 11:18:00 PM, Blogger Chris S. said...

You're welcome, Anonymous. As far as I know, no one has ever started an actual in-person TV Addicts Anonymous. This is just a blog I wrote for a few months, many years ago. Seems like every time I start to think about deleting it, someone leaves a new comment, so ... the blog is still here.

My best suggestion is Al-Anon. Officially, it's the group for people who are close to an alcoholic, usually as family or friend. But the secret of Al-Anon is that it's really about codependence, which many people call the "disease behind the disease" -- the spiritual condition that underlies all addiction. Many people who aren't alcoholic and don't know an alcoholic go to Al-Anon for just that reason. I'm one of them. I've spent many hours in Al-Anon meetings and found much wisdom there.

Al-Anon is the second largest 12-Step group after AA. They have meetings everywhere, often in the same place as AA. Unless you live way the heck out, there'll be an Al-Anon meeting near you.

My blessings and encouragement to your recovery!

Chris S.

 
At 5/06/2015 09:46:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi all.
Firstly let me thank you for the blog. I can't find any TV anon related sites for addicted people's family so I will get it all off my chest here.
My wife is utterly addicted to TV. Since I have known her she has always been the same. ONCE the TV goes on hee attention span narrows to the wide of the TV and she gets extremely angry if I even try to talk to her. Most of the time I just sit quietly but if she starts to get really bad, like today, I just remove myself from the room without upsetting her.
The trance she goes in to while watching TV has started to break our marriage up and I am afraid of losing her over it. What should I do or say or not do or not say?
Tonight I went to the bedroom after she had been watching TV for 5 hours straight. She then came to the bedroom and I tried to talk to her about her TV problem but she just raises her voice and defends her "love for TV". Usually ending with the remark "if you have something important to say then say it now". It is not that I had something important to say, I just wanted to speak to her about random things rather than sit watching TV for hours on end. Am I mistaken in thinking that a marriage involves two people? One comment she made tonight really upset me and made me leave the bedroom to go and sleep in the living room. She said "you are bothering me whenever I watch tv. You are getting in the way of my life" I simply asked her why she had said that I was getting in the way of her life on not the fact that it is TV that is getting in the way of OUR life.
Anyway that is generally how a typical day off goes. She is also addicted to Facebook but that's another story. We have a 10gb limit on our phones per month which we share. My average data usage is 500-600 mb per month but her usage is around 8gb. I asked her about how it could be such a large amount and she said she didn't know. Looking at her phone I noticed data usage w a s around 7.5gb on Facebook with the browser falling just behind at 200 or so mb.
I do not want to divorce herw. I want to help her so where should I start that will not u upset her in the process? Thanks everyone and thanks again for the blog.

 
At 5/29/2016 09:51:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Glad to find your blog and yes go to CODA for co-dependency and probably need Al Anon or ACA again.

Starting over mid age, divorce, unemployed and yes it's damn lonely and depressing at times.

I wish the tv had less toxic info on but drama sells right.

When I get a dog I will probably be much happier and watching less tv.

 
At 9/18/2016 03:32:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

My name is Very Unique. I am a TV Addict. I am admitting I am powerless and that my life has become unmanageable. I pray for help for myself and for others who have come to this blog. I would love to find support. Thank you to all who post here.

 
At 12/14/2016 12:35:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am a tv addict and no one seems to understand how serious this has become. I truly don't know where to start. Is it like alcohol and we have to go cold turkey and not look at it at all?

 
At 3/08/2017 04:00:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh, so glad to find this blog. Thanks for keeping it up! I have struggled with my tv addiction for many years and feel like there is no place to go for help because it isn't taken seriously. I've been in ACA for many years and it has saved my life and made my life worth living. But now I am struggling to live it because I'm chained to my addiction. I'd begun to find relief in AA, but anytime I tell someone my drug of choice, they basically tell me I don't belong in AA. If anyone wants to connect about this, email me at tvainlv@gmail.com. We are not alone!

