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Re: Television Addiction

Re: Television Addiction2012-06-28T06:18:33+00:00
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Robbo
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I checked out the PBS web sites, looks like I won’t be able to watch the PBS stuff I do like without cable. I’ve tried an antenna, an amplified one. But we can’t have outside antenna’s in my apartment complex. No mater, it’s just more exercise in self restraint. I won’t give up cable just yet. There’s a baby inside all that dirty bath-water. Could it be a mistake for me to trust some of the stuff PBS dishes out to us? of course I don’t gulp down every bit of it without question. Mostly I like Nova, Nature, and World news. The news is risky I know.

Years ago when I first got a high def TV, I also got a DVR. It was great skipping commercials, but being able to save David Lettermen, Conan, and watch old X-files, n Star Trek reruns any time ate huge amounts of my time, had to quit that within a few months of TV hypnomanianism. That’s when I got to see some of the best stuff Dan Rather did, on HD net. He tells the real truth. It was great while it lasted. I just found some links to his reports on the net. Got the idea reading your post. Got an opinion about Dan Rather’s stuff on the Internet now? I can’t think of another name in the news I trust. Giving up the cable box is still an option for me.

TV addiction’s a good thing to be passionate about Toofat. I hope more folks find the courage to hear you. Being honest with ourselves on this is a painful humbling experience. But it’s the best way out of the addiction.

Lot’s of folks are in denial about ADHD symptoms. We’re just the ones who have em bad. People who minimize ADD probably just don’t want to face their own struggles. Kinda like TV addiction. Some really suffer, others not so much.

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