Well ... my month of a Facebook free life has officially ended, and I am glad to report that I survived one whole month without Facebook. In my previous post I was challenged by a friend of mine, to not use Facebook for a month. I must admit looking back it was hard at first, but I got over the initial cravings and I think I might be over Facebook for good. However I am worried that when I log back in, which will be soon, I will be back to my own habits. Looking back, when I was addicted to Facebook, it looked rather sad. It really is amazing how influential and powerful this social networking website can be to some people. I did however find myself missing out on social events and people questioning my friendship purely because they added me on Facebook, but I never accepted their request. 

I cannot believe the amount of people who've came up to me and told me that they couldn't survive a day let alone a month off Facebook. Those comments were rather scary to hear, and you somewhat question whether Facebook could really become an addiction epidemic. Before I temporarily left Facebook, I did have a look at there closing down account options, and one of the options people could choose was 'Facebook is taking over my life, and I need to stop' or something on the lines of that. I really wouldn't be surprised if there are Facebook Anonymous Meetings or Social Networking Help groups in the near future, but isn't it just a tad too far? I even realised people at social events were saying 'I've seen you before, maybe on Facebook' ... or 'Hey, your that guy off Facebook', when clearly I hadn't been using it for a month.

To my credit I ended up going over my month period and added a few days extra purely because I had assignments to do and I was afraid I would be addicted and get sidetracked from my priorities. The upcoming days or hours will be interesting, will I go back to my old habits and log-in 6-7 times a day? Or will I log in once or twice a week? I am hoping for the latter, but we shall see what happens.

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I think this whole post is a bit overboard fernando. You're talking about facebook as if it is a drug of some sort. As if you are some drug addict overcoming some massive trial in life.

In conclusion: Your post is far too dramatic. :-?

haha, since when do you read my blog? hmmm... over-dramatic? Unfortunately, there are people out there who regard Facebook as a drug, not sure if I was being over-dramatic, it was a challenge for me to some extent, and I do find it a bit sad looking back, for others Facebook is there life, when I go into uni, I saw 8 computers with people on Facebook, whilst its not impacting you, it is impacting many people. I guess thats the power of blogging, even though my post maybe seen over-dramatic, to some they will nod in agreement.

addiction is addiction doesnt matter if its a drug or not, it still presents the same obstacles

I don't think it is overboard at all. I can easily see facebook ruining peoples lives. I go on facebook all the time, but to be honest, i wish it never existed. Just like msn, myspace and mobile phones. Our lives would be so much better without them.

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