 
At 4/08/2017 10:22:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi. I just came across this blog as I was sitting in a OA meeting thinking about how I can stop my nightly uncontrollable tv watching and binge eating. I kept thinking, if only I could control my tv watching then I would be able to control my Nighttime Eating Disorder. I Googled and found this blog. It helps just to put it out there. It also helps that I recognize that this is a character defect I can turn over using the sixth and seventh step one day at a time.

 
At 4/26/2017 08:50:00 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

I have been asking myself the same question. I have been afraid to seek help because I don't know if it seems possible to pull the plug on something that is so basically a part of our culture. I'm sure I'm just afraid to lose a primary coping strategy of mine coping and self soothing strategies. It made sense when I started it but I'm seeing that it's taking on a life of its own . For now, I am working the steps of an adult child and ACA, and I am softly exploring my addiction to food and to television through over eaters anonymous, with the idea that use in the Internet and Eden are both necessary end it will be necessary for me to figure out a saying the way to interact with them. However, since watching television is not actually necessary, maybe I need to treat that more like a drug. I know that I'm not ready to tackle anything besides the ACA work right now in anything but a soft and peripheral away with my awareness.

 
At 4/26/2017 09:00:00 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

I recently downloaded something called freedom which is meant to limit the amount of time you spend online, which is where I watch TV. It's like a parental control for yourself.

 
At 4/26/2017 09:10:00 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

I just want to say that I think most addictions tended and manufactured. As human beings, many of us seem to have a weakness or an ability to be addicted. But often forces outside of us have capitalized on that weakness. Trading alcohol to Native American people, the opium wars, flooding poor neighborhoods with heroin in the 70s, by the way cigarettes or marketed towards children with things like camel cash. The entire Internet has become an incredibly sophisticated place for a Normas amounts of data are collected about how our minds work. It's like a tool but I think it's become a weapon. I feel that I need to take personal responsibility for my addiction, but I also want to acknowledge that this addiction takes place in a cultural context. For my own personal sovereignty, but also so that I can live in a free society, I'd like to address this addiction. I'd like to help others address this addiction. I believe digital addiction including TV addiction is the new wave of addiction.

 
At 7/22/2017 03:52:00 PM, Blogger Anon said...

Thank you for keeping this up. I am also a TV addict desperate to find fellowship and it has been like manna from the heavens to read the shares on here. Right now I am sitting in bed dreading my powerlessness over Netflix and Showmax, knowing that no matter how well I know it, I will open the laptop in a minute and spend several hours in a TV haze. My therapist insists that complete abstinence (defined as never watching any films/tv alone) is my only solution. I am terrified as I live alone and use TV (combined at times with binge eating as a few has shared too) to escape. Which actually is not an escape from loneliness really - I did exactly tge same while living with partners, much to their disdain. Attend AA regularly and have been told that I might find more people speaking about screen addiction in NA meetings. Will try that out. And keep checking in back here!

 
At 9/10/2017 12:38:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am so addicted. When I was single (now a mom). I didn't have a t.v. and instead cleaned the house all the time and raked the yard (lots of leaves). Once someone left their little t.v. for me and I had to smash it with a baseball bat. I worked full-time and didn't miss the t.v. but now I have a daughter and we have a t.v. I don't work and sit all day watching t.v. it's so bad. I'm like the worst t.v. holic. It's so bad. But I can't stop. Unless I throw the t.v. in the trash. Oh man I am powerless over this addiction. But when I have my daughter she likes her cartoons. Problem is right now I don't have her. I also find the best shows are on in the middle of the night. Kind of a problem. Oh man. Maybe if I had a swimming pool I could break my addiction. But my life sucks so I watch t.v. all day and wait for it to stop sucking.

 
At 1/23/2018 01:01:00 PM, Anonymous MarqKelly said...

tv is a crutch from relationships, f make believe relationships w make believe ppl cuz real life so scary. So safe was mom behind her tv, n my brother n so evil is tv now, devil tool to sat an sat an sat. im poet writer singer songwriter lover of Our Lord n Savior n Devil steals talents jewels n light from Gods own as much. i often wonder when God claim do not make images of heaven n earth, did he mean t television. im gonna try t stop, might trigger other stuff but thats watt that means is all about. thank y pilgrims thank y friends of pioneers of soulsearching warriors.

