I have readily admitted I am addicted!

For me it has been a lifeline. I have had trouble being around people. My married friends sort of left, I see my mom, my dad, my kids and people at work and the gym. I know there will come a time where I am able to go out and meet people socially but until then ds works well for me.

Yes...I believe it can be very addictive...BUT...when I found this site, I was desperately searching for answers and guidance as well as being able to "talk" with others who would understand how very much it hurt. I will continue visiting DS as often as I feel the need to. Not only that, but I've made some dear friends in here as a side benefit.

I'm definitely addicted...whenever this type of thread is posted I always say that I need intervention-lol!

It is a forum where you can go 24 hours a day and get support and see that you aren't alone in all this craziness. It is where you can get and give help. You can be anonymous and yet part of a family of sorts. It is a place of acceptance in a world of judgment. Yeah, I guess I am addicted to that.

I am so happy that I found DS. I had been so fearful of everything and the rejection was so horrible that finding kindness in the people here has helped me so much. When I am here I feel connected to something greater than my personal pain.

yes, they need to create a community for DS addiction!

Within the first 3 days on DS I found myself healing....so I felt a "need" to be here on DS. And now I continue to visit daily. It does something for me. The only difference now for me is that I'm very selective on wich posts I reply to. As before I would reply to any thread that even remotely hit on anything I felt. Either way DS is the best forum site I've come to since my whole relationship came to an end. And now I have started a new beginning that I couldnt imagine would come.....cause now I know what it was like to be near death.....and now reborn..................if that makes sense.

I just came back tonight, as a mtter of fact! :-)

I think of an addiction as something that is harmful. I don't think my need to be here on DS is harmful. It has helped me so much. This is the most painful thing I have experienced in my life. It is so wonderful to come here and make friends and find the comfort and answers to the difficult journey of divorce. It has been a life line for me. I don't have a lot of divorced friends and no family that is divorced, it can be a lonely place in life.

Yes it is, without a doubt. I tend to leave a window open and come back and check every so often.

I'm not addicted. I am only on here for 16 hours/day.

I am here six hours a day at least.

I like being addicted to something that is available, free, I can do it as much as I want and still drive, and it does not ruin my health or even my teeth!

I smile and wholeheartedly agree with reply #7.