I had always seen reports on it and mostly brushing it off, denying that I am one of them.
I was slowly turning into something unimaginable, that I had never expected to be.
Everyone was advising against it, and I had ignored them, thinking it was nothing bad and that it should've been avoided.
Now I have to come clean about this.
I'm going to say it: I was a computer addict.
Not many people know about it, though. I am a secret computer addict who gets onto the computer for hours a day and no one really knows about it. But then, it isn’t something I should be proud of. I had many pains during the peaks of my computer addiction.
Well, it began as the clueless me, entering a Korean fan forum and started getting into the chat. It was the normal chat till I felt that the users there were really welcoming. Before I even realized it, I had neglected one of the world’s most important necessities, food.
I got too stuck onto the internet to realize I was missing out lunch and dinner till my mom had to scream at me. But still, I ate in front of the computer, which makes little difference. I tried many days to kick off the addiction of waking up everyday, and then use the internet, sometimes just using it just to pass time. But it never really worked, considering about the fact that even though I still had homework and essay to do, I still switched on the laptop.
I had also ignored something I shouldn’t have: My beloved friends.
I had neglected my friends too and went for my internet ones. I didn’t know that I did, but then it all came to me.
I had to stop destructing my life.
So after some careful consideration, I decided to have my laptop locked up and sealed away from me. I made sure I didn’t have any contacts with it and read some library books to get my mind off the internet.
And now, I am glad that I am proclaimed “Addiction free”. I still have to use the computer here and then though, but I’m not what I was used to be.