 
At 1/23/2018 01:15:00 PM, Anonymous Marqkelly said...

know watt y mean like letting bloodsucker take yur blood over n over ahain n wishing they wont take so much. but like amtidepressant that no longer works, i hav t find a way to stop. im watchin howard pittman, derek prince, Christian speakers to find t voice within again that got lost w my sorrows hurts n dreams i want to feel hope love n charity cuz tv lost in space w little house on t prairie simply dont exist w t walkng dead taking over in so many shapes n forms that aint funny always reminding us sex is an answer an exercise need f fitness, but family love f God is old school n corny, pleasure n self love is watts taught in our public schools n tv, parents no longer honor on tv or neighbors or friends. Seems like more ways to kill f revenge just feeds on t tv everyday n even yur mind. there got t b boundary there got t b a line , this is Satans playground n he plays in t air on t heir 24/7 even atheists know that. hang in there sister, just like cigs liquor drugs cold turkey tough but we can try turning off f 1 hr then 2, instead of tuning in. Best wishes friend.

 
At 1/23/2018 01:26:00 PM, Anonymous MarqKelly said...

thank y for yur post. meetings do help dont they definitely time to go back then being exposed t subliminal messages i cant control aftr they flash bef me. Loving Christ n watchin show using Christs name in vain to just b nxt to my husband doesnt feel rt. Hes addicted too, to images, to security to effortlessness, of lookin like doin when not. i need to stop is gonna change alot of stuff but watt its doin to my mind i just dont want to think about. thnx friend f yur post. peace n hope

 
At 5/27/2018 05:26:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

someone should make a TV addiction support group on facebook

 
At 8/31/2018 12:38:00 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

Hi, my name is Christie and I'm a cartoon addict. I lived in a small town during my adolescence and teen years with no supports, social outlets or opportunity for learning and development. It was worse because I had a disability too. Not knowing how to make friends and put myself out there, I used a specific cartoon as a coping mechanism and an escape because my mom became a drug addict and didn't do much to encourage anything else. I related everything to this cartoon and within a few years I started writing fanfiction about it. There were a couple times when I tried to write a song about it for school in grade eight and attempted to submit an essay about it for English class, needless to say I was told to change the topic. Like other addictions, I would isolate myself to write fanfiction and think I was so famous because I was such a good writer and wrote the best stories about my favourite character. It's been over ten years in this fantasy world living vicariously through these fictional characters because I had no way to learn to live a life of my own. After knowing my relationship with my mom was a lost cause unless she gets clean, though I'm not holding my breath, I suddenly lost interest in the cartoon and got hooked on another cartoon I was watching that overlapped with this one. I was convinced that I could use this cartoon for entertainment, like tv should be. I had collage, friends and I was one year into my recovery in Overeaters Anonymous, so now I had more of a life than I did when I was a teenager, I didn't need a coping mechanism because I had nothing to cope with. Though I got trapped in this new cartoon just like the last one. I was so addicted that I made my debit card PIN number a reference to the show and when I was with my friends it was the only thing I would talk about. Bless those girls for putting up with me and being interested. The first cartoon was originally from Italy, and just because I was into it, I wanted to learn Italian, the same with this current cartoon from France. Now that I have stopped watching the cartoons knowing I can get so easily sucked in, I don't really have the interest to learn the languages. I would love to hear others who have related real life with their favourite shows or have had shame or embarrassment due to obsession and addiction. I'm sure you have a particular series that you can't get enough of.

Thanks

 
At 10/23/2018 12:45:00 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

Hi my name is Wahid and I'm a tv addict. Tv has ruled my life since childhood. I feel because my life didn't turn out the way I want it to I turn to tv and watch sorry binge watching other people live there's. I am powerless over tv even in crowds I get awkward but if tv is in the background I'm drown to it like a moff to light.

