Are you addicted to Facebook?

My name is Doug and I am a recovering Facebook addict!

I guess I need a support group of some sort…

Recently, I was taking some time out to relax and for some reason, I started thinking about how much time I am spending on Facebook.  I don’t update my status too often but I am connected to Facebook almost 24×7.  I have Facebook access, not only on my computer but also on my cell phone.  I can poke people, play games and read my friends post from pretty much anywhere and at almost any time.

The thing I cannot understand is why do I do it.  I get up in the morning and check my wall along with half a dozen time wasting games that I play throughout the day and night.  Before I go to bed, I make sure that I do things in the time based games on how long I plan on sleeping.  I make sure that I am ahead in points or levels in the games against my wife and friends but I am not sure why I do it.  I don’t get any income or real satisfaction from doing it but I cannot stop doing it either.

From Mafia Wars to Fish Life to FarmVille and MyZoo, I can’t stop clicking on those applications.  Why?  I don’t know but I do know that if I applied all the time that I spend on those games to my blogs, I would have 20 or more posts per day!

For now, I am going to try to limit my Facebook time to only a few minutes an hour and hopefully I can get to the point where I only check it a few times each day.  I had an easier time stopping smoking than I am kicking this addiction.

Are you finding yourself doing that same thing?  Do you spend too much time on Facebook?  Leave a comment and let me know.  Maybe we can start our own on-line support group for Facebook addicted users and spend our time on there too.