Managing the EO Open Forum Addiction

ATeam

Senior Member
Retired Expediter
There are some for whom participation in the EO Open Forum resembles an addiction. I am among them. From time to time, it is healthy to pull the needle out of the arm and live free of the Open Forum for a while. This is one of those times. I will not be reading or posting in the Open Forum until May 1 or later. My daily blog entries entries will continue in their usual location.
 

aristotle

Veteran Expediter
Phil... if you are daring and want to make friends in low places, come play with us in the sandbox (soapbox).
 

moose

Veteran Expediter
The first step toward recovery is admitting you have an addiction .

I'm not there ...
Yet



Moose.
 

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
If you decide to quit going to bars to drink, thinking that it's the bars that's making you an alcoholic, and you'll instead just drink at home alone, you're in denial. You are in denial if you think your addiction is with EO. It's not. It's an Internet addiction, and retreating to the comfort of your Blog will not cure you.

If you were serious about your addiction you would find no need for a grandiose announcement as to your leaving, especially one with a time schedule as to your return, as if your time table or your addiction is anyone's concern but yours.

When your Internet activities begin to affect your daily life, your friends, your work, even your eating habits, it's time to quit cold turkey, or get a handle on things and know how to incorporate it into your life. You have to learn when to walk away, how to moderate it, how to live with it. Been there, done that. No need for announcements, just do it.
 

MentalGiant

Seasoned Expediter
I'm just bored. Once I see something I'm more interested in doing, this place doesn't exsist, until I'm bored of that thing. :)
 

TeamCaffee

Administrator
Staff member
Owner/Operator
You know many of us at times get too involved with EO and need to step back and get a grip. Some do it with an announcement and others just back away for a bit.
 

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
People who make announcements that they are leaving, permanently or temporarily, do so for one purpose and one purpose only.
 

DougTravels

Not a Member
The soapbox is too full.. of one person. No room.


Good Luck Phil: The Soapbox is the one thread, I rarely look at anymore. It took me a while to realize arguing politics is like arguing religion, people who like to spout their beliefs, are definitely not interested in yours.-Dougtravels
 

greg334

Veteran Expediter
Turtle, honestly.... are you serious?

I scared Phil away....:(

too bad... he is a really nice guy but a bit ambiguous.... I think.....
 

Scuba

Veteran Expediter
It;s 11:17 pm 3/23/09 im out of here for good or untill tomorrow which ever comes first
 

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
Turtle, honestly.... are you serious?

I scared Phil away....:(

too bad... he is a really nice guy but a bit ambiguous.... I think.....
He'll be back. He got a little tooooo into things, realized it, and took a step back. Happens to all of us.
 

aileron

Expert Expediter
I am new to this site, so I don't know what happened here in the past. But in the few months I have been here I have seen a few individuals replying and contradicting and .... every single post that ATeam made. It really gets old after a while for ATeam and for others reading it.
I came here to learn more about expediting, but most of the threads end up off topic and useless with all these 'attacks'. :rolleyes:

He'll be back. He got a little tooooo into things, realized it, and took a step back. Happens to all of us.
It doesn't happen enough, especially to those that don't have anything usefull to add to this forum. It is always the case that the good ones go...
 
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Scuba

Veteran Expediter
Just wanted to let everyone know i am back. Would have been back a little sooner but i over slept.
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
I am new to this site, so I don't know what happened here in the past. But in the few months I have been here I have seen a few individuals replying and contradicting and .... every single post that ATeam made. It really gets old after a while for ATeam and for others reading it.
I came here to learn more about expediting, but most of the threads end up off topic and useless with all these 'attacks'. :rolleyes:

It doesn't happen enough, especially to those that don't have anything usefull to add to this forum. It is always the case that the good ones go...

In normal conversations most of the time it flows in all different directions..doesn't it? Here is no different...
you know there is an ignore feature where you won't see posters you don't want to read from....Try it...:)
 
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