 
At 11/17/2018 03:33:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

My name is Holly, and I am a TV addict. As a social worker, I used it as an unhealthy coping mechanism to deal with the secondary trauma I experience working with clients from hard places. Now I have become addicted, and I watch TV after every unpleasant task I need to accomplish, instead of processing or doing some pleasant activity, I drown myself in a screen. Even when I try to commit to a week without TV, it sucks me in anyways.

Even if there aren't local groups, is there any online group available to join? I need to surrender this to God, and it needs to leave. I tried to go to counseling, but my counselor didn't seem to think it was a problem.

 
At 3/03/2019 04:48:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi! Thank you for this blog and for keeping it up. I'll do my first step here since there's no actual fellowship: I am powerless over TV. I've been trying to diminish my watching it, trying to stick to just a show and then turn it off... I always get sucked back in and zap around after the show ends, just trying to "feed" me or numb me, I don't know. Last night I wanted to turn in by 11pm, but instead I watched TV until 2am, and I had turned it on at 5pm... Sooooo long! And of course today my eyes hurt and I have a headache.
I feel so silly for this because I'm in several 12-steps programs, and now my addiction seems to have found the TV to engulf itself in. I've always been moderately addicted to TV but it's definitely getting worse.
I'm terrified at the idea of giving up TV altogether... Don't know what to do from here. I guess I'll keep looking around for a fellowship where I can talk about this.
Wishing all of you courage!
Cecile

 
At 3/11/2019 01:30:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Holly. I’m a social worker too and my therapist didn’t see what I know is tv addiction as a problem either! I know I have fallen into that addictive brain thing of denial, bargaining, minimizing. I’m going to try working the steps just as if this were alcohol, pill, sex or food addiction. It makes me so ashamed and I wish you well with getting your support.

 
At 3/14/2019 10:48:00 PM, Blogger Joshua said...

Thanks for the blog and leaving it up! I can’t believe there are comments extending from 2015 to this year and month! Ha. I’m in another 12 step program, but I really can’t find a TV fellowship. Does anyone know of one? Or does anyone want to “start” one. I mean, AA had to start with just 1 or 2 people, so why not TA? They need to have sobriety to start it. They just needed to work together on the steps. Is anyone down to sponsor each other, keep accountability, and work the steps? I really need it. My email is oneidepirate2@yahoo.com if you want to hit me up and try to work something out. Something is better than nothing.

 
At 3/14/2019 10:49:00 PM, Blogger Joshua said...

Hey Cecile, if you’re down connect and find some accountability partners then hit me up! I just posted my email below

 
At 3/14/2019 10:50:00 PM, Blogger Joshua said...

oneidepirate2@yahoo.com

 
At 5/12/2019 11:04:00 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

Wow...I am so relieved to find this! I am a TV addict and it is starting to ruin my life. My husband says I turn into an angry, swearing, impatient person after watching shows...I guess I do (although I don't fully believe its the tv). And I'm missing out on my own life! Tonight we had another fight about it, not a big one since he seems to be able to put up with a lot, and I just thought to google and see if this even exist...and bam, here I am.

I need help. I know I should stop but I also don't want to...I LOVE WATCHING. I don't know how else to say it. How do I even start? If I'm upset, like really upset, just watching calms me down right away. Also I can easily watch for 12 hours straight if I get the chance...I love the characters and NEED to know what happens next...Yes, I've got it bad.

I would love to chat to some people who has been through the worst of it.

Thanks for this!

Lia

 
At 8/19/2019 08:19:00 PM, Anonymous Joshua said...

Hey Lia, this is Joshua. You can email me at oneidepirate2@yahoo.com for support, to share, and connect with community. A few people have emailed me from this blog. We'll be starting a TV addiction anonymous Facebook group soon enough. It's just forming, so I'm trying to figure out what to do. I guess we'll offer support for 12 Step work, FB message meetings, phone call meetings, TV addiction information, and more. Basically it'll be a place to connect with others over our shared TV addiction problem. Hope you're doing well!

 
At 8/19/2019 08:45:00 PM, Anonymous Joshua said...

