Same here. Only that mine is the Internet. I haven't turned on the TV for 3 days now. I just listen to music on you-tube and read posts from other DS members

Thats how I am with the internet....Prob not the best thing for me either.

We are social creatures... Solitude is good, but not for long periods of time...

@echifalu.. That's kind of funny, I have done the same myself...

You know, it's sad. I get really attached to characters of shows I like (house, BBT, how I met your mother, dr. Who) and I can watch them over and over and over again because I feel like they're my friends... You're not alone (no pun intended. Lol) there are a lot of us in the same boat that understand! Let me know if you need a chat :)

In the same boat, Heretic. I have the TV on all the time, and I know it's massively unhealthy. Stephen King calls television "the glass teat" and "the endlessly quacking box". It really does have addictive properties. Sometimes I think I can feel my brain becoming more porous, turning into something akin to the pumice stone I use on my feet...

Morphinexox, I feel the same way about certain TV shows. Right now I have Northern Exposure on loop. I find myself fantasizing about moving to a place like "Cicely" - small, friendly, unconventional, with a paradoxical stream of intellectual discourse, and where everyone has a purpose and a role to play. Sadly, I know it doesn't exist, at least not outside the confines of my 47" Sylvania.

I LOVE my TV & DVR!!!! That's sad isn't it?? During the hard work week all i want to do is just get home, get into comfy clothes and watch TV. I trend to stay away from it on Friday & Saturday nites.

I too have my TV on when I am on the computer :)

Do they have AA for TV ?

I watch tv while online too and I have the feeling that my dvr is going to overload before I watch all that stuff...haha
I agree that the shows I do watch I feel like they are my friends...I watch the CSI shows and Leno...also 2 1/2men....but I have no desire to make new friends on TV...haha

I do have a date tonight....woot woot...she contacted me on OKCupid website...it is free and has an app for iphone and can be used to find locals....pretty good site...going to dinner in chinese restaurant....tell you more after we meet...she rides a harley!

I am the same way.

I leave the TV on for the background noise, but I also confess, there are times that I notice that I have seen every show I care for. I guess I could be on the same boat.

Same thing for the Internet.

What i notice is that this is only since I started working last January. The previous two years I spent unemployed, and can't help but notice that I had a hobby (photography), was studying another language, volunteered at a local nonprofit and was more active in DS. Now I don't do much more than just work and home/TV/Internet

The internet is my main crutch, but my TV is always going as well. I use the TV mostly for background noise though. If it's not that, I have music on because I hate sitting in silence.

I do the same thing. I have at least one of my kids with me all the time, and i get to see my grandson from time to time. I always have the t.v. on, and i watch the same shows over and over. I have a husband in name only. Hes no companion or friend or anything else ...and that nakes me feel even lonlier as to what ive done to desere this life.

My tv is on right now while I'm on the internet. Then when I decide to get off the internet, I will lay down on the sofa and the tv will still be on. Then I will fall asleep and the tv will still be on. I will wake up in the morning and the tv will still be on.. The only time tv is off is when I'm not in the house. I don't like it too quiet in the house and music is not as much company as tv.

im dreading the moment when mine packs up and i dont have enuf money to be a new one.

due to health and financial issues, i am in the same boat. and when the tv isnt on, the house seems so empty. and without my destination truth i go into withdrawal!! but talking to all of u is better than only staring at the tv, dont u think? and more worthwhile to help each other.

I pay more attention to DS than the tv - but living alone I have it on for the noise. and I guess it helps me to feel less alone. sad