ecaarch: "Hi, my name is ecaarch and I'm addicted."

group: "Hello ecaarch and welcome to our group."

group leader: "Yes, ecaarch, admitting that you have an addiction is the first step to overcoming it."

ecaarch: "It started innocently enough.."

group leader: "It usually does."

ecaarch: "A friend told me about FlyerTalk. I found it interesting. Soon it became so alluring. The GLBT forum. The destinations forums. And then I found the Delta SkyMiles forum. Oh, the Delta forum."

group leader: "The Delta forum snares many"

ecaarch: "I thought I had it under control."

group leader: "Most addicts think they have their usage under control. When did you realize that you had a problem?"

ecaarch: "I started checking FlyerTalk daily, then several times a day, just to see if anything new was posted. I began excusing myself from family at the holidays so I could follow along with an interesting thread."

group leader: "We've heard all of this before, correct group?"

group: "uh huh."

ecaarch: "Before I knew it, my post count was approaching one thousand. Then I started planning my round-the-world trip. I began checking into internet service at hotels before I would book a room. And then I panicked because I was worried about getting hi-speed access in Zimbabwe."

group leader: "Anxiety about your next fix is quite common."

group: "Welcome to our group, ecaarch. We feel your pain and we are here to help and support you thru your withdrawl from addiction."

ecaarch: "I have a few more days until my trip. Maybe if I tried reducing my usage a little each day..."

group leader: "Ah, you just need to cut it cold turkey the day that you leave. When you return, maybe you will have learned to live without your fix."

So ecaarch agrees to try his trip without FlyerTalk. But secretly, he still wonders about broadband in Zimbabwe...

Hey, you can do it.... Just accept that you have a problem.


ps. Found by googling.

Congratulations on the first step, ecaarch! If you're to be successful though, you're going to need someone to lean on...someone you can call on when the times get tough and you just don't think you can go another minute. Suggest you look outside this community for that help.

Have fun in Harare.

Ecaarch, I have but one problem with your scenario. Not sure you would find anyone in the group who wants to help you stop your FT addiction. I know I am very happy with mine and would never suggest giving it up!!!!!!! So the group response might look more like this...

group: "Welcome to our group, ecaarch. Feel how nice the mouse feels in your hand. And think of all the great deals we can help you find."

As you have been finding early on, ecaarch, you are not the only person who suffers from this affliction, known as �FlyerTalk-itis�.

This really is not a topic for the Delta forum, but that is not the reason why I am moving it to the CommunityBuzz! forum. The reason I am moving this thread is because I am certain that there are many more FlyerTalk members that do not venture into the Delta forum at all that share the same condition as you, and the members of the FlyerTalk community need to support each other pertaining to this contageous addiction.

Admitting you have a problem is a start. Treating it � or not treating it � is the question.

Let�s see where this thread takes us...

Regards from a fellow FlyerTalk-itis sufferer,

Canarsie
Co-Moderator, Delta forum