Hey everyone and whoever visits this site,

My name is Joshua and I'm a TV addict. I'm 35 years old, and I have been an addict since I was about 10. I provided my email address above earlier in the year, and people have emailed me to share their struggles and connect. I really haven't found any TV addiction anonymous groups from my searches. From the people I have talked to from this blog they have not found any either, so I've decided to start one with the help of others that have emailed in. I'm in the process of starting a TV Addiction Anonymous Facebook group. Anyone with screen time addiction (phone, computer, etc.) will be included as well. It's just forming, so I'm trying to figure out what to do. I guess we'll offer support for 12 Step work, FB message meetings, phone call meetings, TV addiction information, and more. Basically it'll be a place to connect with others over our shared TV addiction problem. I'm taking suggestions and working with others to start it. I don't want to just run it myself. I want it to be a community where we form it together. I'll just be putting in some of the ground work. I hope to make a webpage as well to direct people to the group, have groups on the webpage (especially for those who do not have Facebook), provide information, and more. One question I would love to have answered is, "What is the definition of sobriety from TV addiction?" Is sobriety only watching TV for an hour a day each week? Is it 2 hours? Is it no TV? Do we define our own sobriety?

You can email me at oneidepirate2@yahoo.com to get connected, talk about your experience with the addiction, get info on the the TVAA group, and share some input. Hope to hear from you!

Joshua

 
At 12/12/2019 12:01:00 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

Hi I'm Debbie I too am addicted to TV and TV affects my eating disorder..One I'd like to have more to support the other one and then its more food and more TV. I wish so much there would be a TV anonymous phone meetings or web meetings. So many of us out there need it. Depression was always a problem I don't know how far back and I believe that TV just feeds depression. I am powerless over TV. I know it will take a Higher Power (I choose to call God) to remove its power over me and I have made a decision (as weak as it feels) to turn my will over to TV and all it robs me of from the days on this earth and the desires to know more about this life by watching made up lives. I know tv wears my brain out. I can just get so much of it that I feel exhausted. I love it and really it becomes more interesting than life. I started I believe when TV was black and white and for middle to low income people that eventually could afford to get a TV (because cost went down) that was the pastime. What mystifies me these days is the baby station on cable. no other station attracts and keep my 5 month old baby more than the baby station. What is it about that station. I know there has to be some type of subliminal messages. And that is what I think is going on with us and me who get so addicted. Something that you enjoy so much and don't even realize what with these netflixes, accorn, hulu and such that when you pick the type of movie you like they just keep feeding you more. I am really afraid. The desire to quit is week and I know its real easy to get addicted to Facebook etc.,. Any ideas. Someone please start meetings Help

 
At 1/22/2020 10:05:00 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

Will somebody please contact me that has never watched TV as myself I'm going insane people are stupid fools I really really appreciate I can't find anybody

 
At 1/23/2020 12:19:00 AM, Blogger Beth in Northern CA said...

Your request is a unjustly harsh, lacks clarity, and does not include your email address. No one will be able to assist you until you are clear about how to reach you and what you’re specifically asking for help with. Until then, best wishes.

 
At 8/18/2020 06:52:00 PM, Anonymous Frankie said...

There is a 12 step fellowship for this addiction! It's a broader fellowship for people who struggle with compulsive internet and technology use, including binge watching. I joined three months ago and I have been completely and utterly blown away with the positive results I am seeing in my life every day. TV, movies and streaming ruled my life for years and years. I couldn't imagine giving it up for even one evening - my body went into panic mode just thinking of it. Today I'm so grateful to say I have only had one binge in three months. I'm learning how to become the person I always wanted to be and to do all the things I always wanted to do. I'm not religious and I feel really cheesy writing this but now I'm starting to understand why people use the word 'miracle' - so many things I thought would never be possible for me are now within my reach.

We have online meetings every day (at the time I'm writing), why not check out one meeting just to see what it's all about? It's totally free and nobody will force you to do anything at all - you can even just sit and listen if you want. https://internetaddictsanonymous.org/

If you take one thing away from this message please hear this: you are not alone. There is hope!

 

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